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[SueSuesad]

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

[SueSuesad in reply to Hidden]

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

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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

[SueSuesad]

Hi bob , 125 now on for bout 8 weeks, before 100,75,50 , trying to b positive, an patient bob

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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.

[SueSuesad in reply to Hidden]

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

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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.

[SueSuesad]

Agree torchy , I have too ,lost faith in doctors , best wishes hun ,thanx

[Pippa_2015]

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