Can't Stand Feeling This Way Any Longer :(
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Hi,
I really don't know where to start, but here goes.....
I have been on Sertraline now since Nov 2013 & feel worse than ever & have decided just not to take anymore of these horrid tablets as from tomorrow. I have been on 150mg now for 9 weeks with no improvement & yet all the horrible side effects. So what is the point.
I have been like a human guinea pig for the last 6mths with no relief at all & can't take anymore of feeling this way. I have been off sick from work since then & now actually lost my job due to this & really don't know what to do anymore i'm so lost & alone.
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meteor63 Guest
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i am so sorry to hear this.
i just wanted to say tread carefully with getting off the sertraline. It certainly doesn't happen to everyone and I don't want to worry u but it can give u withdrawal symptoms. Cold turkey isn't a good idea. Better to titrate off slowly. I understand u wanting off this drug, it's an awful drug. I just wouldn't want u to get hit with withdrawals. I've been hit hard with withdrawal and I titrated off..just too fast.
hope I haven't alarmed u. I just want to protect you.
Guest meteor63
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Thank you so much for your message & advice i really do appreciate it. Have you had a bad experience with this drug?
I have told my doctor how i feel & he just keeps saying stay on them, but i can honestly say i have not felt any better what so ever since starting this drug. So i guess i couldn't feel much worse cold turkey .
meteor63 Guest
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Guest meteor63
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I'm sorry to hear you had a bad time on these & Citalopram ( i have also been on citalopram 3yrs ago) yes cold turkey again & was pretty bad with the side effects, but i feel ill every day anyway so what the hell.
Thats how i feel these days
Guest Guest
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what ever you take you will have adverse reactions to any thing as your body does not want it in.
if you carry on your body will like it and you willl have o go cold turky to come off.
you need to look at your life and make a change do some thing different and when you do good pat your self on the back. life every now and then taps us on our shoulders and trys to tell us to back off or slow down or have fun. we ignor then your body goes into shock and force you to slow down (depression anxiaty)
i would go to your doc tell tem to put you on a cbt course to make you understand what has been going on. and if you can afford it see a hypotherpist they are experts with the brain and they wiil help .
it did for me i feel better than any thing now .
when was the last time you had a really good laugh and tell your self you a great you are positive ? i was taking these pills for 8 weeks and i decided enough was enough and i stopped . i have no reactions at all .i am back on top form i have found my smile .wife is happy i got my sex life back ,lol
i would try hypnosis its about £60 an hour and about 5 to 8 sessions. he gives you a tape or c/d at the end of it for you to listen and understand. and goes over all your concerns . he put you right back in the room when you play it, i have a file i could send you which he gave me to break up your thought patterns like ocd worrying about shit. its called a click track and it and the asks you to focus on an event and i felling you had with that and listen to what he asking you to do . yo have to tape you left and right hand to tones on the cd ,listen to his voice and focus on the event or feelinngs .and i gaurantee you ,you will feel better.?
JJC1975 Guest
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To give you an idea there are many recordings on YouTube if you just search under hypotherapy + whatever it is that is troubling you it should bring up tons of stuff you can listen to and relax to alone. If you see a hypnotherapist they will obviously be able to tailor the sessions to you specifically which is a further big help.
I'd be interested to hear the recording you were given gawen. I've not heard of the tapping thing before but sounds like an a good idea to help you get fully relaxed as I'm sure it focusses your mind more on the relaxing sounds.
Resigned2B Guest
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Everyone reading this post can relate to 'what's the point?"! The unfortunate truth, when it comes to all of these phsyce meds, is that we are ALL guinea pigs. There is no decisive map when it comes to our minds. They give you a med much like a map to a foreign city. Then, six months later, they ask it you've made it to your destination. When you describe your surroundings to them they admit you are not in the right city. They give you another med hoping THAT med will get you to your destination.
And so the circle goes...
Each time you describe your surroundings given the 'map' they have prescribed. Some people find the right place the first time. Most have to take the long drive taking many different routes [or meds]. There probably aren't many people who find the right one with the first attempt. It sounds like that's where you are now.
I, too, think you should titrate off this med with the help of your doctor. Going off these kinds of meds cold turkey can cause a temporary state of psychosis. This further increases your frustration and depressive thinking, 'what's the point?'.
We are all gueina pigs in psychology. It's nearly a crap-shoot. You are certainly not alone. Step off this med slowly and patiently. The withdrawal side effects may trick you into thinking you still need the med. Talk therapy might help you organize things in your mind. It should help you stabilize at each step.
Good luck. We will all be hoping and praying for your health!
Guest Resigned2B
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I have tried the CBT & it didn't help, however i am waiting on the more intense version as they call it ( whatever that is).
I have been on antidepressents in the past & suffered for so long now that it has giot out of control & now caused other health issues due to it.
Also how can i laugh when i have just lost my job due to this & tried so many tablets with no results. It's just awful & can't take much more
wendy21442 Guest
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elaine30474 Guest
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I just wanted to say I decided to go cold turkey after stopping Sertraline for 6 weeks, as I have been on them for quite a while. It was not a good idea and last Friday I crashed. With good advice from this forum I have gone back on them and have decided to give it a month and come off them slowly with help from my GP, I'm sure this is the best way to go. 5 days on and my mood is getting better. Hope this is helpful.
bellaseb Guest
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I'm so sorry to hear how bad you're feeling, and that you have lost your job. That is terribly sad news, and there will be a solution out there for you somewhere - but if you go cold turkey on sertraline you will wish you felt like you did now, which may sound incomprehendible.
I wish you all the very best of luck, it's a horrid place to be in (& I speak from experience), but go and talk to your doctor for alternatives before doing anything drastic.
All the best
Bella
livvyosc1 Guest
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Resigned2B livvyosc1
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Please! Research this!
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Guest Guest
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Thanks for you're message. I just wanted to ask how you are getting on without the meds?
I am coming up for week 3 of cold turkey & can honestly say i don't feel any worse, however i was in a real state to have gone on these tabs in the first place. I am still extremely depressed & everything is just black, but at least i have more energy & don't feel so sick & sweat all the time etc.
Keep in touch i'd like to hear how you are getting on.
Butterfly x