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Posted 6/27/2014 5:00 PM (GMT 0)
I suffer from chronic daily migraines which are currently effecting everything. Theyve made me lose my job and stop us having ivf and now triggered anxiety and depression. This all happened before in 2012.

I cant go out because of my headaches. Some days they are worse than others. But on better days because of my depression i wont even now get out of bed. ALL DAY!

I wake up with this awful sick knot feeling in my stomach that i dont know how to describe. By evening time when hubby is home from work i go down and sit with him ans normally that knot has gone but im so depressed and in pain with the migraine im miserable.

Im waiting ans hoping the topamax for the migraine kicks in soon.

Yesterday dr put me on 20mg citalopram (which 2yrs ago i was on 40mg and it was good for me) and said i can up to 40mg but not for a month! I cant cope with feeling this depressed for a month :(

I love my husband and if i didnt have him i truely wouldnt want to live. He IS what i live for.
Posted 6/27/2014 5:23 PM (GMT 0)
Danielle,

I hope that you are seeing a neurologist, if forget if you are or not.
Give the meds a chance.

I strongly suggest talk therapy, I have daily migraine pain along the the TN pain and the therapy has helped tremendously.

I also go to a depression support group. Took me months to go on a regular basis and get comfortable with the people but I did it.

Medications can help us but they can not do it all. We have to accept responsibility for our illness, own it and face up to handeling it. We can even over come it in a lot of cases.

Until you decided on a therapist the following west site could be of some help to you.

www.moodgym.anu.edu.au./welcome

I wish you Peace and comfort
Trina
Posted 6/27/2014 5:36 PM (GMT 0)
So, what doc is this? PCP? Neuro? Gyno/IVF specialist? Psych? Specialists are pretty limited in their understanding of other conditions and the drugs that treat them.

If you are not currently seeing a psych, you ought to be. All you describe can certainly cause depression. A therapist would be helpful in helping you to manage your guilt, frustration, depression, and even pain.

And get out of bed! Enabling yourself to feel bad is not going to be helpful!
Posted 6/27/2014 5:41 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you for replying. How long does citalopram normally take to stabilise moods?

I know i need to do things like go out of the house for a walk or to the shop or walk to dogs or something but all i can do i stay in and cry and what is this lump in my upper stomach i wake up with?! Its like a lump that makes me feel tight and sick!

It was my gp who put me on the citalopram and she has given me 1mg lorazempam for when i need them.

I am on the waiting list to see a migraine specialist.
Posted 6/27/2014 5:50 PM (GMT 0)
Given the situation, a therapist could really help you manage your emotions. Remember-when you pay too much attention to something, it magnifies in your mind past what it ought. Everything feels worse and worse, pain is worse, anxiety is worse, the situation seems absolutely static without hope of change.

Continuing to do something that isn't working is not going to help you.

C'mom, take a shower. Up.
Posted 6/27/2014 6:43 PM (GMT 0)
I agree, you need a kick start. Often when you start moving you follow up by getting things accomplished. And try not to focus on this too much if you can... Thinking about it does magnify things and then you get all wrapped up in it. Walking is awesome and take the dogs for companionship. I walk my dog daily. I try to anyway... I always feel better when I am done.


It generally takes six to eight weeks for an antidepressant to reach full potential, but often we start feeling better before that. The changes are often subtle and we barely notice. Then one day we realize we are feeling better. So hang in there with the medication. Try to stay busy while your body is adjusting.

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 6/27/2014 7:27 PM (GMT 0)
Many of us have several conditions as well as depression. It bites having your life changed, turned upside down and backwards and every which way. It is very common to feel depression and anxiety with chronic health issues.

The good thing is being aware of the possibility so that you can manage your depression more effectively. Some days it works better than others, true. But getting up leads to doing something which leads to feeling better. It sounds as if your condition is fairly recent, though I know even a year feels as if it is forever.

Give medication at least 4-6 weeks and see what happens. The first few weeks your body and brain are adjusting. Then, you can make a real assessment as to what us helpful.

Salve.
Posted 6/27/2014 7:33 PM (GMT 0)
Its in the morning i feel worse. Wake up really early with this awful knot in my stomach. Which i don't have at night for instance if im sat with hubby watching tv. The knot makes me feel sick and i try deep breathing and i try to fall back to sleep but i just cant! This knot is awful. I cant get out of bet because its a sort of 'whats the point' to anything feeling' and all i do is shake and cry.
I know you will all think this is so pathetic but it was as easy as flicking as switch i would.
Posted 6/27/2014 7:45 PM (GMT 0)
It sounds as if you are having anxiety or a form of panic attacks. Again, you can get help with this, to at least lessen the severity. But, in order to do this, you will need to make a change.

It is not pathetic at all. We have all been there, might still be there, or relapse to there periodically. It is not at all fun or good. We understand. And, it is not easy at all. If it was, none of us would be here and this forum wouldn't exist.

That being said, change doesn't happen by itself. And, again, we have ALL BEEN WHERE YOU ARE.

So, next time it happens, try something else. Get up. See what that leads to. If you stay in bed, you know what will happen.
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