I'm in my final year at university and have been suffering with depression. I'm currently being treated but still a long way to go.
Right now, I'm still making it to all of my lectures and submitting 70% of my work, not to a standard I would have done a year ago though.
My main problem is that I'm just so tired all the time. I've just started on sertraline and was told to take in the morning because it can cause insomnia but thinking about changing to night as it can also cause drowsiness?
Today I literally got out of bed at half 8, went to lectures 9-11 and was back in bed at half 11. Just got up now at 9pm and trying to do my work for tomorrow. It's just not sustainable, I have way too much work to do this, but if I don't go back to bed I'm falling asleep.
The other problem is my concentration and memory is shot. I'm going to the lectures, but just copying down mindlessly. If I do tune in, I don't understand a word because I've missed so much. If I read through the notes, I don't take anything in. I can't remember what happened this morning let alone last week. This then means everything takes 10× as long to do which realistically means I fall asleep before I'm done.
Theres also my dissertation which I'm so behind on. I have a presentation in 2 weeks on it and have no idea what to say. If my anxiety lets me say anything in the first place.
I just don't know what to do. Is there any way out of this hole? Will I be able to catch up once the sertraline kicks in or will I be too far behind? I think I just need to accept I'm going to fail now. I can't afford to suspend studies or drop out.
And I really need a hug.