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Post by reddyd03 on Feb 2, 2007 15:49:25 GMT -5
Yup it's depression. Of course it is. I can't pull myself away to think about anything but negative. Which leads to my non-stop crying fits. Then there is the sleeplessness. Makes me feel crazy. She prescribed Zoloft with the warning that it might cause me to possibly feel worse. In which case I have to call her immediatly. Did anybody have this happen while on Zoloft? She also wants me to see a pshycologist for now and then maybe a pshycitrist. Fun, fun, fun, right? I'm just really sick of seeing dr.'s and of being unable to think of anything else. Any great recomendations to take my mind off it or to relax would really help. Reading helps for a little but my mind still wonders off every once or so pages.
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Post by ouchy on Feb 2, 2007 19:16:57 GMT -5
I took Zoloft for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The first time I took it, it made me a zombie! I had terrible insomnia and didn't sleep for days! I also got tremors from it, and that is why I quit the first time. After a year, my PTSD got pretty bad again, so I started back up. It made me cry alllllllllllllllllll the time and caused me to be depressed. It did take care of my overwhelming fear, though. Those are my experiences w/ Zoloft.
I found that breathing in deeply while smelling something sweet like roses or something herbal like that helped a great deal. I started lighting a honeysuckle candle, putting it on the ledge in the bath, turning the light off, and taking a long, hot soak in the tub! I think it worked pretty well for me as far as relaxing. I also did self-hypnosis--I don't know how much more relaxed you can get than with hypnosis! One hour of hypnosis=8hrs of sleep!
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Post by cherry on Feb 3, 2007 9:07:12 GMT -5
Hi Jess, sorry about your diagnosis. I took an antidepressant once when i was younger (I didn't need them though) cos bc the pill I was on made me weepy, and I failed exams cos my mind was completely blank. I took myself off (stupid I know) them when the shaking started though. You will find lots of different stories of how people fared on antidepressants though. This thread has people's tips on how they cope with the depression cjlevett.proboards33.com/index.cgi?board=depression&action=display&thread=1162080053Now that you know, you have a chance of getting to grips with it all quicker. I am a ninja with this kinda stuff, I cry and feel bad, but then i get annoyed at myself for crying and start fighting back and being all 'must do this and that'. I know it helps me to set aside a little time to cry but after a while i force myself to snap out of it and try to sort myself out, even if it isn't sorting out what made me cry cos i can't. I hope you feel better soon xx
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Post by aub on Feb 24, 2007 6:08:52 GMT -5
I would like to say that I have had depression since 11 or 12, and did not take anything until I broke down at 20 years old. I was okay until one day I started to feel my mood go up and down and cry all the time. The doctor started me out with zoloft-I felt horrible, so I switched to effexor. I was a long process, but I have been taking effexor since then. I takes a few months to find your comfort zone w/ the meds. I still get depressed, but mind you that taking medication is the difference of functioning and non-functioning(for me atleast) Before I took medicine I just skimmed through the days and had trouble completing things (i.e. school work). I work full time and go to school full time, walk my dogs one mile everyday and I am busy. I think that once you are adjusted to your rx and have a schedule- you will feel much better
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