Hi I'm feeling so low, bin on setraline for while up to 125 mg dose ,and still feel bad , got very little appetite, lost all pleasure in things I once enjoyed, feel like im shutting down please advise
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Hi Susie maybe you need to give it time to kick in. I started off on 100mg of sertraline and that wasn't doing the job so it was upped to 150 mg and when that started to take effect I felt much better. It will take 2/3 weeks to get properly into your system.
If after that time it isn't helping then you need to go back to the doctors and maybe a different med might help. It is often a case of trial and error so don't give up hope please. x
Hi ,thanx so much for replying to me , think my negitive feelings of years don't help, I had a brilliant doc for 12 years who retired ,an my new doctor just doesn't seem to take me seriously or care, he put me under a mental health clinic in local hospital , which makes me feel a loss cause , they are putting me into a 8 course of mbct , which seems to have a good nam, I have done cbt before but tho helped for a while it slipped back, this last episode seems never ending , since last nov when told I have heart disease an had to have 2 stents, an on lots meds, an I spiraled into d from feb this year, I just seem to b void of any nice feelings, ,forever tired , ,no appetite , like my life is closing down, I know exercise wud help, but to get motivated ! My home is suffering ,unkept , bit like me, and I'm starting to sound like a cracked record, I just need a small lift ,to make me feel I'm getting some where , so thank you to show me understanding x
Hello Sue
How long have you been on this medication, you need to give it at least four weeks before you will gt full benefit
BOB
Hi bob , 125 now on for bout 8 weeks, before 100,75,50 , trying to b positive, an patient bob
I do feel for you.i can get as bad as you and i feel that some of my drs think its all in my head which i know full well it isnt.i wouldnt wish this on my worst enemy let alone myself.i felt really alone until i found thus forum.good luck with it all.
Thanx torchy, I think I'm just going round an round on this mental roundabout an its horrid, my husband reckons I'm lot better than I was, but have my doubts, I just feel I'm reading,reading, bout depression depression, and its taking over my life,such as it is,an getting no where, I appreciate everyone's help, but can't really see any end in sight, only one ,which both saddens ,and frighten,s me ,but thank you, sue
Yes sue.it can be a vicious circle and there seems no end in sight.i would say go back to your dr,but im afraid ive lost my faith in the nhs.best wishes and keep in touch.
Agree torchy , I have too ,lost faith in doctors , best wishes hun ,thanx
I too lose appetite when depression hits . What's helpe me is to study depression to understand it and the brain. As a result I've started taking omega 3 , vitamin d, complex vitamin b, folic acid . I can't take antidepressants as I had severe reaction so I've had to look at alternatives which are working . I'm not recovered but enough to function and then my next step is to also start excercising , again when you understand what excercise does on the brain you realise it is medication in itself . I have not started the excercise as yet as we all know in the this state that it's like climbing Everest in a hour but next week I am going to try and also add that to my routine . Matt haig a book on reasons to live triggered my will to want to understand depression better rather than just suffer it and it really is suffering xx I know your pain as do literally millions of people today all over the world going through the exact Same thing