How long did ittake for your medications to help your depression?

[AChickenNamedDirk]

Exactly that. I'm 10mths in, on my third medication, a stone heavier and probably feeling worse than I did. There's no hope for remission is there?

[AChickenNamedDirk]

Anyone? Having a massively bad evening.

[fatbottomgirl67]

Poor you.it took a while to find right ones. Third time lucky for me but 2 weeks after starting fluoxetine stated to feel better. Never felt fantastic just more able to cope if that makes any sence ? now pretty stable but still have bad days. Did find exercise made a difference but hard to find time for yourself with kids plus the fact I'm lazy. If they're. Not working you must go back to dr and have they offered counselling? Can really help. Big hug it's awfully feeling like that

[AChickenNamedDirk]

Thanks for replying. I'm under the care of a consultant psychiatrist, counselling psychologist and my lovely gp. I feel bad saying that I'm not feeling better every time. I've got to the point where I cannot do anymore and get anymore help than i am getting.

I'm one week into an increase on another medication. I've got an SSRI and one of the old tricyclics. It's the latter that has just been upped.

I've been feeling pants for so long now and continuing to function maybe I need to down tools and hide away but I can't help feeling that will make me worse.

Can't stop crying tonight. No idea why.

[MrsMinton]

Huge hugs. If one has just been upped could it be making things worse before better, as a side effect?

[AChickenNamedDirk]

Thank you for being so kind. I guess that's a possibility. Will hope for that though given the history I'm not that optimistic.

[MrsMinton]

No it must be hard. I'm lucky that my ADs have given me very few problems. Joint pain is the only thing that's lasted. Trying to function is very draining.

[AChickenNamedDirk]

When you had relief with the meds how did you feel in terms of better?maybe I expect too much.

[MrsMinton]

I've been taking them seven weeks (ish!) I'm taking them for depression and anxiety. The best way to describe how I feel is that my brain is quieter. I'm still having ups and downs and feeling low but I can think more clearly. My anxiety is more settled than my depression at the moment. I'm at the start of this but I can see, on good days, that it can be sorted with time. Today I just wanted to hide under the duvet but as I only work mornings I persuaded myself that I could hide when I got home! It's still tiring and hard but less out my control. Sorry to ramble!

There's another thread I'm on if you want to talk to some other nice MNs who are at different stages.

[AChickenNamedDirk]

Hello. Thanks Mrs. Please can you link me to the thread or share the title so I can find it?

Thanks

[MrsMinton]

Morning. I hope today isn't a bad one. I'm just finishing my before work. Not feeling like it today.

The link
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/feeling_depressed/2189833-Feeling-very-alone-about-my-anxiety-anyone-else