First Week on meds

[Called2Grace]

Ok so this is day three on meds, and it is knocking me around a bit, any one else feel shakey, sick and had vision disturbances? I'm also yawning all the time!!

The Doc did say that the dose of the zoloft that I am starting on will be a bit of a shock. (100mg). I'm also on epilim 400mg - but I don't think that is too high....

 

[Pats]

I've had times when I was first started on things that it was hard to just stay awake at all. Unfortunately, most of the time when I've first been started on meds I was in the hospital.

 

[Jeshu]

Hi

It is quite normal to feel rather offish when you first start a new medication. This can stay for months - sometimes it doesn't go away at all.
Sleepiness, nausea, headaches, shaking, tummy upsets, dry skin and rashes, to name but a few other effects psych meds can have on you, usually stay for some time. However such effects seem to wear off most of the time. The majority of the side effects I was suffering from have gone away. Only tiredness and a dry/sensitive skin seem to hang in tightly.

 

[Alive again]

Give it some time, but do not hesotate to talk to your doc if things do not change in a couple of weeks to get more input from doc on each particular med, or if it is truley interferring with things you HAVE TO DO. oTHERWISE LAY LOW AND GIVE IT SOME TIME.