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Depression support - part 4
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Depression is a disease that never seems to go away...I hate it...I have dysthymia Depression, the lowest form...as well as two other disorders...but that's my depression one...little zoloft and topomax pills...you ever wonder if the pills help? I've never gone off of them or anything, but, sometimes I just wonder...other times I notice I'm more depressed without them...depression hurts, not only yourself, but everyone around you (I know that's from the commercial, but it's true...I've lived it)...to all those who suffer I'm sorry you too have to endure it...   
I have dysthymia too, didn't get diagnosed until my 40s though, the meds don't work for me, I have pretty much every side effect in the book from them, so I try counseling and have learned to get along pretty well. I hope things work out for you. Welcome to our thread. It has been quiet in here for awhile, people have apparently been busy. Keep up your fight, you can conquer it or get control of it anyways. Take care. I take Topamax too, for my migraines. Good luck.
Wow, I'm sorry to hear you didn't get diagnosed until later on. That sucks. Oh I know how it is to get every side effect in the book from meds because when it comes to surgeries I can't take anything for pain (literally--not even morphine, penicillian, etc.). Topamax for migraines? Odd. I still get migraines and I've been on Topamax for a few years. Excedrin works for me. Nice to meet someone who knows what it's like. And thanks for the warm welcome to the thread.
I am only on 200 mg of Topamax a day, but without it I get auras for migraines, I actually get "retinal auras" where I get the auras but the headache doesn't happen, really bizarre. Scared me, I was having them daily, went to the ophthalmologist, was scared my vision was going bad, he said they wouldn't affect my vision, but I get them when I am stressed. The Topamax helps control them. I know you can take up to 600 a day of Topamax, I have been on 300, but do okay on 200, so have been on that for maybe 3 years now. I still get headaches but not like I was. Stress seems to dictate my headaches, when I am super stressed, I will get stuck in a headache cycle that can last for months. I have muscle relaxants that help some with the arthritis in my neck and slows the headaches down too. After all these years, guess I am finally finding a combination that works. Yeah, it does suck to walk around for 40+ years and wonder what the he1l is wrong with you, finally someone put some words to it, it was relief to finally know what it was. I do okay without meds, but have done a lot of counseling to work on my issues and have developing some coping skills so I do okay. I actually can't take aspirin or Tylenol, but do take some Vicodin or another pill for the major headaches, can take the Tylenol if there is some narcotic there to buffer it, I guess, but my stomach won't take the straight Tylenol after all these years. Welcome again, this is normally a really safe place to hang out, lots of good people here. Take care. Yeah I was relieved when I finally had names for my disorders, too. I am on 150 of Topomax and Zoloft and when either are increased I either get physically or mentally ill. I was in therapy for 3 years and it really helped, too. Wow, you can't take tylenol or aspirin? Aspirin itself never worked for me, but Excedrin always did, at least for my migraines. My mom (I'm adopted, so she's not technically related) had a hysterectomy when she was in her early 30's and ever since she hasn't been able to work because she gets severe migraines where all she does is sleep, feel like crap (everything bothers her--light, sounds, smells, etc.), and treats everyone around her like crap. When she's sick you learn to stay out of her way. But my entire life she was a stay-at-home mom and probably half of it she was sick. When I was really little it was worse and she used to throw up with the migraines. It sucks because her migraines predict the weather (SE wind means she will be sick and if there's going to be a storm coming she's sick). They've gotten worse since I moved out of the house, too. |
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I've been on Depo for a few years already and I know I can never have kids, so it's kinda pointless using Yaz when I know I eventually have to have a procedure (my parents insurance only covers me until I'm 25 and I'm already 22 and the timing is perfect as long as I can get in between July 18-August 23 because my online classes will start again on August 24th) Again I am waiting to make an appointment with my doctor for a plain physical but it's memorial day weekend so I have to wait until either Tues or Wed and then when I go in I will talk to her and most likely just get a referral to an OBGYN. Being on birth control forever is not healthy for anyone's system and if I were to start Yaz I'd prob be on it for a very long time (until I could afford a tubal ligation or whatever myself). And I don't want to wait because I've known for a long time that I never wanted kids and now I know I cannot have them and plus my PMDD is getting worse. But like I said I'll talk to my doctor and we'll see what happens. When I go I'll let you all know what happens. Thanks for your input though, everybody.
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No I wasn't talking about a hysterectomy or getting my tubes tied because both of those would neither work or be unnecessary. My mom had a hysterectomy because she had a tumor for 10 years that was misdiagnosed (I was adopted because she couldn't have kids). I'm talking about a different kind of procedure where they burn/laser or something (not sure what it's called) but mom told me about it. I definitely need it because unlike what Rapunzel says I suffer severely already and if I can get the surgery where I no longer have periods and cannot get pregnant (which is my goal anyway) then I will be a lot better off than I am right now. Right now my periods are affecting my everyday life as well as my schooling. Sometimes you have to mess with the body in order to make it better (8 knee surgeries is living proof of this).
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Topic:
Depression support - part 4
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Depression is a disease that never seems to go away...I hate it...I have dysthymia Depression, the lowest form...as well as two other disorders...but that's my depression one...little zoloft and topomax pills...you ever wonder if the pills help? I've never gone off of them or anything, but, sometimes I just wonder...other times I notice I'm more depressed without them...depression hurts, not only yourself, but everyone around you (I know that's from the commercial, but it's true...I've lived it)...to all those who suffer I'm sorry you too have to endure it...
I have dysthymia too, didn't get diagnosed until my 40s though, the meds don't work for me, I have pretty much every side effect in the book from them, so I try counseling and have learned to get along pretty well. I hope things work out for you. Welcome to our thread. It has been quiet in here for awhile, people have apparently been busy. Keep up your fight, you can conquer it or get control of it anyways. Take care. I take Topamax too, for my migraines. Good luck.
Wow, I'm sorry to hear you didn't get diagnosed until later on. That sucks. Oh I know how it is to get every side effect in the book from meds because when it comes to surgeries I can't take anything for pain (literally--not even morphine, penicillian, etc.). Topamax for migraines? Odd. I still get migraines and I've been on Topamax for a few years. Excedrin works for me. Nice to meet someone who knows what it's like. And thanks for the warm welcome to the thread.
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I just have regular PMS and it seems to have gotten worse as Ive gotten older. Just extreme anxiousness and I tend to become a little overly emotional and short with people. I know how that is. It never seemed to be an age issue with me, but I'm sure it definitely can be. I'm sorry to hear that you too suffer like this. It is never easy because you know you are off-balance and it makes no one want to be around you as well as you not want to be around anyone else. *hugz*
Oh well please dont misunderstand. I dont think I am suffering from PMDD like you are which sounds much more serious. I have the typical PMS symptoms. A little water gain, craving salty snacks, not wanting to exercise and feeling fatigue for about a week leading up to my period. The worst part of it is the emotional stress. I just feel more raw and I will snap at people and lose my patience. I might bring up past instances or memories that happened years earlier and re-hash an entire argument over it. 
So I dont think its as bad as what you are experiencing. I just wanted to make that clear and hope you can find a suitable treatment. I know they have something now. Yazz? Have you asked your GYN? Any kind of PMS symptoms are not fun. I need to make an appointment for my yearly physical and when I do I'll be talking to her and seeing if there is any other kind of treatment that would be better, but I doubt I'll be taking any other kind of birth control. I think I'll just be having the surgery that gets rid of periods and makes me not have kids. I was planning to have it next fall anyway, and having it now would just help me even more so that these periods stop ruining my daily life as well as my schooling. |
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I just have regular PMS and it seems to have gotten worse as Ive gotten older. Just extreme anxiousness and I tend to become a little overly emotional and short with people. I know how that is. It never seemed to be an age issue with me, but I'm sure it definitely can be. I'm sorry to hear that you too suffer like this. It is never easy because you know you are off-balance and it makes no one want to be around you as well as you not want to be around anyone else. *hugz*
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It's quite possible that the Depo Provera is what's causin the extended bleedin. For some women the Depo stops the bleedin for others it can cause lengthy spottin. 
I did not know that.  Thanks for the input.
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Ive heard about this and its very real. It happens to people very often if they move from one climate to another or to a place with a long dark winter that they are not used to. Basically you just need to use your light therapy and also get some form of exercise in the winter when its dark like a treadmill. Get yourself very tired so you sleep well at night. Humans are effected by light just like all animals. Make sure you are getting enough Vitamin D in your diet also. I've lived in Michigan my entire life, so it didn't happen because I moved. I just grew up in the climate I've always known. And I cannot get any form of exercise in winter because the only kind of exercise I can get is walking because of my knee problems and I get asthma if I'm outside in the winter. Exercise does nothing for me anyway. It doesn't give me a high or anything and I've hated it my whole life. It just happens that I can't do it now. I sleep constantly because I have so many things wrong with me. Yes, I should use my light box more often. It makes me sleepy, though. You're supposed to use it in the early morning to start your day, but it makes me want to go right back to sleep.
A treadmill can be used inside. If that's boring, watch TV while you're doing it. Exercise does do something for you!! It increases endorphins, controls weight, strengthens muscles and bones, lowers the heart rate, helps with cholesterol and blood pressure, increases endurance, and more. I can't use a treadmill because of my knees. Like I said before, the only exercise I can physically do is walking because of my knees. It may be healthy but even when I used to do it it didn't give me a high or anything or make me feel healthier. I always hated it. I was born to be overweight and then you add in my knee problems and I'm just plain doomed. 
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Anyone have this disorder? I have suffered with it ever since I got my period as a young teenager. Since I've been on birth control it's been better, but lately it's been just as bad as it used to be without the birth control. I get extremely moody, extremely crampy, and I bleed for like a month (which isn't supposed to happen when you're on the depo shot). I thought getting on the depo shot would cure this problem, but it hasn't. I plan to get a surgery as soon as possible to prevent me from having children and to stop my periods. It affects my everyday life and my schooling too much to live like this and plus I cannot have kids anyway due to my mental and physical problems. Just curious if anyone else suffers from this as severely as I do. You ever get to the point where you just curl up in a corner and cannot move because it hurts too much? Or do you ever lash out at everyone around you for no reason whatsoever? Or are you so tired that you just can't stop sleeping? Let me know...
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I have been thinking that I might have SAD. I really hate winters in Connecticut. The older I get the more I want to move to a more temperate climate. Being cooped up in the house for half the year is just not my thing. I know how that feels. I wonder if I should move to a warmer climate someday, but all of my family is around here and I like Michigan. True it's unpredictable, but we are surrounded by the great lakes so we are protected when it comes to the severe storms like hurricanes, severe tornadoes, earthquakes, or volcanoes. We get lightning/thunder storms and small tornadoes and blizzards but nothing severe like other states get. I do like Michigan and I don't want to leave. The only reason I would leave would be to get a job or for my SAD and it would definitely be to a warmer place.
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Ive heard about this and its very real. It happens to people very often if they move from one climate to another or to a place with a long dark winter that they are not used to. Basically you just need to use your light therapy and also get some form of exercise in the winter when its dark like a treadmill. Get yourself very tired so you sleep well at night. Humans are effected by light just like all animals. Make sure you are getting enough Vitamin D in your diet also. I've lived in Michigan my entire life, so it didn't happen because I moved. I just grew up in the climate I've always known. And I cannot get any form of exercise in winter because the only kind of exercise I can get is walking because of my knee problems and I get asthma if I'm outside in the winter. Exercise does nothing for me anyway. It doesn't give me a high or anything and I've hated it my whole life. It just happens that I can't do it now. I sleep constantly because I have so many things wrong with me. Yes, I should use my light box more often. It makes me sleepy, though. You're supposed to use it in the early morning to start your day, but it makes me want to go right back to sleep.
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Good
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Exactly Winx.
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completely agreed Winx
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thanx Winx
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Edited by
Bi_CurizGrl
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Thu 05/21/09 06:49 PM
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well I was diagnosed in my teens with that and my SAD.....wasn't diagnosed as a child...the Borderline started as a child and was misdiagnosed...
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Topic:
Can You See Me?
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Thank you for your comments Mystique42, MzEm, and 2KidsMom
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Winter is long and dark here in Northern MI. And We have a local pharmacy that will rent you a light therapy box cheaply for two wks to see if you respond to light therapy. They say they sell a light box to %80 of the people they rent to. My dad made me a light box and I do have it but haven't used it like I should. When he first made it I used it and it really helped. I should use it constantly in winter. In summer I can be outside or should be anyway. Then again with my allergies I should probably be using it, too. 
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Hit the beach, that's what I do. There is no beach around here for several, several miles. The only one worth going to is like 2-3 hours away. Plus I live in Michigan, where the weather changes constantly and we have a winter. |
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