This week I think will be 8 weeks since my 3am post on here for help about work related stress. GP was excellent, signed off straight away and over time diagnosed with anxiety & depression proscribed sertraline at the lowest dose to minimise side effects.
Despite this had weird tingling for the first few days / week too. It was my balls which was really quite odd and not particularly pleasant. Palpitations too – but when I started taking them I was a wreck.
However I saw the act of taking that tablet each morning as the first step in regaining control of my life. Don’t think the side effects lasted much more than a week and certainly was on the up by 2 weeks when dose increased.
Now on 100mg daily and planning on asking to increase when I see the gp this week.
Been 8 weeks I’ve been signed off and only now starting to feel like my old self. Calmer, less panicky. Still crap sleep tho. Body battery rarely gets above 25-30 according to my Garmin but now starting to consider my phased return to work
Keep in there OP. It’ll get better. Just keep talking to your GP