I am going crazy here, should I consult with my pschyatrist?

Question

For the past month or so I have been very moody, I sleep until like 2-3 in the afternoon, I dont feel like doing anything, I feel crabby and angry, I dont like talking to anyone,everything annoys me. I am on 100 mg of zoloft a day, I dont know if I should get back in with her and let her know how I have been feeling, anyone else who feels like this what can I do to feel normal again?

Answer 1

Yes. If you're on an antidepressant like Zoloft, you should always notify your psychiatrist of any significant and long-term change in your mood. You've felt this way for a month, so this definitely qualifies.

I don't know what you can do to feel "normal" again. Your doctor is probably the best source of advice, since she knows your personal history.

Answer 2

Making friends with a psychiatrist is like making friends with a cobra.

My niece at 12 was on Zoloft, then at 15 and then again at 19 and then on Paxil and then on Neurontin to take the edge off of the Paxil.

She was everything you described on the Zoloft and a zombie on the Paxil and Neurontin. I addressed it with supplements and nutrition.

She is now drug free and has been for 4 years at the age of 22 and working and living on her own.

All symptoms you are going through she no longer suffers from.

So, what do you think? Worse or better before you started the Zoloft?

See http://www.breggin.com to understand how these drugs really work.

Want an alternative? When you are ready, ask. I will get you in touch with my niece.

Answer 3

It sounds to me like your medication needs adjusting. I think making an appt. with her for both a medication adjustment (or even a different med) as well as talking to someone, would be a big help to you.
I take Zoloft too, but I know a lot of people who have had to try 4 or 5 different scips to get one that is effective.
Sleeping that late and the moodiness is a definite sign of depression which can be based on chemicals in the brain, so if you need the meds, take them. Just make sure they are the right ones.

Answer 4

SMOKE WEED!!!! Just kidding about that dont smoke. Anyway, yeah you definitely need to go back and see the psychiatrist. When did you start zoloft? If u started it around the time u had these problems, the zoloft could be whats wrong.

Answer 5

how old are you then? i, too have been like this for more than a week now. i hv 5 hours of sleep. from 5 a.m till 10 a.m my time. i am having problem with my sleeping pattern. i am 45 yrs old and now expereincing this so called pms.
This is the most difficult and frustrating part in my life. i find myself too demanding of others, been into a lot of troubles which regards on why this is happening to me. i find myself yelling, bad-tempered, shouting, moody, even giving people a leer look, i don't want noise, i hate everything and into a lot of pain.
I have done a lot of things from counseling to finding people who share the same horizon. i have talked to a priest, a nun and some of the church people. i have been finding a million things to do so as to avoid being empty for emptiness brings a lot of pains inside of me. It is so hard putting myself too and finding the right and exact phase to where will i start. i said to myself, this is not fun anymore, for everyday brings a lot of new experiences for me entering into the PREMENOPAUSAL STAGE of my life. there were physical signs of aging and i can see it and feel it. I just said to myself and as what Michael said BEAT IT or I WON'T STAY ALIVE.

hope this well help you...INSOMNIA OR THE SLEEP DISTRURBANCES

The inner chaos of depression, waking episodes, hot flushes and the slightly decreased need for sleep in some of us can cause insomnia to be a problem around the time of menopause. the lack of sound sleep, in turn can exacerbate depression.

Some women experience sleep disturbances (insomnia) around menopause, especially if
hormone changes provoke hot flashes during the night. Sleep is adequate when one can
function in an alert state during desired waking hours. Most adults require 6 to 9 hours of sleep each night. focus on improving sleep routine with good long sleep hygiene. This includes avoiding heavy
meals in the evening and adjusting levels of light, noise, and temperature in the bedroom.
avoiding alcohol, caffeine and nicotine throughout the entire day, not just during the evening can help increase sleep efficiency. Daily exercise can also help ease insomnia.


Maintaining a sleep-conducive environment (quiet, cool, dark) can also help. the bedroom should be for sleep and sexual activities. Those who do not fall asleep within 15 minutes should get up leave the bedroom to engage in relaxing activities elsewhere and return to bed when drowsy. regular sleep schedule should be maintained.

How much sleep we need is very much an individual matter. 8 hours of sleep is good. if you sleep less than well, as long as you wake up without the feeling of irritability, my doctor said..its just alright.
the vast majority of cases which seems to be insomnia are benign and will yield to simple mhome remedies like the following:

a. milk before bedtime
b. a warm relaxing bath
c. a soothing cup of chamomile tea
d. no caffeine after 12 noon
e. good mattress
f. don't go to bed early. if you are one of the people need less sleep as you grow older, enjoy the extra time bonus
g. exercise but not close to bedtime
h. do not go to bed angry
i. learn to sleep without the radio and television on


the best thing to do is eat, exercise and forget all the pains.

well, its ok to seek medical attention.
i am on my pms stage and all the symptoms are just like what you are expereincing. please feel free to ping me at pea_ester
if you are on this stage too.

THIS IS ALL WHAT I HAVE NOTICE

the puckering in my breast,
heart palpitation,
nervousness,
crying spell,
moodiness or the mood swing,
depression,
sleeplessness,
lump in my throat,
neck pain,
back pain,


restlessness,
the feeling of as if i am pregnant,
hot flushes and
water retention

Answer 6

Swami Sukhabodhananda



One youngster comes to me very depressed and asks this question "Why is God creating so many difficulties for us? How to handle stress?" I tell this youngster to reflect on this beautiful story:

A man goes to a shop, picks up a beautiful cup and says "my god this cup is so beautiful" and suddenly the cup starts talking to the man. The cup starts saying "O man, I am beautiful right now, but what was the state of my being before the pot-maker made me a beautiful pot?

Before I was sheer mud and the pot-maker pulled me out of the mud from the mother earth and I felt why that pot-maker is so cruel, he has separated me from mother earth. I felt a tremendous pain. And the pot-maker said, "Just wait." Then he put me and churned me, when I was churned I felt so giddy, so painful, so stressful, I asked the pot-maker "Why are you so cruel?" the pot-maker said, "Just wait." Then he put me into a oven and heated me up, I felt completely burnt. There was tremendous pain and I asked the pot-maker "Why are you so cruel?" and the pot-maker said, "Just wait."

Then he poured hot paint on me and I felt the fume and the pain, I again asked the pot-maker "Why are you so cruel?" and the pot-maker said, "Just wait." Then again he put me into an oven and heated it to make me more strong, I felt life is so painful hence pleaded the pot-maker and the pot-maker said, "Just wait." And after that the pot-maker took me to the mirror and said, "Now look at yourself". And surprisingly I found myself so beautiful.

When god gives us lot of trouble, it appears god is very cruel but we need patience and we have to wait. When bad things happen to good people, they become better and not bitter.

So all difficulties are part of a cosmic design to make us really beautiful. We need patience, we need understanding, we need the commitment to go through in a very calm and wise way. So all difficulties are not to tumble us but to humble us.

With this understanding, let us not be against difficulty. Understand difficulty is a part of a purifying process. A purifying process at present which we cannot understand and hence we need faith and we need trust.

Let us understand how to handle stress with this background. You can be affected by stress from two angles. There is an internal stress and there is an external stress. Nobody can avoid stress; one has to only manage stress. Managing stress can be internal and also external.

The internal stress is; your thoughts can create stress, your values can create stress, and your beliefs can create stress, meaning thereby your stress is coming from your mind more from the outer world. Many people suffer not from heart attack - they suffer from thought-attack.

For example, when somebody says you are an idiot, we get so hurt, we get so victimised. My boss has called me an idiot and I am feeling tremendous pain. Now where does this stress come from? If my boss has called me an idiot, I have to ask myself "am I an idiot"?

If I am an idiot nothing to be upset about; and if I am not an idiot, then also nothing to be upset about! It is the perception of the boss. But why do we suffer from that stress? I suffer not because my boss has called me an idiot but because of the thought-attack.

I may say the boss has called me an idiot; therefore I am suffering? It is true that the words are unpleasant. But what hurts is the interpretation of the unpleasant word. The thought in me interprets. That is pain and therefore it becomes pain. Much of our stress is our mind interpreting it as pain. So we suffer from thought-attack more than heart attack.

Answer 7

If what you have been experiencing has been causing you significant distress, I would say definately consult your psychiatrist. If that has helped you before it might help again. Other alternatives might include prayer, exercise, mediation, or a support group.

Answer 8

Get off the drug, but do it slowly. Take st Johns Wort, exercise, and eat right. Talk to someone but not someone the prescribes drugs!

Answer 9

i feel the same way ecipt not with medication one little thing can set me off my advice date more it always helps me and seing ure shicotrist will help also