I have multiple anxiety disorders (OCD and GAD) and because of that I am taking meds.
I was on Prozac a couple of years ago for about a year or so, and I liked it for the most part but stopped, after discussion with my doctor, because I was doing much better and didn't want to be on meds.
Fast forward to now(ish), and I decided that I needed to go back on meds. I went to the doctor (a GP), and said that I wanted to go back on meds, but didn't want to go back on Prozac because although it helped with my anxiety a ton it made me sluggish and gave me headaches. He said fine, and gave me Celexa. I took that for two weeks, and it was awful, and I knew that it wasn't the right drug for me. All I wanted to do was sleep, I was irritable, I didn't eat etc etc. I contacted my doctor again, and he decided that we should try something else, so he started me on Zoloft.
I've been on the Zoloft for a month now, 2 weeks on 25mg, 2 weeks on 50mg. I'm doing better than I was before -- I'm sleeping well, have more energy, and have more motivation, but I'm not sure if it's quite right. I'm not quite sure how to explain it, but I still have more ups and downs/mood swings than I would like (there are what seems like a lot!), don't have as much energy as I would like when I'm down and such. I'm thinking that maybe Zoloft isn't the right med for me, but at the same time, it's only been a month, so maybe I should wait more?
How do you know if your meds are right for you? Help! I'm thinking that this isn't right!
To give you a better picture and help you understand my situation a bit more...the week before last, I felt really happy and I was chipper and all that. Last week, I had a terrible week and was just not happy, didn't have energy etc. Over the weekend, I was feeling antisocial, wanted to sleep all the time etc. Monday I had a so-so day but was up late (about 1am, I usually like being in bed by 11:30pm). Yesterday, I woke up early, about 6:45am, and all day I was really super agitated and irritable. Then later on, I switched and was calm and chipper. Again, I was up late (about 2am), and this morning, I woke up at 9am. I'm kind of tired, but part of that is that I went to Zumba -- a great thing to do when you have tons of excess energy and can't sit still which is what I was like earlier today...so I don't know exactly what's up, but I know something is off.
Opinions?
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