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9 weeks on 150 mg

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vanessa45115
vanessa45115

Well, it looks like I made it to 9 weeks! It is a rough road that we walk on, between the side effects and lack of patience to get some relief from our own minds. I am happy to say that I haven't had a real bad day in about 10 days now. I've had my ups and downs but not like they use to be. I've posted week after week with the desperate need for reassurance because I had no idea it would take this long to feel some relief. I do still have fear of my intrusive thought but I am working on that and I'm sure one day it will all be okay. The transformation I have had in the past week was really something to watch. My husband is so happy to have his wife back😀. I know there may be some more bad days ahead but I feel so good that I had to share, especially for those that want to give up because they think it will never work.

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  • mickey75587
    mickey75587 vanessa45115

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    Hi Vanessa, I am delighted that you are feeling much better. I know exactly how you feel when you talk about that need for reassurance, that is exactly what I do when I am down in the dumps. This is my third week on 150mg and am still suffering from severe anxiety. I find the hardest thing is remembering what it was like when you were not anxious and you lived your life carefree. When you feel like this the depression consumes you. Your post has given me hope and I hope in time I too will be in a good place. Mike

    • vanessa45115
      vanessa45115 mickey75587

      Posted

      I'm glad I can help you mike. I was hesitant on posting my good feelings because I had them before and then had a few days of feeling not that great. Well guess what? Since my post, I'm not feeling great againsmile my intrusive thoughts consume me at times and still play with my mind. Hopefully these will soon disappear also.

    • Katyf
      Katyf vanessa45115

      Posted

      Hi,I feel like that I had nearly 2 weeks of feeling good but the last couple of days the intrusive thoughts are back and now I feel down I am on 100mg sertralin I can't seem to get these thoughts out of my head !!!!, it's the only thing holding me back

    • vanessa45115
      vanessa45115 Katyf

      Posted

      They seem to be the only thing holding me back toosad

    • Katyf
      Katyf vanessa45115

      Posted

      Do you think they will go,my thought is strange that's why I'm so scared of it 😢😢

    • vanessa45115
      vanessa45115 Katyf

      Posted

      You're so scared of it because, first thing is that you're in a high anxiety state right now and until that become controlled you will dwell on it and second, we tend to believe what our brains tell us because it's our brains and if I think it, there must be some truth to it. That's not the case. Millions of people get negative and bad thoughts every day but don't get caught up in them because they are not in this anxiety state. My bad thought always came AFTER my anxiety started and I bet if you look back, yours did as well. It's our anxiety tricking us and that's all. I can't remember how long it took my bad thoughts to go away before because it was so long ago but they did go at some point. They will leave once your meds kick in because your anxiety will be gone.

    • Katyf
      Katyf vanessa45115

      Posted

      That makes sense I do feel better then I was 3 weeks ago but forget that because I'm so focused on the thought,Thankyou for replying it does help knowing that other people have been through it,I think we think it's just us it's happy to x

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