Recovering from breakdown

[EmmaEmerald]

Does anyone have any experience of this?
I thought I'd had a nervous breakdown in my 20s but carried on working. This time I'm knocked out. I got up at 8 and need a nap already!

@TheBuggerlugs I'm on 60mg of an old tricyclic called clomipramine. I've been on it for a very long time but had been well for the last 12 years after reducing down to 25mg.

(I do have some diazepam for emergencies.)

kizziee sorry to hear re the intrusive thoughts.

Re change of meds, we initially upped the dose of what I was on but it clearly wasn't working. When I decided to switch to a new one, there were various ways if doing it. I chose the option that will possibly be the hardest but will hopefully get me better faster.

Do you need to taper off your current one before trying a new one? do you need to leave a gap like I did?

I have been taking my new one for two days now, so far, no problems. But tomorrow morning I have a seminar so I'm going to take it in the afternoon when I get back. Sod's law I'll get stomach issues from the third pill!

Hoping for a good night's sleep before the seminar...haven't even looked up directions yet!

Hi everyone- not posted here for a long time but have been keeping up with the thread and have been so pleased to hear how well u have all been doing. 💐
after feeling like I was slowly getting better for the last couple of weeks, I’ve had a wobbly couple of days. Anxiety getting high again and crying feeling hopeless. Not as bad as a few weeks ago when I was out of it, but really don’t want these feeling coming back again. I’m seeing the doctor next Tuesday for a review of meds, I’m wondering if it might be worth trying to bring my appointment forward or if I should wait it out and hope it’s just a blip? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. X

Thanks for replying Thebuggerlugs. I’m on 50mg setraline. Started on 18th August. I am eating but can feel myself getting to the stage again where I don’t want to and am making myself eat little bits throughout the day. Sleep is becoming a problem again, think I had about 3 or 4 hours last night where as I have been getting a good 6 for about a week. When I was poorly I was literally awake all night.

Yes I think I need a higher dose. I’m not sure whether to wait til next Tuesday or try and get in sooner. I’m worried they will tell me I haven’t given it long enough. I didn’t particularly like the GP I’m seeing either. She wasn’t very sympathetic at all.

Jen I'd ask for the higher dose asap. Just my two pence worth.

day three of meds - I do think there's a side effect - completely itchy everywhere. I hadn't linked it up. Having to take two antihistamine a day.

but - this happens to me periodically. It does appear to raise histamine levels though.

TheBuggerLugs good that you are not going back to work yet, I think? Great that you feel more yourself.

I enjoyed this morning's seminar but that's my brain done for the day.

so do you have experience of this itchy thing with meds?

Thank you TheBuggerLugs

@TheBuggerlugs I had 11 weeks off earlier in the year and then went back on a staggered return. I also have a stressful busy job and have really needed to pace myself. I found it a real challenge to go back but have tried to put mitigations in place.

My anxiety was really uncomfortable again today. I really need to consider a switch but we have some significant family illness and I need to try and keep functioning. (I have had real problems switching in the past - I think I'm very sensitive to the medications and any changes.)
Seeing the Dr this week to discuss further.

Could we just do a quick recap of what medication everyone is on ?

I'm on 60mg of a tricyclic : clomipramine

60mg fluoxetine and 25mg quetiapine

Thank you both. I think it's really interesting to see the range of different medications

Tbh I'm not sure how much the meds do. Sometimes I think you just naturally improve with time. I've been on 5 different meds over the years and I've probably had 3 or 4 serious episodes. If I look back there is usually a reason why I crashed at the time.

@TheBuggerlugs how are you feeling with your upcoming wedding? Are you finding it stressful or a good distraction?

Regarding meds has anyone watched the panorama documentary on antidepressants. I haven't yet but it's supposed to be an interesting watch. Think it's on catch up.

I'm trying 5mg of vortioxetine, day 4 now

also taking 2mg diazepam to sleep but my body is getting used to it

I think getting back into exercise is key for me now.

I say this tentatively but last few days I've started to feel better. Oddly this scares me because I've felt so bad for so long. Don't get me wrong I still feel anxious but better than I did but it doesn't feel right . Does anyone else know what I mean?