How shall I begin? I'm older than dirt and have had a lot of serious financial and health problems. I also have cognitive and memory and sleep problems.

I have a great antidepressant. I take the max amount, and it works.

However, I also have a rather strange "reactive" depression. Every time something goes wrong in my life, I get an additional overlay of depression and my meds don't handle it. I say that the new depression is "strange" because it feels like an overwhelming anxiety that I simply can't deal with and immediately translate into depression.

In that reactive depression I have nightmares chronically ... multiple episodes of fear, oppression, catch-22s, failure, finding myself in incomprehensible and frightening circumstances, etc.

Also.....I will sleep for 12-14 hours straight, even if I have slept 7-8 hours the night before. So this is not ok.

My memory is so bad that I have only now figured out that I should tell this to my primary physician. Duh. I told this to my neurologist, and he just said that my brain will not work properly until I sleep all night every night and stay awake all day every day. Hmmm. Wouldn't I love it if that were so simple. I have tried for five (5) years to reset my circadian clock properly, without luck. My body thinks it's a creature of the night.

I wonder if I need something for anxiety as well as depression. I wonder if that also will not take effect for six weeks.

Adieu