dear Anna and Itsjeemszy, I thought that the both of you needed to be replied to, because you both are feeling the same and it wouldn't be fair just to respond to one of you.
When we are affected by depression or any other type which is associated with this illness, no one believes us, they say to us that 'you will be feel better tomorrow', easy for them to say but it's not true, so suddenly we feel alienated from them, and then we lose any confidence in talking to them or relying on them for support, and this can go on through our so called 'friends' until we are left all by ourselves.
Unless any of our 'friends' or family have been through depression themselves then they won't have the patience or knowledge to even begin to help us, which does annoy the hell out of us.
When you go to your doctor you have to be satisfied that he/she has their full attention on how you feel, because if they don't then it's just 'take this and see how you go', which really isn't good enough, they have to explain any side-effects and how they want you start the AD and then for them to be gradually increased, and to stay in contact with them.
There are many types of AD's some will work for you while others won't do a thing, so if the one you are taking has no effect then you have to go back to your doctor and tell them.
It may take a few AD before the one finally begins to work, and many of us have been through several, so unfortunately it's not unusual to try a few, personally I had to go through about half a dozen, and yes it is annoying.
I'm almost out of space, but please ring the BB 24/7 line or the webchat where these wonderful people will be able to direct you in the right direction.
I would dearly love to hear back from you. L Geoff. x
