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To take depression medication.

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UnsureAndNameChanged · 24/06/2013 18:21

I have a doctors appointment on Friday and I know the GP will give me tablets for anxiety and depression.

I really don't know what to do, I am getting worse and so is my panic attacks and I do want to be able to control my moods without tablets.

I just feel there is so much stigma on being on tablets to help me function.

My house is a tip, I am tired all the time but can't sleep and I can not remember the last time I was happy. Some days I feel so low that I can not even be bothered to get washed and dressed. The only time I go out is when I have to because I feel like everyone is staring and laughing at me.

So to the MN jury should I go back on the tablets or not.

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cory · 29/06/2013 10:50

You couldn't see the GP because you are ill.

It proves the point: you are not making this up or making a silly fuss about nothing, this illness is getting in the way of the most basic things you need to do to care for yourself. QED.

Don't worry about missing the appointment; just make another one; they will have seen that before in patients with this very condition. It's what depression does to you. That's why it needs to be treated, so you can get on with life.

theodorakisses · 29/06/2013 12:17

Lovely, supportive thread and I agree, I have a normal life because of medicine, I couldn't give a bum what people think. I do think there is said for seeing a psychiatrist rather than a counsellor, it was much better for me.

LimitedEditionLady · 29/06/2013 13:05

Take the tablets hun,you can ask for someone to speak to such as a counsellor or cbt specialist but there is always a long waiting list and you can use the tablets as a step towards feeling better and cut them down again gradually.You aren't failing anything by needing some help,you are a success for realising that you need to speak to someone,that is a very good thing to do for yourself.x

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UnsureAndNameChanged · 01/07/2013 17:21

I went to the doctors this morning as my husband was off work so was able to come and support me and i am now on 20 MG Citalopram.

I now realise that i am ill and only the medication will make me better. I was told the tablet can take a few weeks to get into my system and the doctor has given me a sick note for 2 weeks while the tablets kick in.

I would like to thank you all for giving me the courage to go and speak to the doctor, you really don't know how much it means.

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Lovemynailstoday · 01/07/2013 17:36

Well done!!!!

BoreOfWhabylon · 01/07/2013 20:46

Oh, well done indeed! Hope you start to feel better soon

ohfourfoxache · 01/07/2013 22:26

Well done darling, it takes so.much courage to.do what you jusy have - don't underestimate yourself. I'm.on 60mg citalopram - I genuinely wouldn't be here if i wasn't. Take care of yourself x

Gruntfuttock · 01/07/2013 22:34

I wouldn't be here now without anti-depressants. First sent to the 'funny farm' aged 16 and 43 years later I am still on ADs and it's been decided that I will need to be on them for the rest of my life. The side-effects are really really horrible but I really don't want to stop taking them which would result in suicide because I have a wonderful 22 year-old daughter (as well as an incredibly supportive husband) and I want to stick around for them.

You have definitely done the right thing by taking ADs. I hope you feel better soon.

LimitedEditionLady · 01/07/2013 22:48

Good on you!you might feel a bit funny for a few days but it is worth in hun.You have done really well x

Elquota · 01/07/2013 22:51

Well done OP! Please let us know how things go. Just take it one day at a time for now and every day is closer to starting to feel better

MorrisZapp · 01/07/2013 22:59

I'm on ad's and I don't give a hoot who knows, in fact I've mentioned it on FB. But remember, medication is between you and your doctor. If you think people might think less of you for it (they wouldn't, but you're not in your most rational state just now) then don't tell them.

Ain't nobody's business! Hope you feel much better soon xxx

ChipsNEggs · 01/07/2013 23:07

Well done for making it to the doctors!

It is not a failure at all. I once got to the point when the anxiety was taking over. It took me a while, and a friend to come with me, but I made it and the ADs helped so much. They're not a magical cure all but they take the edge of the anxiety and depression so you can function. Then you can start taking more positive practical steps. I'd go back on without a second thought if I started to get bad again. Luckily things have improved so much I can't see why I'd need to but I would not have made it here without ADs.

Its normal to feel a little sick when you first start taking them. If this happens have a couple of tablespoons of plain boiled white rice when you have your tablet, this settles your stomach wonderfully. However if you feel odd mentally tell your doctor. The first kind they tried me on made me feel like I was on a massive ecstasy comedown which was horrible. I was switched to Citalopram and beyond the nausea the first week I was fine and soon felt a million times better. I dyed my hair, got a new outfit and met friends for lunch after 2 weeks. I'd never have managed that earlier.

Well done, I'm so proud of you taking these first steps. Things will get better and you'll find someone here anytime you need to chat.

hurryup · 01/07/2013 23:09

If your leg was broken would you struggle on trying to walk without a plaster cast and crutches?

UniqueAndAmazing · 03/07/2013 14:48

wonderful :)

it really will make you feel better - not in a medication-heals-the-wound way, but in a wow-i-can-finally-see-clearly-to-sort-out-my-problems way.

catgirl1976 · 03/07/2013 14:49

I have just started back on mine today

There's no shame in it. If they help, take them.

But maybe look at some CBT or something to go alongside them?

Sazzle41 · 03/07/2013 15:59

Unsure, the clue to whats wrong, i suspect, is your word 'worthless' ... low self worth could be it and seeing someone could help you dig up if its just that or, anything else on top of that. Low self worth can lead to negative thoughts, self sabotage, destructive behaviour, depression etc etc. Its amazing what someone objective can 'see' and point out to you when you are so ground down with the actual depression or your situation is so long term that you have lost perspective and can't see yourself. Trust me i have had counselling...get tablets and get help.

OHforDUCKScake · 03/07/2013 16:25

I did a very similar thread recently, someone suggested low iron.

They were right, my whole family has changed for the better now my horrendous dark cloud has lifted.

That said, Im taking st Johns Wort to help my terrible PMT.

I just wanted to say the iron thing in case that could be you too, I was having ridiculously heavy periods for a year which caused it.

If not, then do it, do the anti depressants. Help yourself. X

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