Posted by Sandra on April 4, 2000, at 10:11:57
In reply to IM SOOOOO CONFUSED! HELP! , posted by Laura on March 28, 2000, at 23:57:25
Not to be cynical (since I've been handling a "bout of depression" myself) but are you sure there is not some physical issue here? Such as vitamin deficiency, hormone changes, lack of exercise, change in diet or thyroid or blood sugar change vice just depression? I'm not trying to say depression isn't real by any means but there is SO much we can do for ourselves other than resorting to a pill for a quick fix. Depression is a state of mind and also body... so my intent is to find things other than meds.
(I've been through zoloft..bad juju sexual side affects ask hubby. Serzone...zombie state and no memory...and now celexa for 2 days....we'll give it a month and see). I think I'm going to knock off the drugs after giving this last one a try for a month. If it doesn't work I will continue therapy once a week and work on diet, exercise and some more time-consuming "fixes" to see what happens when I WORK at those things, vice go for a pill. Nothing comes easy and YES, I'm definitely diagnosed as "depressed" but I'm fighting to be optimistic that I can beat this !!! I believe the underlying physical imbalance makes us susceptible to the "fog" of depression. I too have a life with gerat things going on and "should not" be depressed. But I was also told that "stress" is not just bad things...all change or highly consuming activity creates some stress within us. Even simply being a workaholic (me) can be a stress all by itself. Hang in there and find what works for YOU! We're all individual... try to find the one thing that starts the cycle on the upward trend again and go with that. It may be that you have a thyroid imbalance? It WILL be the start of something good once you figure out where to start! Don't also become obsessed like I did in trying to find out "why" so much as start just working on one thing at a time one DAY at a time. :-) God Bless and keep me posted!
> I really wish I could figure out what is really going on with me. I was recently diagnosed with Depression (something which I've never had before). I am not going through any serious issues... In fact, my life hasnt been this wonderful in quite a long time. I do not wake up each morning sad/or lack of desire to do things. HOWEVER.. I am experiencing terrible blurry vision, terrible brain fog (I'm having difficulty processing information), and virtually no short term memory/recall. I am also irritible and pissed off most of the time...over silly stuff mostly...something which I've never done in my whole life...
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> I tried Wellbutrin 300mg daily but it didnt even put a dent in it... As of today, I am trying Celexa but am a bit scared ...most of the bulletins indicated that the people who took Celexa functioned but in some sense,they were a bit numb and out of touch.
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> I just want to be the way I was just a few months ago... happy go lucky and feeling good. It scares me to think that I'm going to be on drugs..maybe for life.... Does anyone have any positive stories about Celexa? Were you able to get off it after a while?
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