Hi all, I posted last week feeling quite overwhelmed, anxious and depressed as even though I've been getting therapy for 3 years and have made many lifestyle changes, I eas still having massive problems trying to find a medication to help.
Several people responded with words of comfort. I rang BeyondBlue, and from there saw my GP and spoke to my psychologist, and from there got referred to the emergency psych team for my area as obviously I was under considerable distress, made worse by the long waiting list for psychiatrist. M
i have several medication intolerances and severe reactions so I was quite upset and distressed about not finding a medication that wouldn't make me very ill. I've obviously tried to deal with it through therapy alone but my quality of life has been really low- constant nausea, insomnia, multiple panic attacks, depressive symptoms, sudden mood swings. Haven't been able to work for 6 months.
anyway all those lovely people at the emergency psych team, my psych, BeyondBlue, all the people who responded to me here.. It all finally added together and I got a psychiatric review.
Started led a new tsblet 2 days ago- it's not an antidepressant or a benzodiazepine- it's something else (I know we're not supposed to name medications here so I wont.). I was told it would begin to work straight away but the very best effects would be seen after 2 weeks.
the last 2 days have been the best days I've had in 6 months (probably in years to be honest). I've had 2 fantastic nights of really good sleep- waking up feeling refreshed, I've had no nausea at all (none! That's the first time in years!!), I'm eating decent food and have an appetite, I feel really quite calm. Like not zombied out- I still care about stuff. There's been 2 majorly stressful events happen in these 2 days (my bf got admitted to hospital emergency, and I rang into someone from my past) but weird thing is- Id normally be vomiting, nauseous, panicking, this kind of thing would normally freak me out but I'm FINE. Obviously i still care- in still concerned- but im not flipping out. I've had no mood swings, no panic attacks, nothing that usually stresses me (like driving in traffic) is stressing me- like its a bit annoying but totally fine.
This is fantastic!! Is this how non-anxious people feel? Is this what a normal life is like? Obviously it's still early days so it could get even better!!
i had had to share the happy news!!
