Posted by Patches on July 29, 2001, at 0:07:57
In reply to Re: Does anybody else feel like i do?, posted by louisi on July 26, 2001, at 21:03:03
Hi Louisa,
Wow, don't you feel not so alone though after reading these posts?
We all say the same words. That alone really can give us some support. I was also on prozac and wellbutrin. Against the advice of my pdoc I stopped taking them for the summer. I weaned off the prozac slowly so for the past 3 weeks I haven't taken any meds.(Pdoc doesn't know--she said if I stopped, she wouldn't put me back on the prozac. Don't know why.) I know that's probably a big part of the down times, but April and May had such personal issues including sickness and death of loved ones. Work was also very stressful. I really felt on the verge of breakdown. Summer I knew would be less stressful, and I felt the prozac and wellbutrin weren't working. i guess I wanted to test them out. It has been a rough summer, but in a few weeks as work begins again I'm hoping that maybe the prozac will give me that boost of energy and hope that it did when I started with it long ago. If it doesn't maybe I'll ask about the topamax, effexor, seroquel cocktail that AKC mentioned. It's so hard finding something to work. And then I wonder if your body just gets so accustomed to the drugs they stop working. That's why I wanted a break from the prozac. I really thought it helped at first. For these past few weeks I've been as you say hated myself and everything about my life. My older daughter is in college and my younger daughter just graduated from high school, so I really feel that I'm just plain old tolerated and not needed by anyone. As I said before... just looking for love, tenderness, hopes, and dreams. When you reach my age though, reality starts slapping you in the face and saying, "Girl, things just aren't ever going to change so get used to it." That really depresses me! But maybe the meds will start working again; if not I'll look for a change. But until then we can all help each other by caring for each other... something we all seem to feel lacking from our significants. I hope it helps. Let's all try to keep in touch, kay?
Hugs, Patches
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