Q: aches pains anxiety moody
asked by:
manta
on July 5th, 2008
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
About 4 years back I wnt through a very
strange xperience ,that I couldnt quite
explain-It was mental and physical ,I went
home and slept.However these strange
feelings persisted and I got anxious and
lost my appetite.The doc gave me some
tranqulizers which made me feel much
better and my appetite returned -he then
gave me sertaline a 75mg
anti-deprresant,this was after seeing a
shrink.the bad feelings went away after a
while and I stopped taking the tranqs and
lowered my dose to 50 mg by the docs
orders.I am a recovering alcoholic and
addict so it was good to get of the
drugs,I thought that the anti depress
wasnt really a drug of sorts -I carried on
taking them for a few years not really
knowing what they were doing for me -I
would stop for periods and my heart would
start to palpate so i would take them
again-since then I have had headaches
everyday diagnose with chronic fatigue
syndrome and prone to flu etc-I have had
moments where I have broken through and
felt really good and realized that I have
been depressed all this time on a low
level- i then went over seas ,this is now
a few years on and with me needing so much
sleep(I feel so bad if i dont get
sleep)the jetlag was really hard on me-my
anxiety has increased and the aches and
pains have returned-I was given zoloft
tabs which I took 100mg at a time for
couple of weeks and thats when the hell
really started-I lost 25 pounds ,was
emotional and couldnt do anything- i then
figured ot was the meds and slowy weaned
my way back to 50mg-in the pr process I
had moments of great laughter which im not
sure wher it can from but it felt good
again but i was mostly in a really bad
way-things started to get better and I
have mainted the 50mg but the anxiety is
still strong again although i eat and have
gained weight and am relatively active the
aches and pains and moodiness is
around-The doctors ive seen dont inspire
me much and iv elost faith -but i need to
be back to normal agin -im 34 and have had
areall7y hard year with this and will do
anything now to get my health back- I DONT
want to take tranqs( even though they dont
seem to work anymore) does anyone have
some experience or advice for me
please-thank you in advance
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