Sertraline and any other AD's Support Thread Part 2

[PackItInNow]

Just a continuation from the original thread, which is due to finish soon. Anyone and everyone needing some kind words, and hand-holding, are more than welcome .

I know I shouldn't take it personally packit, and I probably would've laughed it off, but not today. I wish this ads would hurry up and start working. I'm so negative all the time.

hope u have a good night sleep pack

rumours i can understand what u mean... I've been avoiding seeing my friends too well avoiding every1 really & hibernating in my room. the smallest of comments sets me off & lyk pack says we shudnt take it personally but I always do eventhough I know I shudnt. so I just avoid socializing altogether. not saying u shud do dat & I hope u start seeing some benefit of AD's soon. for me personally avoidance is better as I'm not a fun person to be around anyway!

Urgh. I am still shitting through the eye of a needle - sorry for the TMI, but it is the only way to describe it. Going to docs next week for new prescription and will have to discuss it. It could be totally unrelated. Could it be because I have been drinking a lot more? Not advised, I know, but it is Christmas and I will be teetotal for January.

Sometimes it can take up to 6wks to see any real difference in mood, or it can take as little as 1-2wks. It all depends on the individual and how well and how fast their body processes the AD. So where one person on Sertraline may see a noticable difference in mood after just 2 weeks, I may take 6 weeks to see the same difference in mood. That said, where Sertraline may not cause any symptoms in one person, another may have the full blown most common side effects. So people can vary in side-effects and noticable differences.

Anyway, enough jabbering from me and good night to you all. Take care good ladies and I hope you all get some restful sleep .

It could well be the reaction of the AD's with the alcohol. I personally CBA to drink and I have only had 2 glasses of wine since MIL's funeral (10th Aug), so I think 1 or 2 drinks probably wouldn't do any harm, but drinking more than that may be causing your diarrhoea. I suppose that if we were to avoid alcohol altogether while on meds, then the sticker bit would say "Absolutely no alcohol while taking this medication" or something along those lines.

Well, I am off to bed for real this time, I promise .

Take care y'all and will bob on here tomorrow.

Night night ladies.

Morning good ladies, anyone want a ? Need another to wake up as the 1st one usually helps me begin to wake up.

Had to get up this morning around 7am because DH was snoring again. I told him he's going to have to do something about his snoring as I can't be doing with the lack of sleep if we want me to pass my assignments and exams in order to get a decent job. I think he has decided to see the GP about the snoring, but if he chickens out, I'll be getting him down there if I have to get one our neighbours (Plant Hire Owner) to take him down to GP in a flippin' mini digger . In other words, he's going to see the GP whether he wants to or not LOL.

It's funny though, if I was in someone elses house, it wouldn't bother me, but because it's my own house, it drives me crackers. Strange that innit????

Anyway, will keep a check on this while I finish off my maths assignment.

What your maths assignment pack? I've just finished and open degree with the OU and I did mainly maths modules

I'm doing an Access course in Bio-Sciences and part of it is the different mathmatical topics like equations, algebra, formula etc. my lecturer is very good as she teaches Engineering students, CAD/CAM students, IT/ILT students, even the Hairdressing students. So she knows her stuff and can teach ANY student no matter how basic she needs to go to teach them.

I would like to train as a Psychologist, but if that fails, I'll probably go into forensics and hopefully train as a ballistics expert.

Wow that sounds really exciting. Good luck

Cheers Rumours, but you never know, I might end up doing something strange like Quantum Physics , move over Stephen Hawking eh!!! LOL.

Anyway, what are you hoping to do, if you don't mind me asking?

My plan is to teach secondary maths, but there is too much other stuff at the moment that doing the PGCE is being put on the back burner for now. I want to get ds2 through his assessment for ASD first and I want to get myself better first too. I'm just not ready for anymore stress in my life.

You will get better, but you have to want to and strive to get better. You also have to be in the right frame of mind and have faith in yourself. You can do it .

If your son is assessed as having ASD, then you will have something to work with, but ultimately he is still you son regardless of what is the matter with him. All you need is someone to help you come up with a plan to help your DS get through life as well as possible.

You don't have to go through this alone. This thread is for having a moan about our kids/oh's etc, and to give support through hard times . Sometimes, when I am feeling overwhelmed, I take a deep breath and tell myself that I will get through this (whatever hard time it happens to be). I find it helps to have faith in myself that I can and will get through hard times.

Life can throw some crap at you, but I imagine that I have a invisible skin, so whatever life throws at me will just slide off. I also find that accepting disappointment, hurt and so on, helps me to move on.

Initially I accept whatever shite is chucked in my direction, but it just gives me a short amount of time to figure things out and make a decision about the current situation.

Lastly, I'll think about you and imagine you will pass all your exams nad assignments . I have loadsa faith in your abilities to reach your goal, so you should too.

Am away off to bed in a wee moment as I'm getting really drowsy, but have brewed up some for anyone who wants one Got some if anyone takes a fancy.

Good night Rumours and everyone else on this thread .

Take care y'all and I'll be back tomorrow at some point.

Night packit, I agree with what you say it's just that I have very little self confidence just now, but that is one of the things that I am going to work on with the mental health soon.

Well, I'll be here to offer some support if you need it. Ask yourself one quiestion "Can I do this"? Ask youself this question and answer it honestly in every job you do, be that changing nappies to cooking to studying for a degree to getting up out of bed.

OK, here's something to think about. Imagine you're building a house. You have a set amount of bricks to lay the foundations and another set amount for the rest of the house. Imagine all the small job you can do with very little thought are the foundation bricks, so you've already got the foundations laid (getting up, getting dressed, seeing to the kids, changing nappies, cooking meals etc) . Each job you can do is a brick towards completing the house and thoses bricks are now bits of your self esteem and confidence coming back/increasing IYSWIM.

When I went to an anxiety information lecture, this is what I was told to imagine if I ever become depressed/anxious. I have used it many a time and on some occasions, it has been extremely helpful. Helpful enough for me to impart this information and, hopefully, help someone.

Anyway, I'm literally falling asleep, so am off to bed. I AM away to bed, honestly .

Good night ladies. Will chat tomorrow.

Omg you pair of brainboxes two...seriously, here's me having to do a course to get my Level 2 (GCSE equivalent!!) in maths and there's you two with your, well I'm not sure what, your maths brainyness!
I am literally dying of shame right now!!
Oh well,I've got two days off so plenty of time to get on with it (the dying of shame that is)

Hi ladies, PackItInNow That is some great advice there!

I am feeling a little more positive lately but just wish I could sort out my sleep problems.
They vary from getting up too early to sleeping all morning and not getting up till 12. Today seems to be a wake up early day as I was up at 4.00am.

I need to resume some normality soon as DH will be returning to work in a few days after his time off over Christmas. I need to be alert enough to look after the DC.

What are you all going to do about New years eve?

I know a lot of people stay awake till gone midnight but unless I get a nap sometime today I can't see that happening!
I think we are staying home anyway so it won't be a massive issue.

I need normality soon too cause next week the DC will be back to school.

Morning BlackCat, Stars. How are you this morning? I'm just listening to Seasick Steve's tune I Started Out With Nothin'. Such a groovy wee number. I wish I'd known about him way before he became famous. His other tune I like is Whiskey Ballad.

Stars, by any chance are you doing the Essential Skills Level 2 Numeracy? I was just wondering as you said Level 2, so I assumed you were doing the Essential Skills.

Essential skills sounds about right. I need it for the course I want to start in September. I only got a D in GCSE maths you see!

Lovely lie in this morning. We're only just getting up!

morning all - didnt post yesterday on this thread but just popping in - saw gp again this morning who has upped my sertraline dose to 100mg which she says is full treatment dose.

im willing to give it a go as still not feeling great - still more bad days than good though had a good day yesterday - spent the entire afternoon at the stables helping out after riding, kept me busy and in the fresh air which was great.

had to get up this morning - but had gone to sleep at 1am then awoke at 3.50am worrying about what id done with a necklace i took off weeks ago!
stupid things like this are waking me up in the night still - so i am taking that as a sign plus the general malaise that i do need to higher dose. Just hoping the side effects arent as bad on starting the increased dose....the thought of going through that again is a bit yuk.

anyway - duty calls - must go shopping - hope you all have a good day.

Oh my holy flip!!!!! DH and the kids are going all karaoke on me . I hope he's got a bloody good excuse for the racket . I knew buying DD a mini karaoke machine was a bad idea. It's flippin' torture. Aaaarrrggghhh!!! Time to put the headphones on I guess and drown out the noise .

Afternoon me dear, did you get all your shopping done?

I did go back to bed at 7.00am so DH (bless him) looked after the DC. He is good! I am gonna go and get some lunch then try and do some housework.

Stars, don't be ashamed about getting a D in your GCSE's, I got the same and did the Essential Skills Level 2 last year as well as Literacy Level 2 and ICT Level 1 (am doing the ICT Level 2 at the moment).

I used to work in EMI units, Nursing homes and Residential homes and, eventually, gave it up due to my bad back. I miss the hard graft and rewarding smiles from knowing that I was doing my best to make their last days, months and years as emotionally happy as I could. I've seen many a resident pass on peacefully and had to inform and reassure the relatives that the resident died in comfort and the knowledge that all the care staff will do their utmost to help the family during their bereavement. Many a time I've had to sort out the deceased's paperwork as some of the relatives were left totally bereft and unable to even think about their next meal, never mind sorting out documents. I had to ring the funeral director, arrange for the collection of the body and liaise with the family, cancel any gas and electric, cancel benefits, cancel SS care home payments and the likes.

I was, at one point, thinking of starting up a business sorting out the paperwork of people who have passed on. It just means that the relatives can grieve without having that burden to sort out as well. I decided against it though as I need to concentrate on my studies.

afternoon all,
so I'm still in bed & really don't wanna get up but need a strong cup of tea. head is spinning (could this be a result of missing my morning dose of sertraline!!!)

hw is every1 doing? hope ur day is going well :)

I think I need a kick up the backside to get me out of bed!!!

oh just realised it's the dreaded new years eve today... of course family & friends will want to get together. I need a good excuse to miss it so I think I'm going to hibernate in my room, I really can't face it all I think it'll cause me to have a meltdown.