I have been dealing with depression and anxiety for a long time now and for a couple months i will be great then for a week I will go through hell, non stop anxiety, depression, sucidal thoughts. I currently take lexapro, wellbutrin sr, xanax PRN, and lithium carb. the random suicidal thoughts usuall start this reaction of depression and anxiety, are these thoughts caused from oen of my meds, just depression or what im so frustrated of feeling like me for a while and then feeling like nothing matters again i hate it.
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Q: Depression/panic dissorder
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8/ 6/09 4:35pm
Whootsley, I'm glad you are here and hope you stay. I wonder what you were feeling before beginning these medications? What prompted your beginning to use these? Were your feelings even worse than they are now?
I think most medications, especially antidepressants, run a risk of adverse effects, even making a person, sometimes, from what I read, more susceptible to to sucidal feelings, anxiety and depression.
That is why I asked what preceded the need for each medication?
I think you are right to question that one or more, or combination, is affecting you adversely. Perhaps talking this over with your doctor, the effects you are feeling, perhaps talking with another doctor might help establish why this is happening to you
It is very worth the investigation.
I hope others will give their opinions. I have no problems with using medication but the risk is there. Have you discussed this with the doctor? What are you being told?
Just so you know, you always matter.
8/ 7/09 12:50pm
I hope you are working through understanding and knowledgeable doctors who are actively trying to find the right balance for you in medications. I guess you have tried finding a good therapist in your past? They are hard to find. As hard as the right drugs.
You should, if it helps, keep writing here, even sharing in answering some questions if you see a place to help others with your experience. You are valued here for what you have been through and still struggle with. We are, each of us still wanting to love life and I can see that when people write here.
I wish you well, good luck.
8/10/09 5:28am
The one im just starting to see sems great, meeting with me and mom my to see if there might be some traumatic thing that we can find that may have happend. the hard thing is the last time i wrote i told you how terrbile i was and now everything is great and fine thats what sucks. thank you for your input writing here does help thanks for listening and writing back.
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It was so bad that in september i was in the mental hospital for 10 days because all i could think about was suicide, so the meds have definatley helped but im still not the in the best shape i could be, just a pain in the ass trying different anti-d and it just takes time i guess, time and an unknown strength to fight through it, im not sure how i fight it off but i do.