Waking up bad

[scooby07]

I'm taking sertraline I was on something else I've only been taking not two weeks yet I was hoping they would make this feeling of dread go away I get as soon as I wake up if I wake up in the night it's not there but the morning it terrible should I just carry on with these tablets and hope they start working I'm trying myself to get out of the mood but when it starts every morning it just it hard to shake it off I hate it will the tablets kick in or do I need something else but the thing is I dont want to keep changing med but I dont want this feeling every morning

[Hidden]

Have you mentioned all this to your doctor? Some meds. can take awhile before they fully build up in your system. It sucks big time!

[scooby07 in reply to Hidden]

Yes the first lot of tablets made me a lot worse so he put me on these I give it a while and see how it goes thank for replying

[Hidden in reply to scooby07]

Yeah, I know what you mean by what I've been through! It sucks big time. I almost wish our bodies had the ability to tell us in advance how this and that med would affect us. A green signal would mean "yes, yes, and did we mention YES!" and a red signal would mean "you're sh*tting me, right?! Keep that thing far away from me!"

You're very welcome🙂

[Rosco49]

Hi there, I was at rock bottom a few weeks ago until I got to speak to a CPN who has switched me from an SSRI to an SNRI, which has allowed me to sleep much better at night, I am still in first week, so getting some unpleasant feelings as it builds in my system, but nothing like I did with SSRI which made it hard for me to get sleep also. Overall it feels like this is much more suited to me, perhaps it may be the same for you if your main issues are sleep and anxiety rather than depression, although it does apparently help with depression also. If you can push to speak to a CPN, it will rerally help as they know much more about psychiatric drugs than a GP does. Of course we are all different and the right medication and lifestyle changes are out there and you will get there. It may be that by now your SSRI has settled in and feel better in which case I am glad, but if not, then the above may be worth considering, or at least discussing with your GP, love and best wishes