New Medication

[Tamka39]

I was doing ok 3 days ago, I mean my anxiety was there but it was manageable. After being on Prozac for 2 weeks am noticing my depression get worse and my anxiety goes up and down and am only getting a couple of hours of sleep am really disappointed because I don’t like taking medication and since I don’t drinking 2 weeks ago I decided to try something for my anxiety and depression to help me now I think it was a mistake am afraid to leave my house don’t want to eat I been doing a lot of coping skills and I think I am to have to wait it out a couple more weeks 🙁

[Hidden]

Hello

When you first stop drinking your sleep pattern goes to pot literally , I did not sleep for months , I often remember panicking over it and people said it would come good again but no one died from a lack of sleep but at times I felt I would !

It did come good again though but took months before I was sleeping

Also the medication takes up to 3 months to give full effect so I know this will seem like forever at the moment but hang on in there , it is early days but you will eventually get the benefits from what you are doing

Take Care x

[Tamka39 in reply to Hidden]

Am just so depressed and don’t understand how I was just find a couple days ago and now am not it makes me wish I never give Medication a tried at all hell it felt better self medicating at times than going through this I could leave my house and now I feel struck

[Hidden in reply to Tamka39]

I understand , but you are with drawing from alcohol , you will have to feel worse before you feel better it is how it works and I know it feels dreadful but it does pass

The only other choice you have is to drink again , but how will your life turn out if you keep self medicating ? eventually something would give and you would still have to go through what you are going through now

I would think I only have to go through this once and when I have then that part of how I feeling will be done and unless I drink again I will never have to go through this again

If you are really struggling then talk with your Doctor ,tell them everything and see what they can do to help or support

You are doing really well though these early days are the worst but a day at a time you are getting through them even if you feel like you are hanging on for dear life you are doing it x

[Tamka39 in reply to Hidden]

U right I never want to go through this again and trying to have patient with myself and believe things going to get better soon

[Hidden in reply to Tamka39]

Keep telling yourself this when you are feeling bad , tell yourself this will pass and you are only going to have to go through this one time and never again

If you really feel the meds are making you worse then do talk with your Doctor , I know it is early days taking them but still if you feel they are affecting you really badly then let them know x

[Tamka39 in reply to Hidden]

Ok I feel bad my son football game today and I can’t go because of anxiety depression and is really affecting me right now because he ask me to drop him off and I can’t even get off the couch let alone make it out the front door to the car I feel so bad like I let him down today

[Hidden in reply to Tamka39]

Well look at it like this

You may have to let him down a few times but you can always make up for it at a later date

If you carried on drinking you would be letting him down because you would no doubt be driving when you had drink in you plus you would always be drunk and that would be letting him down

Not sure how old your Son is but how about sitting him down and telling him the truth

Tell him that there is nothing to worry about but at the moment you are feeling low , you want to stop drinking which you are struggling with but you know it will make you feel better in the long run and you are trying to get medication to work but it will take time

Then tell him that you will get better but while you are you may have to say no to him not because you don't care or love him but because you do that is why you are trying so hard to get back on form

Kids are more understanding than you think , you can bend the truth a bit as to not scare him but you can put them in the picture so they know what is going of x

[Tamka39 in reply to Hidden]

Am not drinking anymore and am not thinking drinking and just so depressed and I suppose to be helping my mom and she helping me and Am disappointed

[Hidden in reply to Tamka39]

Sometimes things don't always turn out the way we would like them to and I am sure your Mum understands

If you keep feeling guilty about what you can't do it will keep your mood low and not help , if you were sat there with a broken arm would you feel guilty you could not help ? doubtful , so why would you feel guilty because your mind has broken and needs time to heal , it s just the same

Try and be kind to yourself you are doing so well , and if you still feel depressed when the Doctors are open again then make an appointment and have a chat with them x

[Dogmom55]

Sorry you are going through this! Positive vibes that you start to feel better! Hang in there it WILL get better!

[Tamka39 in reply to Dogmom55]

It doesn't feel like it

[Dogmom55 in reply to Tamka39]

It will! I'm here anytime you wish to talk!!

[Hidden]

Hi sometimes medication seems like it makes things worse before it makes things better. But it definitely WILL help make things better. Some days are definitely worse than others, and these things just take some time to get used to especially since you have made a change to your habits and stopped drinking. It's a GOOD change, but it will take a little while to get used to it. How are you feeling today?xx

- Alisha

[Tamka39 in reply to Hidden]

A little better just a little depressed about my boyfriend he’s not understanding and he’s said he done with me again

[Hidden in reply to Tamka39]

I'm sorry to hear that. How long have you guys been together for?

Do you find that he helps you when you are having a hard time or bring you down? It's difficult when they don't understand but it's important that they continue to try. Relationships are built to support one another.

[Tamka39 in reply to Hidden]

He bring me down because he keep asking me to bring me some money bring me some snacks bring me some loving he don’t care about what’s going on with me but he act like he do taking about what I don’t do for him and am like am the one going through something hello

[Hidden in reply to Tamka39]

Have you tried to speak to him about it? When you talk, it's important to not victimise yourself because you feel like he isn't trying enough and that you deserve more because you have your mental health to worry about. But rather, ask for support rather than expect it. You may have reached a point in your relationship where both of you have high expectations and probably need to revisit the basic needs of each other. You should give him as much as you expect to receive from him regardless of what you are going through and what he isn't going through himself. There are days where he is going to have a great day and you aren't and vice versa. If you are there for him when he needs you, he will be there for you when you need him. He won't forget the times where you have helped him and taken care of him when he needed it. It seems like he wants to be taken care of as well.

[Tamka39 in reply to Hidden]

Look I always help him take care of him out him before my own needs he have broken me down many of times cheated on me with 5 different woman’s when I was depressed last year and couldn’t leave the house is always about him I can’t keep taking care of a grown ass man and get nothing in return but am talking shit about what I didn’t do for him because of one day this man have taken more then he have ever given and still own me money I buy his grown kids stuff for birthday because he always saying he’s broke probably this the best thing for my mental health and physical health

[Hidden in reply to Tamka39]

I'm sorry to hear that. It doesn't sound like him being in your life at all is helping you whatsoever. Giving without getting anything in return is exhausting and draining. I agree with you, you are better off without him. A relationship isn't supposed to bring you down like this one has.

[Tamka39 in reply to Hidden]

Right