Oliver40
19-08-12, 10:41
Hi everyone Im new on here so bear with me. Its just a post to say basically I have been depressed with OCD for the last 10 years on and off with lifes triggers making things worse along the way. I tried prozac back in 2005 and anxiety went through the roof and I vowed I would get through this without medication, but it didnt work and I was still depressed most days. I had an episode just after christmas where problems at work and at home made me majorly depressed so I went to the docs and I just cried in front of him. He persuaded me to try another anti-depressant sertraline 100 mg and I gave them a go even though I was really apprehensive and worried but I could not carry on like this and went of the sick from work whilst taking them. I will be honest they do not work overnight and everyone is different. I have been on them for 6 months now and the last few months they have really begun to work where I dont feel irritable as soon as I wake up and dont want to get through the day. I have noticed myself singing when i am doing chores which is something I had not done for years, things dont bother me like they used to and I am a lot more relaxed and happy in myself which I could never see happening ever. I rarely cry and just feel at peace with myself and I am not obsessing over things anymore like I used too. I will not be coming off them anytime soon because I dont want to go back to how I was before. The one downside they have is personally for me they make me really tired, but I can cope with that its a small price to pay. If anyone is scared of trying them please give them a go they are not as bad as you think and they are there to help you, I would never contemplate taking anti depressants after the first episode but I am so glad that I did because everyone has noticed a difference in me, and I am a much nicer person to be around.