My year on Sertraline.

[tolmie's hairdoo]

This is very true and its pretty much where I am now. Same with the part on wanting to try meds after years of refusing and trying talk based therapies.....they seem to work at the time but in the heat of the moment the lessons are no use. It all kind of clicked in my head the other day when my boss became frustrated and asked why I wasn't understanding something (we actually discovered that I had everything I needed to complete a job but my head was too peppered to realise)....I said that stress blinds me, at which point, the reply was that this was just a standard request and not stress.....which on paper is true, but of course, not the way I perceived it.


Have appreciated everyone's contributions on this today.

Your boss is an idiot. Zero empathy and clearly someone who needs to show more understanding how people react and perceive in different ways.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Good effort. Same as me I’m hammering it in the gym slim build and still nearly 12 stone!

We should be 12-stone for the height but I haven't touched sugar for six months and that has torched me. Not been in a gym, just the fresh outdoors and my running.

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Your boss is an idiot. Zero empathy and clearly someone who needs to show more understanding how people react and perceive in different ways.

And thats why I'm highly unlikely to be sharing any of this with them, even though I thought it might be useful to offer an explanation as to why I've been fucking things up. "This is worse than I thought" were the words said to me when it became obvious I'd messed up. Within the hour I was spewing and shaking.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

And thats why I'm highly unlikely to be sharing any of this with them, even though I thought it might be useful to offer an explanation as to why I've been fucking things up. "This is worse than I thought" were the words said to me when it became obvious I'd messed up. Within the hour I was spewing and shaking.

Mate, you must go to your doctor and get a sicknote.

Tell them exactly this and give yourself some time to get better and sort an exit plan.

Give it to your HR officer/department if you have one?

I've been in your shoes and didn't have anyone to inform or approach, which is ridiculous when I think back now.

I had phones thrown at my head in a newspaper office and wasn't even old enough to vote, just took it.

Things will only gets worse unless you draw a dividing line in the sand and put some protective walls around you.

You recognise the signs which is great you are on the right path, but now you need to put yourself first.

I feel a bit of a hypocrite because I have lived with chronic stress and anxiety for 25 years, and was told all of the above and just ignored it and carried on until I broke.

You can get your sicknote extended every month and you will get the financial protection you likely need until which time you let the tablets do their thing?

Brain fog and constant fighting against your body is now manifesting itself with the spewing up.

Fuck your boss (not literally) but you deserve the best version of yourself and to get yourself right.

PM me anytime.

Best of luck.

 

[TFC]

This thread is a heartwarming read (from the standpoint of its great to see people ask for help). I hate to see people suffering.

I've been around depression and metal illness pretty much my entire life without personally suffering....if I ever did, having seen what I've seen, I would be at the docs in a heartbeat.

 

[grim up north]

Mate, you must go to your doctor and get a sicknote.

Tell them exactly this and give yourself some time to get better and sort an exit plan.

Give it to your HR officer/department if you have one?

I've been in your shoes and didn't have anyone to inform or approach, which is ridiculous when I think back now.

I had phones thrown at my head in a newspaper office and wasn't even old enough to vote, just took it.

Things will only gets worse unless you draw a dividing line in the sand and put some protective walls around you.

You recognise the signs which is great you are on the right path, but now you need to put yourself first.

I feel a bit of a hypocrite because I have lived with chronic stress and anxiety for 25 years, and was told all of the above and just ignored it and carried on until I broke.

You can get your sicknote extended every month and you will get the financial protection you likely need until which time you let the tablets do their thing?

Brain fog and constant fighting against your body is now manifesting itself with the spewing up.

Fuck your boss (not literally) but you deserve the best version of yourself and to get yourself right.

PM me anytime.

Best of luck.

Absolutely spot on I’m on my 3rd sick note now you need time to sort yourself out I laid off for to long I’m in the process of looking for a new job

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Whilst a sicknote is a nice idea, I can't financially burden the mrs again. She already carried me through my last meltdown and that time off was meant to be about rediscovering myself, I probably didn't use the time as effectively as I could have. I did some basic IT certifications in an online class and the aim was to try and transition into a non office based role eventually but of course, I've ended up lost in the mire again and can't see the woods for the trees. I know these roles don't work for me and this was always meant to be a stopgap, I possibly wasn't ready to go back when I did but scratching by on 200 euro a week wasn't doing it either. When all is said and done and I'm better mentally I need to retrain and requalify as right now I'm a bit pigeonholed into these types of high touch sales support/admin roles.

 

[kaz7]

Never been on it. Started on Prozac then went on Citalopram, now been on Escitalopram for a couple of years for general anxiety. Seems to work ok but scared to come off it now

Prozac was really bad for me , also now on citalopram and also mitrazapine , brilliant combination for me , i have no intention of trying to get off either , my doctor said i dont need to

 

[johnnytapia]

Prozac was really bad for me , also now on citalopram and also mitrazapine , brilliant combination for me , i have no intention of trying to get off either , my doctor said i dont need to

Took me a few goes (Prozac, Seroxat, Citalopram) before finding the “right” one for me. 22 years on Vanlafaxin plus swim every single day keeps things in check.
Can’t recommend highly enough the importance and positive impact the right meds can give you. Literally a life saver for me.
Exercise too- couldn’t get by without my daily dose of chlorine

 

[kaz7]

Took me a few goes (Prozac, Seroxat, Citalopram) before finding the “right” one for me. 22 years on Vanlafaxin plus swim every single day keeps things in check.
Can’t recommend highly enough the importance and positive impact the right meds can give you. Literally a life saver for me.
Exercise too- couldn’t get by without my daily dose of chlorine

I think the drs should warn more about the side effects from first dose till you settle on it , i had to go on valium to get me through the first couple of weeks as the anxiety was much worse than usual , i was not far short of jumping off beachy head it was so bad