Posted by dann on October 20, 2005, at 16:31:49
I just found this board and I am looking foward to sharing my experiences and hopefully get some advice to my current situation.
I have been extremely depressed my whole life. I have been hospitalized many, many times for depression and suicide attempts. I have been on just about all of the antidepressants out there starting when I was 13. I am now 35 and was taking Effexor and Lexapro for about a year. In the beginning I was doing great, that lasted about four months and from there turned into a disaster.
I started sleeping for days at a time and staying awake for days. I quit my job as I was becoming dangerous to myself and fellow employees.
For the last six months I have been fading in out of reality, became afraid to leave my house and be around people(my family included).
Three weeks ago I stopped taking the effexor and lexapro and physically I am doing much better, sleeping normally and so on. But the problem is I am going downhill fast. I have no health insurance and I am increasingly becoming irrational and suicidal. I am really scared for the first time. I don't know what to do. Please somebody that has beaten this curse help.
Dan
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