Does anyone feel hopless?
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Hi just found this site, don't know if anyone will reply to this and for some reason bit scared of postin it (but tend to be scared of most things at the moment for no reason). I have suffered from depression for 4 years now, which isn't that long but has felt like a lifetime. I have been on flueuxatine (think thats how u spell it) which made me feel worse which made me hurt myself so the dr quickly took me off it. For the most part I have been on mirtazapine, which the first time I took it helped me alot but then it seemed to stop helping me. Was on the highest dose of mirtazapine and still felt no different so the dr gave me sentraline.
It took me a week and a half to start takin them as I get scared when I start new tablets (mainly because of the effect the fluexatine had on me). Only took my second tablet today and I know it takes a couple of months for them to kick in, but I suppose Im just lookin for a little bit of hope. I feel like this is just something I am never goin to get rid of and no matter how hard I try it keeps coming bak and each time it does it gets harder to cope with. I would just like to know if anyone has ever properly got over this or is it something that just hangs over you forever? I feel so alone and hopeless and I just want to feel normal again, I'm sick of feeling like this and just wish it would all go away and I could be happy. I just feel so useless and angry with myself all the time. I either don't sleep or sleep for hours, don't eat or eat everything I can and am petrified of leavin my house if I am alone (which most of the timeI am as I live alone), I even panic if someone knocks on my door when I am not expecting anyone. I just feel so pathetic and worthless and want to scream at myself get over it, but it just won't go away. Does any of this make sence to anyone? As I feel so alone, theres only so much u can tell ur friends and family about this without them thinkin ur crazy, which most of the time I feel I am anyway.I'm sorry to go into such a rant but feel that no one understands me. I also really need some reassuranse that this tablet does help as I am just gettin tired of the whole situation and what feels like a constant fight. Hopefully there is someone out there who feels or has felt the same way and understands (althought I don't wish this feelin on anyone, because its the worst thing I have ever experienced and just won't seem to go away). If you took the time to read this, thank you and if you have felt the same then please reply and let me know if sentraline (or any other tablet) has worked for you.
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How many mg are you on?
Hope this helps
Boog xxxx
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I too had a weird clenchy (is that a word ) jaw thing and felt sicky the first week but that is much better. Still feel sicky now and again. I do feel really panicky today and don't really want to talk to anyone. It's hard to know if that is side affects or the depression/anxiety. On the plus side I can actually sit through dvds and happily read books which I couldn't do a couple of weeks ago as I'd be stressed out I should be doing other things and had no concentration.
It's good you've recognised it's going to take months to feel better. We all wish there was that magic button to feel better eh
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Take care and hope you all feel better, big hugs x
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I was suffering terrible anxiety, and I started taking sertraline, it got worse for the first week, but in the third week i started to notice a difference and by the 6th week I'm beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel.
It doesn't work overnight, and you have to take it as directed - but it has worked for me.
I was a bit silly and thought I could drink and still be OK, but please dont do it, it does appear to make it less effective.....
Good Luck - you are not alone!!
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Thank you so much for replying Thank you for your advice and I will stick with it. You answered a question that I had been asking ma self too, bout drinking. I haven't drank any alcohol since I have started taking sertraline but I was wondering if you could drink with it? Now that lately I have been in the mood for a night out or having friends round for a drink. But I was just wondering for when I do feel like it, would it make me not well?
Thanks for your help, take care, big hugs x
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Have just started taking sertraline after being in denial really!! I,m a busy mum with 6 year old twins, & three stroppy teenagers , oh & a loveley husband, & i work part-time as a receptionist I have been poorly (anxiety, palputations, fatigue, aches & pains, mind racing) for a number of months but me thinking i,m \"SUPERWOMAN\" just carry in until I'v eventually BURNT OUT!! I have had some blood test which have revealed problems with my thyroid, & this can have a big impact on depression & all the other things i'm experiencing, so i think once they get this sorted it will help with evrything else i'm experiencing. However I was on sertraline before for three years when my twins were born & i was finding it very difficult to cope, they gave me a new lease of life ( twins & tablets!!) so persevere & remember you're no alone in how you're feeling. Keep that chin up!!
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I ca totally relate to the posts on here and hope to get some postivity n my life again
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Stick with it. Things WILL get better. xx
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Its approx 3 years since your post ..I'm curious ,How are you ? i have been suffering SUFFERING !! with depression for 6 long months now ...I feel ..scared ..no longer me ! i used to work ,go out with friends ,do things with my bf ...Now i cant enjoy life ! i dont know how to just be anymore i used to enjoy housework and now i sit and look and look at what needs doing day in and day out ! i cant shower i cant get out the door ! i dont enjoy watching movies anymore God i just want me back !! I dont want life to be an effort anymore I just want to wake up and not think oh i have to get through today ...I think no longer working is playing a huge role now ... i have nothing to do ! at times i start to panic because i just cant stand the nothing ! i panic and feel overwhelmed ...How long is living going to be such a conscious thing i would love you to respond OR anyone respond PLEASE i need HOPE ......Oh im taking 60mg of mirtazapine but asking my doc tomorrow to wean me off and try something else like sertraline because what im taking at the moment seems to be making me flat ,tired Uninterested ...Thank you in advance to whom ever takes the time to read my post and respond,xxxx