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Sertraline and trazodone making things worse

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I had bad anxiety over some obsessive thoughts and was put on trazodone at night 50mg and setraline at morning 50mg. After being on both for a month at that dose the doc upped me to 100mg of each 5 days ago because i was still feeling kind of bad. These last few days i feel like im losing my mind. I started a month ago with thoughts about my vision and some other health related things. But when i looked up OCD and read about intrusive thoughts i read that a lot of people have thoughts about killing their spouse or loved ones. I had never even thought about that until i read about it and now it is a recurring thought in my head even tho i would never do a thing. Its like this increased dose makes me feel like im going insane. Its like its making think im hearing a voice instead of a thought now which freaks me out even more cuz i feel like maybe im turning into a psychopath. Is this normal of the drugs because of the dosage increase or am i going insane? I feel terrible.

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  • laura36585
    laura36585 c88743

    Posted

    You poor soul please try not to worry this is the medication making you think and feel this way, it’s a seriously big jump up in your meds so quickly perhaps you need to do things slower.   Please phone your doctor first thing tomorrow and tell them how you are feeling and they will know what to do.   Hang in there and remember you are not losing your mind or turning into a psychopath this is your brain struggling to cope with the medication. You are going to be ok.  
    • c88743
      c88743 laura36585

      Posted

      Thanks for the reply. I just cant seem to get right this time. Ive had similar anxiety/ocd attacks like this before, but they happen 3 to 4 years apart. I get super anxious and depressed about obsessing over something but after a few weeks i just seem to get used to it and forget about it and become myself again. This time is a whole new beast. Its been over 5 weeks now and it isnt slowing down. I was so hopeful meds would work, and ive heard about them taking weeks to work, but i dont know if i can continue on them. This morning was a wakeup call cuz i honestly thought maybe the thoughts i was having was a voice and i was turning insane. Im lost.
    • laura36585
      laura36585 c88743

      Posted

      You really need to speak with your doctor tomorrow.   Don’t put it off.    It could be a bad med combo for you.   
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