Meds - help me please

[amamas]

I'm in the process of changing meds at the moment as the last ones were making me worse.  How do people do this?????  I'm going CRAZY!!!!! Down to no meds tomorrow and I'm feeling insane right now.  Dr prescribed me a benzodiazepine to help me calm down and sleep tonight.  I hope it helps because I am going NUTS here.  Any handy tips goes cause I am losing the plot big time!!!!!!!

[geoff]

dear Amamas, thanks.

Changing between antidepressants is always terrible, we feel as though we are thrown onto a small little island, no communication nothing, but hopefully these benzondiazepines will be able to help you carry the weight, if however they don't do anything then contact your doctor and they maybe able to increase the dosage until you start again.

I was just checking on sites so google this 'how long between antidepressants can be taken' as there's different pages to look over.

This damn depression does so much harm and damage to all of us and all the problems it creates is so sad because it produces a second person with the same body, the same name, and anything about us is the same except for one thing and that's our brain. Look after yourself. L Geoff. x

[amamas]

Hey Geoff thanks heaps.  

Slept well last night thank goodness!!   Bit more in the land of the sane today (at least from my perspective anyway).

You're right about the depression, that's totally how it feels aye!  I worked in a lab in hospital years ago before I broke.  One of the machines I worked on a lot I used to call the beast because it had a mind of it's own and if it wasn't treated well it would go ape.  I'm thinking of using that same name for my depression.

So, the beast seems to be having a rest at the moment because I'm not feeling too bad today.

Take care, cheers Heaven

[Happiness4today]

Hi all my name is Stacey I have lived with depression and anxiety for twelve years,and I am now ready to embrace this  battle we face  each and everyday. It is so  empowering for all of us  to unite  and  push on,  after all  I do believe we are our own heroes.

[amamas]

Cheers Stacey, to all of us the heroes!

[The_Real_David_Charles]

Dear Stacey,

Hi - empowering is something we all have to work on.  Even the empowered.

There's a huge change of mindset when we get a bit of confidence or realise others with depression are in the same boat.   Someone told me I looked good the other day when I was walking the dog and they explained I must have lost weight.  But, sadly, I'd put on some.  What they really meant was "you look like you've got it together today'".

As Geoff and other responders that have dogs will tell you it's nearly always the dog that gets the attention, the praise, the long English sentences, the pat on the head and the odd treat.   To get a direct compliment (instead of the dog) is quite a shock and a big change from "What's her name ?" or "How old is your dog ?".

Adios, David.

PS  It's strange how you can suddenly realise you are happy or content.