Depression

Yeah. Makes a lot of sense.

Had a review with my doctor today after my three weeks of headaches. Believed to be a "tension" headache. Anyway they've decided to take me off sertraline. Been on it since 2016 and now on 200mg a day which is highest it can go really.

My anxiety is through the roof and having the odd panic attack. Going to be slowly coming off sertaline and onto mirtazapine.

Just wondering if anyone here have had any experiences with that one.

Yeah heard about the weight thing. Was taking amitriptyline for my headaches which also has a similar effect.

Appetite sky rocketed. I'm aware of it so guess just need to watch what I eat. It will be the food not the pills that make you fat. Just depends on how hungry it makes me feel lol

Found the sertraline just wasn't doing anything. Nothing positive anyway. Guess I'll see in 6 weeks.

All I can say is I fucking hated Sertraline. Actually made my insomnia worse and did extremely weird things to my Professor Oak. Although to be fair I never found a medication that really worked for me.

Yeah had similar with the amitriptyline, quite liked it tbh and could work round it to feel more awake in morning by taking it earlier in the evening etc.

Thanks for getting back to me everyone. Guess I'll just have to see where I am at in 6 weeks. Everyone seems to react differently.

I've been on sertraline for so long and I'll be pissed off with myself if what I thought was me being groggy and lethargic was actually the pills.

Apprehensive and excited that maybe I'll improve with the change, realistic though that it may take a while and even maybe another medication.

Will let you know how I get on.

Mrs Nano is going through depression at the moment after a bad work situation. She's seeing a counselor and a psychiatrist, and is on meds. It's been going on for around 10 months now. Yesterday she asked me to hide the box cutter from my toolbox and to not tell her where I put it, which freaked me the fuck out quite honestly! Anyone else here caring for a loved one having these kinds of thoughts? Been reading some websites but would appreciate any advice/suggestions from you guys at this point. I read this thread every so often but have been lucky enough to have never experienced these issues myself to this point (touch wood) so this is all new to me.

Well fucking hell I'm in a right mess now.

Lowered the sertraline and was in a state, doc told me to start mirtzapine. I may aswell not bother. All I want to do is sleep, can't keep my eyes open. I'm also eating an obscene amount, there is no ceiling I geniunly feel I could just eat and eat and never get full.

Now I'm in complete medication limbo. The doc is reading off a sheet anyone can see online. Just starting to feel all these meds make everything worse. Seriously considering hiding away for 2 weeks going cold turkey. Ride the withdrawals and then see where I'm at.

At my uncles wake. His sons (the liverpudlian cousins) have paid for an open bar so I can't return the favour.

All I can do is honour their request and get bladdered 😆

Going to hopefully get some Warhammer painting done tonight. Really hoping it'll help remove the massive weight of sadness that feels like it's crushing my chest. It's either that, or watch Ant and Dec in the jungle again.

Fingers crossed it works! I hope you're all keeping well.

Hope everyone is OK. I've been on Sertraline for close to 10 years now. Seems to suit me. I still get bad days, and it's not often I want to throw myself in front of a train.

I doubt there's a single person out there who hasn't felt useless at one time or many others when it comes to handling babies.

rawshark

I don’t think you mean that like it sounds but if you do please speak to somebody with training.

Your problems are real and what I say is just pragmatism and not trying to belittle them, but children will be hard and will then grow up and be hard in different ways, and jobs will change/end/new managers will come. These problems are not permanent.

You might not be in a position to have that perspective right now but that’s why you should speak to somebody.

Regards the job thing, I had a manager that thought that every review had to have a negative because otherwise ‘there’s nothing to work towards’. This to me is a danger of this corporate PDP culture, doing the job is never enough, you have to sign up to the cult. Sounds very much like this to me and you need to weigh up whether they have gone through the motions in the most clumsily inappropriate way or whether it’s real. Either way, f*ck ‘em.

Babies…I inherited the person I call my daughter as an eight year old, and they terrify me. Can’t help you there then sorry. It sounds like your partner can though, so you’ve got good things going on here, you really have. You’ll find a way through dude.





EDIT Babies terrify me, not my daughter.

Every parent feels a failure regularly ime. It's trite but they don't come with instructions. We all do the best we can in often very challenging circumstances. As Larkin said, "they fuck you up your mum and dad. They might not mean to but they do." I try to remember that when I've lost my rag at my kids for something small and daft, but it's the 100th thing that day that broke the camel's back. So chin up rawshark. Today is another day.

I went to a funeral for a relative who killed themselves earlier in the year. He had a 12 year old son and a wife. Was a plumber,l loads of mates and family. Had been struggling for a while mentally without anyone really knowing . Had some financial issues he was hiding as well.

The funeral was the saddest things I’ve ever seen. No matter how bad things are, whatever your failures are, real or perceived, your family and friends want you here and would do anything to have you back.

We all have our moments to various degrees. But things can improve in future. You won’t always feel that way. When you are in that mindset it can be impossible to see past it, but try to make a promise to yourself that you will talk to a professional, a gp or a friend/family.

Yeah life can and will be hard, and sometimes can push you to breaking point. it’s the little things that can push you over the edge, when you are always hovering close to it and then you feel a cunt. It could be intrusive negative thoughts which you don’t express outwardly that makes you feel bad.

All this is normal for most people. Don’t be too harsh on yourself. We all havd a threshold. A lot of people think I a calm and relaxed but they can’t see my inner monologue, my resilience can be paper thin. So you never know what is going on inside someone’s mind.

Good luck to anyone who is struggling. Don’t bottle it up and ask for help.