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Permanent Linkby peaklite on Fri Feb 07, 2020 3:48 am

I trialled sertraline for a few months, however the side effects (sweating, feeling too hot etc.) felt too much so I stopped taking it a couple months ago now. I didn't feel like it made a huge impact, although I was in a pretty bad place at the time and didn't take it for too long. I want to try another type of SSRI but I'm concerned the side effects will be the same - I can handle feeling sick and the shits but I can't take having massive sweat patches when I've got a job interview to go to.

Overall, I'm feeling slightly less depressed but not because of the antidepressants... mainly because I've got a part time job, and some routine in my life for the first time in years. Getting up early and doing something productive during the day means that there is far less time for me to be bored so I don't wallow in self pity as much. Even though I don't think sertraline helped much, I still want to try something else, I could notice some effect, it made me more calm which was nice. At the moment my biggest problem feels like my anxiety so I'd like to get a hold on that. I feel like I'm making some big steps forward in my life but there's always something holding me back.

Unfortunately today is just one of those days where I feel anxious for no reason at all, I've just been feeling very nervous with a lot of physiological symptoms (high heart rate etc.) for no apparent reason. I feel like typing up my thoughts help a lot, which is what brought me back to psychforums to write this blog post. I've got to focus on my assessment centres and interviews for graduate jobs, but it's feeling kind of difficult in this state, I'd take any graduate job at the moment just so I can be out of this limbo.

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Permanent Linkby Snaga on Fri Feb 07, 2020 4:03 am

It's good to hear from you, we appreciate the update. Other than the anxiety it sounds as if things aren't so bad? I'm glad to hear the job seems to be helping. My most strange/dark headspaces, are when I've too much time alone with my own mind.
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Re: Update

Permanent Linkby peaklite on Fri Feb 07, 2020 6:24 pm

[quote="Snaga"]It's good to hear from you, we appreciate the update. Other than the anxiety it sounds as if things aren't so bad? I'm glad to hear the job seems to be helping. My most strange/dark headspaces, are when I've too much time alone with my own mind.[/quote]

Thank you very much for your comment, I really appreciate the fact you take the time to leave a message :)

But yes, I guess overall things aren't too bad. From an outside perspective I guess things are pretty positive!
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