bad day

My heart goes out to you. Please know that you are not alone. Can I ask if you chop and change the make of your tablets? That the pharmacist just gives you any sertraline they have there? They swear that there is no difference between them - but I KNOW THERE IS. When I first started taking them, I felt almost fully functioning again. Almost happy at times!  Then I had a different pack made by different people and within days/a week or so, I was to back to how you seem to be feeling.  I still have problems getting the ones that my gp has prescribed but hopefully I have now found somewhere who believes that what the dr has written on the prescription is what you should be given, instead of what the warehouse sent. Fingers crossed. I know you probably don't feel like at the moment, but have a look at what people say about the different types of these tablets - generic etc - it helped me even if it just gave me something to do at the time. At least I was doing something!  I hope this helps.  

The thing is with the tablets that are not doing their job is that you couldn't feel any worse whether you take them or not. Do you have a telephone service at your surgery? I have requested a telephone call and have spoken to a doctor about how I was feeling and was asked to come to the surgery that day. 9 days seems a long time away. Have a look at the discussions about the different types. Do it for me if you don't feel like doing it for yourself. I know I felt better just knowing that I wasn't making it up and that there is hope. There is a difference between the tablets. Did the first lot make you feel better?

I've been through this too by changing generics all the time (had 6 different brands in 7 months)..so I was researching about this and it seems the original branded sertraline by pfizer (lustral) is the gold standard so I asked my doctor to write my prescription as lustral instead of sertraline and I'm on my 2nd month and doing good...the cost is an issue with most gps not willing to dish it out but hopefully your doctor is as understanding as mine...just for reference generic sertraline costs £1.64 per box of 28x 100mg at my local pharmacy and lustral is £32....go figure...I know which ones your doctor would take if they needed sertraline....

Well I really hope she will see that the lustral may benefit you...and at the end of the day a doctor has a duty to provide the MOST SUITABLE medication...make sure you state your case..after all million of people are on much more expensive meds...buspar is £30+ per box too and many GPs perscribe this...most doctors will try for the cheapest to cut costs but if you have a good doctor I can't see it being a problem...and remember that they 100% can prescribe it (if they say they "cant"

Sorry your having a bad day. Hope you start feeling g better man I know how those days are. I feel like that daily! I haven't started the meds yet but I think I'm ready because feeling like I'm losing my mind isn't cool it's draining in every kind of way. Try writing what your going though it hlps me sometime. Before you know it you'll be done wrote a book lol before you know. But it also hlp to keep track of good and bad days ...good luck stay positive and definitely talk with doc.