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Originally Posted by it_will_get_better
So.... I think the prozac is beginning to take effect. The feeling I get is weird. I know that the underlying issues are still there. (I haven't done anything about them yet.) But my mood is definitely improving on the medication. So even though I know things are going wrong I'm not feeling as bad about them as I used to. Here is hoping that I'll get enough energy together to actually tackle the problems.
The side effects are a bit annoying though. I hardly sleep at night, which makes work even more difficult than it is already. Also I am still losing weight. I'm seeing the GP tomorrow and will ask her about the side effects.
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First of all, welcome, and next, kudos to you for working. It takes strength and courage to get up every morning and face a day of work. I've been through that. Having to show a smiling face, yet dying on the inside hoping the day would end quickly and head home to lay on the couch and veg.
I have been on a myriad of meds, some worked for awhile, some didn't. Also, I have been hospitalized in the past for this illness called depression. I think the hardest part dealing with mental illness is the stigma. Stigma at work, stigma in the public eye. It has improved, but not enough that people are accepted. As soon as you hear 'depression', some people gasp 'character flaw, loser'.
Keeping a journal for me has proved very beneficial as I endured ECT treatments after exhausting the many meds, and with memory loss, the journals were invaluable. ECT proved useless for me.
Also, you may want to start your own blog. That really helped me out. You can contact me if you wish on how to get started on that.
Please contact a psychiatrist for the meds, and also a therapist. As some others have suggested, therapy for me was the preferred route to go. I am still wrestling with this illness, and taking meds, and going to therapy and hanging in there.
You hang in there too.