knd79
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depression
Looking for others going through the same thing
Hi everyone. I found this community and it's amazing how many people are suffering like I am. I'm basically here to find some people who are going through depression to talk to, bounce ideas off of, support etc. If you would like to do that with me please add me as a friend and let me know you found me on here! Here's a bit about my depression:
I'm 30 years old (closer to 31) married 5 1/2 years with two kids. A 4 year old and a 2 1/2 year old. I was diagnosed with the depression back when I was 16 a sophomore in high school. I had a psychologist and eventually got a psychiatrist. I was put on Zoloft. Those were the darkest days of my life. I rarely moved from the corner of my room. I don't ever want to go back there again. I've been on and off different meds to help my depression (I also have OCD and GAD). I'm currently on 60mg Prozac, 35mg Synthroid, 50mg Luvox and .25 Xanax. The Synthroid was added about a month ago when I started feeling really down again and not enjoying things. My psychiatrist told me that for years psychiatrists have been prescribing it to help with the symptoms of depression that antidepressants don't cover. I gave it a go. It did tend to wake me up more but that was about it. Three weeks ago I talked to my psychiatrist about it cause I didn't feel it was working. We increased the Synthroid and I was to call back in two weeks to tell him how it's going. Well, it's been a bit over 3 weeks since then and I'm doing lousy! I don't want to do anything, I can barely get myself out of bed and I have two little kids I need to take care of! My patience is short too which is horrible. And I usually love the Christmas season but this year I'm just not into it. All day long I could sleep and all day I wait for night time so I can sleep. As my psychiatrist said, I'm 'wasting my day away'. It sucks, I hate it, I want to feel good and have fun with my kids and hubby and bake Christmas cookies like last year! Monday I'll be calling my psychiatrist. I'm just hoping there won't be any big withdrawals of going off the synthroid. I don't want to stay on it. I would rather he increase my prozac or add something else. The synthroid sucks!
I'm 30 years old (closer to 31) married 5 1/2 years with two kids. A 4 year old and a 2 1/2 year old. I was diagnosed with the depression back when I was 16 a sophomore in high school. I had a psychologist and eventually got a psychiatrist. I was put on Zoloft. Those were the darkest days of my life. I rarely moved from the corner of my room. I don't ever want to go back there again. I've been on and off different meds to help my depression (I also have OCD and GAD). I'm currently on 60mg Prozac, 35mg Synthroid, 50mg Luvox and .25 Xanax. The Synthroid was added about a month ago when I started feeling really down again and not enjoying things. My psychiatrist told me that for years psychiatrists have been prescribing it to help with the symptoms of depression that antidepressants don't cover. I gave it a go. It did tend to wake me up more but that was about it. Three weeks ago I talked to my psychiatrist about it cause I didn't feel it was working. We increased the Synthroid and I was to call back in two weeks to tell him how it's going. Well, it's been a bit over 3 weeks since then and I'm doing lousy! I don't want to do anything, I can barely get myself out of bed and I have two little kids I need to take care of! My patience is short too which is horrible. And I usually love the Christmas season but this year I'm just not into it. All day long I could sleep and all day I wait for night time so I can sleep. As my psychiatrist said, I'm 'wasting my day away'. It sucks, I hate it, I want to feel good and have fun with my kids and hubby and bake Christmas cookies like last year! Monday I'll be calling my psychiatrist. I'm just hoping there won't be any big withdrawals of going off the synthroid. I don't want to stay on it. I would rather he increase my prozac or add something else. The synthroid sucks!