Posted by babyface on January 15, 2002, at 13:00:26
In reply to Re: Anyone reached the feeling good stage ? » sid, posted by kid47 on January 15, 2002, at 11:59:43
Hi Sid,
Once you reach the right dose of the right medication(and by "right" I mean what works for you)you will have that feeling that Kid is talking about. This seeng everything clearly and the feeling as if a weight of your chest has been lifted.
True, you can crash or just feel low again but the meds prevent you from going too low by adjusting the dosage at those times.
It is such a long and frustrating process but you have to keep trying because depression is hell
and you have to try and feel as normal as possible.
It sometimes feels like you will never get out of it again but you do and you need someone like a therapist or someone else who suffers from depression to remind you of that.
I have had depression since a small age and since age 18 it has been very very tough. Three hospitalizations and 23 years later I still think that the medication and therapy have saved me.
I have 3 children and just for them I needed to stay alive.
I went through hell with the amount of combos of different meds I tried and I switched many times over the years because what worked well at first stopped working for me the second or third time around.(I went of my meds to get pregnant 3 times)
I will not go off my meds ever again because I am terrified of another severe depression.
I have my down periods of weeks even a month and a half of dread that I will sink lower and lower but with adjusting my meds I get out of it again.
It is worth having that as a safety net.
So after rambling or a little background sharing:
Don't despair because you will find he right meds for you! Mine is Effexor right now. I'm at 150 at the moment but have been on 185,5 until recent. (I'm lowering it a little bit right now because of a rash I'm not sure has anything to do with the Effexor but just checking if it does).
Anyway I hope it will work for you too.
Good luck and all the best.
R
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