u/TopComfortable5866

I started 30mg in December to help with depression and anxiety. Within a few weeks it completely got rid of the anxiety, however I was still struggling with depression and lack of motivation. 3 weeks ago I moved up to 60mg to help with this, however since then it feels like it has only made this worse. I am constantly depressed and apathetic. Has anyone else had this? Will it improve, or should I try a different medication?

Could use some advice.

So long story short, when I was younger I did some things that cause me a great deal of guilt and shame. It got to the point where I started therapy and my therapist figured out I have a form of OCD.

Logically, I know I should forgive myself as I have learnt from my past. It was a long time ago, and I would never act this way again.

At first, I was incredibly anxious all the time due to how much I hated myself. I started sertraline/zoloft, but it just made me suicidal. My therapist moved me onto duloxetine/cymbalta, which more or less completely removed the anxiety. However the depression remained. I have moved up to 60mg duloxetine nearly 4 weeks ago, but this has made me even worse. I am constantly exhausted and sleep all the time. I had moved from weekly therapy to every two weeks as I was able to cope, but Im finding this functioning has become more and more difficult since increasing my dose.

I am either miserable, or completely numb and apathetic. I struggle to feel any joy or happiness. I feel like perhaps the medication has caused this, and in actual fact I need to be completely off medication and work through my problem in therapy. I feel like the constant numbness is stopping me from being able to internalise any of the self forgiveness.

Does anyone have any insight or advice? I'm really tied of always feeling like this. It's negatively effecting my partner but I feel so apathetic even that isn't spurring me into action and moving on with my life. I feel like I'm so close to being over this but I can't get over the final hurdle

Could use some advice.

So long story short, when I was younger I did some things that cause me a great deal of guilt and shame. It got to the point where I started therapy and my therapist figured out I have a form of OCD.

Logically, I know I should forgive myself as I have learnt from my past. It was a long time ago, and I would never act this way again.

At first, I was incredibly anxious all the time due to how much I hated myself. I started sertraline/zoloft, but it just made me suicidal. My therapist moved me onto duloxetine/cymbalta, which more or less completely removed the anxiety. However the depression remained. I have moved up to 60mg duloxetine nearly 4 weeks ago, but this has made me even worse. I am constantly exhausted and sleep all the time. I had moved from weekly therapy to every two weeks as I was able to cope, but Im finding this functioning has become more and more difficult since increasing my dose.

I am either miserable, or completely numb and apathetic. I struggle to feel any joy or happiness. I feel like perhaps the medication has caused this, and in actual fact I need to be completely off medication and work through my problem in therapy. I feel like the constant numbness is stopping me from being able to internalise any of the self forgiveness.

Does anyone have any insight or advice? I'm really tied of always feeling like this. It's negatively effecting my partner but I feel so apathetic even that isn't spurring me into action and moving on with my life

So long story short, when I was younger I did some things that cause me a great deal of guilt and shame. It got to the point where I started therapy and my therapist figured out I have a form of OCD.

Logically, I know I should forgive myself as I have learnt from my past. It was a long time ago, and I would never act this way again.

At first, I was incredibly anxious all the time due to how much I hated myself. I started sertraline/zoloft, but it just made me suicidal. My therapist moved me onto duloxetine/cymbalta, which more or less completely removed the anxiety. However the depression remained. I have moved up to 60mg duloxetine nearly 4 weeks ago, but this has made me even worse. I am constantly exhausted and sleep all the time. I had moved from weekly therapy to every two weeks as I was able to cope, but Im finding this functioning has become more and more difficult since increasing my dose.

I am either miserable, or completely numb and apathetic. I struggle to feel any joy or happiness. I feel like perhaps the medication has caused this, and in actual fact I need to be completely off medication and work through my problem in therapy. I feel like the constant numbness is stopping me from being able to internalise any of the self forgiveness.

Does anyone have any insight or advice? I'm really tied of always feeling like this. It's negatively effecting my partner but I feel so apathetic even that isn't spurring me into action and moving on with my life