What hope is out there?

[Amelua]

I suffer from depression, anxiety, insomnia, and epilepsy. Antiseizure drugs proke me depression, antidepressants trigger my seizures, insomnia makes my depression worse, WHAT hope is there for someone in my situtation?

[IheartDogs]

Hi J, there is always hope. It sounds like your diagnoses need to be discussed with both your psychiatrist and regular physician at the same time with you in the room. They need to prioritize your needs and figure out the best medication regimen for you. I also hope you see a therapist to help combat the anxiety, depression and insomnia. Hope you feel better soon.

[JkBrauer]

There is great hope for you! You have a lot to live for! I know depression, anxiety and epilepsy are very hard to live with. I was born with epilepsy. Epilepsy caused depression anxiety and loneliness in my own life. I was determined I was going to become a over comer! I did not have a supportive family who encourage me- I went to church and I met people there who were interested in helping as a kid. The church became my new family who learned to love me and encourage me, they taught me, showed my kindness... They got me involved in all kinds of activities. I learned that when I got involved and found interest in other things, my depression and anxiety started to disappear. I still had my seizures, but the people from church and my friends there knew about them and knew how to help me overcome them. I had to learn how not to feel sorry for myself ( there is always someone out there who is worse off). I had to learn that fear was only eating me up and making me more miserable. I had to step out of my comfort zone and learn how to enjoy life. Then I learned that I needed to get out and help others in need. When I started stepping out and focusing on life rather than myself, my hopelessness started to go away and I started seeing hope and I was starting be more concerned for others who were in need more than I was.

Each day when we wake up, we have a choice to make. "How am I going to choose to live this day?" Because I chose to fight to make my life count, I got married, had 3 children and we raised them up and now they are living their own lives. I was a huge bicyclist ( I used to ride 200-300 miles every week.) I loved it! Now, that my husband and I are empty nesters we are avid hikers who like to go up into the mountains and walk up back into the lakes and upon to the top of the peaks and look out on to the horizon and see how majestic our land is!