Posted by 10derHeart on October 23, 2009, at 3:36:00
In reply to I hope I am just being a hypochondriac, posted by Deneb on October 23, 2009, at 1:27:49
You sound depressed. A lot of apathy there. All those things I did exactly like you when I was smack in the middle of depression. I often didn't realize it *was* the depression, either. Took a while to learn to recognize it. Maybe "just" (ha! "just" yeah, right ...{sarcasm, of course} depression symptoms? Does not have to be schizophrenia.
I hope you describe this stuff to your pdoc. She knows you really well.Sometimes, it's all a vicious cycle...meds aren't right (our brains change - all the time) ...we feel like crap, we exhibit behaviors, we are upset at ourselves about the behaviors, thinking of that fuels additional depressive thinking...and so on...you get the pic....? Perhaps a talk with pdoc and/or med adjustment can help.
It'll be okay. There are ways to help, things can be done. Try not to catastrophize (< fake word CBT T's made up?)your feelings, though I know it's easy to do. I have been there, done that.
Keep posting about it, if that helps, as I suspect it might.
Oh yeah, have you have a thorough physical lately, at least within the past year? You know to r/o all that thyroid, anemia, etc. stuff that could make you exhausted?? Always a good idea to start with the basics. But, you probably already thought of that... :-)
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