Depression and anxiety support thread

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Thought I'd start a thread for those of us suffering with depression and/or anxiety. I'm currently trying to wean myself off Sertraline, and I'm struggling a bit. My meds stopped working as well as they used to about 4 months ago, so I've decided to wean myself off them. I'm trying to be strong, but still having waves of panic and despair. I'm hoping these are just withdrawals and not the 'real me'.

Wish I could live on a desert island away from all the stresses and strains of modern life!

Hi all - take a look at this:

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0ahUKEwiBgLaauLAhUJDxoKHUO7B58QtwIIEjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fm.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Ddrv3BP0Fdi8%26autoplay%3D1&usg=AFQjCNEee2aSlPS6eMBiCL2KdvKO3uxJA

I hope that links to ted talk on depression! It's very insightful and I've gone out and bought tryptophan off the back of it!

I'm really not Mrs supplement lady haha

But I've found for myself that they help me a lot. Because I recognise I have imbalances in my brain that make me feel this way. Whether that's because of genes or diet or both, I figure there's a lot I can try to help myself, outside of or along side ADs.

The talk also explains a lot about how and why modern life causes depression. It's really quite uplifting

I can totally relate to the stresses of modern life. I try to be as uncomplicated as possible as I find lots of things overwhelming. My boyfriend is lovely but I think he does frequently think "wtf" about my strange ways.

I got home from housesitting from a friend 2 hours away today and I hate driving on the motorway so proud of myself for doing it.

I have been reading another thread about taking better care of yourself and have been trying to wash / blow dry hair and apply make up every day. Makes me feel better but can't always manage it. I did today though

Hi,

So nice to have more people on the thread!

Something that REALLY helps me get out of my negative thinking is to put in earphones, get really comfy on my bed, lights off and listen to a full 30 min guided meditation from YouTube. For that time, to be free of any of my thoughts kind of resets me?? I'm pretty crap at doing it as much as I should though....

Going to email my psychiatrist about PND as came up at 17 on the PND questionnaire with my HV which is suggestive of mild PND.

Medication-wise I was on citalopram but found it quite speedy and it made me more anxious so I'm now on Venlafaxine and it really worked - apart from my relapsing into dark moods again since the birth of DD, hopefully a temporary increased dose might help me through this massive change...

I'm supposed to have MH support and CBT following the birth, heard ZERO! Giving up and going private through my Bupa as don't have time to wait for them grrrrr

Good luck everyone in their quest for the right balance of support and medication to not live in a dark cloud when we all deserve to be happy xxx

Hi everyone
I've just joined on here and the reason being im looking for help and support
I've been on Sertealind 3 yrs ish then went on Citalopram ( still on ) along with Propranolol
I lost a close family member at Christmas AND my long term partner finished it
I couldn't cope and have been off work since
I went to the doctors last week as the thought of trying to go back to work and still bumping into my ex ( where I cry and beg him to come back ) tipped me over the edge
She has given me Diazepam 2 mg to take for 1-2 weeks on top so I can try work
I'm scared as don't know what to do and to take it ?
Help x

Hi everyone. I have been on anti depressants for nearly twenty years on and off and I accept that I will porbably be on them for the rest of my life. Don't feel you have to come off your tablets, espacially if they're working. If you were a diabetic you wouldn't try stopping your insulin. Anxiety and depression are real illnesses. Just because there are no physical aches or wounds doesn't make them less serious than physical illnesses.If you can't get on with one drug, try another. i have done this (with the help of a good doctor) and am now very stable on seroxat and a small amount of pregabalin. Stanky. Well done for riding out the bad patches. They will go eventually. Have you had counselliing? I went to a very good counsellor who gave me some extremely helpful breathing exercises to cope with the crippling anxiety.

It's really reassuring that there are others out there struggling like me xx

Xx

Sorry to hear you are all struggling. I find that taking Vitamin D, omega 3, zinc and vitamin b complex helps somewhat.

Newmama I always find that the youtube meditation videos calm me right down, they are great at helping me to relax. I hope you manage to get your CBT sorted!

Smoon I'm so sorry to hear that . Take the diazepam if you need to, it will help relax you a bit. Do you find the Propanolol works at all?

Hope everyone is feeling a bit better this morning.

soapmaker34 Sorry just seen this. Yes, I have been known to use sleep in unhealthy ways to escape reality. Hope you feel better too.

Hello everyone
Newcomer on this forum. I had never suffered from depression and anxiety until I had my DD a couple of years ago. Prenatal depression followed by postpartum. Was on fluoxetine and had talking therapy. Came off the meds last year but still suffer with anxiety daily. For the last few days DD has had a severe allergic reaction to something. Giving her piriton and she is taking it all in her stride. My anxiety is sky high a day my mind is thinking up scenarios where I have to give my lovely cat up because the allergy might be due to her. I can't sleep so explains why I am up at this time.

It's just feels crap.
Thanks for listening.

Depression is the worst thing in the world even more so if you have kids im 34 years old and i'v had depression sinse i can remember and it just gets worse i don't have any famlie to surport me and i have no friends to talk to when i feel loanley i don't like the city i live in buti have to stay for my kids i don't no any body ere and i am very shy sofind it hard to talk to people and my marriage is more aless over just won't to no wots its like to be happy.

Hey all. Sorry my last message was a bit dark, and not in the least supportive.

Hope the sunshine had thrown a bit of light towards some of the heaviness inside us today - we just have to keep on keeping on. I've been taking citalopram since Jan and assuming to stay on it for a long while - it gives like it gives me a slight delay in which I can recognise the rising panic early and talk myself through it. It's been a life saver.

I've also been having person led therapy with a little cbt from a psychotherapist which is my rock. Missing a session makes me lose all balance. I hate and need or sessions in equal measure.

Be kind to yourselves.

Can I join please

History:
Diagnosed with b12 deficiency in September 2015. Anxiety increased.
Started propanalol in Jan 2016 and today started counselling. Been put on setraline for depression today.
Don't feel depressed but counsellor said I scored very high.
Not sure how I feel. Just try and get through each day.

Hey everyone- I'm on day 6 of fluoxetine and feeling far far worse than before. Phoned the doc and spoken to a locum who said its normal for anxiety to get worse??! Before it gets better- has anyone tried this tablet- what were your experiences? As well as the anxiety it's making me sick and headachy. Any help would be good.

Hello can I please join you all?

I am in a pretty bad place right now. I have been struggling with anxiety and depression for 2 years now. But it seemed to be linked to my menstrual cycle so I only suffered for half a month.

But since the start of the year it's been pretty much constant, and some days are virtually unbearable I've had some really dark thoughts, but don't believe I will act on them. But because of them I am under the Crisis Team. I also see a top consultant gynaecologist , and am on excellent HRT but it doesn't seem to be helping lift my depression or anxiety

Mostly I am just dragging myself through each day, just not knowing how to get through the next 10 mins, but somehow I do. Occasionally I get a "normal" day or evening, which is wonderful but they're few and far between.

So I have been on Trazadone for 4 weeks, 2 weeks on 100mg and 2 weeks on 150mg. I thought it was starting to work over the weekend as I suddenly felt much better and more positive. But yesterday I felt back at square one again I don't understand why I enjoyed 2 good days, for it to then just stop?

I cry most days but it doesn't really help I just don't know how I got into such a horrible place

My CPN wants me to add a low dose of quetiapine to the trazadone, as this helps boost it and stops the anxiety. I am terrified to start taking it (have started a thread about this) but I am equally terrified to carry on feeling like this

Really hope to find some support on here, and give some support.

Hi psion thinking of you. Do you have anyone to help u at home? 💐

Hi everyone mind if i join too?

I suffer from GAD, social phobia and depression which started when I relocated 5 years ago has seemed to worsen since the birth of my DD 18 months ago.

All 3 have pretty much shattered any self esteem or feeling of self worth i had
I have had 2 rounds of CBT which haven't seemed to help, my GP wont prescribe any medication so im muddling through on my own, some days its hell on earth and others i can see a small chink of light.

Hopefully we can all support one another and I guess find solace in the fact we are not alone, sending love to you all

Hi it is nice to communicate with people who have similar feelings. My doc was v quick to prescribe fluoxetine. It's making me feel worse tho so I'm not sure if I should stick with it or not. How did you find the cbt? Was thinking of asking for it..

Hi can i join too?
I have been on Citalipram for years due to anxiety and depression. It allows me to function as a normal human being! I have had a couple attempts of weaning off it - which failed badly. There is only an 11 month age gap between my two young children. the passed few years have been hard but amazing at the same time. :)

Can I join too please?

Have been on AD for just over a year. Started as PND, but the anxiety hasn't really gone.

Been feeling good & positive recently, but yesterday at work I crashed. Started feeling on edge at work & progressively got worse on the way home. Today isn't any better, and the thought of leaving for work (1hr train journey in a busy central London station) and sitting in a room full of people for 8hrs, is sending me into blind panic. Meds having helped, so sitting on the sofa in my PJs trying to keep my mind off it

for everyone

Hi polka heart- well done for even going to work each day( I know you're home today tho) I'm sitting in bed trying to calm down. Struggling to eat anything as meds making me feel sick. What ad are you on? I'm taking fluoxetine- 8 days in now and feel worse than ever. Xx

Hi Orchid,

It's a horrible feeling, isn't it? DH is on nights & fast asleep, so as much as I want to wake him up, I feel terrible for doing so.

I'm on 50mg Sertraline, although today I've taken 100mg. At my worst, I was in 250mg daily.

I felt awful for the first couple of weeks I took them, but once they kicked in (took around 3 weeks), I felt so much better. This is my first wobble in about 6 months - just wish I knew what was causing it

Can I join you?