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Setback on Sert. after 9 weeks..antibiotics?

auntiem729
auntiem729

Has anyone taken an antibiotic along with their antidepressant and noticed a setback in anxiety/depressive symptoms?


i have been on 200mg for 9 weeks and recently contracted bronchitis so doc put me on z pak. I was starting to feel about 70% better before taking the z pak. Now I feel much lower. i'm not sure if its a coincidence or not.


I also have had setbacks in my mood at least once every week since I increased to 200. i took my last z pak pill on wednesday. I dont know when itll be out of my system. But assuming its not the cause, I'm worried about getting setbacks this far in my treatment. My doc said to stay the course on the 200mg of sertraline for a full three months. That will be beg. of march


fingers crossed!


encouragement encouraged;)

LouiseS
LouiseS
If your anxiety/depression is like my mom and me, caused by a chronic enterovirus infection, it makes sense that the antibiotic would be causing your symptoms to worsen. Antibiotics are generally immunosuppressive and your virus could be flaring up because of that. Check out the Enterovirus Foundation and Enteroviruses .com websites. Don't expect your doctor to know anything about this; only a very few do. Mom and I are eager to try fluoxetine [closely related to sertraline] because there is strong evidence that it has potent antiviral activity against enteroviruses!!! It's so strange that an antidepressant would also be antiviral. We have been treating our anxiety/depression symptoms with prescription propranolol and some natural medicines and supplements. I would think your symptoms would improve when you finish the antibiotic regimen although your doctor should also be giving you a safe antifungal like Nystatin to keep nasty Candida yeast from overgrowing. That fungus produces toxins that can also really mess with our brains. See the Yeast Connection book.
SilentWhispr
SilentWhispr
I take Seroquel and Prozac and I know that I have problems with the z-pack...when I take it, it makes me feel like I have the flu. I have taken quite a few others and usually get depressed before I finish the dosage. Just something I usually put up with.
Community LeaderMid
Mid
Stay hydrated. So important with depression/anxiety medicine.
auntiem729
auntiem729
thank you everyone!
i feel better now;)

still not 100% with the anxiety/depression in general, but hopefully by the 12 week mark i'll be closer. I'm like 75% there. :)
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