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Major depression, insomnia.. sertraline for nine days but dont seem to be working

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ryanfreebody
ryanfreebody

Hi people three weeks ago i broke up with my girlfriend iv been seeing her for three years and we made it official just over a year ago, when i was seeing her i wasnt actually madly in love with her because i was still getting over my ex who i have a baby girl aged 5 with but as time grew i fell out of love with my ex and fell in love with my new girlfriend who iv loved for over a year. Three weeks ago i was dumped in the worst possible way a man could imagine, since this happened iv had severe trouble sleeping at night at all its like my brain filled up with so much negativity i felt like it was going to explode. A week after with a couple hours sleep a night i seeked a doctor who referred me zopiclone i took these for the next week and they knocked me out for like 4-5 hours a night. My mood got even worse my head got worse so i come to a conclusion i must be severely depressed. I then seeked the doctor told him how i feel and that the pain im in from lack of sleep is torture so he issued me sertaline i have been on these for the last nine days now sleeps still bad, sweats really bad, lack of energy and iv pretty much got know life in me, three weeks ago i had a good job a girlfriend and was very happy around pretty much everyone. Can anyway tell me if theyve been through a similar situation and how long it will take for my mind to ease so i can sleep at night again and get my health back. Iv been on sertraline 50 mg for nine days now and its the first time iv taken them for years if the truth be known i think i was majorly depressed when i broke up with my baby mother five years ago but i never took no medication now im 27 i feel like its all hitting me at once..

 

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  • smiler3476
    smiler3476 ryanfreebody

    Posted

    Good chance you're having a 'realisation' if that makes sense. Thinking you can carry on as normal when it's all crumbling around you is bloody crap! It took me at least 6 wks to feel the full effects of the sertraline I started at 50 mg and gradually increased to 150 mg. I've decided on my own I'm no better on them than off. BUT everyone is different,  so please don't feel negative and think they won't work for you! Give them chance to 'kick in' take one day at a time and focus on your little girl. She is the future and your beginning of happiness.  They can be the biggest drain when they've got their pain in the ass mood on, but then their simplest little things can fill your heart with so much happiness and bring smiles you never thought you'd ever have again. Keep going there is light at th end of the perverbial tunnel some find it sooner than others for me it's taking longer.  Stick with it sweet you WILL eventually get there. Xx
  • ryanfreebody
    ryanfreebody

    Posted

    Thank you, yeh i think that makes sense realisation i am realising our relationship wasnt great, too much negativity rather than possitive memorys i think thats what im dwelling on plus the loss of my baby mother too. I really need my brain to ease out the bad thoughts but my head still isnt feeling lighter and my sleeps getting worse, im even starting to panic about sleeping now and that im gona be on zopiclone tablets for the rest of my life. Iv never had this problem before always quite a chilled relaxed person, iv been drinking and occasionally smoking weed for like nearly a decade but when i was dumped and couldnt sleep i give it all up i dont know if its too soon and this is making me worse, i use to drink with my partner regurlarly and it never helped the relationship just seemed to cause arguments and fights over jealousy etc we obviously had our good moments but most was negative, i feel like i cant win either way. I wana have a drink but im worried it will send me through the roof and make me worse and give me a panic attack. Sertraline, zopiclone, alcohol and cannabis this cant be a good combination surely? The other week i was so bad i felt like dumping myself in A and E and giving up and telling them to knock me out, still aint been im just trying to soldier through this i think if i went their i would have a panic attack and slowly deteriorate..

     

  • jose79057
    jose79057 ryanfreebody

    Posted

    Ryan; I've been on Setraline for 16 days now and it was just three days ago that I started to be ok. For what I heard it takes from 2-4 weeks to work and has plenty of side effects at the start. Like insomnia, lost of appetite , mood changes, etc....

    Is not easy but I am trying to stick with it for another 2 weeks to see if it gets better. Try to hang in there. Good luck .

    • ryanfreebody
      ryanfreebody jose79057

      Posted

      Sorry for the late reply thanks for your comment. Why am in so much agony from taking them? Weak, im motionless not tearful, more like lifeless, im eating still, sweating, not sleeping, losing my memory and my brain is thinking the worst. What side affects have you had and is it your first course? Yesterday i didnt take and my body felt fine. Im even thinking are they for me now and would i be better off without them. Any advice jose?
  • wendy56784
    wendy56784 ryanfreebody

    Posted

    Hi , you really are going through it,   do you really need this tablets? what i mean is you would be better if you could talk to some one now, the tablets take about 6 weeks to kick in , so talking and getting some one to really listen to you would help .        Do you feel any better after you wrote it all down ? did it make you feel slighty better? I hope so ,  you need to lick yr wounds from the break up from the mother of your child,   you sound a very sensitive guy, nothing wrong with that, i think the world would be a better place if more peope were like that     u need help now , , for you to feel like going to A& E is not good u dont want your thoughts going down that route,    can always talk to us, any thing to help  Wendyxx
    • ryanfreebody
      ryanfreebody wendy56784

      Posted

      Thanks for your comment wendy, sorry i neva got back straight away friday afternoon late night i was in alot of agony, its like the tablets are really making me worse, i was so weak and my brain exploding with more bad thoughts. Yesterday i actually didnt take them all day and my body felt ten times better and my energy levels were normal. I think i really need people to talk too, your right im a very sensitive guy i come from a good background and find relationships hard to accept when they are over. I was down, sad five years ago when i broke up with my baby mum but never kept to anti depressants just took a few and thought nah this aint for me. Im really confused to wether i should carry on im ten to eleven tablets in but im dreading the pain they are putting me through. Friday i see my gp and said these tablets are making me worse, he told me to up it to two a day so i took two on friday and thats when i was in pure agony i felt like i really didnt wana be here no more. I cant work out what the problem is with me? Im living off zopiclone tablets too knock me out at night otherwise i dont sleep, my mind runs wild then i start panicking from lack of sleep. Have you any ideas what im going thru and any advice? thanks again its nice to see people listening and understanding x x
    • wendy56784
      wendy56784 ryanfreebody

      Posted

      Yes i have but my problems are different, talking is good , a big problem in your head if shared can really be just a little one, we went through fertility for 7 yrs, never told any one, when people asked i said was having a good time and didnt want any. just drunk too much ect.

      what kind of pain u in ? if u cant find any one to talk to ,talk to me i'll send u my email address or phone no so can text if u like , dont even feel alone . advice take each day as it comes, ever thing i believe happens for a reason, as for sleep read a book watch tv, tell yrself i'll sleep tomorrow. it stops me from going mad , take care x

    • ryanfreebody
      ryanfreebody wendy56784

      Posted

      Thanks wendy, im really sorry to here that i feel your pain, but your right our problems are totally different, alot of people have said the same things as u keep busy read a book, im currently going gym 4 a swim, you sound level headed and make sense to me so yeh it would be nice to exchange numbers i think i need to talk to people to ease my mind from the past thats whats triggering it i think. Tablets make me so bad i really dont no whether to carry on? Im gona send you my number when i get out of the gym it will be nice to talk and relate to each others problems drop me a text when you receive? I actually tried to get my partner pregnant for a few years but sadly we couldnt im dwelling on that too because that may have changed alot and perhaps saved our relationship..
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