meds switch

I emailed Jan. She hasn't been on since 9/18. Wasn't she going away somewhere for medical procedures?

Hopefully she replies back & I'll let you know.

Hi Karen & AubreyBear! ♥️

Keaz- how's it going??

Sending Love-
Lisa

lesweet1971 said...
Keaz-
How's it going?

I'm a week before my period & I'll be danged, I'm feeling the depressive mood- what the heck. This is really ticking me off. It's affecting my whole mood and making me upset. Its not just "blahs." It's "I don't know if my meds are working." What an upsetting thing to feel.

How've your moods been? I'm trying not to obsess but I know you understand! I see my psych the 20th. This crap will be addressed!

Sending love-
Lisa

I am in the same boat as you.  Week before my period and today has been a 4 out of 10 when yesterday was an 8 out of 10..I'm so effin done with this crap.  I'm so angry with just everything.  It's been long enough.  I felt symptoms around my ovulation too.  From a graph I looked up it looks like when estrogen drops (after you ovulate and before you start period and it's low during your period), my moods go nuts. 

I spent the day shopping with one of my sisters and my niece. 5 hours shopping and I had a great day. Even went to the mall for most of that time & I hate malls. I swear I feel better when I have plans & stay busy. I just want the old me back where I can lounge around the house with nothing to do. As it stands now, that's when I feel those depressing thoughts

I started my period yesterday, 5 days early! I'm never early or late...which may explain the jag of depression I was feeling earlier this week but dang, I've had regular periods since I was 13 & I'm 43 now, & they never made me depressed... Moody, crabby, hungry, yes but not depressed. Maybe this is the beginning of the end of my periods- I could only hope lol but I think I'm still too young.

My sis is 51 & she said her periods stopped last year. She had no symptoms before or after menopause. She's also never had issues with anxiety or depression (that I know of).

I'll let you know what the doc says/does Monday.

Sending us all peace for the weekend-
Lisa

Lisa,

My periods got closer together before they started to stop. You may be going through perimenopause. Or pre... I am 55 and haven't had a period for a few years. Sometimes it drags out, but mine was pretty easy. I hope that is all it is... I wasn't real regular though. just a thought...

Hugs, Karen...

Hello keaz....hang in there! I hope things start to imrove a lot better for you! Continue to keep us updated!

Hello Karen, Aubrey,Lisa...I hope you are all doing well...this week has been an extremely busy week so now that I have some time to relax I'm trying to catch up.

Thanks Lisa. I am glad she is okay. Give her our love...

Hugs, Karen...

AubreyBear-

Jan emailed me again & wanted me to give you a special HI from her ♥️

She is going to the Clevelan Clinic Nov 2 for more tests etc. she needs a knee replacement so is hiking and walking her pooch as much as she can. She also had a bad experience waking up during a colonoscopy- sigh! She's had her plate full from what she wrote me!

I told her we missed her friendship & presence here and hoped she'd come back when she has time.

Hi Karen ♥️ Hope things are going ok for you. The trees sure are beautiful right now.

Keaz-
Any better days/stability lately? My psych mentioned Viibryd to me today. Going to start the Deplin tonight and see how that helps in the next month before I'd switch AD's.

Hugs to you all!
Lisa

Hi Lisa,
I've had a few good days, one bad day (below a 5/10) but most have been average at about 6. I'm due any day for my period, so hoping the mood will improve with that. I'm also trying to get off the daily dose of klonopin.

Did your doctor say it would take a month for the deplin to work?

Some days i feel so normal, but I thinkt this time recovery is just going to take time. The last time i went through this was 17 years ago, and although the meds helped, I don't think i was 100% for a few months. It was 6 weeks on viibryd for me on Saturday and the abilify 1mg. ALthough I read that 1mg of abilify is not even therapuetic for an add on. That you're supposed to start at 2mg, and increase to 5mg. So not sure why i'm even taking it if it's such a low dosage. But I guess i have to just trust the doc. I see him next a little over 2 weeks. Hopefully by then i'm off my period and doing better and I can report some progress.

I've been on the deplin for a little over a week. I've been mostly overwhelmed by pms during that time, so haven't noticed much difference. But i did have some really good days in the last week and even in the average days i've had some good moments - hours at a time.

You know how yahoo has trending items, depression has been on there quite a few times lateley, so I believe it that something weird is happening.

I keep thinking had i stayed on lexapro and been patient, which i believe is a big part of the lesson this is supposed to teach me, i may be 100% by now. But who knows, I could also be worse because it wasn't as effective as before.

I believe everything is connected in this world, so yes what you are saying makes sense to me. I'm trying to just let go, enjoy the good days, keep busy through the not so good ones, and keep reminding myself that my period and hormones are a big part of my set backs, and maybe once that's under control, I will feel better.

Funny thing is that before this all happened, I prayed really hard for God to change something about my relationship with my husband, because i felt like things were getting stale, (we've been together since i was 16). I also prayed that i would get it together and work out more, get up early in the mornings and have some quiet time, that I would lose weight, try new things. And all of those things have happened because of the depression. Even though my appetite is fine now, I have not gained back any of the 45 lbs I've lost. I get up every day at 5, and start my day with walking the dogs/praying. I exercise both in the morning and at night and have found time to do that even though i never used to be able to find time for myself. My husband goes to counseling with me and it's helped our marriage and we've gotten closer. I've signed up for a new zumba class that I've been wanting to do forever. And this seems silly, but at my gym pool they have these huge slides and I've always been afraid to go with my daughter but last weekend we were racing (there's two of them), and I was having so much fun. Now, even getting on an airplane doesn't seem so bad compared to what I've been through.

Sorry for rambling on, I guess I'm just trying to look at the brighter side of things. I may not be fully there yet, but my life has changed in many ways for the better. I mostly hate that i just can't relax around the house, (i think i saw you post that too). Reading or watching tv is really difficult.

Do you want to switch AD's or does your doc think you need to? I know a few posts ago you said you weren't taking xanax anymore and your depression & anxiety were under control. Is it the depersonalization?

Hi guys - how's everyone doing?

keaz - pms is a mega issue for me. I am there right now. I'm having a major "lupus" flare right now - my legs hurt, my left foot is in a lot of pain, I'm super down, I can't hear very well, I have red blotches on certain parts of my body and I'm in a mega slump.

Like you said - this year has been rough. It's been a great year for me in terms of life events - getting married, getting a house, etc., but it's been really hard for me family wise and I've been in a couple of slumps for a while at a time. Right now, I'm just really fed up with everyone and the only person that I feel is on my side 100% of time time is my pup. I just want to lay in bed. :(

Hi Aubreybear,
I'm sorry your pms affects your illnesses too. It really sucks..Doesn't leave very many good days some months. On the months I ovulate I'm up and down 2 weeks before my period, during my period, and a couple of days after since my periods are really short. That leaves a week or so of normal pms free days where i feel my depression lift.

I honestly feel that the pms has severely hampered my progress with depression and anxiety. I'm so fed up right now.

I'm seeing a hormone specialist to see if anything natural (progesterone cream maybe) could be added to alleviate this.

My pdoc says it will get better with time, and clearly based on the numbers in my previous post, it has, but not enough. I want to live life, not go through motions on most days.

Hello,
They do think i'm in perimenopause and want me to start using a natural progesterone cream. Has anyone used this before and did it help with PMS symptoms?