Hi everyone! I posted this question on the medication board also, but I figured I would post it here too since this board gets a little more traffic.
I was wondering if any of you still have bad days, even on meds? I've been taking Zoloft for 5 weeks now and the past couple of weeks have gradually been better and better. But, yesterday and today my anxiety level feel higher for some reason. It just scares me. I thought I was feeling better now I feel anxious again. Anyway, do any of you still get anxious while on meds?
Thank you!!!
Still get anxious on meds?
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I am on depression and anxiety drugs and the depression and anxiety are still unbearable. I ordered the program because I was told by my doctor that shock treatments were an option and I'm not going to do that. Is anybody out there as bad off as I am?<A HREF="mailto:kathrynliles1@comcast.net">kathrynliles1@comcast.net</A> Sometimes I just want to die.
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You've only been taking your medicine for 5 weeks. Sometimes it can take months. Depending on how bad you are feeling. Also, some anti-depressant and anti-anxiety will make us feel more anxious. You might ask your doctor about this and perhaps switch your medication or seek another doctor. They can be wrong too. Don't give up and never want to die. Please talk to your doctor about this feeling. It is not good. Please seek help. Good luck. Leopolda
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I am also on Zoloft. It is supposed to work for anxiety and depression, but I still had an upset stomach for 6-7 months. The stomach thing has not ever gone entirely away, but I'm on a low dose. When I did try a higher dose, I'm not sure it made much of a difference. If you want, you can send me a private message and we'll talk about it more. I know it is really hard to wait for medication to work. There are times that you just feel so bad, you want some relief. It's a hard cycle to beat.
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Hi Kathy Liles,
I'm sorry you are having such a bad time. How long have you been on depression and anxiety meds? Have you been on different kinds of the meds?
I will share some of my story with you. In November of 2007, I got real bad. I had my husband take me to the ER, my anxiety and depression was bad. I couldn't sleep. My body was on high alert. I had suicidal thoughts, and it scare me. I felt I was going crazy, wasn't interested in anything, not family, children, or grandchildren. I was put on meds, they didn't work, made me worst. I went back to the ER, put on another kind of meds. I went to the ER about five times from November 2007, till February 2008. Every time I was put on a different med. I finally went off all meds, under a doctors care ( to clean out my body). Then I ask to be put back on Zoloft. I was on it for years, and took myself off in March of 2007. Which I shouldn't have done, cause I was under stress from a family member. When we try it again in November 2007, it didn't work. When I went back on it, in 2008, I made myself stay on it, and let everything take its course.
I saw myself being lock up in the State Mental Ward. I even wrote my children a letter, telling them how much I love them, and how much they meant to me. I told my husband if I lost my mind, which I knew I was, that he was to give the letter to our children.
I ask the doctor in the ER about shock treatment. He was against it. he said it would have to be a last resource, and then he wasn't sure if he would do it. The doctor I saw on the outside I even ask him, he told me, it wouldn't do me any good. That I had more anxiety, than depression, and shock treatments don't work for anxiety. I was so bad, I even ask if they could give me something and let me die. My doctor told me, you don't mean that, I said yes I do. He said if a nurse brought in a med to kill you, you would stop them. I'm sure he was right. I didn't want to die, I just wanted the pain to stop, I wanted me back.
I had to get my husband to stay home with me for two weeks, I was so scare being by myself. When he went back to work, on the second day, I call him at work and said come home, I feel as if there is something here that is going to hurt me, it was all in my mind. I stay on the cell phone with him, till he got home.
I went through a lot, I can say, I went to hell and back.
I couldn't function, I sat in a chair all day till bed time, then got up the next day, and did the same thing.
I finally got to where I would read the post here, I lean on it, I pray a lot. I miss my grand-daughter first Birthday party, I couldn't be around all the people. I did go there that night, after everyone left. I stay for a short time. I had to make myself do things I didn't want to do, cause of fear. I took baby steps.
I'm not where I want to be, but thank God, I'm not where I use to be. Being in a car, brings on anxiety real bad for me. Now I am able to get in a car, I'm not driving yet, that is one of my goals. I had to make myself go to my sister's wedding in 2008, I had to make myself go to the hospital in 2008 when my daughter lost her twins. I had to make myself get a bath, clean the house, etc; I was a shell of a person.
Now I am not like that, yes, I still have bad days, nothing like it use to be. I am now watching one of my grand-daughters. I get up make my bed, clean my house, I get out and see people. I'm a lot more at ease in the car. I don't feel like I'm losing my mind.
Karen, trust me, it gets better. It will take longer than you will want it to, but it will get better. Come here often, read the post, if you have the program, do it.
I am here, if you need to talk. I wish you the best. Just remember, it will get better. When you are down, you just can't see it.
Sunshine1960
mtdeffend, I still have bad days on meds, but nothing like I use to. It takes about eight weeks or more, for the meds to get in your body. I also take Zoloft. Give it some more time, and if it doesn't get better talk to your doctor about it.
Sunshine1960
I'm sorry you are having such a bad time. How long have you been on depression and anxiety meds? Have you been on different kinds of the meds?
I will share some of my story with you. In November of 2007, I got real bad. I had my husband take me to the ER, my anxiety and depression was bad. I couldn't sleep. My body was on high alert. I had suicidal thoughts, and it scare me. I felt I was going crazy, wasn't interested in anything, not family, children, or grandchildren. I was put on meds, they didn't work, made me worst. I went back to the ER, put on another kind of meds. I went to the ER about five times from November 2007, till February 2008. Every time I was put on a different med. I finally went off all meds, under a doctors care ( to clean out my body). Then I ask to be put back on Zoloft. I was on it for years, and took myself off in March of 2007. Which I shouldn't have done, cause I was under stress from a family member. When we try it again in November 2007, it didn't work. When I went back on it, in 2008, I made myself stay on it, and let everything take its course.
I saw myself being lock up in the State Mental Ward. I even wrote my children a letter, telling them how much I love them, and how much they meant to me. I told my husband if I lost my mind, which I knew I was, that he was to give the letter to our children.
I ask the doctor in the ER about shock treatment. He was against it. he said it would have to be a last resource, and then he wasn't sure if he would do it. The doctor I saw on the outside I even ask him, he told me, it wouldn't do me any good. That I had more anxiety, than depression, and shock treatments don't work for anxiety. I was so bad, I even ask if they could give me something and let me die. My doctor told me, you don't mean that, I said yes I do. He said if a nurse brought in a med to kill you, you would stop them. I'm sure he was right. I didn't want to die, I just wanted the pain to stop, I wanted me back.
I had to get my husband to stay home with me for two weeks, I was so scare being by myself. When he went back to work, on the second day, I call him at work and said come home, I feel as if there is something here that is going to hurt me, it was all in my mind. I stay on the cell phone with him, till he got home.
I went through a lot, I can say, I went to hell and back.
I couldn't function, I sat in a chair all day till bed time, then got up the next day, and did the same thing.
I finally got to where I would read the post here, I lean on it, I pray a lot. I miss my grand-daughter first Birthday party, I couldn't be around all the people. I did go there that night, after everyone left. I stay for a short time. I had to make myself do things I didn't want to do, cause of fear. I took baby steps.
I'm not where I want to be, but thank God, I'm not where I use to be. Being in a car, brings on anxiety real bad for me. Now I am able to get in a car, I'm not driving yet, that is one of my goals. I had to make myself go to my sister's wedding in 2008, I had to make myself go to the hospital in 2008 when my daughter lost her twins. I had to make myself get a bath, clean the house, etc; I was a shell of a person.
Now I am not like that, yes, I still have bad days, nothing like it use to be. I am now watching one of my grand-daughters. I get up make my bed, clean my house, I get out and see people. I'm a lot more at ease in the car. I don't feel like I'm losing my mind.
Karen, trust me, it gets better. It will take longer than you will want it to, but it will get better. Come here often, read the post, if you have the program, do it.
I am here, if you need to talk. I wish you the best. Just remember, it will get better. When you are down, you just can't see it.
Sunshine1960
mtdeffend, I still have bad days on meds, but nothing like I use to. It takes about eight weeks or more, for the meds to get in your body. I also take Zoloft. Give it some more time, and if it doesn't get better talk to your doctor about it.
Sunshine1960