Posted by SLS on July 11, 2005, at 11:05:41
In reply to Re: Zoloft - temporary problems or not?!?!? » SLS, posted by TamaraJ on July 11, 2005, at 9:02:24
Hi Tamara.
Don't be scared to continue with Zoloft. As foreign as the feelings of anger and irritability are, I imagine so are the feelings of normalcy that you might *possibly* be headed for.
There are two, no, three, no, four alternate explanations.
1. These are side effects that may or may not disappear, perhaps due to an interaction with Wellbutrin. However, they do not represent an indicator that you are responding.
2. It is a sign that you are responding and improving. This phase will disappear within two weeks.
3. You are experiencing a point in your menstrual cycle that is producing a mood state that is now presenting because the Zoloft is beginning to work.
4. You really are a b*tch, but you just haven't felt well enough in the past to express it. LOL :-)
> And, although I was doing relatively well on the Wellbutrin/nortriptyline combo, there was still something missing, something I can't put my finger on or name, but I know is crucial to my recovery
Do you feel that you are missing a "mood brightener" that would give you the motivation to participate with cheer and get things done without it seeming like too much of a chore? My friend calls what SRIs do for her as giving her the "wanna do's". Wellbutrin gives her the mental energy to do them.
> And, the combo didn't really touch the "nameless dread" that has developed after months and months of setbacks
Does this include a background anxiety that is always there?
> and my isolating as a result.
Yeah, that's bad. I isolate when things get really bad.
Just because you experience setbacks does not mean that you must start all over again and begin an arduous climb from the bottom of the ladder. You do not lose the things that you have learned and internalized. You'd be surprised how much you retain, despite being in a chronic depressed state.
- Scott
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