[fijiisland]

Can anyone relate? I have been taking sertraline for years and I have been trying to go off. I only take it to stop the withdrawal. ughhh
I swear it makes me make bad decisions. I got pregnant twice while on it and both times did not want to get pregnant. ( I love my kids but just saying)
Now that I am withdrawing I feel as if I am almost "waking up". Does this make sense? I also have done very bad things that I possibly may not have done while off it. It is almost as if I don't care about anything. Casual sex with no condoms, etc.
I was taking it for anxiety, depression, etc. but I feel as if I have wasted ten years of my life. I have gotten no where. There was so much I wanted to accomplish and it went down the drain! When I tell the doctor these things, he says, no no, it doesn't make you do that.
I have a sex drive now, feel more alive, but everything is making me mad and it scares me! On sertraline, I feel as though I "take" everything from people. if they yell at me or treat me bad, I just sit there and think it is okay. But off of it I am getting mad. I shouldn't take what i do from people!
I do also have extremely low self esteem

[Skeezyks]

The only thing I can share with you, related to this, is that when I was on antidepressants (Cymbalta mainly) it made it possible for me to talk about things I would never have uttered a peep about had I not been on them. And all of the talking didn't help. Now I just feel exposed & foolish.

[East17]

Yes can relate somewhat to this, not specifically the making bad decisions part (I can do that just fine unmedicated!) but feeling like you're "waking up"... I find on antidepressants that I am just numb. They seem to suppress emotions and feelings to the point where I really don't care about very much at all.
Off them though, I'm suddenly overwhelmed with emotions and feelings that I no longer know how to deal with.
I don't know which is worse.

[little turtle]

Originally Posted by fijiisland

Can anyone relate? I have been taking sertraline for years and I have been trying to go off. I only take it to stop the withdrawal. ughhh
I swear it makes me make bad decisions. I got pregnant twice while on it and both times did not want to get pregnant. ( I love my kids but just saying)
Now that I am withdrawing I feel as if I am almost "waking up". Does this make sense? I also have done very bad things that I possibly may not have done while off it. It is almost as if I don't care about anything. Casual sex with no condoms, etc.
I was taking it for anxiety, depression, etc. but I feel as if I have wasted ten years of my life. I have gotten no where. There was so much I wanted to accomplish and it went down the drain! When I tell the doctor these things, he says, no no, it doesn't make you do that.
I have a sex drive now, feel more alive, but everything is making me mad and it scares me! On sertraline, I feel as though I "take" everything from people. if they yell at me or treat me bad, I just sit there and think it is okay. But off of it I am getting mad. I shouldn't take what i do from people!
I do also have extremely low self esteem

omg...you are one of my people..exactly...wow..i have a long history of being on anti-depressants ...all types...I am having a hell of a time getting off celexa...I am much more angry...I am much more scared..i am so old sex is just thinking about it...

[fuzzyowleyez]

The icarus project has literature on how to safely go off your meds if you think that's the right decision for you.

[Sunflower123]

Good luck getting off this med. Do you think it would be helpful to have a medicine review with your pdoc? I hope you feel better soon. Sending big hugs.