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Feeling tired but not sleepy

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tina89895
tina89895

Hi all

I've been 12 weeks on cit, last 4 weeks on 40mg. This evening I just want to go to sleep and not wake up. Is this the meds making me feel like this or is it me going down the slippery slope yet again!!! I've had a reasonable day, my 4 hours at work at bit stressful, nice lunch with a friend attended aqua aerobics this evening. Then wham all of a sudden I just want to sleep and just not wake up. I just hate having these awful thoughts once their in there its difficult to make them go away. I've tried taking my mind of it but it;s there all the time.

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  • gillian20097
    gillian20097 tina89895

    Posted

    Hello Tina. 

    I know it probably seems like you have felt like this forever but 12 weeks is still a very short amount of time in regards to anxiety/depression recovery and meds reaching there full potential. 

    If it's any consolation I to have been on mine for 12 weeks also and had a bit of a setback today and I still get horrible thoughts.

    It takes time chick and you really are doing very well. It's all part of recovery..ups and downs...The downs and negative thoughts and feeling will get less and less as time goes on until you won't have them anymore,

    Just carry on doing all that you are doing. Get out there and live your life and in time it will just come natural like before xxx

     

    • tina89895
      tina89895 gillian20097

      Posted

      Thanks Gillian

      I'm just getting really fed up, I am trying so hard to rebuild my life I'm just sooo tired feeling like this. I just want to stop and get off this merry go round. I've had enough!!!!

      Sorry that your day hasn't gone too well either. X

    • gillian20097
      gillian20097 tina89895

      Posted

      I know how you feel.

      you think "I've done enough trying now,enough working on myself so just make it all better"!!

      It can be very frustrating and exhausting some days.

      You  should be patting yourself on the back that you had a successful day and made it through regardless of what it threw at you.

      It will get better Hun, if you think back to how you where feeling at the start of this journey until now,I'm sure you will see that slowly the layers are coming off xx

    • tina89895
      tina89895 gillian20097

      Posted

      I suppose I've been lucky in one way compared to a lot of people on these forums, my whole life has been great until the past few years and especially the last 5 months, maybe thats why I am finding this so difficult and frustrating to deal with. 
    • gillian20097
      gillian20097 tina89895

      Posted

      Probably so Tina and you still have so much to look forward to. This is just a tiny window in your whole life. It does and will get better.

      Ive had a few large episodes but also many many happy years in between and I know that when you finally come out of these things...you are better and stronger than ever xx

    • tina89895
      tina89895 gillian20097

      Posted

      I do hope so, I hope your day will be better tomorrow. I suppose I will have to see if I can get some sleep before work tomorrow. thankyou X
  • Dengirl29
    Dengirl29 tina89895

    Posted

    Hi, 

    I def know where your coming from. I don't want to die but these thoughts are driving me crazy. I don't know why I would have some of the thoughts I'm having. I've been prozac before and it helped so much but I'm 5 days in on this and I don't know If I'm getting or worse. 

    • gillian20097
      gillian20097 Dengirl29

      Posted

      Always feels worse when you start new meds Hun...it's the same for the majority of people. 

      In a few weeks time more positive things will start coming to mind and the other stuff will be easy to shrug off until you don't have them anymore.

      Just keep affirming to yourself that you will be ok...that these are just anxious thought,not a reflection of the real you xxx

    • gillian20097
      gillian20097

      Posted

      I'm not sure if you are on Facebook but I started a group a few weeks ago. It's a closed group so nobody but group members can see your posts and comments. You are quite welcome to join. I find this forum and support groups very beneficial and a great source of support and reassurance.

      Its called Mental health support group(A problem shared) xxx

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