u/BenevolentHoax

Sorry if this has been discussed, but I need help. Been symptomatic for 2 weeks, diagnosed on Friday, meds haven’t come in yet (all my pharmacies were out of it). I was feeling really tired last week but I was eating a “normal” diet and diarrhea had been replaced by soft stools. Once diagnosed, I switched to a bland diet, and now everything is WORSE, sleeping a lot and back to watery diarrhea. Is it just a natural fluctuation or should I not eat this way?

I started pregabalin 2 weeks ago and it’s working well, but it wears off after 6 or 7 hours. My doc had prescribed 150mg once a day. I told her the pain is coming back and she sent a twice per day Rx to the pharmacy. Pharmacy says insurance won’t allow it because it’s too soon to refill, I’ve made several calls to get this resolved and everyone is being stupid so I give up. Until the insurance decides to allow the 2x/day prescription, I’m just going to try to supplement the pregabalin with other stuff. Has anyone else been in this situation? I’m leaning toward something old school and OTC like Tylenol, or even Cbd/thc. Thoughts?

This drug works for me better than any other antidepressant I’ve been on. But I seem to be swinging wildly back and forth between feeling really good, and feeling pretty bad. Like, the bad is mostly better than baseline, but with more intrusive thoughts and casual SI. My level of tiredness is similarly chaotic - with the same amount of sleep I might feel perfectly normal and okay energy OR completely exhausted. I’ve been on the same dose for 6 weeks and never miss a dose and take it the same time of day give or take 30-60 minutes. Any ideas? Anyone relate?

After 6 months, I’m still amazed at those little moments that scream THIS STUFF ACTUALLY WORKS.

I was driving to an appointment - time sensitive, right? - and it started pouring rain. As I’m driving on a busy highway. Rain was not forecasted, so this is unexpected. I slowed down like everyone else, turned on my lights and wipers, thought “this sucks. I might be late.” with the most mellow inner monologue. Before Zoloft I would have been trying not to cry and my heart would have been racing. It felt like such a win.

I started at 12.5 for 2 months, went to 25mg for 3 months, been on 37.5mg for a month.

How do you all combat the fatigue? I’m tired all the time and it’s not CAUSED by the Zoloft, but the Zoloft isn’t improving it. I’ve been on 100mg Wellbutrin the whole time I’ve been on Zoloft, but it’s not helping anymore. I don’t want to increase the Wellbutrin. In fact, I’d like to get off it. I’m drinking 3-4 cups of coffee a day to function but I want to actually feel energetic sometimes. I have undiagnosed but obvious ADHD. Anyone been in this situation? I’d like to replace the Wellbutrin and coffee with something else that won’t interact badly with the Zoloft but will wake my ass up.