I am new, so Hello.

I am feeling severely anxious and depressed lately. It does vary throughout the day, with the worst time being nights when I get tired. I am over-sleeping and tried Abilify which worked for me before, but I had to come off it because I was hardly sleeping at all and extremely anxious. I am on some other meds.

A lot of stress in the past year. Debt, moving. I lost my psychiatrist of 13 years when she retired early. I really miss her. I've had a lot of illness as well. I have a good relationship with my husband but that can be stressful too as he is disabled.


This is NOT a good time of year for me as I'm tired of winter and snow and rain and general darkness. I've tried a daylight lamp but it didn't help me. I think my dislike of this time of year has more to do with it being less appealing to spend time outside. Also it seems like everyone is tired and sick of winter.

I'm 54 and currently on medical leave from work and trying to rebuild my physical and mental health. Once I am cleared to work, I plan to quit and seek work elsewhere because the job is toxic.