Posted by brynb on June 5, 2013, at 18:34:02
After a couple months of Ketamine and recent 5-week course of TMS, I started to feel good again, as if I were in a remission of sorts. I was definitely better than I have been in a while, and these treatments worked well with the *few* meds I was taking.
Also over the past 5-6 weeks, my allergies caused a bad case of sinusitis and now I have walking pneumonia, too. Needless to say, I feel awful and rundown, and I foolishly didn't realize that being physically ill was causing the exhaustion. Naturally, I thought I would ask my pdoc for a med to address fatigue and lack of motivation.
I'm beating myself up over this. I don't like and can't tolerate stims, despise taking extra meds, but decided to try Nuvigil (about a week and a half ago). Since then my mood has plummeted--I can't think of any other variables so I'm pretty convinced Nuvigil is what's causing it. I stopped taking it yesterday, but:
-Can Nuvigil cause depression?
-When can I expect to feel better again/have it out of my system if this is the case?
I see my pdoc next week and he's away until then. I don't know what to do; I'm getting very little support from home and have been having a lot of suicidal ideation.
I also have a lot of circumstantial things adding to my low mood, but I think I'd handle them better if I were feeling the way I did a few weeks ago. I'm really hopeless and just feel like giving up. How come I felt ok for a month and now have no desire to continue and no life left in me?
I could use some feedback and support.
Thanks,
b
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