[Khione]

I'm on the verge of giving up.. With college and just everything I'm general. All I want to do is stay in bed and sleep and just do nothing. I'm so tired and exhausted, it's killing me.

I'm on medication for anxiety but instead of helping the anxiety it's just aggravated my depression (which was close to none existent before the medication).

I'm close to being kicked out of college because of my attendance and I missed yesterday and I'm considering skipping today because even getting out of bed and getting dressed wore me out. I'm sat on my floor in a ball because I just don't want to move or do anything. I'm scared for my future, I don't want to be like this, I want to go to college and do well but the thought of leaving my house makes me want to cry and just crawl back into bed. I'm trying to make up for it by doing whatever work I can but it's hard without any materials from my teachers.

I don't know what to do anymore..

[Dooley75]

I have a few suggestions. If you haven't already done so, talk to close friends or family you trust. Sometimes when it's really rough, it's hard to advocate for yourself. Talk to your designated school counselor or guide for which classes you take. Explain what's going on. S/he may be able to speak on your behalf to your teachers, or help set the stage for you to if that's not possible. As far as your medication goes, when you have bad reactions as strong as you have had to your anti-anxiety medication, talk to your doctor immediately. Follow her/his instructions carefully regarding discontinuation. Ideally, you'll be prescribed a new, effective and not-at-all-horrible medication in its place. I know it's hard. Keep in mind that you can and will feel better. I wish you all the best.

can you go to your doctor and ask to go on an antidepressant like Prozac or Zoloft? are you in therapy?

[Fuzzybear]

[pinkflower17]

Originally Posted by Khione

I'm on the verge of giving up.. With college and just everything I'm general. All I want to do is stay in bed and sleep and just do nothing. I'm so tired and exhausted, it's killing me.

I'm on medication for anxiety but instead of helping the anxiety it's just aggravated my depression (which was close to none existent before the medication).

I'm close to being kicked out of college because of my attendance and I missed yesterday and I'm considering skipping today because even getting out of bed and getting dressed wore me out. I'm sat on my floor in a ball because I just don't want to move or do anything. I'm scared for my future, I don't want to be like this, I want to go to college and do well but the thought of leaving my house makes me want to cry and just crawl back into bed. I'm trying to make up for it by doing whatever work I can but it's hard without any materials from my teachers.

I don't know what to do anymore..

You sound depressed. Can you make an appt with whoever described the anti-anxiety med to discuss maybe starting an anti-depressant or at least changing the anxiety med, doesn't sound like it's helping anyway.

If you're having that hard of a time, can you take some time off? Do you think you can manage to get up and make an appt with your guidance counselor? They can a) help you decide where to go from here and b) help with getting accommodations, provided you get a solid diagnosis and c) act as a liaison between you and your professors. If you really can't leave the house, can you at least e-mail your professors and let them know what's going on? A lot are more understanding than you might expect and may be willing to work with you. Can you try to do one small thing everyday to move you forward? i.e. e-mail your professors, make an appt with your doctor, make an appt with your guidance counselor, leave the house for one class, even getting up and getting dressed can be an accomplishment sometimes. College is rough. You can get through this though. You can do this. Hang in there. Keep us updated.

[unhappydaze]

I second pinkflower, you do sound depressed. It's possible there's an underlying medical problem contributing to (or even causing) the exhaustion and low mood. Did the doc who prescribed the anxiety med ever order blood work or other tests to check for such conditions? If s/he is unavailable, is there a clinic close by?

I'm not a doc and I don't know how things work in the U.K., but GPs hereabouts will check for common conditions such as hypothyroidism. They can also prescribe meds to help tide you over until you can get an appointment with a pdoc.

And as pinkflower said, please let us know how you're doing.

[Khione]

Hi guys, my anxiety meds are technically anti-depressents (Fluoxetine/Prozac). So in theory I'm already on anti-depressents. And they were prescribed my by psychiatrist. I'm 17, so I don't think a regular GP can prescribe anti-depressents etc, so I have to speak to a psychiatrist. She wrote a letter to my doctor saying I had to get blood tests done but she put me on the medication anyway since she thinks it's unlikely, but said I should still get checked out...

Thing is, my anxiety is that bad I can barely leave my house - never mind go get blood tests done by a stranger and show my arms etc. It's just not going to happen really unless something can get worked out.

I skipped college again today - they've already made so many adjustments to help keep me in college, I feel like I'm on the last straw. I can do all the work (I get full marks or close to full marks in every essay I had in and the work I do is up to day/I catch up on the work out of class and all that). So it's not the work thats an issue for me, it's leaving my house and going. I've got to go out tomorrow to see my psychiatrist which is going to be difficult, but my boyfriend is taking me on the bus so it should be a bit easier on my anxiety - not so much on my depression/tiredness though.