I took a blood test for my depression and other stuff and I turns out that I have a low functioning liver.

(which makes me tired but not sleep and very very depressed, not wanting to talk, no energy even when drinking large amounts of energy drinks or coffee).

I'm tired and depressed so I get an antidepressant, I'm anxious and irritable so I get a benzodiazepine that doesn't rid the irritability.

So all as I need is some amphetamines but that also causes irritability.

I don't even have the energy to tell my doctor what is wrong with me so I just really don't care at this point. I'm going to get the blood test reevaluated because of possible lab contamination.

Yesterday I gave the pills to my mom and told her to throw them away because I will just drink my sorrows away. Too bad I'm only 16 right. I'll hope that I can make it to the legal drinking age.

Does anyone else have a depression causing problem in relation to their blood test??...

[Sam2]

Hi lonelywithmycat,
You might want to have your mother call the Dr.s office to find out what was abnormal on your blood tests. Your liver does a number of things, and it would be nice for you to know exactly what was going on.

Both anti-depressants and benzodiazepines can cause you to feel tired. My Dr. has tried a number of them on me at low doses, and all of them put me on the floor. For that reason, I can't take them. I'm on clonazepam, another benzo drug, and it makes me tired and sluggish. By the way, if you have been on benzodiazepines for very long, they should not be stopped cold turkey or you can have some unpleasant withdrawl symptoms. (I got fed up last year with the medication and stopped taking it. Seven days later I was experiencing anxiety, lack of appetite, tremors and had one rather frightening episode of hallucinations. At the time I didn't know I had to taper the drug and didn't tell my Dr. The symptoms stopped as soon as I took a dose of the medication again.).

Since the whole reason for taking your medications is to improve the quality of your life, you need to call your Dr. and tell him what the medications are doing to you. Don't remain silent and suffer needlessly.

Drinking is dangerous when ingested along with the medications you are on, not to mention your liver function. I would tell you the same thing if you were over 21. At 16, you have your whole life ahead of you, and though it seems like you will never feel good again, with the proper treatment, you can feel better. Its just not going to happen overnight. The sooner you tell your Dr. that the medications are not working, the sooner he can get you on something that does.

If you are not seeing a psychiatrist already, you probably should. They can also perscribe antidepressants as well as talk therapy. I was a mess at your age, and though I still fight depression, I was more functional later on until a chronic pain condition, unrelated to depression, knocked me down. Don't give up on trying. It just seems like the end of the world right now.

Sam2

[Rohag]

Welcome, Alonewithmycat!

Originally Posted by Alonewithmycat

Does anyone else have a depression causing problem in relation to their blood test??...

Yes. The details get complicated, but I have at least two systemic conditions with blood markers, both of which exacerbate my depression. Unfortunately, these conditions were not discovered until years after the depression set in. This is one of the reasons I believe a full medical workup is important when a mental illness is diagnosed.

By all means, have your doctors recheck that test and explain all its implications to you and your mother.