Posted by bleauberry on April 19, 2018, at 13:25:33
In reply to Sertraline is making me 'numb' and indifferent., posted by Hordak on April 17, 2018, at 17:34:06
As I read your post, the first thing I realized is that Zoloft isn't working very well for you. I don't think it is helping you enough to keep working with it. It has not shown the kind of potential you need to truly restore wellness.
That said, if you want to make it better, if it were me, I would immediately add Ritalin to it. And say bye bye to the numb stuff. Ritalin can get you engaged in life again and active. Despite being a stimulant, it can also calm you down and improve sleep. After all, they prescribe it to calm down over-excited school kids. And focus. In other words, you get engaged, you get focused, you get 'into it'. Exactly what you want to reverse dysthymia.
Many people do Adderall instead of Ritalin. I like Ritalin better for longterm.
I have no idea why doctors prescribe SSRI's for dysthymia. I mean, dysthymia is basically a milder chronic depression that looks a lot like the side effects you are complaining about. If you ask me, dysthymia is a dopamine/norepinephrine thing and has very little to do with serotonin.
Personally I feel dysthymia responds better to stimulants or nortriptyline or desipramine but not ssris and not snrsi.
I guess maybe, from a doctor's point of view, numbing out the emotions of someone who is super depressed is probably a welcome thing. At least for the short term. But for dysthymia, that's exactly the wrong thing to do. imo
imo
> Hi guys,
>
> I am suffering from Dystymia and SAD and have been taking Sertraline 50 - 75mg for over a year now. It helps with psychosomatic ailments and moderately attenuates the anxiety & fear. My problem with Sertraline is: It makes me an apathetic zombie, indifferent to life and very unmotivated. I have sleep disturbances, the sleep is unrestful. I've also lost quite a bit of weight and am more agitated. Besides that I have hot-flashes and palpitations on a regular basis. My pdoc said that I will have to live with the sides and that he can't do anything about it. He advised me that I should try to get used to it...
>
> My question: is there something that I could use to augment the Sertraline and make it all more bearable for me?
>
> Thank you very much for your help. I appreciate that!
>
> Greetings, Hordak
poster:bleauberry
thread:1098205
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20180331/msgs/1098257.html