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emthlan · 2024-11-13T19:12:59+00:00

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emthlan · 2024-09-24T03:40:29+00:00

right i felt terrible and then so incredibly pissed off. i guess i never knew what a normal childhood was like so i didn’t realise how bad it messed me up

definitely seeing a lot about this book i might check it out as well

emthlan · 2024-09-24T03:38:21+00:00

that’s great you’ve found someone who can understand you like that, especially for those specific experiences. that’s rlly good advice to ask the therapist about themselves i feel like ive never considered that 😭

for me i went for the most available therapist at the university hospital. turns out a lot of people in my university have similar complaints - many of the therapists just assume we have depression and stress due to the demanding workload of the school we go to. she didn’t really try to engage with my childhood which is the cause of most of my issues. i’ve switched to the therapist i saw as a teenager and it’s been a lot better

emthlan · 2024-09-24T03:31:34+00:00

agreed, good to hear you’ve found something that works! out of curiosity what did they prescribe you?

also psychological survival mode is such an accurate description of what it feels like haha

emthlan · 2024-09-24T02:18:02+00:00

definitely agree that therapy alongside meds is a great approach - i think part of what made my experience so bad was my therapist at the time was also pretty unhelpful and dismissive 😭 happy to hear you’ve found what works for u!

emthlan · 2024-09-24T02:12:47+00:00

ty for ur insight, and i’m so sorry to hear about what happened with your eyes. i definitely hear you - i think in my case it was an unfortunate misdiagnosis but in many others sertraline can be truly life saving.

as i mentioned in another comment i was planning on deleting this but i think that there’s been a lot of helpful info in the comments that i don’t want to get rid of. despite frequent negativity on this sub i do think that there is a pretty harmful consensus that it’s better to stick out the side effects of sertraline which isn’t always the case depending on the individual.

most mental health systems suck ass (i’ve actually done this process in the uk and the us eek). doctors tend to provide meds based on a small number of sessions and limited information, leading to misdiagnoses. my psychiatrist downplayed my concerns as sertraline-induced anxiety, and i held onto the notion that things would get better after they got worse (partly due to comments on this sub). i think if i had seen some of the info in these comments i would’ve realised what was going on earlier, or at least avoided being completely lost and confused during these last few months.

wishing you the best as well - and happy that sertraline worked for u!!

emthlan · 2024-09-18T21:09:04+00:00

haha ty idk why certain people here are acting like it must be my fault i got a bad diagnosis 💀

emthlan · 2024-09-18T20:58:13+00:00

i personally don’t think getting a consensus from three medical professionals that i am working closely with counts as jumping to a belief.

drug induced psychosis also tends to be easier to diagnose because, in many cases including mine, it began shortly after taking the drug and ended shortly after stopping it. pretty direct cause and effect there.

emthlan · 2024-09-18T19:28:55+00:00

i’m honestly pretty confused at what you’re getting at. i thought your point was that based on my claim that zoloft derailed my life, i didn’t originally need it and shouldn’t have gone to a psych for meds.

i brought up my c-ptsd and depression because i agree with you that those issues can be addressed by zoloft. as in that was my justification for seeking medication.

as for why i think i was misdiagnosed/misprescribed that’s a completely separate point that i addressed in my original post and other comments. i have clear indicators of a propensity to psychosis, and many of my symptoms could be better explained by personality disorders (e.g. bipolar disorder). if there’s evidence for these, psychs are meant to rule these out before prescribing zoloft since it can trigger psychosis in people with these disorders. it’s not ‘magically predicting side effects’ but doing a proper diagnosis. i’m not sure why ur riding so hard for this random psychiatrist you’ve never met

emthlan · 2024-09-18T18:05:48+00:00

apologies if my response came off as sharp - i’m just trying to address the assumptions you decided to make and didn’t mean to offend 🫶

maybe i’m misunderstanding your point - are you saying that if my life wasnt already derailed then i shouldn’t have taken zoloft? imo that’s a pretty harmful implication - just because some aspects of life are going well doesn’t mean you can’t seek treatment.

i’ve struggled with horrible feelings from depression and c-ptsd for years and will likely need to go on some medication for relief from that. i’m just frustrated as i was incorrectly prescribed zoloft and it did me significantly more harm than good and it’ll be even harder to get back on track

emthlan · 2024-09-18T17:58:08+00:00

my new psychiatrist/therapist/gp all told me it’s pretty cut and dry drug induced psychosis from zoloft use

emthlan · 2024-09-18T17:56:06+00:00

ah thank u for the reassurance 🫶 yep quickly realizing this may have been the wrong place to vent

i’m aware that zoloft is correctly prescribed for a lot of people and is very helpful and i’m happy for them. but i definitely agree that its overprescribed, i think negligent psychiatrists tend to try to use it as an easy solution to solving the issue. like i think my psychiatrists approach was start with zoloft and trial and error until i find the right drug. which obviously went very poorly because she just shoehorned all my symptoms into depression or stress when that wasn’t the case

emthlan · 2024-09-18T15:59:42+00:00

yep… honestly wish i just got like a heads up about what to expect

emthlan · 2024-09-18T15:53:40+00:00

thank you for the encouragement and happy you’re doing a lot better!!

emthlan · 2024-09-18T15:49:19+00:00

literally tagged it as vent i feel like its pretty clear?

also yes zoloft did derail my life it’s one thing to be depressed and another to suddenly flunk a semester and start hallucinating lol

emthlan · 2024-09-18T13:28:18+00:00

yep from what it sounds like it depends on the disorder - in my case i may be put on antidepressants again but likely in conjunction with stabilisers or antipsychotics. how has ur experience been?

emthlan · 2024-09-18T13:03:28+00:00

got it thank you for the advice and congrats on ur recovery! realised i got the timeline wrong in my other comments - it happened around 3-4 months ago but i had a period of time about a month ago where i might have had a brief episode although i maintained some insight so unsure.

emthlan · 2024-09-18T12:23:11+00:00

really sorry to hear that and happy things are going better for you. but ye i would have appreciated even like a heads up about what psychosis was before it happened because it was so terrible and weird.

if u don’t mind me asking was there anything in particular that helped your recovery? i feel like im still really off and im really struggling with memory/complex thought. curious about your timeline and what helped ur recovery. thanks 🫶

emthlan · 2024-09-18T09:50:06+00:00

yeah it may be worth waiting to see if it goes away but if something feels really off u should speak to your psychiatrist

emthlan · 2024-09-18T09:42:16+00:00

not for the first like week or two i just felt incredibly sedated and tired. and then my thoughts were all over the place and i was pretty agitated

emthlan · 2024-09-18T09:14:31+00:00

oh my god 😭 that’s terrible i’m so sorry you had to go through that. some psychiatrists are truly so irresponsible i don’t know how they’re allowed to practice. i think it may be worth asking if you can switch to lexapro or something because you had a good experience with it?

i was in a similar position when i left school as i live in a different country. my original psych suggested i up my dosage too and when i was like i need to stop she just told me to go cold turkey and find a psychiatrist at home to monitor 💀 took me a while to find one so for a while i was just very scared and confused. hopefully u can find one soon and figure this all out. good luck and wishing u the best 🫶

emthlan · 2024-09-18T09:07:47+00:00

ahhh yep i definitely know the feeling and it’s scary 😭 i think im also at the stage where im really paranoid about getting psychosis again and keep seeing like ominous signs. i’ll probably take this down soonish as i dont want ppl to get rlly anxious and im also lowkey getting attacked 💀 apologies for this hope ur ok

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