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Clancy82
Clancy82

Hi I know I've posted about my medication for severe depression and the side effects from it but I feel I can't cope anymore with it. The doc keeps upping it at the advice of a psychiatrist but since they've been upping it from 50mg to 150mg of sertraline I'm going completely crazy. I am so so agitated to the point where I scared my mum the other day. But I'm struggling to control it. The energy inside just has to burst out and I feel like screaming and shouting and running around and scratching my face off I even saw a hammer at my mums and I felt like hammering my own hand because of the energy I have. I've never had thoughts of hurting anybody else and I don't want to do it to end my life etc it's just because I'm brimming with this agitation/energy. It comes and goes in waves. When it's not there I'm down and sad about it and scared when it's there I have no fear. I keep telling people (my doctor, friends and the occupational therapist yesterday) but no one seems to help. It's beca of the medication. I'm also going to sleep and having four hours sleep then waking up and sweating with horrible nightmares. After a few hours I get back to sleep and they start again so I'm terrified of sleeping now. Also at times I look at things and they don't seem real, like my cat or furniture. I have to look after 4 kids and I'm terrified that they'll get taken off me because of the symptoms of the sertraline but I feel like no one is listening to me. I'm thinking of just stopping taking them all together. I want to be normal and get back to work these tablets are destroying me. I had this agitation before but now I feel sad. I can feel it moving through my body. Sorry if I'm not making much sense im just so fed up with it. They're going to up it to 200 next Thursday.

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  • Lizzie46881
    Lizzie46881 Clancy82

    Posted

    Hi Clancy

    Just a quick post to say I've read your post and can so relate to it.  Sounds like you are getting either maina or mixed-states (a combination of depression and mania) as an effect of the sertraline.  I used to get that and it was just tghe worst thing of all.  I'm not a medic in any way, but when it happend to me what helped was an anti-psychotic.  I'm on riperidone, which really helps me, maybe go back to your psych or gp and suggest it.

    I send you my love and prayers for a speedy recovery.  Let me know how you are going on and I'll try to keep in touch.

    xxx

  • sarah20344
    sarah20344 Clancy82

    Posted

    Hi Clancy that sounds so terrible. I know it feels that no one is listening to U and trust me I no how awful that feels. It can take a while to find the right dose, and I would say that they R trying to c if this will work for U im sure they think wot they R doing has a good chance of working. However having 4 children and having all these things going on must be so hard, I thought my old doctor was wrong and saw a new one who has put me on a new drug I thought wow as the old doc would never try anything new but I soon saw it wasn't for me and my doc has slowly reduced it, it might be that the drug will work for U at a higher level, it is so hard as we R all different. But it sounds like IT isnt doing anything positive for U only making an already awful situation worse, and I really really think U need to get someone to listen because I no a few ppl on those and they work great but I would have thought that they would have started working if they were gonna abd upping them might just make UR already terrible symptoms even worse. And having children to look after with all this going on is terrible, and being scared U will lose them, I ended up in a very similar situation because of not being told of my condition and I understand totally UR concerns however if U do have contact with social services as long as U r reasonable and calm they can actually help U I was actually at the time at my worst and would shout at them so it made my situation worse but they can offer services to help U with UR children however if U have suppirt elsewhere use that. I'm no doctor but they don't seem to be helping U I would keep going back and get someone to go with U u can get advocates from MIND who will go to appointments with U and help u with all sorts of things. I feel for u so much if u wanna PM me u can IVE just spent 4 weeks going up from 50 to 300mg of a new tablet which at first was good but it made me feel awful after so im reducing now and am finally bk down to 50mg, U can do this uve got this far so don't give up. Please please please use your family and friends if U have to help U, I no we isolate ourselfs but don't go through this alone. Hopefully U will get off those tablets out it has to be done slowly or the effects will be even worse then wot U have no but I get y U feel like this. U said UR doctor is upping it at the advice of the psychiatrist but He or she needs to c U not just tell the doc to up them get to the doctor or get to Ur local mental health unit and c them they should not keep upping it and certainly not without seeing U! This is the problem with a lot of places the doctors R not qualified and don't have the specialist understanding of a psychiatrist U really need to be seen and ASAP if U r not feeling any better on these tablets which u clearly R not U must get them to listen this frustrates me So much I really really hope U get this sorted. PLS get to the doctors don't let them FOB U off U tell them U can not carry on like this U came to them for help and U r feeling worse and U have the extra pressure of 4 children and the added worry that ul lose them wen all U want is to feel better. I'm beginning to c just y so many ppl r totally against medication it's so hit and miss. But it can also work wonderers, it's no joke without children having all this but having 4 children depend on U u need to be stable. Uve done so well and PLS remain strong im sure U will get this sorted just approach the doctors in a calm way no matter how frustrated U get because IVE done it all the wrong way and it will make it worse if U have a close friend partner or someone who can keep U calm and go with u PLS get them to I have found that the doctors can treat U so differently with a witness there. PLS let me no how U get on I will b thinkinh of U x
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