Hi All, I'm new and at the moment I'm struggling

Hello @Yellow, welcome to the Forums. Congratulations to taking such a proactive approach to sorting out your mental health. The combination of medication and counselling can be really effective. But it certainly takes time. Lots of people report a sort of spacey feel that goes away. It's hard to say when though as that's different for each individual. It sounds as if the sadness and anxiety are acute enough to justify trying to push through it.

Hopefully the strategies you learn in counselling will eventually replace the medication. That's generally the goal. A general rule of thumb is that you know meds are working when you no longer cry or get angry as often. It can take a while to get to that dose.

It's great to have you here in the Forums. Please have a wander around and check out some of the more social threads like the night shift. There are friendly folks around that like to chat.

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@Yellow wrote:
Thankyou for the msgs of support. My therapy session went, kinda sorta, well. I was so anxious I had a full blown panic attack. But the therapist was awesome, once I calmed down it wasn't too bad. I surprised myself I thought I'd be very quiet but it all came flooding out it really helped to talk.

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That's awesome your session went well! I remember I spent the first 18 months in therapy not saying a lot...

@utopia yes the therapist was great, did not add any fuel to my panic, let me know I was free to go if I really needed to. At the end of the session she congratulated me, she said she didn't think I'd make it. Panic attacks are so horrible.