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I 'toughed it out' with depression for 'way too long - [2007-09-28]
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Depression/anxiety symptoms questions (sm) [2007-09-04]
Can anyone with anxiety/depression symptoms please help me figure out if that is what I am experiencing?
depression [2007-09-04]
anxiety can be rapid heart rate hyperventilating, feeling like you can't breathe.
depression too much sleep or not able to sleep, overeating or under eating, change in mood or mood swings, alienating yourself from friends, frequent crying. and more need to Google there is a depression test somewhere on the internet.
depression, anxiety - sm [2007-09-04]
My anxiety gives me the feeling of impending doom. I just know that something really really awful is about to happen, my heart beats faster and I cannot breathe correctly. The depression had me crying at every turn and not sleeping hardly at all, which just made it worse. I felt responsible for everything bad that ever happened to anyone. I also fought and fought against going to the doctor and admitting that there was something wrong.
I hope that you are able to figure this out, my advice is to go to your doctor either way, because if it is not depression/anxiety, it is definitely something.
depression? [2007-08-19]
Adult ADD definitely does come to mind with what you describe. Your paragraph about sudden anger, though, raises the question of whether you may have depression, either primary, with resulting inattentiveness, or depression secondarily, possibly intensified by the functional difficulties created for you by coping with ADD in spite of having an ever increasing number of demands on your time, energy, and attention. Sometimes depression can be accompanied moreso by anger than by sadness.
depression [2007-07-03]
I have heard the St. John's Wart along with cardiovascular exercise amounts to about the same as prescription depression meds. It takes a bit longer to see results. You need to make time for yourself even if you have to put off work for an hour or so.
Interesting research on depression. [2007-04-25]
Interesting research on depression from Pharma-Lexicon site may help us understand and feel some hope:
http://pharma-lexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=68290
http://pharma-lexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=68670
depression May Trigger Diabetes in Older Adults:
http://pharma-lexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=68793
I had major postpartum depression with both my kids. SM [2007-04-13]
Looking back, I was probably more prone to the postpartum depression because I Anyway, I found that breastfeeding actually added to my anxiety during that time. I wanted to breastfeed because I wanted to be a good mother and quite frankly the nurses at the hospital really pushed breastfeeding.
With my second baby, my OB doctor told me that I would be a better mom to my baby if I eased my anxiety. So I stopped breastfeeding and started taking my Klonopin and felt much calmer. Just the decision to not breastfeed anymore took a big load off.
I applaud you wanting to breastfeed your baby and I say go for it to women who can successfully do it, but some of us are just not cut out for it and that So if you need to take your medication and switch to bottle feeding your baby, you shouldn Your baby can sense when your anxious and will respond to that. I would say it would be better for your baby to be on a bottle with you calm and soothing rather than breastfeeding and you tensed up. Ya know?
I wish you well whatever you decide.
depression [2007-04-11]
I would ask you doc to put you on something more regular like Zoloft or Wellbutrin. As far as your ex goes, is he legit in punishing the kids the way he does or does he do it just because. If not legitamite reason I would contact the police. I take it he has visitation? If not i would keep the kids away from him. How old are your children. I wouldn't be afraid to take the Ativan but whey didnt he give you something to take everyday. I would push that matter. I take zoloft everyday and i have taken Wellbutrin in the past what a help they are. I take xanax as needed but I am afraid to take that becuase I am breastfeeding my infant. YOu can email me directly if you wish.
My depression has run rampant. My kids dad is a jerk and never [2007-04-10]
takes responsibility. He When I asked my ex about it, he just said MY kids are brats. I left the jerk because of his out of control drinking and believe me, he is a VERY angry drunk. The sick thing about him is when he calls me and tries to lure me back when I know he Of course, he My doctor gave me some ativan to take, but I I guess because of how it will make me feel and being around the kids.
Sam-e [2008-09-20]
I have major refractory depression and have taken about 20 different drugs for it because virtually none of them work on me. Sam-e worked GREAT for me but I had to take the top dose of 1600 mg a day and it was too expensive to maintain at that dosage. It only took me a few days to feel a radical change for the better, but everyone's chemistry is different. If you can afford it, I'd definitely give it a try. I had no side effects at all, either. St. John's Wort did nothing for me at all.
I keep hearing about [2008-08-31]
My MIL is on it and she has been on it for goodness knows how long, but she says it works for her. So you only take it a week before and of your period? I thought it was something you had to take constantly, but I am not very educated about meds like that. I dont get to the point where I get physical with my oldest, I just yell alot and I dont like that. I dont know if my psychiatrist can prescribe meds, but I see him Tuesday at noon so I am going to ask him as well, and if not I will be going to my M.D. I am doing okay today, its just later in the evenings when I start getting weird. I really think its hormonal rather than depression because it fluctuates like this, but I cant be sure.
What is this? [2008-08-30]
I have been going through such odd phases lately. Sorry if this message turns out to be a long post, I am just kind of letting it out for the first time. I dont know if I am just under a good deal of stress or if this is a form of depression. My husband works third shift and when he is home he sleeps during the day..I almost basically have no help when the kids, except when he has a 3-day weekend. I have two daughters, 5 and 1. The oldest one NEVER listens to me it seems..the slightest things she does make me so mad and get on my nerves, and the little one is a crybaby quite a bit of the time. I do get mad and angry and yell at the oldest, and I feel terrible because I feel that it makes me into a bad parent. I know it makes her feel bad, but I am just so on the edge these days that any little thing sets me off. I really dont spank her, just try to give her timeouts and the like, but again it doesnt work and it is even worse when we go over to other peoples houses. Yesterday I was feeling okay, not really feeling depressed, but the two days before that I did feel depressed. I dont feel that way when I wake up in the mornings, but it seems to slowly progress throughout the day. The feeling doesnt cause me to stay in bed or anything like that, and I can still go about my normal everyday life and work, do the housework, that sort of thing. I dont think I am suicidal, although at times I think about death in general when I feel like this. Suicide in general I sometimes think of, NOT in the sense of doing it, but just in the sense of it happening..it is so hard to put into words and explain it the way I think of it, but I want to repeat that I DO NOT have suicidal tendencies. I have started to notice that this seems to happen almost every month closer to around the time of my period, maybe a week or 10 days from it starting. I havent been keeping track of when it starts though. I have not been on birth control since my husband had a vasectomy last November, and I am wondering if my hormones could be going kinda wacky on me or something. I just dont like feeling this way when it comes about and the way I am with the kids. My patience has absolutely dwindled to zero tolerance lately. Even though my oldest goes to kindergarten, the things she does and does not do still find a way to get under my skin. I dont know if this is normal or if anyone else has had anything similar to the way I feel, but I think it is either stress or depression, but I have no clue which one. Any ideas what this could be? It doesnt happen all the time, just seemingly around midcycle or maybe 7-10 days before my period gets here..it might not even do it every month, but since I havent been keeping track Im not sure. I know its been doing it kind of on and off since last week, and Im starting to think Im going crazy or something.
stress [2008-05-07]
I had a tough year last year with my dad passing away, a very good friend passed away a few months later, my only child went off to college 2000 miles away, and had knee replacement. I was put on meds for depression and anxiety which helped, but now my daughter is getting married, I'm having issues at work, financial issues with the surgery and PT, and it's the first anniversary of my dad's passing. I've been going to therapy and she's really helping me deal with my daughter's upcoming marriage, but I'm having a problem that we haven't discussed yet. I feel obsesssed about going to my dad's grave every day. If I don't go I get so anxious and jittery that I end up going anyway. I just don't understand why I feel the need to go every day and sit with him. Is this 'normal' or has anyone gone through this too?
Many people have issues this time of year [2007-12-09]
Statistically suicides, depression and other mental health issue go up at this time of year. What with the financial pressures, shopping stress, gathering with family members you People that have recently lost loved ones or have broken off a relationship usually feel extra bad when reflecting on prior, happier holidays. People that normally don Commercials make you feel sad and inadequate because you can or your coworkers brag on how much they got and you got very little. This season is rough on many people.
Possibly bipolar [2007-10-14]
I have had a psychiatrist tell me I am bipolar and another one tell me I am not and that I just have dysthymia/severe depression with anxiety/panic disorder. I don
I weaned myself off of all my psych meds the last few months. I don BUT, I am 38 and I was taking 8 to 10 different meds for different things. I hada lumbarspine fusion and them later diagosed with fibromyalgia, cervical disk degeneration at all levels, 2 disks bulging, etc. This is not to mention my horrible sinus issues and being s/p 2 surgeries.
I do know that I cannot take an antidepressant alone as it does cause the cycles to come more rapid being bipolar. If I take antidepressants, I have to have a mood stabilizer on board too!!
I am sick of pouring all these meds in my body all the time.
Me, too! Only I wasn't lucky enough to have parents - sm [2007-09-28]
that recognized there was a problem. My mom said when I was an infant that if my dad so much as rattled his newspaper too much, I'd start screaming. Was afraid of fireworks, TERRIFIED of thunder. Got stressed out in crowded, chaotic conditions. All my life it has sounded like the whole world has the sound up too high. As an adult, I never go to the movie theater because the sound is way too loud. If I see a live show (musical, rock concert, opera, etc.) I wear earplugs. Have difficulty dealing with background noise (dryers, dishwashers, and ESPECIALLY leaf-blowers, etc.) Even enjoyable activities, such as Disneyland, were stressful because they were hectic & noisy, and I'd get distracted easily, so usually was the kid in my family that got lost. Finally, about 45 years later, I was diagnosed with depression. Most likely it started in childhood, but back then I don't think most people even knew it existed. I know my parents sure didn't. One of the strongest triggers for my depressive episodes was continual exposure to noise, even if it was very slight background noise, like neighbor's loud stereos or set of windchimes. Going onto an SSRI made a HUGE difference in my ability to cope with a noisy world. For some reason it makes me less over-reactive to it. (At the very least, it enables me to count to 10 before I explode because of it.) I still need a LOT of quiet-time per day, more than the average person, but the SSRI makes it possible to endue at least some exposure to noisy surroundings.
My aversion to noisy office settings and hectic surroundings is the MAIN reason I got into MT. It is also a main reason why I quit working inhouse and now work at home.
A number of years ago, I stumbled onto a very interesting book. ItThe Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine N. Aron. Almost everything she talked about in the book hit the nail right on the head. (She even mentions in one chapter how HSP's (highly sensitive persons) often choose medical transcription as a career. If you can find the book, it will give you a lot of insight into what makes your son tick. I recommend it very highly!
I hope some of the above info. is helpful to you!
From another HSP!
I felt awful for a day or two, [2007-09-27]
but the problem was nausea. I did better when I would take one and then skip a day for a few days, and then once I felt fine doing that, I could take it every day and had no problem with it. I was started on 60 mg, too.
I had previously been on Effexor, which is fairly similar, but causes people a lot more problems, per my psychiatrist. My psychiatrist uses Cymbalta and one other drug for depression more than any others. I believe the other is Lexapro. (I think I've posted all this before). But the reason she favors the 2 drugs is that most patients actually stay on them (presumably because they are satisfied and have no unacceptable side effects). The compliance rates are much higher than any of the other antidepressants.
No drug works for everybody, however. A psychiatrist is the best person to work with you and evaluate what should be most helpful for you. I hope you are feeling better soon.
By the way, I can now eat fine, yet I'm not terribly interested in food. I'm down to 132 lbs from about 150, which is just about ideal for me.
The Effexor I took was capsules. [2007-09-20]
It was Effexor SR. That is the sustained-release product. If you are not on the sustained release product, then cutting pills or opening capsules is not recommended because you won't be getting a proper mix of the drug.
I did wean myself down on Effexor SR by opening the capsules. I got down to about 4 of the little pearls, but couldn't go any lower because of those brain zaps. I finally saw a psychiatrist to find out what drug I should be taking because of all the side effects (sweating and skin problems and apathy on Effexor). She changed me to Cymbalta and I was able to quit the Effexor. She says the 2 antidepressants she puts patients on are Cymbalta and I believe Lexapro. They have the best results and fewest side effects for depression. She says psychiatrists have a nickname for Effexor, and it's Side-Effectsor!
I do feel better on the Cymbalta so far, but I can't say it's making me a new, energetic person like I wish it could.
I remember a doctor once saying [2007-09-08]
that usually when a patient thinks they are depressed, they are.
With my depression I don't want to exist. I don't want to kill myself, I just wish I was never born. I want to escape the ugly side of the world. Fortunately my temptation is not to escape into alcohol or illicit drugs, but into sleep, or at least television or a book. I tend to stay up late at night though, dreading going to bed because then I'll have to get up and face another day. I have no direction, nothing interests me or excites me. I don't care to see people and certainly don't want to hear about all the terrible things happening in the world that I have no control over.
How are you feeling?
Depression/anxiety symptoms questions (sm) [2007-09-04]
Can anyone with anxiety/depression symptoms please help me figure out if that is what I am experiencing?
depression [2007-09-04]
anxiety can be rapid heart rate hyperventilating, feeling like you can't breathe.
depression too much sleep or not able to sleep, overeating or under eating, change in mood or mood swings, alienating yourself from friends, frequent crying. and more need to Google there is a depression test somewhere on the internet.
depression, anxiety - sm [2007-09-04]
My anxiety gives me the feeling of impending doom. I just know that something really really awful is about to happen, my heart beats faster and I cannot breathe correctly. The depression had me crying at every turn and not sleeping hardly at all, which just made it worse. I felt responsible for everything bad that ever happened to anyone. I also fought and fought against going to the doctor and admitting that there was something wrong.
I hope that you are able to figure this out, my advice is to go to your doctor either way, because if it is not depression/anxiety, it is definitely something.
I'd Like to Say [2007-09-03]
I agree that for the most part people are over medicated and have lost the ability to adapt and cope with life situations. I think a lot of people are on meds that probably do not need to be. But you kind of come off as if NO ONE should be taking medication, and everyone should just be able to take life as it comes.
I have schizoaffective disorder. I began having symptoms 14 years ago when I was 16. And now I'm on a combination of five medications that hold back the mania, the paranoia, the depression, the anxiety and the hallucinations. But it took 14 years, 7 suicide attempts, over 1000 stitches for self-inflicted injuries, a bankruptcy and about 37 drug combinations to get it right.
I'd love to be able to toss these meds away and just use coping skills to handle my symptoms. But the sad fact is, I do not function without them. I am dangerous, both to myself and people around me. No amount of supportive psychotherapy in the world is going to quell the rage that comes brimming up when I am manic, or quiet the voices in my head that tell me to jump off the roof, because surely I can fly.
I just wanted to say that. These meds do serve their purpose for some people.
i did this [2007-08-20]
I did this for a year, i would sleep about an hour and then wake up, get on the couch, sleep another hour and up again. mine was guilt, depression, and definitely anxiety... basically panicking about what was going to happen the next day, like i could do anything about it. My doctor at first put me on Lunesta, but I didnt like how that made me feel, so I went to a small dosage of trazodone. I have done great on that. Also my life has straightened up a lot... I have tried sleeping without them, but thats not so great yet. I really want to wean off my Effexor and this, but coming off Effexor really really scares me.. I have seen what it does to me if I miss one day. Im a maniac!! even into the next couple of day, crying all the time about everything. anyway, make sure you get something to help you sleep because you HAVE to have it.
yep, that makes sense [2007-08-20]
I have a son who has ADHD. I took him this summer to a developmental pediatrician who specialized in ADHD. It was a 5-hour appointment, but very informative. Uncontrolled ADHD WILL cause depression later in your life. That was stressed to us over and over. Do you have ADHD in your family? You may have said that in another post, Im sorry if you did. Be sure to mention this to your doctor. You are not crazy! I feel like that sometimes too, but I just get up and do something positive, like walk or clean something that it not huge, but something you can see quick results. Find something for yourself and yourself alone - kids take so much out of you. You are starting at the right place though, even consider seeing a psychiatrist if they want to put you on antidepressants to be sure you have the right dosage. Good luck, and God bless!
depression? [2007-08-19]
Adult ADD definitely does come to mind with what you describe. Your paragraph about sudden anger, though, raises the question of whether you may have depression, either primary, with resulting inattentiveness, or depression secondarily, possibly intensified by the functional difficulties created for you by coping with ADD in spite of having an ever increasing number of demands on your time, energy, and attention. Sometimes depression can be accompanied moreso by anger than by sadness.
Those are very good points [2007-08-19]
Margaret. Good insight.
My diagnosis is depression, and I was having that problem the OP was describing with being one subject behind in my thought processes.
I think the new medicine is helping.
I have that same thing where my mind [2007-08-18]
gets stuck on something and I miss the next thing. I notice it most when watching the news. I keep thinking about the last story and suddenly realize the next story is important, and by then it's over!
I think your PMD is a good place to start to get labs and all. Could turn out to be something with your thyroid or something. But if it is determined that you need an antidepressant, I have heard, and finally followed the advice, that an actual psychiatrist knows a lot more about the meds than a GP/FP/IM. Do not agree to start Effexor, for instance. Psychiatrists call it Side-Effectsor because of all the side effects. Cymbalta is much better if that is the type of drug you need. Cymbalta and one other - possibly Lexapro, but I'm not positive - are the 2 that are most effective for depression and the most patients are able to stay on. Prozac is very popular, but it can cause severe apathy. When I was on it I was WADING through laundry. Talk about depressing, LOL.
You can feel better, so don't give up. Only you can see this through to a solution, which is really hard to do when you are feeling low, but it's worth it.
im sorry sm [2007-08-14]
im sorry that you have a bad opinion of medications for depression and the like, but without them i probably wouldni handle life without pills is just not fair to the people that canpill pushing to make your life bearable, as for me, it saved my life.
So nice to finally see someone who knows what to do for you [2007-08-13]
I know what you are going through, I had all of the symptoms of depression too and until I got the correct medication and counseling it would not go away. I am now on Effexor (no side effects for me thank God) and Wellbutrin, and I can actually make it through a day without tears. Praying that youwill feel better soon too,
I saw a new MD today. [2007-08-09]
This is the first time I've seen an actual psychiatrist because I had to slowly taper myself off Effexor because of a possible side effect.
I was right - a skin problem I was having was from the Effexor. This doc has seen it dozens of times, and of course my IM MD was clueless that it could be causing the problem. She says psychiatrists call Effexor by a nickname of SideEffectsor. She says Cymbalta should be the right drug for me and they have not seen many side effects from it, even though it is sort of similar to Effexor.
She was extremely nice. She says she can't believe I've been coping as long as I have without seeing a psychiatrist. Of the 9 points for major depression they check, I have 9. She says I'm going to feel a lot better in a couple of weeks.
Hope at last.
medications [2007-07-05]
I can relate to depression since I There are drug companies who offer low cost or free drugs if you qualify. Might be worth your while after you see your physician, of course. I think once you get your depression under control, things will begin to look better to you. depression for me was like living with a veil across my face and not being able to see clearly. Good luck!
seeking advice [2007-07-03]
I see this isn't a very frequently used board, but I'll put this here in case someone sees it.
I've been an MT for quite a few years. Not only has my job has become unbearable due to admin changes, but I also now have CTS that's so bad that I can't even write anymore. I have crappy insurance, so I can't afford my deductible for surgery, but I also can't afford the time away from work for surgery anyway.
To top it off, my supervisor has made it clear to me repeatedly (I have written proof) that I am utterly incompetent, and has used many, many words to describe my character as well as my ability to do my work. I have OFFERED for this person to terminate me, and they do not want to. I don't understand this at all. I don't quit because I need money too badly and, honestly, there is no other job I can do at this point, given my hands.
I have just about no life. My work is very difficult (or else this supervisor is right and I'm incompetent), the quality of dictators is poor, and I have to cancel out of commitments constantly because my work gets in the way. Part of it is probably extreme burnout, but part is also due to working very slowly with CTS and also just simply struggling with about 80% or more ESL dictators.
I don I don't have any friends or family. I am self supporting.
So, I'm finding myself struggling with depression. Therapy? Meds? Not covered by insurance.
I'd love some feedback about what other people would do in this situation. I'm pretty scared.
depression [2007-07-03]
I have heard the St. John's Wart along with cardiovascular exercise amounts to about the same as prescription depression meds. It takes a bit longer to see results. You need to make time for yourself even if you have to put off work for an hour or so.
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