Hi Trevor!! I take a sm. amount of Sertraline -25 mg. with Amitriptyline - 10 mg. at night to get GREAT sleep. BUT, Trevor, for several years I took Xanax for my horrible anxiety, and I was able to go out again!! It saved my life - literally!!!! It understand it is hard to get now, but worth the effort!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't mess with suicidal thoughts!!!!!!! Suicide is a long term solution for a short term problem, and leaves one's family and friends with everlasting, horrible memories forever!!!!!!

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@A MyFibroTeam Member I’ve tried Sertraline it didn’t help but it suits some. .
Just remember to take it in the morning same as duloxetine as I couldn’t sleep taking it later in the day!
Look up CBT online I know it sounds weird but sometimes when you do the worry tree or like I do a daily planner it gets you into a routine and it’s all about the mind! and remembering to rest it.

Take things back to scratch that’s what I done, start with the brain switching off getting some sort of peace within.
As I’ve said before there are many a thought that takes us back to what we were like before or how we ended up this way, but you have to learn that there is nothing we can do about the past, just move forward concentrate on you! getting you! in a better place.it’s all trial an error and we all have crap days that causes us to fall back into old ways which brings those negative thoughts back!

But CBT does help the worry tree is a good way of sorting out what you can control and can’t .
Hope you find something that helps you 🥰

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I’m going to try fluoxetine next

I take sertraline and it has really helped me personally, as another user mentioned do not skip multiple doses!! I ran out a while back and kept forgetting to get a refill, it became an extremely low point for me.

Trevor. Try Sertraline. it just might be the one for you. I take Cymbalta and am okay with it but I can only take starting dose otherwise a higher dose gives me bad anxiety. We as Fibro people have a very strange system and we totally react in our own way. Hang in there and keep trying and praying.