Are their any of you that feel like your going insane? Ever since my grandmother left I feel I am losing it, I been crying and crying, I just started taking Zoloft. I think I need to get threw the side effects first. I just feel so empty inside; I used to be a happy person. I have nothing to look forward. I miss my sister so much right now. I was in a complete panic last night, I even cry at work last night, I was so upsets when I got home. My mother hade to sit with me until I failed asleep. I feel so different and lost. I need to call my grandmother, I hade a bad nightmare last night. I was talking to my grandmother and she was crying her eyes out, saying how much she hates being in this nursing home. And I was trying to get her to remember that she wanted to go into the nursing home, it was terrible. I am going to try and call her today. My mother says you say you don't want her to forget you, but you don't call her, I have been to upsets to call her, I am not going to call her and being crying on the phone. Makes no sense.
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{{{Hugs}}} Jennifer. It's going to probably take at least 2 weeks for you to feel much of a difference on the antidepressant. Are you seeing a therapist as well or just taking the med? From what you're describing, it might not be a bad idea to talk to someone, even if it's only for a short period of time. I'm so sorry that you're having such a difficult time right now. I wish I had the magic words to make you feel better and take away the pain. But it's going to get better. Keep telling yourself that. In my times of despair, when I thought I could never crawl back out of the darkness, little by little, the light came back to my life, and little by little, I began my journey on a path to healing. And in the meantime, there's a lot of people here who care about you as well and will be more than happy to listen. {{{Many hugs and healing}}}
I suspect many of us, if not most, have had moments when we've felt that we're losing our sanity or have totally lost it. I went through a bizarre breakup fairly recently, and I've also begun to come to terms with the fact that I'm an Adult Child of an Alcoholic. I've gone to Al-Anon, and I've been reading the literature. Oddly enough, I feel a certain sense of relief that there is a reason why I have felt the way I've felt and done the things I've done. There's still some work to do, but things are beginning to make sense. I don't know if I know enough about your situation, but I think you need to be with people. I don't know how long your grandmother has been in the nursing home, but it's often wise to wait a while after someone checks in before visiting. My mother is in a nursing home; she has Alzheimer's. I can't help but think of the feelings I've been through about that. When your grandmother is more settled in the nursing home, by all means visit her.
zoloft has been my friend in time of need, and weening off them wen i didn't need them anymore was very easy and painless. good luck with it. as for feeling like you're going insane, well, hell, we all do sometimes. it's how we know we're sane. crazy people always think they're sane, don't they?
took at least six weeks for my anti-deps (citalopram) to start working, so yeah, Zoloft will also take a while.....and no gaurantee they'll help much at all... no miracle cure in a pill, but they do help some It don't sound like yer going mad to me..... it does sound like your having trouble dealing with some new and very complex emotions...... and ones don't have an immediate or obvious answer to get around...... but no, not mad
I cried as my grandma was dying and cried when I attended her funeral. (I wrote that line before I completely read your post.) You're grandma is still alive and you can go visit her. My grandma lived with my aunt that smoked so I couldn't visit her and that was sad. I hate nursing homes too but I hated the fact that my grandma kept losing her life little by little and had no one her age around to share her last years with. When you see the other people that are in the nursing homes that don't have family that visit and realize you can visit with them to than it's not so bad. You get a place full of grandmas and grandpas and you can have the security of knowing that she won't be alone or lonely.
I am feeling a lot better; I am not going to take that Zoloft anymore. It was making me really goofy and panicky. I feel if I hade keep taking it that I would have try to hurt myself, see my doctor was not in so I hade to see a different doctor. I am going to see my regular doctor in a few weeks, my mom feels its best that I don’t take that medicine just cause it work for her dose not mean it will work for me, I can’t believe how much better I feel. thank you all for your kind words,means alot to me
I am really happy that you are feeling better Jennifer. You are one of my very favorite posters in the forums, it made me sad that you were sad. If you ever need to vent, pm me, i am a really good listener.
yeah, definitely not for everyone. it treated me very well. i took it for about 6 months, twice. i was on a very low dosage, though. for those 6 months i learned to go out in public and to talk to people again. i was in a bad way. i haven't had to take any since. to be perfectly honest, i REALLY HATE taking medicine, and my husband sorta flips when i have to take anything. makes for a bit of discomfort in the household. he's a great one ot have around to make sure i don't go to the dark side.
I think it's crazy season or something I hope you feel better Jen... your grandma knows how much you love her, she'll always know... talking to her just reinforces it
That’s what I was on a very low dosage. I really just wanted some temporally, I just needed to get used to the change that my grandmother is not here any more Then that doctor wanted me on all this other shit. I am going to go to my real doctor when she get back in a couple of weeks. I have opponent
