Sertraline Anxiety High Psych Recc.
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Hey guys! I posted a few days ago that I was so miserable and my anxiety as SO high - much higher than its ever been. I went to the NP 2 days ago and told her about the obsessive thoughts about dying and high anxiety and she told me it was just my anxiety and bumped me to 150mg even though other than occasional panic attack this has never happened until she bumped me from 25 to 100mg within 6 days.. So I went from 25 to 100 to 150 in about 14 days. I have been so scared, constantly shaking, can't eat. I'm down almost 10 pounds in 3 weeks. I finally called our local mental health faculty and I cried and told them I could not wait 3 more weeks for an appointment. That lady bless her heart told me to come in at 7am the next day (before they even opened) and I saw her earlier. She did my intake and I can't get with the psychiatrist until April BUT she spoke with the psychiatrist and they told me it IS the Zoloft (even though the NP was adamant it wasn't) and to lower back down to 100mg. They also called my NP and told her what medications to give me to help with these new symptoms because they saw how miserable I was and if I have any more issues she is to call them to see how to adjust my meds. I'm getting ready to go to my appointment now so I'm not sure what they recommended as of yet.
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I will say this though, being outside (on a good weather day) has helped me. I'm down-stepping off the sert, and it's been tough, but we went skiing recently, and I didn't want to go - I didn't want to be cold, or do all that work schlepping stuff and packing, blah blah blah. But it was sheer heaven for 2 days. Maybe if you go do something that requires you be distracted by it, that you enjoy and need to be engaged or engrossed in? Find a supportive friend that will drag you out, just for a walk around park? - baby steps - it might get you past the hard parts. And you'd be amazed how supportive our friends and loved ones can really be when you tell them what you're doing to try to help yourself and ask for a little help from them.
Big hugs to you! Hang in there!!!
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Hope you're feeling a little better - awful how this stuff plays with your head! Hang in there!
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You need to eat, Brillo! I lost of bunch of weigh initially on the sert, and I was dizzy and lightheaded. I read that plenty of B-vits (derived thorugh food being better) are very helpful, so I ate plain Greek yogurt with lots of blueberries for breakfast and it helped with the gross nauseous feeling. Being productive and trying to cross things off the lists made me feel better too, but honestly it was hard to get off my duff to do them - the sert made me very sleepy and lazy (which didn't really help cuz I felt MORE depressed than when I started on it...).
I will post how this all goes - I at least feel like I'm more in control again. Thank you all for the honest help - I was having a miserable time trying to do this on my own - I'm not so scared of what I'm dealing with anymore either. Hugs to all of us--
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