Sedated on week 3 150mgs sertraline

Hi Weenett Thanks for reply a lot of people seem to be on sertraline for anxiety and panic which must be horrible and it makes sense to go slow and hopefully give the body a chance to adjust I haven't really had that option because I've been out of action for so long I don't know how long you have been on sertraline hope you are doing well on it my main side effects are insomnia and fatigue And a really foggy head I am praying these will get better over the next couple of weeks 👍

I had 2 major depressive episodes early twenties but managed my mental health very well for last 20 years I thought I had it sorted but it came back to bite me in the bum in hindsight I was getting depressed for a long time due to lots of different factors and had a total meltdown in august and haven't recovered I do all the right things exercise not drinking etc but this episode has really floored me I have to remind myself that it's not me it's depression and it's an illness that can be treated 👍

Hi godsend your reply has been really helpful my depression has an obsessive ruminating self critical theme to it which wears me down and I lose myself in it in the past clomipramine helped me tremendously and I. Stayed on 20 mgs for 20 odd years but as I am older I am unable to tolerate the side effects and I gave it a good shot for 5 months but had to recognise it wasn't helping I do feel my obsessional thoughts have improved a bit but hope sleep and energy improve soon so I can feel I am getting better and regain some hope best wishes to you and thanks for sharing your insights which have given me some HOPE(Hold On Pain Ends)👍

Papertiger, yep, you are getting better. Because your obsessive thoughts start to recede. For me, appetite improves, panics and physical symptoms of anxiety subsides, intrusive thoughts reduced then slowly go away, then depression sets in, derealization, severe tiredness, and the slowly derealization goes and more energy and more engaged in my loves - movies, food, music, books!

So you are on your way to get better, no doubt about it.

Also, you are right. Nothing lasts forever, not this body so definitely not this illness. This, too, shall pass. All things on earth shall pass.

Anytime, you're most welcome. God gave me back my life and it's to help others like me. So anytime you have any questions or want to chat, I'm here. I may not respond right away but I will try.

Thanks godservant it doesn't sound like it was easy so kudos to you the different stages of your journey from past experience make absolute sense to me I think I probably want to fast forward to the last stage i.e. Full recovery without the pain of the journey which ain't going to happen ! 👍

It wasn't always hard, but this life has definitely not been easy. I shouldn't be here, I have died so many times, but somehow I am. 

And not kudos to me, it's all God, glory goes to Him. Even now, I pray for Him to take me home in my sleep if He thinks that is best for me.  Now, that, is how this illness has humbled me. But you will get well, and this illness will humble you to no end and changes you from the inside out that you become a better person, a more sympathetic person to all the pain and suffering of others, physical or mental. 

I have been praying for the wife of my husband's friend whose breast cancer came back so now she's undergoing a very strong chemo that is known as "the red devil," and she can't keep anything down, not even water. I compare her pain to mine to give me strength when really, pain is pain, there is no comparison because we can only imagine others pain. But when you go thru that pain yourself, it is a diff story. Hang in there. We have to go thru to appreciate the times when we are well, but goodness, dear Lord, I always say, I don't need to be reminded. I remember the pain all too well, so let's skip this pain stage!