getting going in the morning

I'm just starting my 4th week back on zoloft. It has cut the anxiety but now I'm starting to feel lethargic and a bit depressed. I really feel it in the mornings. I'm having real trouble getting up for work. Like my bodies heavy and I don't have the energy to move. I've been having trouble sleeping which doesn't help. I exercise regularly and do guided meditation most nights which does help with the sleep. I missed 3 days last week and then again today. I explained the situation to my boss and she has been good about the whole thing so far but I think I'm about out of favors. I had been on zoloft for years before coming of it last year and I can't remember if this is how I felt the first time as well.
Has anyone else felt like this? Any advice on how to get over that morning slump?
Thanks :)

I actually made it to work today :) but what a trial. Just to make a stressful situation even worse the trains were out today. I didn't find this out till I got to the station. so off I went to find a bus along with half of the city. I had to wait for about 20 minutes till a bus came along that wasn't packed out. I just couldn't handle being crammed in with so many people. finally got to work 2 hours late. but through it all i had a few moments but no full on attacks :) so not that bad a day

BD, Good to hear you managed to get to work, AND with all of the obstacles you faced along your way. You can chalk that up to one of the things you "made it through" without having a panic attack. That right there should tell you that you are on your way to your recovery, and a better you!

I am currently taking Zoloft, and have 3 times in the past also. I was feeling the same way as you when I first started taking it, all 4 times. The mornings were so hard, but it did ease up along the way. You need to give it about 8 weeks or more, on a steady dose, to see the "real" improvements again. That was my experience with it anyway. I know they say 6-8 weeks, but that was not the case for me or many others that I have talked to that take it.

You're on the right track!

((hugs)) Fox

Hey belledonna I just wanted to give some advice from my own personal experience with very similar feelings. Almost every morning lately, as I'm still struggling from anxiety/depression (currently on 20 mg of lexapro) I feel the exact same way. There was one day late last year that I gave in. I thought I officially felt so weird and so badly that I COULD NOT go to work. I called out and I felt so guilty about the whole thing. Thank god it was a friday and I had the whole weekend to think about what I did. I know I'm very hard on myself about this anxiety thing so that might be why, but just the fact that I called out sick because I was anxious really ate at me and bothered me.

I still have these feelings like 2-3 times a week. Waking up and feeling dissoriented, extremely tired and lethargic, not wanting to do or talk to anyone. My best advice for you that works for me is to FORCE yourself out of bed and get in the shower right away. You always have a choice on what you do. Feelings are feelings, they're only that. You still have the choice to fight through it and get ready and start a new routine. Maybe even set the alarm clock for 30 min earlier then you normally wake up and keep hitting snooze. I tried that too and that worked a little bit because after awhile that darn alarm gets REALLY annoying and I'm eventually totally awake lol. Like I said this is just from my personal experience, but I felt a lot better about myself and a lot more confident in my ability to deal with anxiety by just deciding to GO WITH IT as opposed to giving into it.

Best of luck to you.