Hey all my IBS friends, I´m going through a rough spot in my life ... I´m trying to keep going and going but I don´t know how long I can keep going like this. I´m in my third year of college - I´m supposed to get a bachelor´s degree at the end of this semester, basically in 2 months - but there are so many things that need to be done before that, it´s just a horrible pressure for me. I´ve been struggling with horrible anxiety for the last 6 months, I´m on anti-anxiety meds but they don´t work as well for me as they did at the beginning. I also suffer from chronic insomnia due to anxiety and depression. All these issues interfere with my life on a daily basis and I´m not able to function like a normal person anymore. I really wanted to give antdepressants a shot - I tried Zoloft and Magrilan ( don´t really know what´s the name for that in the US.) The thing is, both of them made me feel so anxious and nervous that I couldn´t concentrate on anything ( a pretty bad thing for a college student) - and I had to drop them after a week. Plus, I had difficulty peeing when I was on them - I had to wait for about 5 minutes to get something out, and sometimes nothing came out at all. It was pretty frustrating, having bloated bowels and a full bladder at the same time. They were both SSRIs - and I know one week is way too short for them to start working, I just had to stop because I really needed to get all the school work done, I had no other choice. I´d like to get back on them - I´m just worried about the side effects - has anyone had similar side effects with antidepressants and did they go away after some time? I think for me the difficulty urinating was the most troublesome side effect and they made the insomnia worse...
I just really want to hear that it´s worth to wait and the side effects will subside after some time and I will feel better eventually...or is there any other option than SRRIs? I´m kinda confused here.My psychiatrist told me she didn´t know what to do with me anymore
Which was kinda frustrating because at this point she´s like the only person who can help. She recommended autogenic training though - has anyone had any success with that ? So right now I´d like to think that I´m gonna find some antidepressants that will suit me - because I really need them
My brain needs them. And that I´m gonna survive the next 2 months without a nervous break-down. Please, help.Evu


