Antidepressants

Liposomol Magnesium 8 ,vitd3 with k2 and b complex drops.
My gynaecologist advised the b complex and magnesium he said he advises most of his post menpaudal women to take them they aid sleep a help with fatigue. Gp says everyone in Scotland needs d3 because lack of sunshine causes depression amongst other things the added k2 is apparently for bone health.
I have a lot of nasty stuff going on and I think these keep me sane ….oh and I meditate nightly .
I,d rather take natural supplements than chemicals that I don’t understand

Venlafaxine was causing insomnia so my doctor prescribed Mitazapinet to be taken at night. This combination has really helped the insomnia as Mitazapine causes drowsiness.

I hope you find a solution. Lack of sleep can make small things seem like the end of the world.

I posted on the original tread which was quite some time ago. It is some time since I was on Sertraline I note the comment that some folk react differently and I remember reading at the time some started to react differently as it came off licence. My sister who worked for a major drug company used to say it depends on the substance the drug is absorbed onto. Makes you wonder if cheaper formulation may have different effects and not necessarily positive ones

I think there is a difference between depression and anxiety. Often our worries only try to surface at night. Perhaps you could spend some time thinking about what might be making you anxious when you wake. Tablets won’t help you to address that but you might be able to find another way forward…..

All I'm going to say here is that if it wasn't for Mirtazapine, I wouldn't be here now. No amount of distraction, breathing techniques, natural supplements or anything else helped. Unless you've actually suffered from true crippling clinical depression or anxiety, you honestly don't understand what people are going through.
I know, because I used to be one of the people who thought that sufferers just needed to 'pull themselves together' (and I'm ashamed to admit that) - and then it happened to me.

Depression (circumstantial) which I wet through, during my husband’s (now Ex) affair, followed by separation and divorce, was something no amount of antidepressants could cure. What I did find that I could cope during the day ( the children kept me busy)
It was the nighttime….could not sleep. Was prescribed Zopiclone and haven’t looked back. I’ve been taking it on and off for several years, more on than off. If I didn’t, I would have become a zombie. We all need a good night’s sleep, any which way .
I am not advocating it, but just saying it helps me…..

A teenage member of our family has been prescribed sertraline for food anxiety. She has a feeling that she will not be able to swallow her food. It works well for her with no side effects but I hope they will take her off it soon.

ViceVersa

All I'm going to say here is that if it wasn't for Mirtazapine, I wouldn't be here now. No amount of distraction, breathing techniques, natural supplements or anything else helped. Unless you've actually suffered from true crippling clinical depression or anxiety, you honestly don't understand what people are going through.
I know, because I used to be one of the people who thought that sufferers just needed to 'pull themselves together' (and I'm ashamed to admit that) - and then it happened to me.

Well said ViceVerca. Totally agree with you.