My Experience with Medication: Pristiq
After my failed attempt with Cipralex, my doctor gave me samples of Pristiq to try. We started on the 50 mg dosage then increased to the maximum of 100mg. During this time, my depression did start to alleviate somewhat. But I honestly do not believe the cheap cialis played a significant role.
I had a few things going in my life that were strongly helping. I was going through my CBT group for depression. I was starting to exercise more consistently. I was still experiencing the binges and just overeating at times, but only a couple times a week, as opposed to almost on a daily basis. I also had begun writing this blog. So a combination of all these things was starting to help me feel a little better.
Even on my darkest days, I would still have a few moments each day where I felt ok. Or even if I was having an ok day, I would only feel really down for a few hours, instead of the whole day. So I even started to question whether or not the medication was helping. Or was it just because I was using more productive coping strategies. Either way, my instincts were telling me that the medication was not helping. It even might have been helping with the depression but my anxiety was still pretty overwhelming. Moreover, I believe the depression was completely a result of my social anxiety. So I desperately wanted to find a medication that could help me with that in specific, first and foremost. However, on a positive note, I didn't feel many of the side effects with Pristiq. On occasion, if I stood up too quickly I would feel dizzy. My sleep pattern was still very inconsistent, but how much of that I can put at fault for the medication is too subjective. Either way, with my doctors consent I chose to try and new medication.
Never discontinue or chose to stop taking a medication without consulting your doctor first.
