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Day 20 on Sertaline/Zoloft and it is not getting any better :(

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Posted 5/5/2014 2:42 PM (GMT 0)
Hey everyone,

I cant believe I dont feel any better even after taking these tablets for nearly three weeks now. I dont know what to do any more as I have become so withdrawn and just sit in my room all day and pretty much sleep which is making me feel more and more disconnected from myself and the outside world.

I honestly think I am going to lose touch with reality and I dont know what I should do, do I stay on these tablets any longer even though I have felt nothing from them or do I start a new anti-depressant?

I am going to go doctors tomorrow and see what they say but I dont see any light at the end of this tunnel.

:(
Posted 5/5/2014 3:19 PM (GMT 0)
I hope you find what works for you. Don't give up...

Hugs Karen
Posted 5/5/2014 4:49 PM (GMT 0)
I am so close to giving up Karen, I feel so out of it and like I am losing my mind.

I feel like I dont know what is going on anymore ...

Maybe this is my fate now
Posted 5/5/2014 5:32 PM (GMT 0)
Call your doc and tell them what is going on, how you are feeling, be 100% honest.

Peace and courage
Trina
Posted 5/5/2014 6:09 PM (GMT 0)
Sean, I would really talk to your Dr about changing the antidepressant, I've heard it can takes weeks for one to kick in but you are suffering with no improvement at all.

I've asked my Dr would it be possible to change and he always has, just talk to your Dr tomorrow, be very straight with him.

No Dr here but I've suffered from depression since I was in my late teens, I have a chemical imbalance, so have been on a lot of AD's, it's just my opinion from what I've been through that I would ask to change.

Good luck tomorrow and please let us know how you are doing? :)
Posted 5/5/2014 7:56 PM (GMT 0)
Hey thanks guys and Hi Thundercloud :)

I am going to go doctors tomorrow and see what they say, I usually see the same doctor but he has not been very helpful of late and tried telling me that anti-depressants should work within one week and now I have lost respect for him.

I am scared I am going to go crazy and end up in a mental home, I am trying to keep positive because if I don't, then I will panic and I dont want to do that.

How are you Thundercloud?
Posted 5/5/2014 9:47 PM (GMT 0)
Try not to think about it until you see the doc. I know, easier said than done. But if we dwell too much on ho we feel, we start to notice every little thing. Hang in there.

Hugs Karen
Posted 5/5/2014 9:51 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Karen,

Weirdly enough my mind feels a bit more stable tonight but I have spent a while reading online reviews of Citalopram and might ask my doctor to try that.

How are you feeling Karen? x
Posted 5/5/2014 9:55 PM (GMT 0)
Not too bad, had a couple rough days there. But I got through it.

I truly hope you find a good medication. It took me a few different tries. I take Pristiq now.

Hugs Karen
Posted 5/5/2014 10:00 PM (GMT 0)
Its just not fair that it takes so long to know if they are going to work or not, there has to be an easier way. I think research into depression medication needs to be better funded so they can save so many people suffering and they would also be saving a lot of lifes also.

Sorry to hear that you had a couple of rough days, hope you are okay now.

I will let you know what doctor says 2moro :) x
Posted 5/5/2014 10:07 PM (GMT 0)
Mood stabilizers work fast, have you ever tried them?
Posted 5/5/2014 10:09 PM (GMT 0)
I dont think so, what are they? x
Posted 5/5/2014 11:01 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Sean!

I really hope that you can find something that works for you! I do know that you can start feeling the effects of the medication in a week, however it can take roughly 4 weeks to see significant improvement. I only know this from being shuffled through many medications in my 10+ years of using them. Don't lose hope. I finally found my combo.
Posted 5/6/2014 12:59 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you :)

In your experience, did you feel any thing working at all within like three weeks or so?

Which one are you on now?

Thank you for reply

Sean
Posted 5/6/2014 8:17 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Sean,

Yes, please let us know how things go with your Dr?

Felt very down the last few days, it scares me when I feel this way but I have a lot going on and haven't been sleeping as much as I should be so I put it down to all that, had a cry today and tomorrow is another day so keep marching forward as they say :)

Let us know you are ok? big hugs...
Posted 5/6/2014 11:15 AM (GMT 0)
TALK to your doc about mood stabilizers, they work quickly and help a lot. They are just as it says, mood stabilizer. They also make antidepressants work better. And they help a person not to think too much.

Best wishes,

Hugs Karen
Posted 5/6/2014 12:09 PM (GMT 0)
Hi guys,

I just got back from the doctors and it was a bit of a waste of time as my regular doctor was on holiday so I saw a temporary one and he said he did not want to make any changes with the medication as he would not be there to follow it up so I am going to stay on Sertraline 150 mg for another week or so and then I have my brain scan(routine)next week so I am hoping to see improvement by then as that would have been a month on these tablets so at least I would have given them a good go.

Sorry you not feeling good Thundercloud, do you take anything to help you sleep at all?

Thanks Karan, I looked up mood stablizers and they seem to be given for bi-polar? but I forgot to ask the doctor about them as he wasnt my normal doctor. Have you tried them and do they work for depression? x
Posted 5/6/2014 1:18 PM (GMT 0)
Sean, you will NOT end up in a mental HOME. The worst that can happen is that you may end up in the ER and a crisis center, Than transfered to inpatient for about 10 days. there they can balance your meds.

You can even do this on your own. NOT needed though. If you do not like your doc. Find another one. You have the power to change and find a person that will work with you.

I take topomax as a mood stabelizer and pain maint. med. works wonders. definately ask about Mood stabelizer with your doc.

Peace and courage
Trina
Posted 5/6/2014 4:23 PM (GMT 0)
They are used for bipolar, psychotic and mood stabilizer. I take abilify and it works well for me. i am not bipolar. Sometimes I wonder though. But I am chronically depressed. I will always be that way. Or is it clinically depressed? I just know I have depression. bipolar has never been mentioned.

I am glad you are giving the medication a good go. Maybe if you try not to think about it, you will see some differences in the way that you are feeling. Have you ever studied mindfulness? It really helps with depression. I meditate too. That helps a lot.

I hope you are having a good day,

Hugs, Karen
Posted 5/6/2014 6:40 PM (GMT 0)
Hey thanks guys for replies and I hope I am not going crazy :/

My GP has not mentioned mood stabilizers to be but then to be fair my GP does not seem to have a great understanding of depression and anxiety because he was the one who tried to tell me that anti-depressants should work within a week but that is a load of tosh. I spoke to my chemist today and she said they should work within 3 weeks usually but can sometimes take longer. I have to give them one week more at a higher dosage and see if that makes any difference so fingers crossed.

I definitely need to look at these mood stabilizers though as all the time I have anxiety and depression, the mind cloudiness wont seem to go away.

Thank you for all your support guys :) x
Posted 5/6/2014 7:18 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Sean,

Sorry you didn't get to see your usual GP today, y'know it seems many GP's just don't understand depression, my old Dr really had no idea and would want to keep changing AD's every single week, I'd have to say no let's see if it works for a little longer.

The local GP's aren't specialists for depression, that would be a psychiatrist, I've seen many of those too.

One more week? hang in there, keep posting, I think it does help to know you're not alone with all this.

My Dr gave me pills to help me sleep but the grogginess goes in to the next day no matter the dose so I usually read until my eyes close :)

Are you having any nice weather? can you go for a nice walk? I push myself to do it even if I don't feel like it, something about being outside helps.
Posted 5/6/2014 7:32 PM (GMT 0)
I know, I want them to refer me to a Psychiatrist but they have referred me for CBT and said I can talk to someone there but the sessions are only half an hour long and they would be focussed on completing the CBT exercises so I dont see much room there for talking openly.

I have basically taken it apon myself to go up from 150 to 200 mg per day on the sertraline for now to see if it makes a difference because 50, 100 & 150 did not work so far so this is my last shot on these tablets at least. Hate to think I have to start all over again but with each new tablet, there is also new hope that comes along with it. Fingers crossed the ones I am taking now will kick in and I will live happily ever after lol.

Yes the weather is really nice here, I was out in it earlier but then I came home to sleep as I slept like 2 hours last night.

How are you feeling today Thundercloud?
Posted 5/6/2014 9:08 PM (GMT 0)
Thunder cloud,

Can you try half a dose?
Posted 5/8/2014 2:20 PM (GMT 0)
Thudercloud & Karen,

How are you both?
Posted 5/8/2014 3:35 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Carl,

Thank you for your message. I forgot to say I did ask the locum doctor the other day if it would be okay to move up to 200 mg and he said it would not be of any harm so I basically said I would give it a go and go from there.

I have felt different over the past two days but I am not sure if it is a good different or a bad one right now because I still feel spaced out. I have a CT scan for my brain in a weeks time so I am going to stay on Zoloft 200 for now and maybe I will feel different next week.

Thank you for your advice Carl :)
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