Ruminating Thoughts - please please help, I hate this

doc may up that 50 dose as thats just a starting dosd

i was the same 4 wks at 50

i went on 100 will be 2 wks friday and notice improvements

when u change dose too isnt instant to kick in and

can have side effects luckily from 50-100 i didnt

have any hopefull you wont too

i had all the side effects first 3 weeks in including racing anxiety and insomnia

keep your chin up

Hi Lee ann86.

Been there, experienced all what said, you will get there,, hang in there, I know its horrible.

with right meds and psychotherapy you will win.

I also paid for private Hypnotherapy/psychotherapy , which helped , but the Venlafaxine worked best for me.

Even now some old thoughts from years ago, guilt etc, silly things about saying bad to mum, pinching boy at school, smacking the kids, now I know these things are silly , just life events that most people go through, the pyschology help me get it in prospective

Sometimes come back but it doesn't rumanate on and on ,

It's hard but no one is perfect we all make mistakes.

Try to stop beating yourself up, make yourself think of something else.

Now I find I just start automatically thinking of something else.

Now I'm what I call living in the now interested in whats going on around me.

However, I tried about 5 different types of meds at different times before this one suited me.

They can take several weeks to 3 months to work properly.

So don't give in, Sert may be right for you, if not go back.

Good Luck

Thoughts all the time until I went on Venlafaxine, then cleared after about a month to 6 wks on Ven.

while on other meds I tried to

over ride the thoughts with other nice thoughts , like Im a good person, etc etc. They are bullies, its not my fault etc. but really that didn't work.

I began to think Iv got to live with this. I was on Citlapram and couple of others Mirtzpam, forgot others.

Then Sert for about 18 months all Dr did was increase dose.

Now Ven seems to work , thank god I found Mental Health Practicioner new appointed at Surgery.

Trouble also was my husband didn't understand and just nit picked and told me to stop thinking about it. And looked at me with horrier

Hope you find something for you.

All the Best. C