Hey Witches….
Looking for some advice!
Pretty sure all or most of you know what I’ve been going through with my eldest son this year.
My anxiety has been horrendous off and on as you can imagine, more so around his CT scan results, which he will get tomorrow.
I have decided I really need to go to the Dr’s and seek help. I was on Sertraline back in 2019 for just over 1yr, worked well but I put on a lot of weight which I 100% believe was due to my happy pills. It got to a point where my weight made me feel unhappy and depressed so I decided to come off them. Took me months and months to loose the weight although not all of it.
When my son was first diagnosed I asked the Dr to put me back on them as I knew I would need some help, felt absolutely shite the first day after taking one which I expected, complete brain fog I generally felt crap! So I didn’t bother taking anymore as I didn’t feel I had the time to feel like that when I needed to support and care for my son.
Anyhow I know the Dr will offer me Sertraline again but already I’m worried about the weight gain and feeling completely
tit for the first 1000 days
So what do I do? I really want the help but don’t want the weight gain as I know that will make me feel miserable. I think I’m going to ask the dr to sign me off work for a few weeks, I work within KS2 and that can be extremely stressful at times. I’m such an indecisive person, I want time off but feel I’m better off at work as it’ll take my mind off things at home. But then it stresses me out
Anyone else on Sertraline or any other medication that can maybe offer me some helpful advice.