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Depressed and very anxious please help

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alan56015
alan56015

Hi guys. Long story short I'm so depressed and anxious I'm considering taking my own life. I'm on 50mg of sertraline and after a week I feel 100x worse. I'm been through this before as I was on them last year and the same happened. I'm 48 years old and still live with my elderly frail parents. I have a decent job but always just go through the motions and have never challenged myself. My symptoms are very physical where I have a constant tight feeling a cross my head.l, ringing in the ears and general tension. I keep looking back on my life with regret and as I'm still in my childhood home I used to look in the mirror and feel very confident as I was told I was good looking. All I see now is a bald head and grey hairs on my face and look very old. I feel guilty about how vain I was. I do hope to get a little reply from someone just to let me know someone is out there to help and take it from there. God bless

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  • rachel1357
    rachel1357 alan56015

    Posted

    I felt the same way 50mg mightnot be enough i changed to 100mg and my life changed. my tightness in my chest is gone. You have so much to offer Im sure!

    Taking your life will just hurt all the people who love you here. Go to your dr and up your meds and speak woth someone please right away. Life is worth living!!!!!!!!! 

    • alan56015
      alan56015 rachel1357

      Posted

      Thanks Rachel will definitely try 100. Can you confirm it did make you worse initially and how long for? Thank you x
    • rachel1357
      rachel1357 alan56015

      Posted

      yes!! 100 helped me tremendously and it worked quickly. DO NOT GIVE UP!

      I thought I would never smile again or always feel like my chest was tight and I couldnt breateh. Now I feel normal and can cope . Please up the dose or sometime sa new pill helps. But setraline has been great to me. GOOD LUCK!

  • Digsby
    Digsby alan56015

    Posted

    Hello Alan,

    Have you had your interview yet? How did it go? How is your mother doing? I hope she is either out of hospital or being well cared for by the hospital staff.

    I'm 48 years old, divorced 5 years ago, live on my own and reminisce often about my happier childhood years, full of potential. Life is essentially what you make it though, and how you cope with the things that happen to you. You are definitely NOT old and there is plenty of life still to be lived. Try to make a few plans so that you have things to look forward to and motivate you. Good luck my friend!

    • alan56015
      alan56015 Digsby

      Posted

      Hi Digsby, thanks so much for getting in touch. Interview went well but didn't get the job. Had some positive feedback though. Mum is out of hospital and seems to be back to her old self. It's frustrating but I just feel stuck. Im feeling tired all the time and have back and neck ache and general aches and pains. I can't seem to shake it off and feel I'm living in my head all the time and not moving on. Not sure if it's the Sertraline but am on a roller coaster at the moment. Mainly anxious and depressive thoughts. I'll speak to you again soon. Many thanks

    • Digsby
      Digsby alan56015

      Posted

      Thanks for the positive update. Take care mate :-)
  • webcrest
    webcrest alan56015

    Posted

    I have the same thing. I get really depressed sometimes, but I always make myself happy. I do that by looking forward to things. If I have something fun to do within the next week or so, I look forward to it. I also just try to think happy thoughts.
    • alan56015
      alan56015 webcrest

      Posted

      Thanks for the advice Webcrest. I'll try to do that.

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