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I Miss My Old Self || SERTRALINE

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The_Cure
The_Cure

Hello, I am new here. Tho, I have been lurking in the forums for months. I am just a student experiencing these stuffs. It all started by the thought of heart attack last april then it all went spiral downward from there.

At first, i don't feel depressed but it went to the point that i was bedridden and the things i usually do before became totally nonsense. I feel like life is pointless, failure. Etc.

Before, i thought i know what anxiety or depression was. Heck no, i miss myself. I miss the days where i am not in these phase. I really do miss my old life and self. I mean, who doesn't?

I am taking sertraline 5 weeks now. Tho, 1-3 weeks i can feel the progress. I really do. But today? I feel like i am back to what was. Is this normal? I mean, do you know the feeling of having some progress then feeling like back to square one again?

I miss the old me, the one who can fight and push through problems and stresses. I miss my confidence and my stability. I just miss everything. I really do. Can anyone of you give some encouragement or perhaps hopeful stories and progress? I am just 18, and i feel like i am missing what should i be living at this age.

Please help me, since i've been enduring all the symptomos of anxiety or depression for a long time (you name it). Does it really get better?

Hoping for some answers!

-Rain

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  • husam
    husam The_Cure

    Posted

    Hey man,

    In the same boat here, a lot of people (including my doc) say it does get better. Stick in there we’ll all be back to our fighting non-caring selves soon. 

  • trishtrash80
    trishtrash80 The_Cure

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    Hi

    I was you 6 months ago

    I was also like you reading on this forum and thought there’s no way it will get better.

    I didn’t feel like it did much week1-3 apart from sweats and racing heart. Then weeek 4,5 and 6 was yuk I felt like I had gotten worse and my anxiety was sky high. I never really had depression but those weeks I found out what depression plus my anxiety on top felt like..

    Stick with it it does get better I’m not saying I’m 100% cured but it’s heaps better. I probably should have started earlier then later. But I was always trying natural remedy’s etc and thought I could bet it. It wasn’t until I got dygnosed with a brain tumour I knew even though begnin but rare and mostly taken out the constant fear of it growing back and having to go get scans constantly that I couldn’t ignore that my life was from 14 months ago be completely different !!! I needed that little help so I took that step! I’ve got a 7 year old son I need to look after.. 

    my bit of advice is don’t be to quick to up the dose just let the drugs kick in and help take the edge off, if in 6 months it hasn’t gotten better maybe then up dose.

    I also try listen to positive hypnosis on utube especially at night. 

    Look up Micheal Sealy he has heaps to listen to.. 

    good luck 

  • brenda53218
    brenda53218 The_Cure

    Posted

    Its still early in the game for you. Yes it does get better. Yes around the 7th week i thought that i was starting to relapse, but thats how this drug works.Its a slow acting med. I'm on week 17 and feel so much better. There is still room for improvement but will wait until July to increase. I take 50 so will up to 75. Give it time and then see how you feel. Talk to your doctor about it and go from there. You will improve. 😎

  • darla_22432
    darla_22432 The_Cure

    Posted

    I’m 32 and it’s hard for me as well. Part of me wants to be able to just give up and stay in bed all day but I have a child counting on me. It’s so hard though. All I do is worry about whether or not I’m going to make it. I’m so worried about becoming homeless. Of never being able to make enough money to take care of myself and my child. I feel like if I was going to succeed in life, I would have already. I hate the fact that I’m so jealous of stay at home moms, whose husbands seem to love and appreciate them just for doing stuff around the house. I was a single mother for 4 years and now I’m with a man but I don’t know what’s going to happen with that, things have been rough lately. I’m on 75 mg of Zoloft for about a week after a month on 50. I know things will eventually start to feel better but it’s hard to see that right now. I feel like I’m always the lonely one, the odd one out. 
  • james63103
    james63103 The_Cure

    Posted

    I had to double check I didn't write this! I am in your boat.

    My depression has stemmed from health anxiety and other life events. I've been bedridden for many days in the past 2 years. I didn't even realise it was depression.

    I'm also just over 5 weeks in and past couple have days I've felt terrible. All the side effects seem to have came back too.

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