Sertraline(generic for Zoloft) is making me feel like I'm losing my mind. What should I do?

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Recap Thursday Morning

This strange overwhelming feeling Thursday morning

Symptoms:

What weirdly triggered this was a Netflix movie called The Space Between Us. However, I've had this feeling before about two years ago but it only lasted 30 minutes. However, being depressed in general has been going on for decades.

It feels like the very earth itself is closing in on me. Or at least my house. I had to open all the doors and windows.

I feel lethargic and nauseated. My mouth is dry.Chest feels heavy.

My hands and feet started tingling and shaking a bit. My teeth were chattering.

I've tried to focus on something else,but my mind keeps going right back to this horrible claustrophobic like feeling and other thoughts.

I've had to forced myself to go to sleep so this feeling would stop. However, I just woke up and its still there.Weirdly breathing in and out for a few minutes helped and I was able to finally go to sleep in the first place.

When I stand up and walk around it seems to abate a bit.

I've female and in my early 30's.

Friday Morning

I went to the doctor and told them of my these dark, jumbled,persistent intrusive thoughts and the depression.

On the drive to the( I was driven by a family member) visit I was panicking so much I had to close my eyes on the drive there. I felt like the world was closing in.

At my doctor visit today I talked to some people,but I don't like that a NP just prescribed me Sertraline(generic for Zoloft) without even taking to me.She just came in for barely five minutes saw that I told the nurse who checked me in that I think I have depression and anxiety and then was pretty much like welp here's your meds.

Next week they said they will have me talking to a real psychiatrist over video conference who will then diagnose me and prescribe me more Meds I guess? I'm like why didn't that happen today? They also took no physical or blood work on me to rule out any underlying illness. Honestly, I was wondering what kind of clinic is this?

Friday Evening

I took the Sertraline(generic for Zoloft) and my thoughts got worst. I only took one pill. My thoughts are still intrusive, dark, and claustrophobic and I can't sleep. The Zoloft made them worst. I will not take it again. It was mentioned that I should have been prescribed Xanax or Valium since those are for anxiety/panic. Not Zoloft. These people didn't do any medical on me at all. They just gave me meds(the wrong one apparently) and were done.

Saturday and Sunday.

No pills,but I still feel like I'm my losing my mind. Sleep use to be my freedom,but I can't even do that now and when I even try the intrusive dark thoughts seem to get even worse.

Someone told me that anxiety and its OCD like intrusive thoughts get worst on Zoloft like a right of passage,but then eventually feelings get better on it; it just needs like a month or so to do so.

Basically should I resume taking the Sertraline( Zoloft) them or should I wait until my psychiatrist meeting some time this week and beg for actual fast acting anxiety medication instead of an anti depressive?

[lillyofthevalley37]

It is a serotonin drug and they dish them out without even knowing if the person has low serotonin

I wouldn't take anymore if I were you

Dopermine is the opposite of serotonin , whereas serotonin is a downer dopermine gives you a lift but they almost never prescribe dopermine based antidepressants in UK

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I'm going to see the doctor again in the morning. I told her what Zoloft did to me, and she said she might give me another medication then.

So what is better than Zoloft as far as antidepressants go?

Should I stick to Zoloft for at least 30 days before I say completely its not for me? I mean yea it made my symptoms much worst, and I had pretty bad Insomnia that I still haven't quite recovered from even from one pill,but apparently that's the norm? It's supposed to make you feel like crap for a few weeks then you start feeling better?

Also if I have to stick to Zoloft what sleeping pill can be prescribed with it,because holy shit that Insomnia.

If she offers me faster but short term relief in the form of Valium or Xanax should I take it even thought its apparently addictive? Or should I ask for Hydroxyzine?