hi i have just started sertraline for depression. i have suffered for most of my life and now have taken the road to stop it controlling my life. i have read all your notes and have found them very helpful, am just a bit frightened about the future and if i can get through it. i have been so low and empty for so long,all i want is to be happy.
has anyone been were i am now? i know i have to face this i contacted my GP for help and booked to see a couciller so i know i need help, just want to know has anyone been here and got through it? :cry: :cry:
I know exactly where you are coming from. My Gp has put me on these tablets this morning and I am waiting to see a counsellor. Its not a nice place to be, but taking the tablets and agreeing to see the counsellor is the first step to getting better. I dont know about you, but i just want to be back to myself and start functioning in the real world again!
thankyou so much for replying i feel am on my own. dealing with this i want to get better just thought i could do it on my own without the pills but a failed which made me more upset so here i am on the road to healing myself - am on day 3 and so far i feel ok nothing to bad just feel a bit numb :roll: let me know how you get on with the tablets and good luck with your recovery :lol:
hiya.. yeah, also going thru the same at the moment. My only hope, is that i have already been thru this once before, about 6 years ago.
I used antidepressants but also took the revelvant steps to change my life.
i think the pills are a good way of gettng the motivation that u need to change stuff, but.. i believe that the pills alone arent enough to help, when your well enough, u must take steps to change your life, else when u stop taking them, the depression will return.
im not an expert, i only have my own experiences to go by....
but there is definately light at the end of the tunnel!!!
well after aweek of being on the med it has been an odd week left numb and lost little sick but nothing to bad. went to my couciller told her how numb and lost i felt then bang the tears started and i could not stop. for once i feel it is ok to cry and get all this stuff inside me out.
I have been on Sertraline now for about 4 months and after suffering the side effects of going on them I have to say I feel a lot better now.
I have suffered with depression in one form or another for over 20 years and for the best part of it either was ignored, I refused to take tablets or battled to get any sort of help or support. It all changed when I was finally referred to a fantastic psychiatrist who has been brilliant over the last 6 years.
I know that I will always have this but know that there is light at the end of the tunnel and with the help of these tablets, I am having a lot more good times than bad.
Well... two weeks on and I have to go back to the Doctor tomorrow for a check up. The first week of taking the tablets was a bit weird and I felt rather numb and not myself, but I have to say I'm starting to feel a bit better. I didnt think a tablet would help, but.... i think it is. I know its going to be a while, and I will still have to discuss things with my counsellor, but I think its getting better every day :-) a relief....