10 Years on Antidepressants | My Experience With Sertraline for Depression & Anxiety
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- čas přidán 21. 09. 2023
- 10 Years on Antidepressants | My Experience With Sertraline for Depression & Anxiety-- I began taking medication when I was a teenager to help with the depression and anxiety that I was experiencing. It has been ten years, I am now in my mid 20s... and I am still taking medication every day.
I am not a medical professional, and I cannot give medical advice; I can only speak from my personal experience.
Let's take care of ourselves.
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Having severe depression/anxiety is like being terrified and exhausted at the same time. It’s the fear of failure, coupled with no urge to be productive. It’s wanting friends but hating socializing. It’s wanting to be alone but not wanting to be lonely. It’s feeling everything bad at once, yet being paralyzingly numb to anything good. Wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Feel you 100% unfortunately.
I have a theory that most depression and anxiety are caused by some deep, deep need or needs that are not being met. I really do believe this. Thank you for being so courageous to share your stories. Your helping a lot of people. Your also very beautiful. (Thats why i clicked in the first place haha)
Thank you for your kind and encouraging comment. Yes, it does make sense that it can relate to some deep needs not being met; it can be helpful to take time to reflect on what those needs could be as we work on healing ourselves.
@MariaTheBluebird I try to think about what I want very deep down if I haven't suppressed it into oblivion yet, and then try to untangle the thought processes that are imprisoning me from achieving it. This alone has brought me healing just learning more about myself. And then when you realize we're all way more alike than different, learning about yourself means learning about others to a great extent. Practicing cognizants that the way we feel around people is similar to how they feel around us or the idea that I'm just a reflection of the person around me has really weakened my chains of social anxiety.
This has helped me form genuine connections with people otherwise impossible due to my social inhibitions. And those genuine bonds began to erode my depression away. My deep deep need was mostly a genuine connection with people that when met after I fixed my thought processes on social situations began to heel me.
That's not wrong. Check out animus empire's theory on depression, coming from anger. Anger, is a perceived unmet need.
Sertraline has changed my life for the better.
Thanks so much for sharing your experience. I know it must be so hard to talk about your past struggles but this is really helpful to people considering medication.
My son is 15 and just started. I am overthinking starting him on it.
His social anxiety was just very high.
He is refusing to continue with therapy at this time .
Thank you for sharing your experience with antidepressants and also being vulnerable about your story. It's courageous to seek help and be open about these topics.
I myself starting taking antidepressants half a year ago when first semester of medical school overwhelmed me. Also started therapy a month ago.
Your story makes me feel less alone and shameful about this. Thank you
Hi Maria! Thanks so much for making this video! I’d never have the confidence to talk about my mental health issues on the internet, so I really appreciate your honest experience! Right now I’m in therapy for OCD, trauma and depression. My OCD and depression had always been there but I managed to cope (both got really bad these past few months) . I locked my trauma away for several years but recently everything came back and hit me hard. Finally decided to go to therapy but it hasn’t been very helpful apart from having someone to talk to and I’m considering SSRI to aid the therapy process but really scared of the side effects. Thanks again for making this video, it’s comforting to know other people are going through a similar journey and I’m not alone. I’m about to watch your other video now! Excited for future videos :) wish you all the best!
Hi Jake! Thank you for taking the time to make this thoughtful comment and to share some of your experience. It is my hope that my stories can reach those who can relate, so I really appreciate your support and kind words! It is so great that you are taking steps to get help with healing and with navigating the challenges you’ve been facing. There are several options out there to help us, and it can take time (and a few “setbacks”) to discover what works best. Sometimes it takes different therapists who can offer new perspectives or approaches. Each of us will respond differently to medications, and it really wasn’t possible for me to know if it’d help until I tried that option. It can take a bit of “trial and error” and patience to find a specific medication (or therapist or therapeutic practice) that works well for each of us. I’m wishing you all the best on your journey! You are certainly not alone!
You are right. Everyone is different. When I stopped taking sertraline, I would often get what felt like strong electrical jolts. Now, I manage my issues by having a dog and walking in the woods.
I feel for you as ive struggled with similar . I found that for myself i had deep seated C-PTSD issues that the pills had not been able to address so well . Anyway, sending you love 💖
I stumbled onto your videos and really relate with how you feel. I’ve dealt with severe social anxiety issues my whole life. I’m a 45 year old guy that still hasn’t gone on a single date. I can offer you some hope that things will get better. At least for me over time things have gotten significantly better. I will never be “normal” but can now handle most social interactions without too much stress. I would like to encourage you and anyone else taking medication for anxiety or depression to try to taper off of them. My understanding is that they were never intended for long term use. Unless someone is at risk of suicide I think other approaches are healthier. How the medications affect the brain isn’t very well understood. I think it is best to try to accept ourselves along with all of our issues and learn to manage them as best as we can. I personally know how hard it can be at times but I believe long term you will be better off. I just think that messing with the complex human brain is a bad idea. The fact that you are able to make these videos makes me think you have made progress. The cold turkey method you tried before generally is a bad idea. A slow tapering would have been better. You have to do what you think is best for yourself but do you really even know yourself when you’re on mind altering medication?
our stories are very similar! i hope you keep uploading and sharing your story.
It is comforting to hear that we have a similar story. Thank you so much for your encouragement and support! I really appreciate it. Take care
Hi Maria, I found your channel and I just thought it was really nice hearing your stories because I relate so much. If its okay to ask, how are you doing nowadays with your situation and how are you coping? Would love to hear your thoughts and progress on this !
Hey! Just wanted to make a point here…. I have been messing around with my thoughts and putting my mind to loneliness to figure out what exactly is it. I have figured out the best thing in the world is being alone, I have researched soooo much and I came to the point that being alone increases the intelligence of the person, because every moment of being alone is spent with thoughts….
And also alone people have a significantly better attitude and morality… I made this thoughts to a goal in my life,,,,, I think the best partner that a human can have, is an alone person cause lonely people know each other the best and can get along really well!!! I watched your vid and I said to myself I wish I had someone like you in my life!!!! Stay strong the best of the best is for you!!!!❤
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, and thank you for your kind words! Best wishes to you
Please, I've watched all your videos and it's really great how well you understand yourself and the situatuon you are/were in, that relates to so many of us. But please, I don't know if you'd like to do something like this but I know that I'd really love to watch videos where you talk about good things that happened to you. I know you already said good things that happened, like the way you undestand yourlself is already a good thing. But I wanted to know about other good things. It's like you said about being happy for others. I'm very fond of you and would really like to know your happy stories, that would make my day... so if you feel confortable with this idea, consider sharing it.
Thank you for watching, and I appreciate this suggestion! I will consider sharing some more happy experiences as well.
10 years !
I started taking 4 months ago 'atypical tricyclic antidepressant' from SSRE group with opposite mechanism to SSRI. Its called tianeptine. So far it uplifts mood and focus signifacantly. Contrary to Sertraline it also works on dopamine and noradrenaline receptors that help with ADHD, derealization, brainfog. It has no side effects, especially important for men. Sertraline is said to lower libido. The only disadvantage that it also works on opiod receptors so there is risk of addiction if someone uses higher than therapeutic doses thus its legal for prescription only in countries in Europe and Asia where there was no opiod epidemic.
N dont 4get Divine Creator of the universe is Always with u 💪💪🙌
Where are you from in Canada? I am very sorry to hear of your experience with your psychiatrist and his flatness with you.
Thank you for sharing your experience!! Did you notice any weight gain? I would appreciate your input here.
Sertraline help with SAD, how come you still have it?
almost every human conversation seems so fucking pointless to me but it somehow makes sense to them in the long run
What (qué) makes you/why (por qué) a bluebird, Maria?
Did your social enxity gone durring sertraline ?
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What led you to be on these 💊
Did sertraline help you feel less introverted? I am taking 100mg and I feel that my depression is returning because I feel disconnected from my colleagues and friends, I feel great loneliness. For very brief moments, I felt a certain spontaneity in my way of being that made me feel very happy (being funny, outgoing), but I haven't managed to return to that state of mind.
Every day I feel more isolated, condemned and in an irreversible trend.
It helped me feel more comfortable being around people and sharing who I am on a more consistent basis; I would still experience extreme discomfort sometimes, but it wouldn't spiral out of control and I was able to return to a stable state relatively quickly.
Your experience of returning to that "disconnected" state that you're describing sounds familiar to me. If you feel that you are spiralling back into this place, I suggest speaking with your doctor about what you're experiencing as they may advise making adjustments. It can take some time to figure out what works best for each of us. Please take care
@@MariaTheBluebird Thanks for your reply. I made some adjustments this week and i think i'm feeling better
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sis have more social anxiety than you like (too much f*ked) and iam going to USA for my masters studies , what is your opinion about this , will my anxiety worser than i have now , or will i be getting friends like me and Be OK , WHAT IS YOUR OPINION. beacouse i just dont want to be a looner in other country too.
Sometimes u gotta increase the dose/ get supplemental meds, my young lady.
My comment might get a lot of hate because it's truth, but seek Jesus with all your heart. He's the only one that can heal you, make your heart whole, give you true peace, and happiness. All these garbage pills is to keep you possess. I pray you experience true peace, wholeness, happiness, and blessings.
Go take ayahuasca in Ceremony with Shamans...or microdose on magic mushrooms, or try smoke weed but that mighy be 2 heavy, the pharmaceutical stuff is nooo good 4 nobody..❤
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good thing is now you know how to live with smile. you are strong
Thank you! 😊