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 2013-04-23 4:32 PM in reply to: #4708498 |
Elite  2572    Puyallup, WA |  Subject: RE: Depression and Moods- Check in!jpbis26 - 2013-04-20 4:56 PM So happy I found this thread. I have been reading through it from the beginning for a couple weeks now....I've been trying to pull myself out of it on my own for over a year. I know my life is good. My family is healthy, we have what we need. Events like Sandy Hook and the tragedy in Boston make me feel awful for complaining. And for the most part, I don't. I just hold it inside. But I'm sick of feeling so stressed out and overwhlemed when nothing is really wrong. I have a history of depression and anxiety in my family, so I finally made an appointment to go to my doctor (which I have been thinking about doing for months). He put me on some meds for depression and anxiety (Celexa) so we will see how it goes. We may have to play around with it before we find what gets me back to "normal". I'm feeling positive about it. The other day a coworker was being ridiculous and I was able to just ignore it and not care (truly-not faking it. normally these things eat away at me). Also (and this is the best) 2 days ago I threw a baseball to my 5 year old for like 45 mins and enjoyed playing with him. Normally, I would find excuses not to or force myself to do it and feel exhausted the whole time. So hopefully there will be more of this to come. Glad I have this htread to read. It's been awhile since anyone updated...thanks for keeping it back up! Sorry to hear you're having a tough time, but very glad to hear you seem to be doing what you need to get out of it. For us "downers", I'm not sure it has everything to do with whats going on in your life. I'm sure it doesn't help...but I think that unless things are just going 100% perfectly then it doesn't really matter - we still feel bummed. (And I don't think it's POSSIBLE to have 100% perfection.) Keep us up dated. I was/am always annoyed at how long it takes from realizing you need to get to the doctor, to meds kicking in...assuming it's the right one! |
| 2013-04-23 4:42 PM in reply to: #1319576 |
Elite 2572 Puyallup, WA | Subject: RE: Depression and Moods- Check in! So I'm 24 weeks through pregnancy...(25 tomorrow!) And my mood has been pretty stable, even with lowering anti-depressant. Lately, I've been a little blue, but I think it's circumstance not the depression kicking in. I don't have the "I'm so worthless, I want to end things" thoughts so much...just ho hum... I kinda lost my job/ran out of things to do at my job...In my first trimester, for about 5-6 weeks I had all day nausea. It was usually the worst in the morning. My job was all day Monday and mornings Tues - Friday. Unfortunately I became not-so-dependable. When my boss NEEDED me there (for the week he was on vacation), I was there everyday...but when I don't feel needed and I feel like crap, I don't have the motivation to go in. So for the last 3ish months I've been twiddling my thumbs...a bit...Of course there are things that I can be doing...but do I really want to do some of them...no!! It didn't help that my knee got injured in mid February and I was taking it REALLY easy for a few weeks. But now I'm healthy again( ...!!!! CROSS-FINGERS...) I think the nesting phase is starting to kick in a bit, or just that the few house projects that should get done have a definite "due date"... I've thought about getting a job, but it doesn't really make sense when a few months down the road I'm going to take time off. And I want to be able to take as much time as I need...so that won't really work. In the meantime I'm just trying to find motivation to do the things that could be done. And in the short meantime, the sun finally came out today and I'm going to go relax a bit. It's supposed to be nice all week...YEAH!!! |
| 2013-04-23 5:38 PM in reply to: #1319576 |
Expert 1149  Las Vegas, NV | Subject: RE: Depression and Moods- Check in! Thanks for checking in, I wasn't sure if the thread was still active, but just reading through the old posts has helped me alot. In fact, that was what finally pushed me to go to my doctor and ask about meds, after months of trying to convince myself that I just "needed to snap out of it" I was able to realize that being this irritable, upset, and irrational was nothing I could just stop doing on my own. I've been taking Celexa for about 2 weeks and, thankfully, noticed a difference pretty quickly. My brother is currently taking the same meds and they have worked well for him, so I'm pretty hopeful. I'm going back to my doctor in 2 weeks to discuss how it's going. Hang in there. I know being pregnant can be tough. Glad to hear that lowering your meds has not caused you problems. |
| 2013-05-08 10:03 AM in reply to: #1319576 |
Expert 1133 Chicagoland Bronze member | Subject: RE: Depression and Moods- Check in! Bump. Just checking in as my mood has been getting down lately. Probably my birthday coming up. Hope all is well! |
| 2013-05-09 8:04 AM in reply to: #1319576 |
Elite 4351 Connecticut | Subject: RE: Depression and Moods- Check in! I'm doing okay. Better than last month. I think eating right and getting back to running has helped me a lot. But I still have days (like today) where I just want to crawl in bed and stay there. |
| 2013-05-12 7:21 PM in reply to: #1319576 |
Expert 1149 Las Vegas, NV | Subject: RE: Depression and Moods- Check in! Just checking in. Still doing good. I bumped up my dosage on the Celexa from 20mg to 40mg after having a couple bad days. I've been kind of tired the past week, but I think my body is adjusting to the new dosage. |
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