Witsend: desperate for advice

[Witsend81]

Hi Sunnyside

 

I'm doing ok now, it's been a roller coaster ride. 

It took at least three months from the switch to feel relatively stable again.  Before then I'd still get terrible lows where I'd end up sobbing my heart out, feeling real despair.  I still get lows but they are not as intense.  The derealisation is gone, the world is looking more familiar.

I still get a tingling sensation in my arms and legs, bouts of insomnia, restlessness, jaw clenching and muscle twitches, especially in the legs.  Bouts of head fog where I find it very difficult to engage with people and problems with short term memory.

 

I'm sticking on 50mg sertraline for the foreseeable future, however, I am extremely concerned about what the drugs are doing long term, and equally terrified of that dark place I found myself if I try and reduce again.

 

I found what has helped me is pushing myself, within reason, to try and actively get better.  I have no doubt these tablets have long term adverse effects, but I'm doing everything in my power to try and limit that damage.

 

What sort of withdrawals are you experiencing?  It's a good sign they have lessened.

 

BW 

 

Wend

[sunnysideup69]

Hello, thanks so much for replying, somehow I missed your reply!

 

Well, I must say, even though I'm sorry you suffered, I'm relieved that I'm not going mad and all this sounds normal.

 

I have mostly had awful anxiety on and off. More so than depression, in fact. I'll have a patch of good/relatively good days and then bam! Also, digestive upset.....altho I think I've been overdoing the magnesium. Also, flu like symptoms, temperature dysregulation.

I'm 10.5 weeks into the switch, so hopefully, things will calm down soon. Had a bit of a wave this week, but that's ending now, thankfully.

A rollercoaster indeed.