Posted by Nicole Bardon on January 14, 2002, at 20:42:19
In reply to How depressed are YOU?, posted by spike4848 on January 14, 2002, at 19:29:53
Spike, I go through those phases, all the ones you mentioned, and different ones, in the midst of a severe depressive episode. Does the Nardil work for you so you CAN do these things while on it? If you can, then good. If you can't, then maybe you need to try a new med. I've been doing fairly well on Zoloft for the past 7 years or so, but lately, I'm doing the not answer the phone, don't talk to anybody thing. Sometimes my fingers can't even type, there's some disconnection between thought and action. When it's real bad, I can't even read. So, you are not alone. Like I said, the Zoloft isn't holding me right now because so much is happening that I feel utterly overwhelmed. Even contemplated suicide, so I knocked myself out until the thoughts went away. I have been too depressed to function, including paying bills, doing paperwork that is absolutely necessary, eating, keeping myself clean. And I'm getting deranged from lack of sleep. I'm checking on new meds, both antidepressants and antianxiety. I have to. Please do the same if yours are not working. And you're right, when people can cry, they are depressed, but not severely depressed. Crying goes, emotion goes, everything goes with severe clinical depresssion, except the weight on your feet and the deep dark hole. Don't stay there, Spike. But, please, if the Nardil does work for you, keep taking it, and don't worry about how you are without it, or how depressed other people are. It doesn't matter. Take care.
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