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Posted 2/1/2016 4:39 PM (GMT 0)
Last time I had this issue how to know when I'm feeling better and normal not depressed body functional normally digestion, energy, sleep mood sex drive obviously the depression and the meds screw up sex drive but how do you guys go about what is back to normal to maintain your meds etc.
Posted 2/1/2016 4:49 PM (GMT 0)
Nick,

In life there truely is NO NORMAL.

With the diagnosis of depression, our lives will change. We have own the diagnosis, welcome it into our lives and start learning how to use skills to manage it.

I have posted a link for you to review, many good blogs, articles,starting points for people to accept and handle depression. Meds do not do 100% of the job. We have to do the rest.

www.mindful.org/?s=new+to+depression

I hope this helps you start to understand how depression works in our lives, and that we can function with the diagnosis once we are aware of our feelings and emotions.

Peace and strength
Trina
Posted 2/1/2016 7:11 PM (GMT 0)
I truly agree with the mindfulness. It brings everything back.

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 2/1/2016 7:17 PM (GMT 0)
"Normal" is a setting on the washing machine.

There is a difference between sex and intimacy. Depending on which you seek, the results will of course vary greatly.

A conversation with your doctor is the place to start. Is it the condition or the medication that is causing the problem? How are the hormones? Is age part of the equation? Are you looking for a bland diet or a spicey diet or somewhere in between? How adventurous are you willing to get?

Is there any other way to get emotional satisfaction? Couples therapy may unlock some of these questions. And you may have to redefine 'normal'.
Posted 2/1/2016 7:27 PM (GMT 0)
Feeling normal is never going to be the same after depression. You have to make a new normal. You choices will greatly impact the way you feel. I will give an example

When depression hits me I am confronted with two options

1. Self pity- To stay sad and give into my depression
2. To get up and make myself and do my "normal" and move passed the feeling of depression.

Now 99.9% of the time I will go with option 2 because I feel better when I do.
1% of the time I need the self pity time due to many reasons.

Some people stay with option 1 and dont, or cant , or won't go with option 2.

Find a new "normal" and stay with it. Live changes, change with it and not fight to bring back something that is long gone.
Posted 2/1/2016 7:29 PM (GMT 0)
Hormones are all fine on TRT 37. Have gone through a valve replacment suregrey from birth needed about 3 years ago use to work out all the time have had digestion, mood, deppression you name it energy low. It is for sure the depression doing all this had so many tests ran it's not even funny. I feel little relief on pristiq only 4 days was on Viibryd last month that was hell. Samething that is happening now happened to me 20 years ago I went for ECT and it corrected it. I had to much stress at one time buisness, school, you name it just got to me Novebmer/December got full blown noticed when the sleep was not existance on ambien. I know it will take time to recover but last year cymbalta got me halfway there but did not correct the rest. I understand the meds will do so much and you need to workout eat healthy have a postive outlook. But I don't know maybe I need a second opinon from another p doc like my regular doc said plus give this pristiq time for sure I just know I will get a little better and still have physical and mental issues. I'm not stupid college degree etc.. But the way I am right now is not very functional.
Posted 2/1/2016 8:40 PM (GMT 0)
I understand the part about not functional. Sometimes it is like a glitch in the brain or something. The simplest things are hard to do. Concentration is non existent.

Mindful.org is a good place to start. Teaches us how to slow down the thinking and to focus on one thing at a time. I hope that this helps some.

Give the meds a good chance to do their job. If things don't get better than I would say talk to the doc or get a second opinion.

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 2/2/2016 11:06 AM (GMT 0)
therapy, meds and mindset. this is my technique.

my washing is broke!!! poor bugger, gone to hell and back!!!

keep strong.
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