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Were you diagnosed with Major Depression? If you were, did anything specific cause the depression? How long has it lasted? I was diagnosed with Major depression and anxiety in 2002. I responded to Zoloft so my depression was better, but I was so tired and spacy all the time. I was scared to change meds because I didn't want the depression to come back. I lived like this until 2008, the sleepy effect never subsided. I finally had enough and QUIT SEEING PSYCHIATRIST!! I went to my PCP and she took me off all 5 medications the psychiatrist had me on, she said I was over medicated. She took me off everything and put me on Lexapro 20mg and Klonopin at night for anxiety so I could sleep. I was stable on these 2 meds until May 2020.The depression came back and I was now treatment resistant. I haven't responded to anything including Spravoto treatment. My advice would be, tell your Dr. You want to try Lexapro. All SSRI's have a sedating effect, but Lexapro's is mild amd very manageable. DO NOT take any benzodiazepines... Klonopin, Xanax, Ativan, ECT
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I don't have severe depression but I've always had anxiety so thought I needed a pill since almost everyone I know is on something. Lexapro helped me also but I gained more weight on it, also, just with every medication, the dose will have to eventually increase throughout the years. Then another medication will prob be introduced. Where does that end? That's what scared me. After my traumatic experience in the last month with several different medications prescribed to me and me having adverse reactions, I don't want to run to a pill ever again. My anxiety was nothing compared to the reaction I just had to Zoloft. I've never had panic attacks, major heart palpations, high blood pressure, uncontrolled body jerking, inability to transition into sleep, numbness/tingling, body spasms, inability to walk like I did on Zoloft. I look back and realize that I can manage my anxiety in other ways and I refuse to be another victim/customer of the pharmaceutical companies. We need to take back the control and realize that we have the power to change our own mental health through exercise, nutrition, natural remedies, supplements and counseling. We also need a good support group around us, even if it's just a spouse or a close friend. I'm learning this more and more. The doctors will give you a pill and call it a day but you can give yourself way more than that.
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No I have high anxiety with panic attacks. I get depressed once in a blue moon over the anxiety and not being able to do certain things bc it affects me so much… I had a follow up with the dr yesterday he was super dismissive. I told him after 5 days I stopped bc the affects were way too much and I was beyond ill. He was absolutely no help he said “if it gets to where you can’t stand it any longer go to the ER or New Horizons, but look at the plus side you lost 7lbs in a week”.