new antidepressant makes me worse

[Guest_8375]

I'm trying a new antidepressant. it's meant to erase all feelings of sadness. for a few days it did.

then I noticed it hadn't just erased sadness - it'd erased all my other feelings, too.

so now, I'm either feeling sad, or numb. and in some way, feeling numb is so much worse.

I had a mental breakdown this morning before riding to school, and I don't know what to do. two days ago I was doing fine. I visited my psychiatrists and told them I was fine and the medication was working. and it was. but now – it's plummeting my mood and I've never been so scared.

[Sophie_M]

 Hi Guest_8375,

We are sorry that you're experiencing some challenges while adjusting to a new antidepressant. We understand that there can be some undesirable side effects when on medication and we hope that you have some one assist you in speaking to your doctor or health professional about how  you’re going.    

We've noticed that you’ve already started to share your journey in your threads titled ‘everything is falling apart’ (https://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/online-forums/suicidal-thoughts-and-self-harm/everything-i... )

and

‘I cant stop worrying and it's killing me’ (https://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/online-forums/anxiety/i-cant-stop-worrying-and-it's-killin...).

To best assist you in receiving support, we ask members to keep to one thread when discussing similar topics. In the meantime, we will lock this thread and ask you to please check in on one of these threads to so our community has the best idea about how they can help during this time.