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Oct 23, 2017, 08:59 PM
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I have always had social anxiety since childhood, very severe, had selective mutism. In my 20's, I had panic attacks and anxiety so bad I got to point I felt like I was going to die around the clock!
I have been on and off sertraline since then and now in my 40's. I have been taking sertraline for 10 years at about 100mg. (the last 2 years I have been breaking end off so I probably get about 80-90mg) three months ago I decided I had had enough and wanted to try and go off of them! I felt the withdrawal so I stayed at 50mg. so for at least two months I have been taking 50mg and have been perfectly fine! Then last week I started feeling crazy!! I felt like I had to get out of my skin and was crying and didn't know what to do. It started because I was having trouble sleeping because of a sore leg. If I was inside the house, I felt the need to be outside. I couldn't stand the feel of tight pants around my ankles, everything bothered me! If my nose was blocked I had to get out of bad and keep walking around to clear it. I also could not even look at a computer screen or my phone because it drove me crazy and it was too much to take!!! I even had to leave house at 2 am to drive around with my windows open going who knows where!!! I felt like I wanted to die!! I now know why people kill themselves and why people are addicted to drugs!! A few days later I asked to have a blood test (wasn't sure if it was menopause or what?) and I found out my iron level was low. hemoglobin 10.2. (I have been low before but never felt this crazy!) Low iron can cause anxiety and depression and I am already prone to it! So now I know why I felt crazy!!!! I felt as if I was having a breakdown (randomly crying at work, etc) I have been trying to take my iron pills now, but sometimes forget and I know it is still low! Is feeling like I do a phobia or anxiety? even right now I feel like crying and want to be let out of the house!!!!! I live with other people right now and feel like I cant be near them!!! I feel they are causing me to feel like this. I feel like I always need to be doing something somewhere other than so called home! I have been using so much gas on my car because I feel the need to keep getting away! I was told by dr. to go back up to the 100mg sertraline. So I did, for a few days, I got better. now Im back to 50mg. I am writing this now and I don't feel good. I feel like I will not be able to sleep with my leg pain, and I feel like I am going stir crazy. Has anyone experienced this feeling of having to get out of where you are? almost like a claustrophobic feeling?? help Last edited by DanceEngine7; Oct 23, 2017 at 10:13 PM. |
 Sunflower123
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Oct 23, 2017, 09:15 PM
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Is there a reason you don’t want to be on 100 mg? If it helps you feel better...
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Oct 23, 2017, 10:18 PM
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I was on sertraline years ago and withdrew and told myself I would never take again!! withdrawal is sooo bad! I don't want to take it because I feel it makes me make bad decisions and makes me stay in situations I shouldn't be in (it makes you TAKE things you should not TAKE). I have issues in my life that I just put up with and should not put up with. I had a somewhat abusive husband that I stayed with until I withdrew off sertraline years ago! My life has been stuck in the same position for ten years! I need to move on and the drugs make you just sit there and take it! I have also read all about the horror stories of withdrawal and have lived through withdrawal before. tonight, I took 100mg because of how I am feeling but when my iron level goes back up I will try to withdraw again.
I stopped for sex drive reasons also. (the numbness does go away somewhat after years of taking it) It also makes you tired and it may be why I eat so much also? I am convinced these drugs are poison for your brain. (yes, some people do need it) |
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Oct 24, 2017, 01:45 AM
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Sorry you are feeling so awful! I just wanted to say as I read your post that it reminded me of trying to get off of Effexor--you are quite right when you say withdrawal is nasty with these meds!
I did it correctly--with doctor's approval, slow withdrawal over time and yet it apparently wasn't slow enough because I was absolutely MISERABLE! For example, I'd normally have the radio or TV on in the morning while getting ready for work but suddenly, even music was too much. Being around people set me right on edge, couldn't concentrate, jittery etc. I thought I was going crazy. Almost everything was just too much stimuli and so I called the psychiatrist and got it adjusted even more slowly. It took quite awhile to get off it -- and, like you I vowed never again but that was years ago and guess what I am on now? Yup, you guessed it -- Effexor! I absolutely DREAD the withdrawal but it is coming because I am not feeling it's doing much for me this time and I am doing okay these days. I am NOT a doctor and as you said, you have low iron so maybe it IS solely that but you might want to ask your doctor if medication withdrawal could be contributing to any of these symptoms! |
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Oct 24, 2017, 10:25 PM
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Oct 25, 2017, 07:31 AM
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Wow...I understand. I hope you have a better transition this time going from 100 to 50 mg. If 50 mg doesn’t work for you could you try another medication? ((((Hugs))))
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