involuntary muscle clenching

LegacyUser

Just wanted to see if anyone else has been on Sertraniche before. I think its an Irish brand of Zoloft or 'sertraline'. My doctor prescribed it today and I took one dose, but have been feeling crazy side effects already.

She said it probably wouldn't have any effect on my mood for at least 2 weeks, but that it might cause some nausea. At the moment I feel like I'm on pills, but without any of the desirable effects, maybe more like a come-down from pills (although I've never used drugs much) - i.e. my jaw is constantly involuntarily clenching, my leg/foot/muscles are twitching (as soon as I become conscious and stop one it just moves somewhere else) or just tensed/clenched, if I'm zoning out or just not paying attention to myself then I find my eyes are opened too wide or my lips are pursed. This is all since early this afternoon, with me taking the 25mg dose the doc recommended for the first 2 or 3 days which I'm supposed to boost to 50mg after that. I do tend to clench my jaw when I'm very stressed, but this is really something that feels more like the physical effects I felt with ecstasy the handful of times I've taken it (minus wanting to dance or talk to people or smile or anything pleasurable). I basically just feel like all my body wants to do to lie very still with all my muscles tensed up and stare into space with my eyes as wide as possible and my teeth clenched together.
Is this something that happens with sertraniche when you start first? will it go away in a few days when my body starts to adjust? I should probably just try to call the doctor in the morning about it before I take the second dose, but I'm also having trouble telling for sure whether I'm just being totally over-dramatic about it. I'd prefer not to take more doses if this tends to be a side effect that doesn't go away if you get it, because I've read it can take a while to wean off it.
This was the second or third time this year that a doctor has suggested antidepressants to me, and although I'd been reluctant about it up til now I pretty much just went in looking for some today because I've tried a few logical options already and I really can't afford to mess things up at work at the moment (it's been affecting me meeting deadlines, making people pissed off at me, etc). But I can't be going around looking like a maniac either. I'm always swinging between thinking I should just suck it up and get on with things, that I'm being melodramatic and reminding myself that it was once possible to be happy doing everyday things and not feel completely hopeless, anxious, lost, nervous, pointless and overwhelmed by everything every time something small goes wrong.
Anyway, has anyone else had these symptoms from sertraniche, and do they go away or did you end up having to change medication?

Xiney

Please speak to your doctor or pharmacist - we can not give medical advice on boards.ie.