[Victoria'smom]

As most of you know I've been dealing with depression since the end of November. I am no longer at the point that I think I'm my husbands imaginary friend, out right suicidal or constantly wanting to hurt myself. I am generally aggravated that I'm alive, have to deal with the world, and awake. I'm sleeping a good 12+ hours and putting myself in harmful situations. My therapist even did a suicide assessment on me Friday. I was also told my prn is not going to pull me out of this. My psychiatrist will know all this and 2 months ago he doubled my antidepressant. I'm sure he'll want to change or add something but I'm not a fan of meds plus this is the last time I see him before he moves and I get transfered.

I see pdoc in 10 days and I like to have a plan before I go in so that its easier to work from that. Does anyone have advice, Ideas, thoughts?I'd really like ideas because right now I feel lost.

[hamster-bamster]

How are you sleeping? Actually 12 hrs, or less but do not want to get out of bed?
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[Victoria'smom]

Actually sleeping. We have a rule that requires us to take the 15 steps it takes to get to the couch if we are awake.

I can understand why you feel so lost right now

Its a hard one to answer. For me if I sleep 12 hours, I bring on depression. I need to sleep less than 10, 8 ideally. Meds wise you need to commit to taking it, If you think you are going to stop taking them its probably best not to take something new as that can really mess with you stopping and starting all different types. Are you comfortable with your current med? Is there a risk of mania if you up the current med?

Im glad you are slowly making progress, will you have therapy and pdoc set up for you in your new area? Will you be able to contact them in an emergency situation?

I hope we can help you figure everything out.

[shortandcute]

I picked other because I can't decide what I would do. I could easily pick any one of them, depending on how I'm feeling at the moment.

[Victoria'smom]

. Are you comfortable with your current med?
If they have the circle lamictal in 200mg. I should be happy with my current meds but they force me to invent new coping skills.

Is there a risk of mania if you up the current med?
I'm not sure I'm thinking of asking him to raise my lamictal. If I do become manic I'm supposed to take the PRN and show up at his office.

will you have therapy and pdoc set up for you in your new area?

He's the one that is moving. So I'll have my current therapist and a new pdoc. My husband just got a new pdoc too. So I have no idea what our new treatment plan will be. If I'll still be a walk in patient or if php and hospitalization will be put back on the table. I will be moving in about six months and will see my new pdoc and t within the week. If that is not possible I will be put into php until it is. They aspect a psychotic mania within a week of moving.

Will you be able to contact them in an emergency situation?

I don't know about new pdoc but I trust my therapist. I'm still not sure I would contact them as I haven't used everything that is currently available.

[swheaton]

I picked just deal. I think my current meds will work better with CBT and my visits here

[~Christina]

I say increase your coping skills ... ie: no matter what you must bath daily and get to the couch .. reward yourself for those things. fooling around with med changes can often make things worse right at first.

Increasing coping skills is always the best option, but your dose of lamictal is not that high either, so if you feel you cannot cope maybe you could ask for an increase. If you feel you are getting better (even slowly) dont mess with the meds IMO. Goodluck

[Nightside of Eden]

If I was feeling that bad, I would definitely be increasing my meds and looking at adding other things to my combo. But I guess it depends on what your level of functioning was without meds. What you're describing are the very symptoms I went on meds to stop feeling, so I would consider it a failure of treatment if I felt that way again for any length of time.

[vjdragonfly]

personally, I went through the up meds and changed meds until it was right, took several years, but I feel good now for quite some time