Back story: I went on holiday two weeks ago, for a 4 days, just up the road from my city. When I returned last Monday, I was pretty tired but happy. I sat down with the kids and started watching X-men. I then had an anxiety attack.
Over the last 8 days, I've had strong nausea, diarrhea, fatigue, crying fits and anxiety. I had a telephone appointment with my doctor on the Tuesday, who decided I must have a stomach bug and reassured me that stomach bugs can cause anxiety but it should go away with the bug. I then went to out of hours on the Saturday as I felt physically and mentally awful. I was checked over, all vital signs good, given rehydration sachets and sent off again.
Yesterday I saw another doctor who decided I needed to provide a stool sample and also to have bloods taken next week. If these are clear she wants to start me back on sertraline.
Today, I phoned the doctor and instead of a call back from him, the receptionist called and said he had left a prescription of sertraline for me and I was to see him in exactly a week.
Today is also the first day I feel myself again. I am needing to urinate more, I've been mostly happy, the nausea has settled off and whilst bowels are still not as they were, generally I feel good.
So here is the dilemma, what do I do with the antidepressants? Do I take them anyways? Wait another day?can you be suffering from depression/anxiety yet have periods of total okayness? I am very much confused as to what to do. Once I start them I can't stop them just like that. What if the anxiety really has just been a symptom of a bug?