https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/hormonal-anxiety-and-depression/m-p/465468#M39292 <P>Hi MM and a belated welcome to the forums.</P> <P>Sometimes posts slip through which is distressing but it doesn't mean people don't care. </P> <P>How have you been holding up since you posted? Are the antidepressants helping? </P> <P>I've stopped trying to analyse why I feel depressed if there is no obvious reason. Hormones, medication side effects... You name it and most of us here have been told that might be a cause at some point. But sometimes there isn't a logical explanation. </P> <P>What sort of things do you find help you get through each day? Are there any things you can do that help ease the sadness even for a while?</P> <P>You described an elephant on your chest and overwhelming sadness where I would describe my depression as tight knots in my belly and chest and burning behind my eyes. Everyone feels it differently. But people here can and will relate. </P> <P>I hope you feel able to return and join in around the forums if it feels helpful for you. </P> <P>Nat</P> Mon, 02 Mar 2020 07:59:16 GMT Quercus 2020-03-02T07:59:16Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/hormonal-anxiety-and-depression/m-p/465467#M39291 <P>I’m looking to connect with someone who is experiencing the same things as Iam. Almost 3 weeks ago I had been feeling super dizzy and extreme fatigue, felt like there was an elephant on my chest and just super sad. I didn’t know what was going on, until I went to the doctors and told him I had been feeling but I didn’t have anything triggering why I had been feeling the way I had been feeling. He put it down to hormonal anxiety and depression, and a really bad side effect after coming of birth control. </P> <P>I’m on antidepressants which are helping heaps. And I’m just trying to get through each day. </P> Wed, 26 Feb 2020 11:05:25 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/hormonal-anxiety-and-depression/m-p/465467#M39291 M_M 2020-02-26T11:05:25Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/hormonal-anxiety-and-depression/m-p/465468#M39292 <P>Hi MM and a belated welcome to the forums.</P> <P>Sometimes posts slip through which is distressing but it doesn't mean people don't care. </P> <P>How have you been holding up since you posted? Are the antidepressants helping? </P> <P>I've stopped trying to analyse why I feel depressed if there is no obvious reason. Hormones, medication side effects... You name it and most of us here have been told that might be a cause at some point. But sometimes there isn't a logical explanation. </P> <P>What sort of things do you find help you get through each day? Are there any things you can do that help ease the sadness even for a while?</P> <P>You described an elephant on your chest and overwhelming sadness where I would describe my depression as tight knots in my belly and chest and burning behind my eyes. Everyone feels it differently. But people here can and will relate. </P> <P>I hope you feel able to return and join in around the forums if it feels helpful for you. </P> <P>Nat</P> Mon, 02 Mar 2020 07:59:16 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/hormonal-anxiety-and-depression/m-p/465468#M39292 Quercus 2020-03-02T07:59:16Z