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Originally Posted by lostandconfused89
So I've been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder for about a month now, and I am already on several medications. But I'm a complete mess! The biggest problem I'm having, well prob the only one, is depression. Take tonight for example. We had a cook out and a lot of family I never see was here. I was so excited for them to show up, until they got here. All of a sudden, I didn't want to socialize and stayed in my room a depressed mess the whole time they were here. I'm talking a deep deep depression.. Then, like someone flipped a switch, I felt great and wanted to be around everyone. I came downstairs, but everyone was already gone..  Does this happen to anyone else? I go from deathly depressed to happy and full of energy about 10 times a day and its driving me insane!! Maybe im not stable yet? Idk, just wandering if this is normal for the disorder, or I'm just a weirdo... I really look forward to hearing from you guys!
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Hi lostandconfused89,
I'm glad you shared your experiences since being on medication and just recently diagnosed. I can't imagine being on such a wild rollercoaster... I have a longer rollercoaster with bigger drops and rises but much slower. I feel like I've been depressed for over a month now and it just sucks to get up in the morning. I have to have routine. I get up, make the coffee, have my morning cigarette (trying to quit down to 3-4 a day now) and feed the cats and take care of their water and litter pan. Then I sit and get on the computer to see what other people in my support groups including this one are doing. I lack happiness, motivation, gratitude, etc... ad nauseum. But I did one thing yesterday that I didn't even pat myself on the back for and that was I took a long bike ride to the next town up to pick up most of my prescriptions that are due. As far as socializing I can handle a few people at a time (like five or less) and find gatherings too much to handle. Besides the mania/depressive episodes I also suffer from panic disorder so that makes it even harder to be around a lot of people... things like thought broadcasting, paranoia, being inarticulate, things like that... so I can totally relate to not suddenly wanting to be around so many people; although I attribute most of it due to my panic and anxiety.
Give yourself some time to adjust to the meds, if not feeling better in a few more weeks DO let your p-doc know. Welcome to the group!
Much Peace,