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Lets all be anxious/depressed together.

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  • #1452
    irishh_bob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,700 ✭✭✭irishh_bob


    Sardonicat wrote: »
    That is a complete myth!


    i dont think your correct on that one , telling someone is a cry for help , those who are serious keep it to themselves so they can suceed in thier plan


  • #1453
    stupidusername
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    I don't think generalising either way is going to help here.


  • #1454
    irishh_bob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,700 ✭✭✭irishh_bob


    stupidusername wrote: »
    I don't think generalising either way is going to help here.


    true but when someone tells a friend something like that , chances are its a cry for help


  • #1455
    stupidusername
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    irishh_bob wrote: »
    true but when someone tells a friend something like that , chances are its a cry for help

    yeah I agree. which is i think what the original poster was saying anyway.


  • #1456
    Gillo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭Gillo


    irishh_bob wrote: »
    people who intend to kill themselves ,rarely disclose thier plans

    and you'd seriously want to take that chance.
    it may well be a cry for help but on the other hand.

    OP, all you can do is be there for our friend, listen and don't judge. Theres a number of suicide pervention services which you should get in contact with theyd be in a much better position to give you advice.


  • #1457
    starviewadams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,116 ✭✭✭starviewadams


    Another bad attempt at being social,appointment with the psych can't come soon enough!


  • #1458
    wobzilla1
    Registered Users Posts: 437 ✭✭wobzilla1


    Does anyone know how bad withdrawal from SSRIs is?
    I've been on them 3 months but I've decided to stop them because of the side effects. (Although I'm glad all the time I'm unable to feel really happy even when I'm doing things that should make me happy, A lot of the time I feel out of touch and surreal, and the main thing is sexual side effects. I have a new girlfriend and it's really embarassing when you're having sex and can't orgasm. I could be going for ages and be unable to)
    Anyway, I stopped taking my tablet 3 days ago and haven't had any really bad effects yet. I'm starting to feel a bit nauseas tonight though, like travel sickness.

    Also a warning for anyone on SSRIs: Don't drink alcohol.
    I had a few pints one saturday night and on Monday I was in bits.
    I got more depressed than I'd ever been before I took the tablets.
    I spent the entire day sitting on the floor with my head between my knees


  • #1459
    Liberal Irishman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭Liberal Irishman


    Katie Unkempt Painting wrote: »
    Is anyone using the anti depressant Lexapro I have just started taking it as I have been trying to deal with alot myself and it has come to the stage where I need to take mediciation.

    Just wondering if anyone knows some of the side effects especially how it affects someone when exercising and taking part in competitive sport...
    There are so many posts here I can’t tell whether you’ve had a satisfactory reply yet.

    I’ve been taking lexapro for the past 10 years (among other meds).

    Everyone is different and everyone may experience different side effects. Personally I haven’t had any problems at all while exercising.

    Instead of giving you a list of symptoms, I’d simply advise you not to get overly anxious about any side effects that you might experience. Look at the literature that comes with the medication and note the ‘possible’ side effects. If you notice anything different, ask yourself whether you are happy enough to live with it - do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

    If you are, then forget about it and live your life as happily as you can.

    Good luck


  • #1460
    Gillo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭Gillo


    Speaking from experience don't stop the SSRI's without talking to your doctor, it took me a week or two but without wanting to scare you I feckin nose dived, your doctor can advise you best but don't just stop taking them.

    I too had the problem with lack of orgasm, depending on how well you are getting on with your girl friend explain the situation to her, tbh once I got used to not actually cumming I found the sex was great as we could go for hours.


  • #1461
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,408 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    wobzilla1 wrote: »
    Does anyone know how bad withdrawal from SSRIs is?
    I've been on them 3 months but I've decided to stop them because of the side effects. (Although I'm glad all the time I'm unable to feel really happy even when I'm doing things that should make me happy, A lot of the time I feel out of touch and surreal, and the main thing is sexual side effects. I have a new girlfriend and it's really embarassing when you're having sex and can't orgasm. I could be going for ages and be unable to)
    Anyway, I stopped taking my tablet 3 days ago and haven't had any really bad effects yet. I'm starting to feel a bit nauseas tonight though, like travel sickness.

    Also a warning for anyone on SSRIs: Don't drink alcohol.
    I had a few pints one saturday night and on Monday I was in bits.
    I got more depressed than I'd ever been before I took the tablets.
    I spent the entire day sitting on the floor with my head between my knees
    To the best of my knowledge it is not recomemded to stop taking SSRIs suddenly.

    I understand your concerns about the SSRIs you are taking but I think you should get onto your GP asap to discuss either changing your medication or weaning off gradually. The best person to advise you about the likely side effects of coming off suddenly is your GP. I would imagine that these side effects vary from drug to drug and person to person.

    In my own experience, over 10 years ago I was taken off cipramil without being weaned (GP seemed unaware at the time of the need for this) and my symptoms included a weird electric shock sensation (not sure what if any official term there is for this, but from speaking to others it seems quite common) and dizziness and very extreme fluctuations in my mood that could actually be quite scary. Don't underestimate the potentially destructive nature of these mood swings. The only person who can advise you if you would be likely to suffer these mood fluctations is your GP, so please go and get their advice and keep yourself as safe and well as possible.

    All the best.


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  • #1462
    stupidusername
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    I really don't know what's changed, but my mood seems to have lifted a bit since like thursday of last week. finding it really strange.

    I finally remembered and got to get my new tablets. starting in the morning. hope i don't have **** side effects, and really hope they help. though in one way when i start a new one i think oh this is definitely going to work! but can't help but assume it won't.
    starviewadams wrote: »
    Another bad attempt at being social,appointment with the psych can't come soon enough!

    what happened that made it bad?
    wobzilla1 wrote: »
    Does anyone know how bad withdrawal from SSRIs is?
    I've been on them 3 months but I've decided to stop them because of the side effects.

    I've only cut off efexor, don't think that's an SSRI. and that was at the advice of my doctor (crazily enough) due to having to figure out an allergy.* it was awful. absolutely awful. i lasted a day and had to go back on them. it was scary the thoughts i was having, and tbh it was what made me think i don't want to be on tablets anymore, cause of what it had to have been doing to me.

    i would recommend highly going back to your doctor about coming off them. if you do want to there's no need to stop suddenly, being weaned off is most likely the best option. really though it's not strangers on the internet you need to be getting opinions of. your doctor can advise you best.

    *this was a bad allergic reaction i was having to something and it needed to cut out everything to figure out what it was. so i definitely wouldn't advise it.

    actually the shock that sardonicat mentioned, that was awful. it's possibly the most uncomfortable feeling i've ever had. could do nothing but sleep to get through it. it's like someone's tasering your brain.


  • #1463
    luckyfrank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,054 ✭✭✭luckyfrank


    My 5th day of lexapro and zispinb combo and i feel like crap, but thats how i felt before hand i had a good day 2 days ago where i slept well and felt pretty ok, So very very angry on zispin biggest draw back so far


  • #1464
    starviewadams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,116 ✭✭✭starviewadams


    stupidusername wrote: »
    I really don't know what's changed, but my mood seems to have lifted a bit since like thursday of last week. finding it really strange.

    I finally remembered and got to get my new tablets. starting in the morning. hope i don't have **** side effects, and really hope they help. though in one way when i start a new one i think oh this is definitely going to work! but can't help but assume it won't.



    what happened that made it bad?



    I've only cut off efexor, don't think that's an SSRI. and that was at the advice of my doctor (crazily enough) due to having to figure out an allergy.* it was awful. absolutely awful. i lasted a day and had to go back on them. it was scary the thoughts i was having, and tbh it was what made me think i don't want to be on tablets anymore, cause of what it had to have been doing to me.

    i would recommend highly going back to your doctor about coming off them. if you do want to there's no need to stop suddenly, being weaned off is most likely the best option. really though it's not strangers on the internet you need to be getting opinions of. your doctor can advise you best.

    *this was a bad allergic reaction i was having to something and it needed to cut out everything to figure out what it was. so i definitely wouldn't advise it.

    actually the shock that sardonicat mentioned, that was awful. it's possibly the most uncomfortable feeling i've ever had. could do nothing but sleep to get through it. it's like someone's tasering your brain.

    Against my better judgement I went to a work bbq thingy,I've been trying to make more of an effort to socialise with my work mates for the last few weeks,figure if I get on good terms with a few people I won't dread going in there every day so much.I ended up coming across like a nervous weirdo instead though,and spent most of the day making excuses to go to the toilet or to the bar or mumbling through awkward conversations the odd time when I actually managed to sit down with people.


  • #1465
    luckyfrank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,054 ✭✭✭luckyfrank


    well im still struggling to sleep just on the lexapro as well as depressed , doc said zispin would help with the sleep and may boost my mood too, for me it seems im only happy after a good night sleep but i only get a good night sleep if im happy...... vicious circle i cant seem to break

    Anyone else find there like this


  • #1466
    stupidusername
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    Yeah i'm having problems with sleep for the past while.i just cant seem to get enough of it.but then I dont think my mood would be better if I did.

    Had a bad dream last night,first one in ages that I remember.woke up with my heart pumping. Not pleasant.

    Mood is not usually bad in the mornings but it is now.i know the things i'm thinking but I cant stop it because right now I really believe them.

    Sometimes I think it's not depression really cause in a way I want to be like this.well I want to stay off work and stay in bed.i just dont want to be there.i dont want to have to ask what this guy did on holiday cause I dont care.i dont want to deal with the other guy cause i'm sick of him being a bitch to me. I wish I could leave.

    Starview,you did well to force yourself to that work thing.and I know it may be hard to take any good from it but it is unlikely anybody there took much notice of what you were doing,like trying to get away.and if they did they probably didn't think anything bad about you for it. Hope you feel better after your appointment


  • #1467
    starviewadams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,116 ✭✭✭starviewadams


    The psych upped my dose of lithium to boost the citalopram,this was always the long term plan for me apparently,even though I've only met this doctor twice.Have to go back in 2 months to see how I'm getting on.Clinic also scared the shít outta me,well not the clinic,just the other patients there.I don't want to end up like them in 20 years time.


  • #1468
    SL10
    Registered Users Posts: 263 ✭✭SL10


    starviewadams wrote: »
    The psych upped my dose of lithium to boost the citalopram,this was always the long term plan for me apparently,even though I've only met this doctor twice.Have to go back in 2 months to see how I'm getting on.Clinic also scared the shít outta me,well not the clinic,just the other patients there.I don't want to end up like them in 20 years time.

    This is one of the things that scares the crap out of me. Like I am able to function normally probably about 75% of the time at the moment (the rest of the time I am an anxious wreck!). But then I look at people with similar problems who are older and I am so scared that the problems are just going to get worse and in 20 years I wont be able to leave my house :(


  • #1469
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    Hi All,

    I'm on Lexapro since February this year. I have anxiety & depression. I've known for a while and am / was just stuck in a rut. Nothing in particular caused the anxiety / depression, it was exacerbated by some medal tests and diagnosis I got for food allergies late last year. I had a severe allergic reaction which gave me a huge fright, since then i'm very cautious of everything I eat / use.

    Anyway... so I'm good on the Lexapro so far. I'm on 10mg a day, havent had any bad side effects really except my sex drive has definitely been affected. I've noticed in the last few weeks as well that I seem to have more pigmentation in my face, like freckles. Has anyone else ever experienced this?

    I get on well with my Dr and he said at any stage when I want to stop to discuss it with him. he's really excellent, said he doesn't just put everyone who feels a bit crappy on medication. He recommends I stay on them for a minimum of 9 - 12 months to allow me to settle and also for me to get to know the "new me". I have noticed myself to be more outgoing and easier to do things. Before I'd struggle to get out of bed, go to work and come straight home and get into my pj's and go to bed but now I'm trying to get out there and meet up with friends again and exercise.

    Just my 2 cents, have been lurking for a while :)


  • #1470
    starviewadams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,116 ✭✭✭starviewadams


    SL10 wrote: »
    This is one of the things that scares the crap out of me. Like I am able to function normally probably about 75% of the time at the moment (the rest of the time I am an anxious wreck!). But then I look at people with similar problems who are older and I am so scared that the problems are just going to get worse and in 20 years I wont be able to leave my house :(

    I know,I really dislike this particular clinic cos it's in a pretty deprived (not being snobby,my estate is pretty crappy too) area and the other patients who attend there's problems are very obviously worse then mine,but I keep getting the nagging thought that in 10/15/20 years I'll be just the same as they are now.


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  • #1471
    stupidusername
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    day two of my new tablets. feeling sick most of the time, headaches, and lack of appetite. and extreme tiredness. actually got a decent length of sleep last night, but today i was falling asleep at my desk. hate that feeling. could do with going to sleep now, but it's too bright.


  • #1472
    Gillo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭Gillo


    I was looking online and there seems to be a fair few Aware support groups about, I was thinking of going to one in my area. Just curious does anyone have any experience of them, whats your thought about them?


  • #1473
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    Hi all

    I posted my story up to February 2011 here.

    I ended up getting a letter at the start of April (not a single call/letter between my post, above, and the letter arriving). I was given an appointment with a psychologist at St. Martha's in Inchicore. I went to that, and really struggled to get the info across in the 40 minute talk. I had to fill out about 6 different questionnaires about my moods, energy levels, self-confidence, work-rates, social life, etc. etc.. I struggled through them, I was absolutely s****ing it that morning - I smoked 3 cigarettes while waiting for the Luas at Abbey St., and was shaking badly even after them. I was called back that same day, and was given an appointment with a therapist the next Wednesday and he'd take it from there. By then, it was just after the Leaving Cert.. Orals/Practicals, which 2/3 I did I managed to pull through, but caved to my mood in the German one, having to go straight to the bathroom after to pull myself together and muster up enough strength to face the rest of the day.

    I met with the therapist and went through the basics again. I was a little more at ease this time. We agreed to see each other every Wednesday and take it from there. I explained how badly that my moods and depressive states affect my studying - it effectively rendered me unable to do any study. I was told by my friend to ask for an SSRI or something to help. He said he couldn't but if I kept on like this, then I should go see my GP again. I didn't want to as I was lacking money for both the appointment(s) and the medication themselves. I decided to [try to] fight my hardest for the next 2 and a bit months.

    It didn't work. I kept getting worse and worse. I'd have flashbacks, I'd become lethargic beyond belief, being reduced to a numb, cold shell of a being. Someone asked me if I was okay in school as I was "looking really dead". Between May and the start of the exams I got no more than 2 hours of study done. I was always a good student, good grades. After Transition Year, when everything got bad it just dropped massively. The Leaving Cert. exams themselves were abysmal. I scraped through English, having to abandon all advice and rant endlessly about my depression in the essay. Maths (usually my safe-haven, and my best subject) was just horiffic. I had to leave Paper 1 and Paper 2 half-way though because I couldn't get my mood up enough to concentrate enough. The rest were woeful. I am highly unlikely to get my college course, and this just made everything a million times worse. Moods became uncontrollable. I was struggling to talk about it in therapy, having to lie to stop myself from being reduced to a crying teenager who's unable to make a full sentence. I spent 3 1/2 days this week with my emotional support and rock and even though being held in her arms made me feel safe, and "okay", I still managed to slip back into serious depression and even thoughts of s****de.

    I am not seeing my therapist until the 13th, he's away next week. I'm just going to say it all. How bad I'm getting. How bad my moods are. How close I get to breaking down completely the second I walk outside. I just need to feel better, for once. I need this to end, this long, unending road of despair. I hate this.

    I'm thinking of asking again for anti-depressants. I don't know though. Sorry for the mammoth rant/post. Thanks for reading through it, if you did.


  • #1474
    periwinkle
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭periwinkle


    Just signed up so I can post here. I've been reading the thread on and off for a while. Been going through a hard time lately. I've been depressed for the last six weeks or so and it's been unrelenting. I had another severe bout back in February. I'd been on a fairly even keel for a good while up to then. I'm feeling very frustrated in myself that this low mood isn't shifting. I'm so shut down. I don't want to see anyone, not even my closest friends, and I can't bear to go into any situation where there are a lot of people. So I'm pretty much an unhappy hermit.

    I was referred by my GP to a consultant psychiatrist this month, because these episodes of depression have always come up every now and then despite being on anti-depressants for the last nine or ten years. The psychiatrist told me I had atypical depression, which can be a predictor of bipolar disorder. So now I've started on lamictal in addition to effexor. I feel scared about the diagnosis as some people with the condition don't have their first manic/hypomanic episode until their 40s so I don't know what's ahead. I guess I am feeling very despondent and defeated.

    Anyways thanks for listening :o


  • #1475
    irishh_bob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,700 ✭✭✭irishh_bob


    periwinkle wrote: »
    Just signed up so I can post here. I've been reading the thread on and off for a while. Been going through a hard time lately. I've been depressed for the last six weeks or so and it's been unrelenting. I had another severe bout back in February. I'd been on a fairly even keel for a good while up to then. I'm feeling very frustrated in myself that this low mood isn't shifting. I'm so shut down. I don't want to see anyone, not even my closest friends, and I can't bear to go into any situation where there are a lot of people. So I'm pretty much an unhappy hermit.

    I was referred by my GP to a consultant psychiatrist this month, because these episodes of depression have always come up every now and then despite being on anti-depressants for the last nine or ten years. The psychiatrist told me I had atypical depression, which can be a predictor of bipolar disorder. So now I've started on lamictal in addition to effexor. I feel scared about the diagnosis as some people with the condition don't have their first manic/hypomanic episode until their 40s so I don't know what's ahead. I guess I am feeling very despondent and defeated.

    Anyways thanks for listening :o


    what triggered this outbreak of ( depression ) ? , can you recognise the cause , remember , thier is always either something or someone which changes your life and depression changes your life , forever


  • #1476
    luckyfrank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,054 ✭✭✭luckyfrank


    nearly over a week since i started on the zispin/lexpro combo, and i feel alot better i feel like a new person it's like a cloud has being lifted off of me, im still tired but not to the extent i was before and im not sleeping great but it's better than it was before, Please god this is the first step to getting my life back and being 'cured' it's the first time ive had a glimmer of light in the darkness, for the first time in a long time ive felt happy and it feels amazing, im hoping to up from 15mg to 30 mg zispin next time im in the clinic hoping that clears up the little bit of anxeity and sleeping problems i still have


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  • #1477
    stupidusername
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    Not sure how i'm doing now. most of my side effects from the new tablets have worn off. i'm still absolutely wrecked all the time, but then i could sleep most of the time anyway. but then when it comes to sleeping at night i can't go. anyway, i suppose my overall bad dark mood is lifting. which is nice in a way. but at the same time i wish it felt better. i mean yeah i'm not on the verge of tears constantly, but i don't feel good either. i'm back to being 'meh'. well obviously i've to give it more time anyway.


  • #1478
    starviewadams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,116 ✭✭✭starviewadams


    Mood's kind of improved over the last week or so,probably the increased dose of lithium kicking in,the unquenchable thirst that I had when I first started on it is back again though,I must be going to the bathroom about 20 times a day with the amount of water that I'm drinking,starting to get slightly self concious about it.


  • #1479
    Gillo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭Gillo


    Thankfully mood is starting to lift, I think the Lexapro must be starting to kick in which is handy considering the Anxicalm dose is now finished (well still have about three tablet left but gonna keep them aside in case I have a really bad day).
    I went to an Aware meeting on Monday evening and have to say it was great, it was pretty informal but brilliant to be able to talk / share with other people in the same boat and just be "accepted" with depression instead of trying to put in a face. They are worth checking out.


  • #1480
    KnifeWRENCH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,148 ✭✭✭✭KnifeWRENCH


    Boredom and unemployment are really starting to get to me now. Had a job interview that I thought went really well and still didn't get the job. :( I hate being rejected, even though I got further than loads of people by getting to the interview stage. I really tried my hardest in that interview and it still didn't work out. It's so disheartening.

    Effexor is working for me better than Lexapro but it can't provide me with an outlet for my frustration. I just want to be DOING something. Not lounging around the house all day. I'm still actively looking for a job, I just hope that effort pays off soon. I know I could do really well and make something of myself, I just need to be given a chance. It's just scary thinking that maybe no-one will give me that chance. :(


  • #1481
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,947 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    It's a pity there wasn't a VAT reduction on doctor visits isn't it?

    I'll probably have to take another trip now that I'm bruising really easily and I'm nearly at the tail end of my course of effexor. It's down as uncommon on the side effects list and generally from googling, it's recommended to see a doctor.

    I've got about 5 small but dirty bruises on my right leg at this moment! I'm only after getting rid of two on my left hand (admittedly one was from the door handle that I walked into...)


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  • #1482
    RubyXI
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,596 ✭✭✭RubyXI


    When i'm with people i wish i was alone and when i'm alone i wish i was with people. Bit all over the place at the moment. One minute i'm ok and the next i'm depressed.


  • #1483
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,408 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    phi3 wrote: »
    When i'm with people i wish i was alone and when i'm alone i wish i was with people. QUOTE]
    I hear that!


  • #1484
    stupidusername
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    thought exercise was meant to make you feel better.


  • #1485
    RubyXI
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,596 ✭✭✭RubyXI


    stupidusername wrote: »
    thought exercise was meant to make you feel better.

    I get loads of exercise and i still feel like crap!


  • #1486
    Gillo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭Gillo


    stupidusername wrote: »
    thought exercise was meant to make you feel better.
    The theory is it's meant to release endorphins, I think though it depends in the person too, I love going to the gym so find it gives me a good (but temporary) boost. Even a good walk tends to help me clear my head for a bit.


  • #1487
    luckyfrank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,054 ✭✭✭luckyfrank


    Jasus lads im pileing on the pounds with zispin, 10 pounds in 15 days !!

    I cant stop eating im never full up

    Im 6ft 1' and was 13st 5lbs im over 14st, next time im in the clinc ill ask for an appetite surpressent, i cant continue like this


  • #1488
    starviewadams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,116 ✭✭✭starviewadams


    Was like that when I started on lithium,gained a stone in 3 weeks!just eat your normal meals everyday and drink lot's of water when you get hungry every time else,thats what the doc's told me.


  • #1489
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    phi3 wrote: »
    When i'm with people i wish i was alone and when i'm alone i wish i was with people. Bit all over the place at the moment. One minute i'm ok and the next i'm depressed.

    I know the feeling, all too well. Part of me wants to live in a bubble while the other wants interaction.


  • #1490
    Indiego
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,850 ✭✭✭Indiego


    I Dont really know if this is the right place to be posting, I havent been diagnosed with depression so to speak, but lately (The past 4 or 5 months) Ive been feeling really down and sad all the time, and i know what triggered it, (im 15 by the way)
    I cheated on my boyfriend of 11 months (Thats a long and complicated story, but dont think of me as a lesser person because of it :/) and he broke up with me by text on valentines day, and after that it all kind of spiraled out of control, I cried almost every day, I blamed myself for what had happened completely even though other things did contribute to it, I had suicidal thoughts and I even self-Harmed for the guts of 2 or 3 months, Im starting to feel better about it now, but i still have all these thoughts in my head (Im over the whole breakup thing, I think it just triggered all of this) and I've talked to a friend about it, but they weren't much help to me, they ended up confiding in me that they selfharm, and that theyre parents are getting divorced and that her mam hits her alot, so that just made me worse, because im starting to loose faith in the 'goodness in the world'...
    I dont really know if I'm depressed, but I'm guessing that I am, I never really want to do much with people, and some days I'll just sit at home and listen to the same song on repeat for hours, but other days I'll be in a really good mood and have a real 'get up and go' attitude, I always feel like I shouldnt think like this, I have a pretty good life and a large group of friends, but I just can't shake all these feelings of worthlessness and emptyness :/
    And to add to it all, I was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and severe anaemia, which isnt exactly making things better for me..
    Sorry about the essay, but its nice to get all these things down in words..
    :o


  • #1491
    starviewadams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,116 ✭✭✭starviewadams


    Go to your GP and explain to him/her how you've been feeling,he/she may be able to recommend a counsellor for you to talk to and/or some medication.If you are depressed it's good to deal with it as early as possible,I spent years worrying to myself that I had a problem and it was such a relief when I finally spoke to someone about it.

    Good luck!


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  • #1492
    flutterflye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,538 ✭✭✭flutterflye


    I'm sorry if this has been already said earlier in the thread, I have only skimmed through the earlier replies.

    I have had depression a ridiculous amount of times in my life, so I should really be able to recognise it at this stage!

    But that line between feeling depressed, stressed, and fatigued,
    And clinical depression, can be hard to distinguish.

    I have found in the past that when I start questioning whether or not I have depression, and start doing online tests etc... that I actually do have depression.

    I did the Goldberg Test and others last night, and all said 'severe depression', but at the same time I am not sleeping well and am very stressed.
    I just cannot figure it out!
    It creeps up on you over time ya know?
    And you just shrug it off thinking things like "Sure I was laughing at **** earlier, I'm hardly depressed".

    I had fully planned on going to the doctor today, but I couldn't manage to.
    I just kept crying and felt like crap. (I also have the flu which doesn't help!)

    I'll get to the doctor next week, but for now;
    Where do you think that the line is crossed into clinical depression?


  • #1493
    Printemps93
    Closed Accounts Posts: 311 ✭✭Printemps93


    starviewadams wrote: »
    Was like that when I started on lithium,

    Manic Depression?
    Out of curiosity how did the diagnosis come about ? were you misdiagnosed before?


  • #1494
    flutterflye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,538 ✭✭✭flutterflye


    Printemps93 wrote: »
    Manic Depression?
    Out of curiosity how did the diagnosis come about ? were you misdiagnosed before?

    Just on this, I was diagnosed with bi-polar once by the hse psychiatrists after one 2 hour session.

    My gp did not agree with diagnoses, and i got a second and third opinion, and turned out that I did not have bi-polar at all.

    I was later found to have ADD which I imagine was being confused for symptoms of bi-polar.

    Never take one opinion as fact.
    Always question a diagnosis, and get another opinion from another professional.


  • #1495
    starviewadams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,116 ✭✭✭starviewadams


    Printemps93 wrote: »
    Manic Depression?
    Out of curiosity how did the diagnosis come about ? were you misdiagnosed before?

    Was on lustral for a month or so and it wasn't working,had a bit of a manic phase and ended up in a+e getting my wrists stitched up,don't remember anything of how it happened.The psych reckoned I was slightly bi-polar because of that incident and because of my family history with bi-polar so switched me onto citalopram and 200mg of lithium to give the citalopram a boost.Am up to 300mg as of last week.


  • #1496
    wobzilla1
    Registered Users Posts: 437 ✭✭wobzilla1


    wobzilla1 wrote: »
    Does anyone know how bad withdrawal from SSRIs is?
    I've been on them 3 months but I've decided to stop them because of the side effects. (Although I'm glad all the time I'm unable to feel really happy even when I'm doing things that should make me happy, A lot of the time I feel out of touch and surreal, and the main thing is sexual side effects. I have a new girlfriend and it's really embarassing when you're having sex and can't orgasm. I could be going for ages and be unable to)
    Anyway, I stopped taking my tablet 3 days ago and haven't had any really bad effects yet. I'm starting to feel a bit nauseas tonight though, like travel sickness.

    Also a warning for anyone on SSRIs: Don't drink alcohol.
    I had a few pints one saturday night and on Monday I was in bits.
    I got more depressed than I'd ever been before I took the tablets.
    I spent the entire day sitting on the floor with my head between my knees


    So I completely cut out the tablets 2 weeks ago and had very little side effects (Just some vertigo and tinitus).
    Then on Wednesday night I got really depressed. I start taking my tablet again but I'm still getting depressed. I have uniploar disorder but In the last 2 or 3 days I've been having episodes of what I think is mania. I can be really confident and optimistic and next minute I can't look anyone in the eye, I feel really guilty and hate myself. I'm also getting stupidly jealous which I never was before (I get really angry if I see my girlfriend laughing with someone else). A few hours later I can get really cheerful again only to come doen again later.


  • #1497
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    i feel anxious a lot and use various meds and legal substances to help me through the day and weekend, I know this is wrong to self medicate but at least it keeps me stable and relatively happy on my own while trying to stay clear of people and trouble or troublesome people because of my social anxiety and also my drinking issues......but today i feel better than last week and last week and last week better than the previous, i am running from home and running from my prior social life to be by myself and to control my environment more, but it feels like the right thing to do right now, I know I have issues but feel i need to be away from Ireland on my own to reconcile myself with myself.....


  • #1498
    Printemps93
    Closed Accounts Posts: 311 ✭✭Printemps93


    starviewadams wrote: »
    Was on lustral for a month or so and it wasn't working,had a bit of a manic phase and ended up in a+e getting my wrists stitched up,don't remember anything of how it happened.The psych reckoned I was slightly bi-polar because of that incident and because of my family history with bi-polar so switched me onto citalopram and 200mg of lithium to give the citalopram a boost.Am up to 300mg as of last week.

    If you find youve been losing friends really easily because of an incredibly irate mood would it be possible that you may have been misdiagnosed as having unipolar depression?


  • #1499
    mareliada
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭mareliada


    does anyone else find it impossible to find any info on how to manage the part of antidepressant side effect that means a loss of libido/ability to orgasm? i have come across lots of info that says it defo is a side effect, (like we needed to read that to know). amongst many day to day problems of being depressed for almost 20 years now my husband finds this side effect devestating, i try to reassure him but surely there must be some guidance or research out there? anyone? plus we want a baby so we can't keep just coping anymore
    i have read that b12 and testosterone treatment can help, does he need to get a blood test from his doctor for this?


  • #1500
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,408 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    wobzilla1 wrote: »
    So I completely cut out the tablets 2 weeks ago and had very little side effects (Just some vertigo and tinitus).
    Then on Wednesday night I got really depressed. I start taking my tablet again but I'm still getting depressed. I have uniploar disorder but In the last 2 or 3 days I've been having episodes of what I think is mania. I can be really confident and optimistic and next minute I can't look anyone in the eye, I feel really guilty and hate myself. I'm also getting stupidly jealous which I never was before (I get really angry if I see my girlfriend laughing with someone else). A few hours later I can get really cheerful again only to come doen again later.

    Wobzilla, these could be the extreme mood fluctuations I warned you about. Please go and see your GP. It may still be withdrawals even though you have started taking them again (they take a while to work), or your dose may need to be adjusted.

    It's safer to let your GP know what is going on with you.


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  • #1501
    KnifeWRENCH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,148 ✭✭✭✭KnifeWRENCH


    phi3 wrote: »
    When i'm with people i wish i was alone and when i'm alone i wish i was with people. Bit all over the place at the moment. One minute i'm ok and the next i'm depressed.
    Karsini wrote: »
    I know the feeling, all too well. Part of me wants to live in a bubble while the other wants interaction.

    I get that a lot too.
    Earlier on I was surrounded by people and couldn't wait to just get home.
    Now I'm all alone in my bedroom wishing I had someone to talk to (in person, not just over Facebook or whatever.)

    I'm just not happy whatever situation I'm in. I hate that my mind works like that. :(


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