If you’ve been following along, I have been very, very stressed lately. I had been worrying about anything and everything and it was beginning to become very tiring.
But just last week, something changed. I didn’t feel stressed. Life was manageable and possible and not overwhelming. It was all completely workable.
It was if someone have flicked a switch in my brain and since, I have actually been feeling a bit better.
About five to six weeks ago, I had a slight medication change. The doctors increased my anti-depressant in the hopes that it would, well, make me feel and live in a less depressed state.
But the reality is that these things take time.
No prescription mental health drugs will make you feel different or better overnight. It’s just not how the body works. It takes time to accept the medication – sometimes up to six weeks or longer, depending on a few factors.
Change in meds and new therapy is helping
I’ve learnt over the years that you can’t fully rely on meds to get by.
But, for me, even the smallest changes can have big impacts, both good or bad.
It was an extremely small change. 25 milligrams, that’s it.
All up, I’m taking 125mg of Sertraline and I think it’s finally working its magic.
But I have also started with a new clinical psychologist who is both keeping an eye on me and has also been incredibly helpful in getting me to work through my worries and stresses.
I feel like the perfect mix of professional help is with medication, sure, but also therapy and speaking out loud with how you feel. Trying to remove stresses or working through them can be very helpful.
And you will always have medication as a back up, even in your worst days.
As I’ve said so many times before, the bad mental times come and go like waves on a beach. They will keep coming, no matter what, but it can be manageable. Some waves will be huge, then they will be small. Perhaps they will be tiny, or hardly there at all.
It’s about looking out to the sea and seeing the waves coming. If you can brace for them, great, you’ll be absolutely, completely fine.
I hope these good days continue!
Love,
Zak
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