8 weeks in today 150 mg
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As of today, im 8 weeks in and boy am I having a dollar coaster of a ride! The "butterflies" in my stomach love it there and just will not leave me, thinking I'll never get better, thoughts still bothering now and then. Yesterday I found myself being actually excited and looking forward to something. That has only happened a handful of times since starting those darn pills. Just when you feel some relief and you think you're on your way up...bam it hits you again. Has anyone tried abilify with their sertraline?
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lattifa7777 vanessa45115
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it takes time, sliw process you will have more good days to come. big hug to you xx
vanessa45115 lattifa7777
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lattifa7777 vanessa45115
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well i was very very scared to take them at first, and started with just a quater of the 50mg tablet for about a week then half for another. it was awful, having said that not much more bad tan i already was. i couldnt sleep, eat , i couldnt stay home alone, i had constant anxiety , intrusive thoughts, deep deep depression , and i even became suicidal!!
after 2 weeks my family noticed i was not a jibbering wreck when i woke up in the morning, but still had the knots in my stomach, i was able to have an hour or 2 of feeling almost normal each day, i began to sleep longer than 2 hours, but i debeloped severe night sweats. i didnt care about that.
another week and i was able to get througj a day as long as i was busy!
i remember deeling like my head was full of medication. started having headaches each day, but i didnt take painkillers just tried to drink more water.
it was at 4 and a half weeks i felt a lit better, sleeping 6 to 8 hours stated to eat, but the anxiety creped in now and again. still couldnt be alone.
3 montjs and i was good about 60% then i had a blip for a week after xmas, deoression and panick attacks. went to the dr and ahe said its a blip, she was rite. 5 minths in and another blip for a week.
it took 6 months to be 100% my self again. im now doing really well, yhe only bad ting is ive put on 2 stone. ( but i ratjer be over waight than suffer depression and anxiety)
this forum gave me soooo much encouragment and the meds saved my life.
god saved me too, faith is so important i belive.
i would love to get off but too scared 😕😕😕
vanessa45115 lattifa7777
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If they are helping you, why got off them? If I ever get to the place you are and feeling so good, I won't go off them because you're right, anything is better than feeling like this. I'm sad, I'm happy, I'm anxious, I'm way over thinking my recovery. Thank you for replying.
sparrow01 vanessa45115
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hey vanessa, dammit your depression/anxiety is putting up a hell of a fight against the sertraline
(it's gonna be defeated though. it can't win because you won't stop until it's gone. simple as that. it won't be long before that good feelings STICKS.)
..sounds like a good idea to add something else (med) to the fight if you need to (even if it's something just to take for a month to help you along your road to recovery)
thanks for the update and as always, keep us posted!
vanessa45115 sparrow01
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Yes it is putting up a fight because the only thing tough enough to kick my ass is myself😳. As always, thank you for your support
lindsayj00 vanessa45115
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Ugh it's so discouraging when you feel like you take 1 step forward and 2 steps back! I had a pretty good day yesterday and then last night I only got like 3 hours of sleep and today has been prettybad. Woke up with severe anxiety and shakes and then just felt extremely down all day. Im about 3 weeks in and hope I have better days ahead!
vanessa45115 lindsayj00
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You will have better days Lindsay, we just have to battle through the bad days to get to them. This is the place I like to come to when I feel discouraged because I get the encouragement I need to battle another day. When I have a really good day, I also like to post for people who haven't put the time in with their meds that I have, just to give them a bit of hope. You will get there Lindsay and so will I some day.
lindsayj00 vanessa45115
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michelle63291 vanessa45115
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I'm on week eight and still feeling pretty crappy today. Hope we can all get better soon.
vanessa45115 michelle63291
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michelle63291 vanessa45115
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sparrow01 vanessa45115
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hey vanessa and others here,
i thought i would report here that you might want to consider adding the med called gabapentin along with your sertraline. that's that i am going to see my doctor about tomorrow.
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Gabapentin, also referred to as Neurontin, was initially distributed for the treatment of epilepsy. Over the years, researchers found that Gabapentin also has a positive effect on the relief of neuropathic pain, restless leg syndrome, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, depression, insomnia, and several other disorders.
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i have suffered from restless legs syndrome (RLS) for many years but lately it has got worse and i pretty much didn't get any sleep last night because of it. so i was reading around the internet and i like the sound of gabapentin because it also helps with depression and anxiety, along with RLS and aches & pains. it doesnt interact with sertraline so there's no worry about some odd side effects from taking the two together.