Ansia90 Why am I worse again after 8 months?

[Ansia90]

I took 25 mg sertraline in January. 1 pill only . Suffered genital numbness and very weak delayed orgasm for months but it got better and was ok until last week . 
now I’m back to where I was in January . 
feel very anxious as well which had gone . 
I haven’t got a clue what could have caused it and I’m starting to think that’s it , it’ll never come back . 
i still can’t believe that pill ruined me to this extent ? 
Has anybody got any  words of wisdom , I just want to cry . 
 

thanks x 

 

[Altostrata]

Welcome, @Ansia90

 

Among our members, we have a small group of people who never did get along very well with the antidepressant. Many have had severe adverse drug reactions (ADR) within a few doses.

 

These people, who are tagged "immediate ADR", have symptoms that are like protracted withdrawal syndrome but they don't have withdrawal syndrome, they have similar symptoms because their nervous systems were upset by taking the drug. Their recovery is slow, with frustrating waves and windows, like people with withdrawal syndrome, but it seems their recovery isn’t as long. Since they had a serious ADR to an antidepressant, they probably should not consider reinstatement.

 

Please read Immediate adverse reactions to an antidepressant or within a few doses? How long for recovery?

 

Since you did recover somewhat since January, it could be this recent re-emergence of symptoms is temporary. Did anything happen that might have upset your nervous system a bit? A drink of alcohol, taking antibiotics or another drug, over-exertion?

 

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[Ansia90]

Hi, thank you for your reply . 
I have had the occasional glass of beer, also I took 400 mg of ibuprofen for a migraine last week. However, I have been having both during the previous months with no issues. 
the biggest event has been some arguments with my partner which have stressed me out a lot , not sure if this is enough to cause such regression in the improvements I had seen . 
guess only time will tell. 
I can only pray I’ll recover again since it happened before . 

[Altostrata]

Strongly urge you to avoid even a little alcohol, it very well might set you back.

 

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