Posted by beardedlady on June 10, 2002, at 16:15:03
In reply to Not sure what to do......, posted by andyboy on June 9, 2002, at 23:04:50
andyboy:
> Been under alot of stress lately. Personal issues, (break-up-work, etc.) anxiety's been in check, but the "blues" are really kicking in.
Maybe the other posters who gave you advice on this thread know you better and know that by "the blues" you meant that your depression was returning. I assume that's the case, since they gave you advice on your meds. If it is true, I'm probably offering useless advice. If it's not, I hope you will take this in the helpful spirit in which it was intended.
Whether you suffer from chronic depression or not, it is absolutely normal to get the blues from stress and personal problems. If you're blue because of work and a break up, you shouldn't be medicating for that.
I recently had a problem pregnancy, and I wasn't sleeping. I was also deeply, deeply sad and cried all the time. Instead of upping my dosage, I left it at the lower dosage I'd begun taking just a few weeks prior. Eventually, maybe after a couple of weeks, that awful sadness disappeared, and I started sleeping again.
I hope that your blues are sadness. That will go away in time, without medicine.
Good luck.
beardy : )>
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