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Day 24 & I just want to give up.

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Dengirl29
Dengirl29

I feel worse and like there's no end in sight. Awful unwelcoming thoughts that are never going to go away. The past week has been the worse I wake every morning feeling like crying. Have you had good weeks and then bad weeks? When does it get better? Should I switch meds?

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  • katecogs
    katecogs Dengirl29

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    Hi Nicole

    It gets worse before it gets better.  You're nearly through the worst, so just hang on in there and push through.  Everyone goes through these dreadful side effects, and they do wear off.  Promise :-)

    After the side effects wear off you'll start to feel calmer - you'll probably be up and down for quite a while and probably think you're back to square one.  That's normal and it proves the medication is working.  Eventually the down times will get less and you'll begin to feel happier.

    Its a long rocky road, but just persevere through it all, and you'll find you'll very slowly begin to feel like yourself again.

    Changing meds isn't a good idea as they all give the same side effects, so you'd have to go through it all again.  Whilst you're nearly through the worst, it's best to carry on.

    K x

    • Dengirl29
      Dengirl29 katecogs

      Posted

      Thank you I don't want to change meds I just feel so up and down like its never going to end and then I worry that the meds aren't working or that they will make me worse. It's a never ending cycle.
    • katecogs
      katecogs Dengirl29

      Posted

      Yes it does feel like it's never ending, the meds aren't working or you'll be worse - I had those same worries too.  Couldn't believe a small pill would make me better - but it did :-)

      When we're depressed and anxious we get that little negative voice that keeps going round our heads telling us we won't get better, but let it say it's worst, because in the end it'll be proved wrong.  It's hard to think positive, but it will get better.

      A broken leg would take a long time to heal, and so does depression.

  • crayola24
    crayola24 Dengirl29

    Posted

    dear Nicole,  first of all i am so very very sorry about your traumatic miscarriage.   I can say i truly understadn because that is what happened to me 18 yrs ago and i was put on prozac.  Wellbutrin was added later,,,I had 2 seizures on wellbutrin so i was taken off of the wellbutrin and concerta was added.  I had deep depression and some anxiety and 2  children.  I got pregaant again and had a very diffucult pregancy and almost lost my youngest during that pregnancy.   I found after a while the prozac did work and i was on it for 9 years and did very well.  i was diagnosied with crohns disease and hemochromatosis furing those yrs.  I was able to wean off prozac 5 yrs ago.  I had an operation for a blockage in my leg and ended up with a brain injury.  I have been in deep dpression since then and extreme anxiety and on prozac for several months...my case is different bc I have a brain injury now and every drug affects me so profoundly  noto in a good way.  From my experience prior to the brain injury and dealing with the postpartum depressoon from the miscarriage, I woudl say try to stick with the prozac of you can.    and if the xanax helps  , take it, to help you over the next couple of weeks to get where the prozac is at a steady state and you are feeling hte benefits.  I feel for you and keep you close!

     

    • Dengirl29
      Dengirl29 crayola24

      Posted

      Did you take the Prozac before your youngest or during or after? They gave me prozac because they said you could take it while pregnant?
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