Posted by Maxime on March 12, 2005, at 12:51:57
In reply to Depression back -- boom! -- while still on Effexor, posted by Kreedi on March 12, 2005, at 9:45:02
Hi. I know you are not bipolar but in bipolar illness there is something known as the "switch" . It was discovered Jean-Pierre Falret in the 1800's. There are some patients (myself included) who can go to bed in a depressed state and something happens in the brain and then in the morning one can wake up hypomanic. *The reverse can also happen.* And for some reason it happens at night while asleep (not to be confused with rapid cycling which happen while one is awake).
I am not saying that you are bipolar but maybe the "switch" happens to you sometimes. Travelling can really mess up a person's body. With me it messes up my menstrual cycle and other things.
Also some people react to change of seasons. We are getting close to spring and some people with mood disoders will react to that.
It really sounds like your hectic travelling schedule may be the culprit.
Look up Jean-Pierre Falret in Google and see what you come up with.
So I really think it's a "blip" you are going through. I hope so. :)
Take care of yourself and despite all the travelling you are doing try to keep yourself on the the same schedule in terms of eating and sleeping and it should help. Are you travelling through different time zones?
Maxime
> 32-year-old male, longish history of depression (first episode when I was 10). Have been on Effexor for almost 3 years now, 112.5, and it's been great (mostly).
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> I'm traveling currently. After a week's travel, after a gruelling series of flights, the sense of being depressed hit me again, boom, just like that. It's been with me all week. This has happened to me before. I'll go to sleep feeling fine, the next morning a new depressive episode has started. On Effexor, this happened once last year, but I felt fine within a few days. This one, though, definitely feels stronger and longer-lasting.
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> Not sure what to do. I have some extra meds and can bump up to 150. I can return home earlier; there hardly seems any point traveling for another two weeks feeling miserable and anxiuos for long parts of the day.
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> Is this the dreaded "poop-out" phenomenon? Or is it a "blip" in the path?
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> Any response, specific or not, would be appreciated.
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> Kreedi
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> ps -- I've tried analyzing the 4 times this BOOM!-you're-depressed-now phenomenon has happened, and I can't connect the dots between them.
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