[meds log] sertraline 100mg

[kaberett]

CN food, emetophobia

Went up to 100mg on Monday night. Since then I've been too nauseous to eat properly for no obvious reason, and even when I've tried everything's tasted vile; realised today sertraline's the obvious candidate for that. I've also woken up at 5am two days running after way too little sleep and been unable to usefully get back to sleep. Also, everything hurts and my depression has nose-dived (but that could plausibly be progesterone levels rising).

Plan of action: shift to taking drugs in the morning rather than the evening over the course of tomorrow (still have 50g tabs so can split dose). Hope that helps. If it doesn't, stick this out to the two-week mark, then give the hell up, reduce back to 50mg, and when I see Mark a week after that tell him we're switching me to an SNRI. (Recommendations accepted.)

Comments

[stephdairy]

FWIW I felt nauseous for the first couple of weeks on paroxetine (Seroxat) and a little less time than that on sertraline (Lustral), so your two week deadline seems like a good one to me. I didn't find the time of day made a difference to the nausea, but taking SSRIs in the morning rather than the evening seems to improve my sleep. (It means I'm more likely to forget to take the damn things, mind.)

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