Depression..I didn't think it would be like this

Hi Jaxon,

It can take a while to get better. When I say a while, I mean many months. Some people get well right away and some, like me, it takes a lot longer. It took me 8 months to get back to normal. I'm not saying that it will take you that long, but you have to take it day by day and hang in there. It WILL get better. 

It's not good to drink while on this medication as it makes the side effects much worse. The depression and or anxiety itself will cause you to feel inadequate. I went through the same thing and it will get better.

Blessings

yes Jaxon Karen is right...more like several months instead of weeks.. you go on line and itll say 4 to 6 weeks. I just hit 4months on 40 mg. starting to have some really good days. I used to cry in the morning for no reason... friends were kind of annoyed cause everything in my life is great ...husband , kids  etc. Worse time was in the am , tired in the afternnon , better by evening ...then startall over again the next morning  also anxiety and heart palpitations. Hang in there ....My husband had a hard time understanding at first also. 

What changed, Jaxon?  Can you think of a precipitating event that led to you being an introvert, feeling inadequate?

Sometimes depression can hit us out of the blue.  Sometimes we know the trigger, and sometimes we don't.  Whatever the cause it's now led you to the path as we have all found ourselves, and often you may find that you may be low on serotonin, our happy hormone.  These meds will help the to put that right.  Sometimes you may benefit from CBT too.

Depression is very different to what people imagine.  It can bring the strongest man in the world to his knees.  It's a horrible illness and isn't fussy who it's victims are - whether you're rich, poor, whatever age, sex, race, religion ..... if the scene is set and all the conditions are in place, it can happen.  It can take months, years to work up towards depression, whilst for some it can be an instant thing.

These meds will help you, but they do take time.  You can't hurry recovery, and upping medication doesn't make it quicker either.  However painful it can seem at the moment, it will get better and you will feel back to your normal self again.  Everyone suits different doses.

Remind yourself you're recovering from an illness and that you will get better.  Next be prepared to be patient - which is probably the hardest.  Patience, whilst the meds are doing their thing, building up, reassurance from yourself and people in this site ........ and in time you'll find yourself again.

Recovery often comes in patches.  Well one minute, low the next.  Well for an hour then low.  Well for a few days or weeks followed by another low time. This is normal, but the well times get stronger each time and last longer whilst the low times get less and less.

Its hard sometimes for partners to understand and to be lenient.  It's confusing, and of course it is for the sufferer too.  There are no outward signs of illness, no physical signs,  and people often wonder why you just can't 'pull your socks up' and get over it.  Oh how we'd like to that, but we can't just step out of it, walk away, as it just follows us everywhere.  If there are no other issues, just gently remind your partner that it's often an imbalance of serotonin and in time the meds will help to right it.  This is an illness, same as any other illness, and where meds help right other illnesses, then these meds will help right this.  We can't function with low levels of serotonin.  We can't think, disturbs sleep, appetite, plays havoc with our emotions, make us overthink, causes anxiety and above all robs us of all happiness and contentedness.

These meds will help in time.  It took just over 4 months for me to start feeling better then further months to get back on top.  Have been well ever since.

K x