Re: new antidepressants will they work on grief? frankrivero: I only can tell you that I married one year ago and this was the most unhappy year of my life, and not because of my wonderful wife, but because of her changes of mood, with great depression always. At the beginning I thought it was because her menstrual cycle. So, I told myself: you must be pacient, this is only during some few days. But time was passing and her depressions were more and more usually every time. Finally, after one year, we truly forgot when our last day of happiness was. Then, I decided to look for information in Internet. And, after several days reading in Forums and Blogs, we decide to prove sertraline (zoloft). You cannot image how our life changed, she is taking 25 mg every day and her mood is normal as when we were fiances. Of course, she sometimes enter in depression, but it is only one or two days per month, and not 20 or 25 as before. We bought generic zoloft in Internet at a very good price. If you need more info, this is the place: <snip>
Healthy regards, and please don’t break your life, maybe your problem can be solved taking this or another medicine.
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new antidepressants will they work on grief? callaway: Hi, I've had panicattacks and depression for about 2 years. I've been on different meds. What finally helped me was effexor & mirtazapin. I went on these meds about a year ago. The 6 months before my x left me i was feeling very close to total health with only minor bouts of panic and depression. Then I switched meds to zoloft because we had been talking about me getting pregnant when I was feeling well again. 1 month after switching my x left me. It's been a downward spiral ever since.
I tried to raise the zoloft dosage but that only made me feel worse. During this time my doctor left for another area. My psychologist told me you can't medicate grief and that's why I don't feel the effect of the zoloft. This week I was feeling soo bad I had to move in with my brother and his family. I decided I had to get some advice from a doctor. He told me we should try and swich back to effexor. When I asked him if it will have effect on my mood since it's complicated by grief he said it will work on everything. Anyone alse but me that has the feeling psychologists aren't much for medicating and psychiatrists are all for medicating?
What are your experiences with antidepressants? Will they work on the grief??
Re: new antidepressants will they work on grief? Debbie: I am not a doctor but what I have learned from reading is that depression and anxiety are caused by a chemical imbalance in your brain. Anxiety can be treated with medication especially if you are shaking and can't breath very well. It does help with just getting you calmer. Depression can also be helped with medication BUT it is not a miracle drug. It does not make the pain in your chest go away. You will still be very sad at times. I go to a counserlor and that has helped a lot. She told me that i need to surround myself with friends, (my ex moved me out here then he divorced me so no family around) and call my family. This helps at times but sometimes just crying as hard and as long as I want helps too,
Debbie
Re: new antidepressants will they work on grief? callaway: Ok now I'm two weeks into my treatment with effexor and I feel my mood has leveled out somewhat. Before it was up-down-up-down-up-down. And the downs was like beeing smashed in the pavement. It's still upp-down-up-down-up-down, but the downs are more like "Ok, I feel sad and lonely today, but that's ok, I can handle it"
Re: new antidepressants will they work on grief? Cowboy12: Anyone alse but me that has the feeling psychologists aren't much for medicating and psychiatrists are all for medicating?
callaway... I totally agree with this point, i guess it derives from how they were trained..
