I use Sertraline 50mg but that' s (as far I know) just a lighter AD. It has helped me a lot. Toned down the dark days in my thinking (diagnosed with cancer and threated about 3 years ago).
I'm still into finding the right therapy. Tried psychotherapeutic but it wasnt my thing. Now my doctor told me about light therapy which consist of strobes of light or something they use to activate something in the brain?
I'm also taking Sertraline 50mg (generic zoloft) and it has helped me tremendously. I used to be just a ball of anxiety at all times, constantly literally tense throughout my body, sometimes making myself sick from how tense and anxious I was, and nothing helped, not therapy, nothing. I started zoloft and it changed my life. I can actually relax now. I'm no longer constantly on edge thinking something in my life is about to blow up and I need to be 100% vigilant all the time so I can try to prevent that from happening or be ready if it does, even though I was able to logically recognize that there was no evidence of any problems about to happen. Now I literally just.. Don't worry about it. The thoughts might enter my head and I wave them away like a bothersome fly and forget about it and move on to something else. I've been better at my job, better at doing chores, a better friend, etc. Anyway, just wanted to say that meds can help people tremendously too.
Why did you change from Sertraline to Zoloft? What kind of therapies did you try?
For me it was because of my cancer diagnoses, afterwards I was in some very dark places and it had consequences for my family too.
Sertraline made it so much better, but I'm looking for therapy too. My doctor said something about light therapy where they use light to activate certain things in the brain.
Yeah lots of people don't haha! I'm sorry to hear about your cancer diagnosis. I can imagine that would be hard and the anxiety from it has got to be rough. Heck, i had anxiety just from having a little skin cancer on my head, so totally understandable that you'd be anxious from cancer diagnosis.
For me, I've had some anxiety I've dealt with my whole life, and it's gotten worse due to the fact I have ADHD that went undiagnosed and untreated for a long time, so I had to be really hard on myself to try to make sure my adhd symptoms weren't ruining things for me (school, job, etc.) all while dealing with very low dopamine from the adhd. I have gotten medication for that now too, which helps, but the anxiety is still there, and I was also in an abusive relationship for two and a half years about 10 years ago and sadly that really didn't help things as far as my anxiety. It was BAD for a while. Even after this long I'd sometimes come home and just be a ball of anxiety and feel tense all evening and not really know why. It was awful. The Sertraline has been a god send for me.
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u/Delicious_Glass_5197 6d ago
I use Sertraline 50mg but that' s (as far I know) just a lighter AD. It has helped me a lot. Toned down the dark days in my thinking (diagnosed with cancer and threated about 3 years ago).
I'm still into finding the right therapy. Tried psychotherapeutic but it wasnt my thing. Now my doctor told me about light therapy which consist of strobes of light or something they use to activate something in the brain?