Hi Display, I hope you are feeling better. I deactivated my facebook account recently because I was getting depressed with "here's my perfect hubby! And here are my perfect kids! And check out our...
Wow Mags! It's freezing out there!...
Thank you so much, Mags. Thank from the bottom of my heart for your prayers. I have felt stronger these past couple days...heart doesn't feel as squeezed in a vise...knock on wood..:-)...
Oh thank you so much, Mags...this means so much to me....
Thank you, Karen....yes...one day at a time....
Thank you, Jamie. I have been feeling stronger these last couple days. Exercising a lot...thank you for caring...I feel hopeful. I wish life were simpler. :-) I cooked a meal for my friend whose...
Yes! It's a matter of trying! There are lots of combinations. Thinking about you and hoping for a great outcome with this combo. Love, Evangelina...
Thank you, Jazzy...I am sorry for your pain, too. Wish it didnt have to be like this. You are right about getting outside. I especially like to be outside at night time. The stars and the moon and...
Hope your sleep is good tonight, jamie....
Woohoo!!! Thats awesome! Sleep is a beautiful thing...i'm sorry about headache and vomiting, though. Praying your sleep will be restful tonight, Jamie. evangelina...
I did email doctor about switching meds...he suggested wellbutrin...not sure about wellbutrin because i have anxiety component...and I am very underweight...seems to make folks lose weight....
Thank you, JB....
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Thank you, Karen. By the way, I was adopted, too...adopted into a chaotic fundamentalist Christian violent family. Birthmother and i reconnected many years ago...she did not turn out to be a nice...
Feeling hopeless. :-(. Feel like mental illness keeps me from having what I want most in life. Feeling worse on meds. Feel like there is no escape from demons in my head...
I relate to your post on every level. I am so sorry for your pain...it is a pain i know too well....have made my own attempts... Here are some books i have read that have helped: How I Stayed Alive...
I just started on effexor...and now vegetables make me nauseous...always ate a ton of vegetables before. Now all I crave are carbs. interesting how these meds affect this....
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Thank you, Karen....
Day 12...had to cut the dose in half at day four so I could function at work. Full 37.5 mgs knocked me unconscious. Still very very tired on 18.75 mgs and feel like my body is filled with lead. So...
So happy the good eye is good!...
I am so very very sorry for all that you have gone through and are going through. Keeping you in thoughts and prayers. Julie...
So encouraging to hear about everyone's experiences and how you are holding on and making it. I can relate to so many things everyone posted.... My depression: unrelenting pain and hopelessness...no...
Thank you karen...
What if i dump half the beads out of each capsule?...
still in bed. have to go to work tomorrow. Hope i can make it through the day...
Thank you, jamie...
I dont know if i can hack this...can barely move...
Thanks Karen. I'm taking the xr. I took this same one several years ago and felt actual happiness on it. Im actually taking the generic now...it looks exactly like brand name...i dont remember...
Just started taking 37.5 mgs of effexor. Have no appetite and am sleeping 15 hours a day. Anyone else have this response?...
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Thank you everybody for your well wishes...they mean so much. Feeling nauseous and sick from first dose...but I remember this transition from last time. Looking forward to feeling better. Thank you...
If you go to the NAMI website, or call their 800 number, they have a wealth of info and resources. You can google it. I found a depression support group through nami. Also joined a meet up group for...
I took my first venlafaxine (generic effexor) today. Praying that it works again. Been off it for four years and have not known happiness since I was on it. If you are the praying kind...please pray...
I'm sorry...and I totally hear you...feel the same. I'm trying multi pronged approach...medication, exercise, group therapy, endocrinologist ...I also try to get from one moment to the next and give...
Right on, Jamie! So happy to hear!...
I wish I had some ideas...this sounds like a good option. Julie...
Hi Everbody, Hope everyone is making it through the day okay. I have been looking for a counselor and it's so hard to find a decent, affordable one. The most inexpensive I have found is $80 per hour....
You are not pathetic at all. Divorce is terribly painful...I got divorced two and a half years ago...still in a lot of pain. Your son will come around. You are doing all the right things. Also, just...
Thank you Trina and Jamie...
I have been trudging through excruciating depression unmedicated for several years. Have reached a breaking point where I realized I will go one of two ways if I dont get help. Have not had most...
Im so sorry Jamie. Also good for bladder is drinking asparagus juice. Or drink 8 oz of water with tsp baking soda. Wait twenty minutes. Drink 8 oz plain water. Wait another 20 mins and drink one more...
I am in a terrible hole, Trina...hope to find a way out. Thank you for kindness....
Wow...yes...how to let go...I certainly don't know how...maybe you can share some strategies as this therapy progresses. Thanks for this post. juliebean...
Sleep tight everybody. It's raining here...i love the rain!...
Thank you Karen and Trina....
Great, Joyce! Great job on the cleaning! I hear you about the journaling...My journal for past fifteen years basically has same entry on every page..."Dear G-d please take me home and have mercy on...