pls i need help with my anxiety and depression.

[bisyl11]

i was diagnosed as having this almost 10yrs ago which was treated conservatively.then it started again last august 2wks after losing my niece.this time i was placed on anitdepressants .i used for 2mths then i stopped cos i felt better thought i didnt need the medication any longer.making me sleep more.now i am back with it again cos i am going thru stress and i ve started with this medication again.the feeling i am going thru is horrible.want to be out of this feelings

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Hi bisy

When looking at your post , there is a pattern here , which should reasure you , when life deals a bad blow , which it does , & so sorry for your loss , you get low , which brings on depression & anxiety , which is a normal reaction !

Look back you have got through this before , with help & meds & you will do it again , it takes time though

I have heard good advice on here which having anxiety for years never crossed my mind , but they say "dont fight it , accept it "

Now it takes some training your mind to do & I always thought I should fight it , but over the last 2 weeks I have been accepting my anxiety & its helping so much more than fighting it

Try accepting how you feel , it hopefully , with time will help you to

Remember tablets take a while to work , but you will start to feel better , these feelings you will over come , dont be hard on yourself , take it slow

Read the posts on here , you will relate to so much , I am sure & you will no longer feel alone

Every one has felt or are feeling the way you do & you will see how people deal or are dealing with it

Post as much as you want , you will get to no some lovely people & lots of support is here

whywhy xx

[bisyl11 in reply to Hidden]

thanks so much whywhy. for your advice.i believe it is the stress of life that is triggering this side of me .i believe i will overcome it again very soon with med and support from people like u.

[Hidden in reply to bisyl11]

Sorry if my advice sounded hard , it really wasnt ment to come across that way , as I suffer myself & its not always things going wrong for me , can be just life in general ! so i have all the symphathy in the world how you are feeling , just wanted to try & give you something constructive that could help as well as knowing exactly where you are coming from & feeling what you feel

Always here to listen

whywhy x

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Sorry I didn't mean hard as in harsh but hard as in putting it in to practise. It takes a lot of mental strength to push out of the cycle and once you crack it you have to ingrain it to yourself. However nothing is impossible. I should know i'm arranging my wedding! Hows that for an anxiety trigger!

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

No worries , sometimes when we write something , its never quite the same or doesnt come across quite how we want it to ...well I find that when I read back

Good luck with the wedding , dont envy you , been married 20 years now & couldnt go through all that again !

I am sure having said that it will be a perfect day & wish you all the best

whywhy x

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Hi, yes whywhy has made a some advice that sounds hard but is true. If you don't accept the situation and how you feel you will always be fighting yourself which in turn leads to you felling worse and then it goes round and round. Stop fighting and you will start doing. You have every right to feel depressed and low after a bereavement and at some point you may of had the 'why bother going on feeling'. These thoughts are just feeding your condition and do not represent YOU. If accept you have a perfectly justified medical condition like everyone else you will start to seperate it from your good nature and can then control it etc.

Remember - keep calm and carry on!