Same old feelings

[Kat63]

I’ve been feeling the effects of anxiety and depression since I was seven years old, and I’m almost 60 now.

Saying that makes me feel exhausted. I feel like Sisyphus (the guy in Greek mythology who had to roll a boulder up hill over and over and over and …)

I talk to my doctor in about a month. I think I need my meds changed. I’m one of those people that has to switch it up every few years, because it stops working after a while,

I hate this. Depression and anxiety have ruined most of my life. I know now that it will never be permanently cured—just go into remission for a while. Sometimes that thought makes me want to get in bed and pull the covers over my head and never come back.

[BlueAgave]

OMG, I can so relate to this. I've had anxiety and panic attacks since about the same age. It started out as separation anxiety when I was in preschool and kindergarten. I'll be 50 in just over a month. I too am exhausted from it. I did pretty well for the past 11 years with some anxiety, but it wasn't debilitating. I've been on numerous medications and this past year has been a bad one. I quit my job because of it and have started having agoraphobia and some of the med changes have done nothing. I even did TMS off label for anxiety and pretty much am still the same. Not sure what to do now. I'm on a roller coaster of good and bad days. I'm so tired!

[SuluLover]

I've also been depressed and anxious since age 7 and I'm 58. I'm exhausted too. My medication works partially. I try to meditate. It helps some. Know you have a like -minded sister sending you good karma. Just keep trying.