Just need reassurance...

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It's now been 6 full days since I've been off of ultram completely. I started taking 25 mg zoloft on the 2nd day off and was perscribed a few xanax to help with anxiety because I was completely out of control yesterday.... I just need some reassurance that I'm going to be better.... to re-cap I had been on 200 mg/day for about 10 months. Any ideas on when the depression/crying/anxiety will be better?!?
 
Hello Julius

I am glad you were able to get off the Ultram, but sorry that you are feeling so tormented with the depression and anxiety. It will take a couple of weeks for the Zoloft to kick in completely, but within a few days you will certainly feel some relief. The uncontollable crying should be the first symptom that lets up considerably.

All of the symptoms can be helped along with some measures like these... movement, whether running, walking, dancing. Sing out loud, force the face into a smile ( this sounRAB silly, but it actually helps the endorphins to get going). Even when I know it is the last thing you feel like doing, these things honestly help.

When the anxiety hits, try regulated breathing. Makes a big difference. Also, engage your mind in something mindless like solitaire. Distract yourself with mindless tasks if you can not concentrate... polish silver, wash the floor with a rag in circular motions.

Honey, I know it is a rough time right now. Hang tight because it will pass. Measure each baby step of improvement as a major hurdle. The tiny steps add up quickly and a more normal state of mind will appear.

Wishing you well
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I'm on my 20th day without hydrocodone. And I still have to make myself do things. I feel so lazy!!!!! But I've done this so many times and I know it gets better with time..... things will get better for youn darlin!!!!! You can do it!!!!! We can do it !!!!! Hugs!!!!!
 
Let's all hang in there....yesterday was a bad day for me too but today is better....honestly, I think all the deaths and lousy economic and world news gets to us too....it's hard not to be affected by it all. I hope you get better day by day....and that the Zoloft kicks in soon....I know those anti-depressants take a bit of time.
 
Hey there,

I just wanted to send you a message to see how you were doing! I completely can sympathize with what you are going thru. When getting off a medication like ultram or any other pain med it does make a person feel extremely down and also brings on a lot of anxiety but if you just keep going and get thru even minute by minute let alone day by day it will get better. I remeraber feeling so low, so sad, so depressed and then the next minute riddled with such high anxiety I didn't know how I was going to make it thru it. It was the worst feeling. HOWEVER, I promise you that will go away. For me it took about a good month to two months for the darkness to slowly go away but when it did I looked back and realized how much I learned about myself and about addiction.

I was so proud of my strength and determination. I for so long felt so crummy about myself because I had let myself become an addict but when I made it out of the dark, boy was I proud.

Sometimes even now I struggle but it's nothing like back then. YOU CAN make it thru this and you have so much to be proud of. Look how far you have come!!!!!! Hang in there and post it out when you feel like you just can't take it anymore.. Read old posts from people going thru what you are... Read some of my old posts about the depression I faced... I know that is what I did when I was going thru it and it did help. I didn't feel so alone. This board saved my life. It really did.

You will be in my thoughts and I wish you many blessings. I am proud of you!

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Antidepressents can take up to 30 days sometimes to get completely in your system, but may feel some effects in a week or two. Hang in there it will take some time. Try to surround yourself with people that care and you can openly talk to. I have just started trying to get off pain meRAB, i've been on them 9 yrs. I'm on here alot now, look me up if you need someone to talk to. I have been in out of therapy since i was seventeen, I can give pretty good advice but, I don't always listen to myself I'd be beter off if I did. Depeission is hard but have found talking to people can help for me anyway. I have actually tried to take my life so many times I can't even count anymore. I don't try anymore, I have learned that god wants me here for reason, even if I don't know what that is yet. Good luck and take time to think about the good things in your life.
 
Thank you to everybody that answered my posts! I am on day 20 and am feeling great! I'm back to normal activity and finally am not emotional on a daily basis... Without my faith, I really don't know where I'd be.

Thank you again for this board and for the support that is provided!!
 
It's almost the 11th day and I feel really bad today... Just so tired, anxious and down :(
 
Hey I'm on my 25 days clean from hydrocodone..... I feel like you do finally!!!!! It's great huh????? Hugs to us both !!!!!
 
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