Help - is it the Antidepressants or kids?

[rootsandwings89]

I’ve recently reduced my sertraline dosage (was only low 50mg) and stopped taking it 2 days ago after being on them for a year. At the same time, my 2 DC have been very difficult. Our DD1 (6 years) has given us so much attitude she reduced me to tears today and DD2 (18 months) screams and shouts all day and wakes up every night at 2am crying for 2 hours.

I feel so down trodden, especially at night I feel I just want it all to end (no suicidal thoughts, I’m just so so fed up). I have a supportive DH but we are both stressed, exhausted and all our time is taken up with work or the children.

I don't know if I feel like this because it’s a phase with the girls, or because I’ve come off my medication and should go back on it . I just feel like everything’s taking it’s toll.

Has anyone else been in a similar situation?

Why have you come off the sertraline? Was it with your dr’s support?
school holidays with crap weather isn’t going to help. Maybe look to start taking it again and see how you feel?

I am also on a low dose and tried to come off a few months ago. Within a few weeks i felt how I did before I started taking them. Went back on them straight away and the anxiety/irritability disappeared within around 2 weeks

I only wanted to be on them short term, I worry about taking medication and long term side effects etc. My GP was supposed to be in touch to discuss how it was going 6 months ago but never did so I just felt like I could do it myself now I'd been on them a while.

I'd say I'm feeling like I did before within 2 days of coming off them. I genuinely feel like I don't like my children at the moment which surely isn't normal. I also had brain zaps yesterday which I know is a side effect of coming off them so I know it's leaving my system.

I get the gp’s are pretty bad at chasing things up with people. I think you should get back in contact with them tomorrow and have a proper titration schedule.🙂

Just a thought but could it be that you reduced your dose too quickly? This was suggested to me as a reason as to why coming off didnt work for me.

I came off mine gradually was on same dose with advice from gp. She said to half the tablets for 3 weeks then. Only take half every other day for 3 weeks and then stop. Been a week now since having none and I feel fine 👍🏻 I think you need to speak to GP as just stopping with no gradual reduction isn’t recommended