[Hopefull]

I saw Pdoc and forgot my formulary. I hardly ever take a drug. I once in a while take a pill for a headache or a cold but not very often. I tried an over the counter sleep aid once during the past nine months of trouble sleeping. I had a cold at the time and hoped I could sleep better if I did. I woke up quite a bit. Since I forgot my formulary, Pdoc gave me prescription for Trazodone to see if it helps me sleep. It just makes me dizzy when I get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. I tried 25 mg (half a pill) two different nights. The first night I obsessed about the idea of a drug messing with my mind. My mind works funny. So, I don't like to mess with it. That night I woke up at one and around four. The next night I woke up at almost two and three thirty. I woke up some more later last night. I am trying to figure out if I try a whole pill since the pharmacist said that I could take up to a pill and a half or will I just get dizzy while trying to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. She had wanted me on Paxil CR. I cried today. You know that I just love to cry.
What's it like to take an anti-depressant? I once felt guilt-free and was very happy for no apparent reason. I thought I was losing my conscience or becoming a psychopath. Sometimes, I joked that I was high or experiencing a manic stage. But, could it be that it was normalcy? Do normal moods get that high? Could that be what it is like to take anti-depressants? Can they really help with sleep, crying, the feeling of being overwhelmed, the staring at the walls, the feeling of helplessness, negative thinking etc? T says that they can make the negative thinking easier to let go of. Does it?

[Rhapsody]

((((((( HUGS ))))))) ~ ~ ~ ((((((( HUGS )))))))

... try and give the medicine some time, for I think your mind and feelings will be better with a like help, as was mine.

LoVe,
Rhapsody -

[Danialla]

As your tdoc said, medication can help you cope and handle "constructively", your negative thinking patterns.

What anti-depressants don't do is make you "high". Will you have more energy with the right meds, hopefully. But that is because depression tends to drain you of all hope and consequently "functioning" energy....IMHO.

Please give the medication sometime to act, and try to deal with small side effects, like nausea or mild headaches, etc. as they come.....those side effcts will usually end with time.

Sleeping problems are the worst for me too. Trazadone did nothing for me. It did not help me sleep, but remember EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT, and medications act differently in everyone, so give it some time.

Take care and keep us posted.

[Sarah116]

You see commercials with people hugging and kissing with the ideal perfect so called life. That this medicine takes your problems away but leaves you with the "good" of you. Psychiatrists and Psychologists encourage them as oh the just might change your life! Well they just might change your life but also can be very dangerous! Those commercials use marketing techniques and advertising and appeals to try and sell their product do not be fooled! I remember when I was taken to a psychiatrist and still am but the first time I was rather scared and when I heard about what they do I thought of them as nasty and evil. They really can be! But still there is some good you never know if it could help you! I have a friend whom took Anti Depressants and was sadder than ever almost ready to commit suicide and began cutting they made her so sad and fat. She now is getting off them and does not suggest them or want them again. I wish you luck and that you find a way medicine or not to deal.
Sarah

[rhubarbpie]

I began taking 10mg of Lexapro about one month ago for crying fits. I was also quite apprehensive but must admit it has helped significantly decrease my crying.

I've experienced no side effects.

[Determined]

I was too. Especially since I was on a drug when I was a teenager that did not help my depression so I OD on it trying to make them work. It was especially scary since I ended up in the hospital due to the OD. Years later and newer less adictive medications have been made I gave them a try again. The second time I realized I was doing it again. I expected the drugs to preform all the work. Even begging for higher and higher doses to make me feel better. I am now on 10 mg. of Prozac. I decided to make this my dose till I can recognize the benefits and accept some of the responcibility for my behavior myself. It is still hard however, I do know the Prozac is working some to eliminate my depression. However, I will be continuing to discuss what works best for me as this goes on. It could be a different drug but I will keep my doses low and recognize my own part in managing my depression. They say Cognitive Behavior Therapy is mandatory along with taking any drugs. You don't want to be reliant on them, just use them to help get through tough times.

[Hopefull]

I think I experienced withdrawal syptoms of Trazodone. I don't think Pdoc thought about the effect they'd have on someone who is not currently on an anti-depressant. They didn't help me sleep. But, my mind liked it. So, about half way through the day I had a major problem focusing in class on Friday. I thought it was the original problem.
Then I tried 50 mg of Trazodone to try to sleep better the next night and then around 2 or 3 pm the next day I lost my focus even worse. I ended the work day feeling worn out. It felt like I had felt before I started talking to T rather than after nine months of T time. I had some fantasies of taking one in the afternoon to avoid the crash in mood. But, that is not doctor's orders. I decided not to take them until I see Pdoc again. I really prefer to keep my moods as is rather than go on and off like that. I think Pdoc got thrown off by my forgeting my formulary and blew it. I think Trazodone is probably recommended more as an sleep aid for people currently on an anti-depressant rather than as a sleep aid for some without an anti-depressant. Does anyone know what the withdrawal symptoms of Trazodone is? I saw the word malaise on one of my drug cards.
What are the withdrawal symptoms of Paxil CR and Prozac? I ask because I can tell that my mind liked it. GRRR! I found it easier to stop starring at the wall and easier to ignore my negative side. I finally got the guts to tell my general practitioner. I had been avoiding that because I just love to mind read. "If I tell her, she will think I'm nuts." I still heard the thinking but it was quitter that morning. I think it was Trazodone doing it. But, using it as a sleep pill makes you go on it and then off it. I find that emotionally painful. So, I will just wait until Pdoc appointment, bring formulary and try Paxil CR.
I didn't take it last night and I didn't lose my focus at all. Sure, I cried. Sure, I did quite a bit of negative thinking. But, I have always been a negative thinker.
How do you keep from getting lazy about correcting for negative thinking? I have corrected for negative thinking to some degree for a decade. But, I have discovered by reading some books based on CBT that I wasn't recognizing a lot of the thinking. I was only recognizing and correcting for the most blatant negative thinking. But, if it gets as easy to ignore as it was the one morning, how do you keep correcting for it and trying to learn more positive ways of thinking? I suspect T will have something up her sleeve. She has been kind of just supplying some majorly sweet sounding rational responses in an attempt to make me feel less sad. But, I have decided to share my rational responses before letting her state one from here on in. I am good at some of them and really bad at others.