The Weight is Beginning to Lift

I just wanted to share my experience of the past week or so. I began taking medication for my depression/anxiety and within a day or two I began to notice a difference. Last year I had tried Xanax and Buspar with very minimal results so I discontinued them. I was doing okay but slowly I slid back into that strange feeling of sadness, frustration, being overwhelmed, so what?, who cares?, what difference does it make?, etc. It happened gradually enough that I didn't notice it happening. And I don't think that until I began to feel better that I even realized that I almost always had at least a little underlying depression going on. For me it would come and go, and sometimes not really severe, but I also think part of the problem was that I had been used to feeling that way.

Slowly I am noticing that my reactions are not so dramatic and I don't feel so terribly weighed down with heaviness and emotion. I do feel very sleepy from the medication and I am hoping that will wear off. But I am hopeful that the results I am feeling only continue to improve. I am feeling guilty that I didn't begin something sooner and I hate to remember subjecting my family to my temper and bad moods. And I am sure I will still have my bad moods from time to time, but I did want to share to anyone in case it helps that I didn't want to be someone who needed any medication and I didn't want to wait weeks and weeks for it to work. But I began to feel better right away and I hope that helps someone else. The posts I have read here are also very helpful and as many have said, exercise helps a lot, too.

The main thing is to start to feel better .

Glad to hear that you are feeling better !!! Enjoy the sleep while you can - many times once we get used to a medication, it does not cause sleepiness !

Keep on keepin on !