i am on day 7 of this anti depressant today
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I am finally on day 7 of this Sertraline anti depressant and its been really weird.
June 7th was not all that bad.
June 8th I felt tired a bit during and felt a bit different started to feel it start to work.
June 9th I felt it more and felt like what the f**k is this
June 10th I begin to get hungry more and felt strange
June 11th I began to feel it more in my system
June 12th I can feel calmer and more relaxed
June 13th today and I can feel more relaxed and just trying to think positive and keep this way from now a week has been hard but worth it now and now till next Thursday 20th and I will speak to my doctor and see what he thinks.
I will keep posting here for the next week ...
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TurtleTom roxanne73565
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Hi Roxanne, keep at it, it takes anywhere from about 4-6 weeks for the dosage to reach its maximum and then if you still dont feel better it may be upped to 100mg (assuming you are on 50mg currently) it does fet easier and after a while you forget you are taking an anti deppresant and it becomes routine. the hardest step for me was accepting I needed an anti depressant
roxanne73565 TurtleTom
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I am the same I think about it and it feels weird to be taken anti depressant and sometimes I am thinking do I really need it day 8 now and kind of still feel like what the f**k am I on this for still.
Even my own parents dont think I should be on it at all as they think I am doing fine before I took but i dont feel like they are attacking me anymore like before I took the anti depressant I was very aggressive towards mostly everyone and taken stuff out on them and not wanting to be in my parents alot as my adhd was blocking me from being clam and collective and thinking straight and being me and making me feel like s**t and not having a life.
TurtleTom roxanne73565
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You sound very much like myself, I usex to always rowe with my parents, hate being at home until I had just turned 18 and had a massive bust up with my father and the police were called. I ended up having to grow up very quikcly and find accommodation etc. still had a temper and still used to argue until I was blue in the face with many from neighbour's p**** me off to companies calling and wasting time. this went on for many years until I had a panic attack last year out of no where. after hopsital checks was told all was ok and I couldn't believe it even told them they were wrong haha. went back to dr and he put me on the sertraline but I refused to take them but still didnt feel "normal" so for about 4/5 weeks I carried on seeing the doctor weekly until he said "what have you got to loose tom, just give them a month and see how things goes" he also gave some diazepam to help with the anxiety of the side effects.
since then I have gone up to 150mg and feeling alot better and calmer in myself, people have actuallly said I am a better person but I still dont think it is the tablets but little things like being able to get in the garden whereas over christmas free time I felt stuck indoors. as of last week I have gone from 150mg to 100mg to see how things goes but already I feel a bit more edgy but I shall wait and see how things goes.
I still suggest keeping at it and giving them time to see if any changes do occur
roxanne73565 TurtleTom
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i would argue with my parents all of the time as i didnt like being controlled and being told what to do and my parents used to stop me from moving out when In was younger and they even called the cops on me as I didnt answer the phone to them as I was over the age of consent to move out and the police were on my side as i was over the age of 18 I think i was 23 years old and my parents blamed my condition and said that I couldnt cope on my own or with friends and I didnt know what I was doing. so i am glad I had the police on my side it was a blessing.
I still feel at edge when I have to visit as they think I will remain at home.
I have a boyfriend who has nearly the same conditions as me and we are both happy together ..
sue74917 roxanne73565
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Roxanne you are doing brilliantly and it is such a good idea to keep a log of how you feel each day, that way when you have times when you think you are not improving you can look back and see how far you have actually come, keep it up girl, well done you
roxanne73565
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thank you sue .
How have you been keeping ?
roxanne73565
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I have been diagnosed with adhd since i was about 6 or 7 years old and what ticked me off being an adult with this is that my doctor pushed me aside since I became 18 as none know about adult adhd here in Ireland and its been hurting me since then I was going threw my 20s not knowing where to go in my life and how to handle my condition and how to stable myself and then I reached my 30th milestone and thinking about what I can do to settle my mood and stable my life i went to my doctor on June 7th and I told him what I was feeling and what was happening and then from there he prescribed me anti depressant 50mg sertraline for a month but I am following up with him next Thursday as i will be 2 weeks on that tablet.
Concert 18mg was not the tablet for me as it didnt lift my mood up it had otherside effects like ya it helped me concentrate a bit but I just didnt think it was for me as I kept getting the same does of that and felt it wasnt working for me at all..
so if u havent been diagnosed with adhd and u think u have it then go see a doctor and get diagnosed properly and seek advice asap..
roxanne73565
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June 14th was day 8 and feeling a little better but still tired and feeling like i didnt want to get out of bed at all.
June 15th felt tired and really getting hungry very easily.
June 16th today not to bad took my tablet really late as I was to lazy to take it earlier and going back to doctor on Thursday 20th of June cant wait as I will hopefully will feel back to myself but might up my dose to get me much clam and collective and to make me better as i am only on 50mg.