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#1
Jul 21, 2009, 07:53 PM
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Well, I thought that with the mental health meds I am taking I would be okay FINALLY, but NOT!!
I take daily: 100mg Nortriptyline 200mg generic Lamictal I have been flat and in a dark mood for two weeks now. I don't know what to do now! And today I am back thinking about bad things; i.e. the hospital parking garage...ugh!! When I left my therapy appointment last week my doc said to the effect, "With all we talked about you are still unemotional." Yep that's me. Today, he didn't say it, but he did see it. Nothing seems to help. I fear a hospital coming to knock on my door again...and I DON'T want to go the local hospital again...it is beyond horrible. The big city hospital is preferable, but too far away. I don't need my daughter and her husband telling me how I am "unreliable" again!!
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The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity. ~~Ruby Dee The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you might make one. ~~Elbert Hubbard |
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Jul 21, 2009, 10:34 PM
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Sorry ahead of time for my sarcastic, not nice manner of these words. I just left a PD board where this similar non-activity happened there too.
I just can't understand why my posts get so little attention. Is it that I am just not interesting enough or I need to whine more. Do I need to tell a needy story...what? I don't have a needy story, only the need to have someone care about me and my issues tonight. All I get is hugs from member, while I watch other threads go on and on. I am sure I am not the only one who feels this way. We all have rough times and today and tonight are rough for me. I need opinions...ideas...suggested solutions...comments...someone to give a d*** in even the smallest way or I am out of here for good.
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The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity. ~~Ruby Dee The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you might make one. ~~Elbert Hubbard |
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Jul 22, 2009, 12:02 AM
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#4
Jul 22, 2009, 12:07 AM
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I'm sorry that you're having a rough time, especially with the "unreliable" comment that I can't imagine helped at all.
 I can't speak for others, but sometimes, I feel at a loss as to what to say to help folks out (not just here, but in the outside world also). Sometimes that's because the issues I see are either too far outside my personal experience, or just too overwhelming. Other times, it's just because I'm a little too deep in my own issues to offer coherent assistance. I wish I could offer something more practical, but right now all I can say is; as a fellow sentient being who is suffering pain & anguish, you'll be somewhere in my thoughts. |
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Jul 22, 2009, 12:08 AM
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I feel that way a lot, which is why I rarely post. I feel like I'm not in the in crowd on a board for those suffering from mental disorders, you'd think it would be easier.
But I'm listening, I hear you, I know all too well waiting to just be okay. |
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Jul 22, 2009, 12:19 AM
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Another thing too about answering post or even writing them for me is some times it is hard to write as my depression does not allow me to do anything. And also some post are so long that I can not read them as I get the jitters, this happens to me when I read a book or newspaper also. Not sure why but it sucks.
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Jul 22, 2009, 03:26 AM
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I agree with what the other posters have said here.
Sometimes it's hard to write a response because our brains can be so mixed up, and the thoughts may be hard to pen. At least that's how I feel at times. Please know that you are not alone. I hope that you can find some comfort and hope here. 
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When you feel like giving up.....Remember why you held on for so long in the first place." ---Author Unknown
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Jul 22, 2009, 01:47 PM
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It is horrible, but true - the meds do not take all the pain away. I am on 6 different meds for my bipolar and ocd. I am suffering from a depression right now. I have been on meds for 16 years. The meds will work for a while and then they stop for some unknown reason. It takes forever to find the right medicine and combination and then it doesn't last forever. It has taken me over a year before to find the right combination of meds for a while. Plus I noticed you are on an old antidepressant - Nortriptylene. It is a tricyclic antidepressant. Those are the old ones, there are so many more new ones, SSRI's among several others. Maybe you need a new antidepressant. The tricyclic's are hardly ever prescribed anymore.
As for the posts, hang in. Sometimes the board seems to have few responders, and sometimes people are just too sick themselves to respond. I know I have been. I just got out of an inpatient emergency stage and got out a week ago. This is the first time I have posted since before I went to the hospital. I've been kind of reclusive. Sorry the post is so long, I just feel for you. Know you are in my thoughts and pm me if you want to chat more.
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Lauru-------------That's me, Bipolar and Watching TV   I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. ---Robert Frost |
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Jul 22, 2009, 03:14 PM
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Just a couple of issues:
1) I suffer from depression and bi-polar symtoms. I'm new to this site but am at another also and there are many people who cannot understand why there are so many viewings, but so few responses. I think that most of the above posters addressed that issue. 2) One also mentions the fact that one of your meds is not one of the newer meds that most people I know are on for depression. These include prozac, zoloft, wellbutrin and others. 3) You might also address the issue of a short term anti-anxiety med like xanax. I've been on that for several years and it definitely helps. There have been periods when I've gone without it and did not notice any withdrawl symptoms that are so frequently talked about. 4) I have noticed that making contacts and friends at any given site can give you at least a few people you can count on all the time to give you some feedback or just to say hello to.
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Jul 22, 2009, 05:49 PM
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Thank you to all of you!!
As to my meds. I am on older meds for generic purposes. I am on disability for PD and my RX coverage is Medicare Part D...a wonder thing, NOT!!...so I have to have generics to get through The Gap (aka Donut Hole) each year.
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The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity. ~~Ruby Dee The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you might make one. ~~Elbert Hubbard |
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