Did anti depressants work for you?

[Anonymousie]

I’m so fed up, so down, so depressed, so unhappy, so frustrated and honestly can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel and can’t ever see a way out of this vicious cycle I call my ‘life’...
I had my son almost 6 years ago and I hate to admit it but life has been so hard and so miserable since. I’ve completely lost who I was and I don’t even know who I am anymore and I have to say the new me; I HATE it. I hate life and I sound ungrateful and like I’m just having a ‘bad day’ but I’m not and I’ve had this feeling for years. Nothing I have done seems to work. Nothing I ever do seems to go tonplan or work and after years of taking a battering from life I honestly feel so burnt out and dead to te world. I’m so over life and honestly wouldn’t care less if I died tomorrow. The only thing keeping me going is my son but at the same time; I feel life would be easier without him.

I’ve given up hoping for an easier life and I’ve given up hope that I’m just going through a tough time and I’ve fully admitted this is my new life and it’s not a rough patch - it’s my reality and it isn’t going to end. Unless I end it. And I can’t for my son

I’m thinking to ask my doctor for anti depressants but I’be heard good and bad stories about them. I would like to know wether they worked for you? Was it worth it? Did you feel life was at least worth living after taking medication?

I honestly just feel like I’m at the end of my tether and I don’t know how much longer I can go on like this for. I really don’t please help

I'm so sorry you are having such a difficult time. I'm not going to patronise you. I am sure you have done all the usual getting out blah blah.

Many many people take anti depressants without any side affects. I have been on them several times. Different ones suit different people don't be afraid to ask for a change. Mitazapine help my sleep and got me in a better routine. But changed to sertraline as I didn't need my sleep enhanced. But needed my mood lifted.

Go and talk to your gp. They will want to help.

Worked for me. Helped me sleep which meant I was had more energy to cope with the days and did make me calmer which helped me with getting DCs to playgroup, toddlers etc.

I was very lucky to have a great GP who also referred me for counselling and hypnotherapy. I think that was very effective and gave me the strength to stop the ADs.

Please, do go and speak to your GP. A PP was right, they will want to help you and you are worthy of that help.

I am currently taking Sertraline and have found it hugely helpful. I felt a little woozy on first taking it but nothing too terrible. I had crippling anxiety, depression and horrible PMS and the tablets helped with all of these; they didn't eradicate everything completely but they made it much easier to cope with life (and life with children can be hard).

If one antidepressant doesn't work there are lots of others to try, and I can highly recommend talking therapy too. Life can be worth living, it doesn't have to feel so very hard. Although none of us feel happy 100% of the time, we all deserve those moments of happiness and contentment that come with being free of depression.

for you.

Yes please do talk to your doctor.
I'll be honest I've been on and off ADs for years and in and out of different therapies (seriously messed up childhood, perinatal depression ×2 and some other crap) it took quite a while to find the right AD for me but when I did it was like night and day.
Depending on which medication you are given it can take up to 8 weeks to get the full effect of your ADs but they should have some limited effects before that, they may also need to adjust the dose but that's simple enough.
Basically if you don't get on with the 1st one don't be afraid to go back to the drs as everyone reacts differently to medication and there are hundreds of different types 1 will work for you. I ended up going old school and take anatriptolene (sp?) it works wonders for me and the only side effect that I get is it stopped 90% of my migraines 🥳 so it's a win win situation for me

Sertraline saved my life when I had PND. The side effects are minor but an easy trade off for lifting the black cloud. Speak to your GP