I really hate how I go through bouts of depression. I know a lot of it stems from my extremely high anxiety and my OCD, but it still gets annoying. I’m on medication that helps with the anxiety, but I’m starting to think it’s time for a switch.
My general practitioner says that I need to go to counseling rather than us trying a different med, but I don’ t think that’s the route I need to go. I’ve been in counseling before (that’s when I was first diagnosed with OCD and PTSD) and I know when I need counseling. This isn’t an emotional issue. If we could just bring the anxiety level down a few notches I’d be fine and peachy. My doctor just doesn’t understand that.
I’ve been on Zoloft for almost 6 years, and I’ve been at 200mg per day for about 2 1/2 years now. I can’t go any higher on the Zoloft dosage. I’ve even gotten to the point where when I had to skip some doses due to not being able to get my refill for a few days, that I went into withdrawal…nausea, shakes, sweats, the whole thing.
I’m not sure why I’m putting this out for the whole world to read…maybe someone else is going through the same thing…but it would be nice to not feel like I’m in the bottom of a deep well with no way out.