My situation is a bit complicated. A year ago, I applied to a psychiatrist with general anxiety, i.e. a fading feeling that I was about to come down, problems with getting on the bus. I talk a lot, so the doctor decided it was word of mouth. I fell apart, so he decided it was depression without an interview, without a long conversation. He prescribed a prescription I trusted, I took it, he said that in two weeks it will be over and it started. For a month, day after day, I watched my family and I departed into oblivion, i.e. memory lapses, no conversation, crying, panic, and hysteria, smoking two packs of cigarettes a day, no concentration, no possibility of expression, cleverness and intelligence disappeared. I couldn't understand what I was reading. I did not receive any information, even though I wanted to, I was staring at the TV screen, etc, etc … Before taking the pills, there was no such thing. The best, however, began after three months. I began to "hear" my own thoughts so intense that they woke me up. Doctor, please tell me honestly if there are groups of people who harm drugs instead of helping? in fact, you will probably say that this is a picture of classic depression, but I didn't have it before, I DIDN'T HAD, now I'm barely recovering, I dumped all the drugs and I'm slowly starting to contact myself with the fact that I still feel just stupid, which even trivial tests prove simple logical tasks no I can comprehend, I am an interesting challenge for the doctor, but he is not able to help me and on my knees I would go back to the state I had before taking the first alventa tablet, this condition lasted for a year, I did not stop the treatment earlier because I believed that I was sick but I have enough of it because yes I really enjoy my life from feeling positive and negative emotions only now after putting everything aside (I don't feel like a zombie) out of order, because in one fell swoop in one day I have been clean for three weeks side effects are not pleasant, but not bad mentally it is as it was but I do not delve into it I do not feel compelled to think about it the way it was o it was on drugs it's ok just this memory and concentration how to fix it, tomographs okay, thyroid glands too. If the doctor finds time and wants to advise something, I will be grateful because I really have a lot of plans for life, but I need a good mind for this. I am 30 years old, I am a mother of twokids. I don't know what else to write to better illuminate the situation. I am looking for help and please come into my point of view and assume, even for a moment, that the drugs have bothered me in my head (alventa, later anafranil, lerivon between perazin and asentra)
It's true, sometimes you feel worse after taking drugs than before. This usually takes a few weeks to pass, but it doesn't have to be. What has happened will disappear, fear of these symptoms and a sense of harm may remain, which may make it difficult to return to the previous better mood and memory functioning. If the drug is worse than the disease, it should not be taken, and if there are no other options, consult a psychologist.
Remember that our expert's answer is informative and will not replace a visit to the doctor.
Tomasz JaroszewskiSecond degree psychiatrist
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