Posted by adamie on July 28, 2001, at 9:13:10
In reply to Does anyone feel normal???, posted by Poppy on July 28, 2001, at 2:34:31
> Does anyone, or has anyone ever felt normal, or ok, stable for a period of time. I last about three days, then it stops, I love those days and try to keep them but theres nothing I can do, im on 375mg efffexor xr, just increased to that about a a month-2 months ago.
> Is this as good as I should expect, or should I aim for feeling ok everyday?? what can I doI went on paxil 24 days for accutane caused severe depression. Before the paxil the depression was going up and down. but it was too risky for me to bare without trying some medication even though is suspected in time my situation would overall improve. the paxil had a very very minor effect on me. i went from very severely depressed, to being quite severely depressed. not a significant improvement. and it made my concentration trouble worse and numbed emotions. i got off it with no witthdrawl problems. after 3 days I was feeling much better.
I was actually feeling quite good! I was so sure I would make a full recovery and soon. this lasted for 3 days. then the night before yesterday I was feeling worse suddenly. crying loudly for 30 minutes. i went from happy to bleh quite quickly. then the next day a bit better then that. now today I am feeling maybe the same. I am glad it's not worse. In time my depression caused by accutane should go away in time. whether it's a few months, years or even a decade, it should all go away for me. it was so amazing to feel a little great again. wow. absolutely amazing. full of emotions, my thinking and concentration strongly returned, creativity returned, i looked forward to thinks again, and i couldn't wait to be with my fiance. I could still tell I wasn't completely my normal fully happy self. but it was very good. I was at least half of my normal self.
now it's a bit worse but at least I can enjoy things even if it's to a limited extent. time to go get some lottery scratch tickets. those are so fun! well they were incredibly fun during those 3 days. but now they are just pretty fun. take care. i myself due to my 'special' depression should get better in time.
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