Yesterday I said, "so long" to zoloft. The first dose left me feeling numb...I had no reactions to anything, which can be nice, at times, but not ALL the time. When we bumped up the dosage, I began to feel everything very deeply and was swinging from one emotion to another very quickly. Never knew how I was going to react or respond. I need a happy medium. I still want to and need to feel my emotions, but I can't have them all over the place. Rather than bump it up again, my doctor felt like we needed to try something different, so...hello lexipro. First dose was this morning and I do not feel nearly so drug out as I did on the zoloft. I'm hoping that the side effects that I experienced with the zoloft will not be present with the lexipro. Once again, I'm starting on baby doses and in two months we'll decide if that is the right dose or if we need to bump it up. I'm feeling pretty leveled out today, emotionally, that is and I actually have some "get up and want to" about me today. That has been so rare for the past 6 months. I am very grateful for the medical team that God has surrounded me with. My doctor was very happy that my blood pressure and heart rate were at excellent levels yesterday. I am hoping that the longer I am wheat/gluten free, the lower they will become so that I can stop the blood pressure meds. Getting off the drugs, one at a time, will make me a happy girl.
So anyway...if you are dealing with depression and you are taking a med that doesn't seem to be working, don't get discouraged, work with your doctor to find one that will help. It doesn't have to be a life sentence.
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