marky999
26-10-10, 21:27
Hello there :huh:
Well to cut a long story short....... I suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (past 8 years) with mild/moderate Social Anxiety (have had since I was a child, but has ALWAYS been manageable to certain extent).
I have been on SSRI's for 5 years started on Prozac, then onto Sertraline and recently Escitalopram (very low dose).
Although the SSRI's have helped pick me up from a dark and anxious place in the Autumn/Winter, I occasionally seem to find myself back at the Drs with recurring problems of Seasonal Affective Disorder :weep:
Some years I can manage OK and stay at work and get on with my life, but other years it's just too much and I have to be signed off work to sort myself out :weep:
This year my normal seasonal symptoms (anxiety, depression, even worse social anxiety) returned :lac:, I decided to go private to see a psychiatrist as it's driving me nuts this happening nearly every year !.
I was prescribed Valdoxan 25mg at night, I was told to just stop the 5mg Escitalopram and switch to the Valdoxan.
All was well I suppose, I noticed within 1 week that my mood had changed to more positive :), I felt so much better than before !
I then started to get "Brain shocks" (which I have had before) but just couldn't hack them :wacko:, I decided to take a small dose of Sertraline 50mg to help stop these "Brain Shocks" and it worked (obviously).
I haven't taken anymore Sertraline since then (approx 6 days ago) and have started to get those "Brain Shocks" again.
I was still feeling much better and seemed to be getting slightly better each day, more positive, more social !, and even thinking of returning to work !!.
Today however :weep: I'm feeling downcast and negative :ohmy: ! this is such a difference to how I was feeling yesterday ?????, I still am having brain shocks, but they SEEM much less now.
What would it be that's making me take a step backwards with the Valdoxan ?? does it have something to do with the "Brain Shocks" ???
I was making such good progress with Valdoxan, how can I go from being happy yesterday to low and negative today ??
Will these low feelings subside once the SSRI is completely out of my system ?
Sorry for the not so short story :o/
I hope someone can help to shed light on this :unsure:
Marky Mark
Well to cut a long story short....... I suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (past 8 years) with mild/moderate Social Anxiety (have had since I was a child, but has ALWAYS been manageable to certain extent).
I have been on SSRI's for 5 years started on Prozac, then onto Sertraline and recently Escitalopram (very low dose).
Although the SSRI's have helped pick me up from a dark and anxious place in the Autumn/Winter, I occasionally seem to find myself back at the Drs with recurring problems of Seasonal Affective Disorder :weep:
Some years I can manage OK and stay at work and get on with my life, but other years it's just too much and I have to be signed off work to sort myself out :weep:
This year my normal seasonal symptoms (anxiety, depression, even worse social anxiety) returned :lac:, I decided to go private to see a psychiatrist as it's driving me nuts this happening nearly every year !.
I was prescribed Valdoxan 25mg at night, I was told to just stop the 5mg Escitalopram and switch to the Valdoxan.
All was well I suppose, I noticed within 1 week that my mood had changed to more positive :), I felt so much better than before !
I then started to get "Brain shocks" (which I have had before) but just couldn't hack them :wacko:, I decided to take a small dose of Sertraline 50mg to help stop these "Brain Shocks" and it worked (obviously).
I haven't taken anymore Sertraline since then (approx 6 days ago) and have started to get those "Brain Shocks" again.
I was still feeling much better and seemed to be getting slightly better each day, more positive, more social !, and even thinking of returning to work !!.
Today however :weep: I'm feeling downcast and negative :ohmy: ! this is such a difference to how I was feeling yesterday ?????, I still am having brain shocks, but they SEEM much less now.
What would it be that's making me take a step backwards with the Valdoxan ?? does it have something to do with the "Brain Shocks" ???
I was making such good progress with Valdoxan, how can I go from being happy yesterday to low and negative today ??
Will these low feelings subside once the SSRI is completely out of my system ?
Sorry for the not so short story :o/
I hope someone can help to shed light on this :unsure:
Marky Mark