Just wondered if there was a consensus on the most effective medication to beat depression?? I have been on Sertraline for 4 years and although I am better than I was I still have ups and downs and bad patches!
Is this normal? Or should the tablets stop all of this?
Hey Matt,
Good question, I once was on citalopram for a long time after my son was born. It helped over the years, but I still had bad days.. and stupidly I went through a phase of forgetting at times to take them, when I think I felt like the patch I was going through was a good one. In 2014 I had a real difficult time and this time was prescribed 50mg sertraline. It eventually gradually was increased. The highest I was on was 150mg, and over time came down. Hand on heart neither citalopram or sertraline completely made my depression or anxiety disappear. I think it’s normal to have good and bad patches. I don’t think any tablet will ever ‘fix’ but I do believe it improves us. I guess the question is what dose your on, and wether you feel that you are improving or feel it necessary to speak back to your GP x
Thanks for the reply Sunshine. I am on 150mg of Sertraline and like I say I am much better than I was, but still have big dips! I can feel them coming but just seem a bit helpless to pushing them away. I think you are right about them not being a magic fix Xx
Yeah I did, it’s not uncommon. I don’t think this time of year helps. Well it doesn’t me, dark nights, getting up dark mornings. Although I do like the time of year, I know it doesn’t always do my mood good. And like you I can tell as well. These past few weeks which is why I’ve become active on here is for that reason. Although I’m not taking meds anymore and haven’t for a good 6 months, life and it’s hurdles still get to me at times and like you feel helpless pushing them away so figured I’d chat to others so I feel less alone. X
I’m glad you are on here and can get some reassurances and feel less alone. That is definitely one thing I have found... at times I’ve thought I was going crazy until I found this site. It’s really good that you are no longer taking medication 😊 X
Thank you. It’s comforting reading other people’s symptoms as bizzare as that sounds (wishing no one had horrid feelings etc) but makes me feel less alone. With regards to the sertraline I just kept dropping down doses and in the end they told me to just score the 50mg in half and I did that to 25mg and gradually just took one every other day. Hand on heart I don’t feel less different than 12 month ago 👍🏼xx
Hello Matt, I can't speak directly about depression but I can say that for meds and anxiety disorder, they helped decrease the anxiety, especially the ruminating and make it manageable. But they did not eliminate the anxiety, that required my working with a therapist and learning to accept it, etc... in order to recover. In other words, I had to learn to also change my thinking and expectations, i'm assuming the same is true for depression.
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