Good Afternoon All!
I'm new here and I'm really liking the supportive nature of the posts. I'm 29 years old and have suffered from anxiety, on an off for the best part of 10 years.
I have tried different medications, twice without much success and it really ruined my personality whilst I was on it - coming off the tablets was hell.
Eventually, I tried Sertraline, and I have to say, it really really helped me with my anxiety - though I got to the point where I realised it was affecting other things, my get up and go, my motivation so eventually decided to come off it - which wasn't as bad but I kind of gave up on medication and eventually I'd say my anxiety got stable.
Over the last 2 years, my anxiety has been bad again, and think I've been lying to myself - it was making work uncomfortable, I was always worried about making mistakes, I wasn't happy, I put too much pressure on myself.
Yesterday, I decided to speak to my GP who has referred me to therapy and we also discussed going back onto Sertraline, I kind of put this off for a while, as I just really didn't want to go on them.
However, I decided to give it a go - its my first day back on Sertraline and I've kind of got a mix of emotions - scared, sad, defeated - I'm concerned that I don't want to go back to a place like before, but after discussions with my partner I feel I will see how I get on for a month - if I feel worse, or don't have any improvements, I will come off it again.
Though, I just can't remember what it is like going on anti depressants - today I feel really really sick, a bit weird and my legs feel like jelly - is this normal? How long should I give it before thinking, maybe this isn't for me?
Im sorry if the text isn't wrote great - I'm in a bit of a blur so not much is making sense today!