SertalineADVICE 4 weeks now & no improvement .
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Any advice would be really helpful for me ..
heres my story ..
...I was struggling day by day with anxiety at work, social anxiety ... I've had it a long long time, that with depression.. But I learnt to live with it with some great difficulty, not going out & just concentrating on work and my family and partner ... No social life,
My mam passed away, I had to give her end of life care ... I was off work for 3 month .. Went back & then
had a nervous breakdown..
I got subscribed sertaline and I've been on them for a month now ... And back on the sick from work this is my 4th week ...
I have only felt really happy and me once during this time ... I have not felt any benefit as yet.. Not too a great deal anyway .. I have the side effect of being very nervous and terrible anxiety & suicdle thoughts, heart palpitations,worrying, paranoid thoughts, cant look people in the eye, very harsh feelings of not wanting to be here anymore...
I am now up to 100mg ..
I am too worried incase these are not working for me ..
I get anxiety, with suicdle thoughts, flash backs & worry on a morning when I wake up, palpertations,
Social anxiety, feel I can't go in shops, talk to anyone from work, or friends and family ..
Totally excluded from the world .. Basically sit in my room all day & night, the odd day I'm out and about trying for some form of normality ...
So ... I heard that it takes 8 weeks for this drug to start working ....
In the mean time I have an appointment with a mental health nurse ....
I'm going to put forward my concerns ...
& hopefully have some answers soon..
I just want to return to be normal ...
Totally fed up & don't know what to do ..
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Celt34 Hollie123
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Good luck x
Hollie123 Celt34
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I had cbt a few years ago , never stuck with it due to to implications ..... & now I think I'm getting the course again,
i had to beg for bereavement counciling
. That's in 5 weeks time...
I hope this nurse cures me ...
raraluke Hollie123
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Hollie123 raraluke
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yeah... We must talk to our Gp's and find the right balance for us all ..
paul80490 Hollie123
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Let everything be as it is, the world is just entertainment. Enjoy it and dont take it too seriously. With Love Paul
Hollie123 paul80490
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It's now week 4 and I feel like I'm getting more depressed and more anxiety & suicidle thoughts ...
I'm just totally fed up, I'm going to see my doc 2mo because I've had enough of if all