I Guess I’m New

[KarissaA]

Hi, hey. I think I’m starting to realize how lonely I am. I go through most days without someone to talk to. I guess this is my way of reaching out, trying to find someone to talk to. Someone who does understand how stressful and hard life can be.

I’ve recently been working with my doctor to find a medication that works for me. I realized my old medication wasn’t doing as much as I needed it to. I had started it six years ago, but it really felt like it wasn’t helping me anymore. So I actually decided to seek out a doctor to work with to change my medication. We tried upping the dosage. We tried changing the medication with varying dosages. And it really felt like it worked. I was seeing the doctor once a month to evaluate. And it started to get expensive. But I really though this new medication was working. Now it feels like it isn’t though. It feels like I’m struggling to function again. I just spent six months finding a new medication and now it’s not working? I don’t want to go back to the doctor because I’ve spent so much money on it already. I feel lost and I’m not sure what to do. I’m trying to find my normal.

I really want to find someone to talk to about these things. My normal ‘outreach group’ isn’t the most mentally stable for me. I think I’m looking for somewhere I belong. So I’m starting with an online support group, and we’ll see where this goes.

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You can always talk to me. I'm also really lonely

[KarissaA]

As someone with a limited income and high deductible health insurance. Going back and forth to the doctor to try and figure this out has been really expensive. And I don’t know if I want to keep doing this back and forth thing.

[KarissaA]

That’s a good thought. I’ll talk to him next time I go in. See if it’s possible.

[CantThinkOfAName]

Hellos Karissa, welcome here. I am always here to talk and so are most people here. We know how you feel and are ready to listen.

Finding the right treatment can be a pain. I don't have that much issue with the payment, because we have this health insurance that we HAVE to have, it's the law here, bit I do know what it's like to not get it right. I've been on it for about three years now to be honest. Some of it is my fault. I kept losing hope in between and only picked it up again when I thoight there was no other way, but those points always came. We changed treatments and so on. And twice now I have changed the doctor. Not because I didn't trust my regular one, but because we agreed that maybe the insight of another could be better. Do you have that option? To go to another for a fresh set of eyes?

Finding the right treatment can take so much time, sadly, because everyone is still different, even if we share a lot of problems.

I hooe you can find good support here if you need it and even some friends. Take care♡

[Greenize53]

So glad you decided to get on this support group! I am in the same boat.. I feel like my medication isn’t working the way it should so my dr. upped it! We will see how it works! I know you said financially it is draining .. Can I ask is this your regular Dr. or a psychiatrist? I’m leaning toward a psychiatrist if the increased dosage doesn’t help!

[Greenize53 in reply to Greenize53]

I am lonely as well and going through a separation and a divorce soon so I understand .. you can message me !

[KarissaA in reply to Greenize53]

I’m still kind of moving all over the place for school. I’ve been living here for about a year and a half, so this doctor has become as regular of a doctor as I can get right now.

[Anna_of_Sanibel in reply to Greenize53]

I would suggest you work with a psychiatrist. I started with my primary care physician because I had gone to him for years and could get an appointment quicker—it just seemed easier than finding a good psychiatrist. But in the end, psychiatrists specialize in treating mental health issues. My primary care physician prescribed a popular antidepressant and when it didn’t work, he just increased the dose. I continued to feel worse, so I finally went to a psychiatrist. He immediately recognized i was suffering from “serotonin overdose” caused the antidepressant and changed my medication immediately. Finding an effective medication is a challenge to say the least, but working with a specialist is, in my opinion based on my experience, vital. Best wishes for a quick recovery.

[Greenize53]

You do need to try and get your medications right. My daughter is a NP and even told me I probably need to see a psychiatrist so they can put me on the right meds .

[Booklover0219]

I am here to talk. I know what it’s like to feel alone. I feel that way too and this is a nice place to talk.