Posted by bleauberry on April 20, 2018, at 11:05:13
In reply to Re: Sertraline is making me 'numb' and indifferent., posted by Hordak on April 19, 2018, at 17:46:03
# depressed mood
# negative thoughts
# exaggerated worries about the future
# lack of motivation
# moderate anhedonia / apathy
# difficult making decisions
# insomnia & Sleeping too much
# weight loss / low appetite
# heart palpitations
# psychosomatic problems (digestive system)
# agitationRitalin all by itself can address the first half of that list. Might even be better with the ongoing sertraline, despite sertraline hasn't been very promising.
Ritalin will worsen the weight loss and low appetite. Ginger tea or medical marijuana can help create the munchies. All of the meds are going to make this problem worse except for Mirtazapine which should make you hungry and gain weight, at least for a while. That effect seems to poop out after a while.
The heart palpitations screams Lyme disease to me. I don't know what else to tell you. When I see 'heart palpitations' I automatically assume, deduce, sand suspect lyme. If that were correct, it would also totally explain the entire list of symptoms. It would mean you need an LLMD instead of a Psychiatrist, and you would need multiple antibiotics rather than multiple psych meds. To get better, that is.
The digestive issues and agitation also fit squarely into the lyme picture.
Concerning the digestive issues, the first thing to try, and is often successful, is to change your diet to gluten free. There are many products available now that are gluten free - which simply means they are made with other kinds of flour - not wheat flour. For some unknown reason, about 50% of the American population has difficulty with gluten. It can cause all sorts of weird symptoms ranging from brain fog to digestive issues, gas, toiler probs, low energy. There are two hypothesis why. Because wheat used to be a good food. 1.Wheat has been genetically tampered with in labs - nobody really knows how that impacts us. 2.Wheat is often harvested by first killing it with RoundUP weed killer! Most people don't know that. So the whole gluten-free thing might actually be glucophate poisoning. Depending on a person's genetics and ability to clean out toxins, they may or may not have symptoms.
Some gluten-free brands are pretty good and others not. There are some very good breads, waffles, donuts, pizzas, and pastas. Some of them are so good that you cannot tell the difference from regular wheat-made products. They are all generally a dollar or two more expensive than their wheat counterparts.
In my opinion, anybody who has chronic health issues of any kind should be eating gluten free and non-GMO. You really can experience enough benefit in the quality of life to make the change and embrace it. I have not known anybody yet who did not experience benefits. There are plenty of critics however.
But whenever digestive issues of any kind are involved, you have to try gluten-free eating for at least 2 weeks to see what happens. I have seen 5 different times people respond amazing to just that one change in their lifestyle. 2 of those were suggested by their doctors.
Non-GMO is another thing to put in your grocery cart. We are told that grains modified by cutting and slicing their genes in the lab by white coats are perfectly safe. Yeah ok. Each of us has to make a personal judgement on that. My judgement is that this is an 'establishment lie' with profit in mind, or an establishment mistake they haven't yet figured out, which will be proven wrong in 5-20 years down the road. imo. It's just that when people buy products which have not been genetically modified, those people claim they feel better and symptoms improve. All kinds of symptoms. Think toxicity.
Corn is usually the most guilty grain causing health issues due to genetic tampering. With any corn product, look for 'Non-GMO' one the label.
I prefer to look at the whole person, not just one or another symptom of that person. When I look at your list of symptoms, I only see an unsuspected stealth infection from ticks. It explains the entire thing. I cannot think of anything else that does that.
Getting off sertraline isn't that easy. It involves gradual weaning and eventual withdrawals ranging from mild to heavy. I think it makes sense to add Ritalin to it. A second choice would be Adderall. For all the other symptoms, I would not look to psychiatric meds for answers.
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