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@motormouth79

@tmf0 thank you for coming to talk to this group. You are stronger than this illness and you will get to a place where you can get back to living the life you want! please keep talking here. My mom is 65 and has had depression for years. During this most recent bout, she's been on so many medications and none have worked. She went in patient and was safely weaned off of them. Now she's back on Zoloft--this medicine worked wonders for her 6 years ago. So we're praying it does the trick again. She's up to 150mg and has been taking that dose for 4 days now. She says she still has the crying fits off and on. Is that "normal"? I ask because i know "normal" differs for each person. Curious to know if anyone else has had this experience.

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If it worked before it should work again, but it definitely takes time. Crying is a nice release, and if your mom can force herself to take a walk (dogs are great for this) once a day, it helps. Be real good about eating veggies and other natural anti depressants and limit sugar. It’s all important, truly.

I’m on week 5 of Zoloft and definitely feel an improvement - but I confided in my husband today that “it” is still there. I, too, wish it weren’t.

Hang in there. I’m glad your mom has folks who love her.