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I’m soon ready to give up....

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nina87533
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I don’t mean suicide, but just giving up all the pills, all the hope, everything. I’m so tired of feeling anxious 24/7. There’s not one thing left that relaxes me, and the second I may feel some relief my mind is like “Nope, you have to feel anxious. You have to feel sick!”

I was doing so well too. Upped my dose to 40mg about 5 weeks ago (almost 6) after being on 20-30mg for four years. About two to three weeks on 40 I felt nearly back to myself. Then one random night I had a stupid panic attack that set me back abit, but surprisingly wasn’t worried too much about it.

Then I decided to add CBD oil to see if that would help as well, and after a few days of taking it I feel worse than I ever did my whole life. I’m not sure if the CBD oil actually caused it or if it was happening on its own regardless, but either way it didn’t help so I stopped.

Now I’m back to taking 7.5 zopiclone a night or 1mg Ativan. Hell, I’ve even been taking 0.5mg of Ativan some days when I never had to take it other than bedtime before. (Which 0.5 don’t even do much for me anyways, never did. But I’m scared of taking more). So now I’m super stressed about that but I honestly feel like I’m going mad.

I just want to be able to relax. Enjoy a movie or a cup of tea or a bath, but my mind just won’t allow me. I’m hoping this is just a awful, awful blip but I truly feel like I’m losing my mind. It’s never been this bad before.....

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    I know exactly how you feel. I'm the same on sertraline for 7 weeks. Just be cautious on the zopiclone. It's coming off that 11 months ago that has caused all my anxiety and intrusive thoughts. It is very addictive and can cause problems for some when you try and come off it. I was made to cold turkey which probably caused the awful symptoms. Some people stop it fine but needs to be taken cautiously.

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      nina87533 Guest

      Posted

      My doctor won’t stop be cold turkey, he already said that lol. So that makes me a little less anxious.

      I’m probably only going to take it for another week or two, then try stopping it and see how I feel.

      I just can’t afford worrying about sleep right now too. But I’ve been having a few decent days so I’m feeling hopeful that within a week or so I’ll be back to taking nothing but the citalopram. Might try the melatonin again actually.

      Have you felt any difference in the sertraline?

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