Need a pick-me-up

Okay, I am having my usual spell of the blues, as always right about when my period starts. God, it's awful. It seems like I am productive and then bam! I spend at least two days in bed, my energy is down and I feel worthless. This makes me hate being a woman! The thing is that I have been feeling really great, really productive, gotten my office organized and stuff done but there are now a few loose threads to finish projects and I can't seem to finish them. Is this self-destructive or what?! I am feeling my loneliness acutely and I don't know if it's the depression or just facing the reality that there is no one significant in my life. Is the rest of the month just me being in denial? I don't know what to do. I take clonazepam for anxiety and that helps but I don't know if I should take more medication or if this is even a problem. It seems that there are people with worse concerns here, you know. I just don't want to go back in the hole! I've been there and then have been out for over a year with these dark spells every now and then. I just wish that I could trust in the recovery. I am also getting ready to see the folks for the first time in years and that is causing its own stress. I just want to figure out how to cope and get my work done! It's all I seem to have with the exception of a few good friends. I don't think that people know how lonely I get. I accomplish so much and there's no one to say, "Hey that's great! Look at that!" It seems so pointless ... does all my effort matter? I am tired of just having things matter only to me. Ugh!

(((((((((((((((((((((spal)))))))))))))))))))))))))))

how bout an extra-terrestrial pick-me-up...



feel better

LOL! Thanks.

hey.......my daughter was put on a med.....i'll google and find the info for you.......it is just a spinoff of prozac and i'll get back to you.....it totally changed her life......xoxox pat

brain fart is over it is Sarafem....i bet good ole cheap generic prozac would work......i'm not a doctor....talk to your physician.

SSRIs) for PMS and PMDD
Examples
citalopram Celexa fluoxetine hydrochloride Prozac Sarafem fluvoxamine Luvox paroxetine hydrochloride Paxil Paxil CR (controlled release) sertraline hydrochloride Zoloft
You can take a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) by mouth every day of the month. Or, you can take an SSRI daily between the day you ovulate and the start of your period (usually about 2 weeks).1

If you are trying to get pregnant, talk to your doctor about whether an SSRI is safe.

How It Works
An SSRI affects the brain's use of a chemical messenger (neurotransmitter) called serotonin. This improvement in serotonin use is known to be connected to and to improve physical and emotional PMS symptoms, depression, anxiety, hot flashes, and chronic pain.

Why It Is Used
SSRIs are often the first-choice medication for treating severe premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) symptoms, including depression, anxiety, irritability, anger, mood swings, breast tenderness, bloating, headache, and joint and muscle pain.

For many women, SSRI medication need only be taken during the premenstrual phase, generally 2 weeks before the start of menstrual bleeding.

How Well It Works
Research shows SSRIs are very effective in relieving the emotional and physical PMS and PMDD symptoms for most women. SSRI therapy usually brings relief within a few days of starting medication.
Taking an SSRI only during the premenstrual phase appears to be as effective as continuous SSRI treatment.
i'm having a total brain fart......her med was called fem??? and i researched it for her and it is just a total prozac action med. i found the above on SSRIs.........it absolutely gave her and her family her life back. and she only took it a few days a month. not the entire 30 day thing.........xoxoxo pat

Thank you. I will definitely be talking to my doctor about this. I am just suffering ...I don't know if it's me, my work, society's pressure on women -- you know, lots of responsibility but don't ask for authority, please -- or what??? And I will be visiting my parents soon and that just triggers all sorts of stuff. I have to figure how I will cope with it or even if it's worth going. They are getting old and there is legal stuff to take care of so I cannot avoid it. I feel stressed and feel myself already thinking defensively when I think about how to cope just talking to them. Amazing. Every time I try to minimize the impact those people have had on my life, and reclaim my life, I realize how MUCH impact they've had. If I was rich, I just would stay at a hotel and not stay with them but I have to be there for two weeks ...

hows this? have a look....


i still dont know how to get this on the page,,, sorry
take care
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will this work?

oh yeah go me!!!!

Thanks everyone. Feel better. Next time going to the doc to get some meds for this.