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Depression Related Forums => Depression Central => Topic started by: Yorkshire GaS on July 29, 2012, 01:12:28 PM
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Hello I was looking on Google for a depression forum, I stumbled across a few posts on here and it seems like a friendly community, so I thought I'd let you guys know my situation and if possible seek some advice on what I should do, I've just turned 20 and I was taking terbinafine for just under two weeks last month, I stopped taking immediately when I started experiencing crazy side-effects including anxiety attacks, chronic pain to the joints and limbs and every other side effect you can imagine, I think that I have dealt with mild depression for much of my life but I have managed to cope until just about this point, Look I'm not blaming the medication I was taking for everything but it certainly has contributed greatly towards this bout of major depression, I am still experiencing aches and pains in the limbs and joints but not chronic pains any more, I feel low energy in the morning right through to the end of the day, including strange headaches and poor concentration levels. I have been to the doctor he is sorting out counselling for me, but I think that anti-depressants would sort all these problems out, it is just really bad what I feel and I can't seem to understand these feelings of intense sadness and aching limbs which have suddenly hit me just like that! if you guys could just give me some advice that would be great and is there anyone else who has experienced something similar to my situation? _)_
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Sometimes it takes a while to find medication that suits you, its very frustrating waiting but sometimes necessary
Z xxx
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Think it would be a good idea to go back to your GP and ask if you could try a different anti-depressant. It is sometimes difficult to find the right one that works. There are several different ones. I personally found meds and good counselling worked best for me. Welcome to the forum. S x x x x
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Thanks for reply guys, sorry I may have confused you guys, I was taking fungal anti-infection cream last month and this caused the major depression and side effects! I have never been on anti-depressants in my life but I think right now at this moment I need to have them, but I'm cautious because I don't want to be addicted to them, I mean you can get addicted to them right? And will they sort this depression out in the short term as well as the long term? Or is that asking too much. I just do not want to rely on these chemicals to make me feel better when all I want to do is feel nornal again without them, I can't do much more to my lifestyle though, I exercise everyday go to the gym, eat lots of vitamins, take omega 3 but it isn't helping much with the depression, and is it normal to experience pain and discomfort to the body when being depressed?
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Yes you can feel pain. But to be honest its mostly numbness. Feeling nothing but dread. That's how I can describe it anyway. You can take meds, get better and then wean off them. It depends on the individual. I have tried to come off them a few times and have gone on to relapse each time. So I have been told that I will need a maintenance dose for life. I see it as people with other conditions take medication for life, so why not take it. It makes me feel better and that is what matters to me. I either take them and I am well or not take them and not function. Hope this makes sense. S x x x x
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Shaz is 100% right, I was told by my GP I may be on my meds for life and when I said that wasnt a very nice prospect he likened it to someone needing insulin for diabetes or medication for a heart complaint, now I accept that my body needs these chemicals even though I'd rather not take them
Z xx
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Thanks guys, very understanding people here on this forum, at the moment I feel so trapped inside my own head, talking to myself and dwelling on why I have this horrible emotional pain and also physical coursing though my body, and this episode has made me understand just how vulnerable we all are as human beings, what I have right now I wish onto NO other person! I feel for everyone suffering from depression because now I know what it is really like. I got a doctors appointment on Monday, I'm going to get anti-depressants because they should sort all these problems out, and I will get off them eventually but if I get relapse then I guess I'll have to stay on them for a bit longer or maybe life coz I don't want to feel like this forever. I'll let you guys know how I get on :)
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Hope you get on OK on Monday xx
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Hope you get on ok with the dr on Monday. I always say I would not wish depression on my worst enemy, its a horrible scarey illness.
S x x x x
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Also guys is it normal when depressed to this degree that you keep constantly repeating things in your head? like words from texts and previous conversations comments just keep repeating them when there is no need to. At times I think I'm going crazy with this but I think it is the severity of the depression which is making this happen. This is something which I have notice start happening over the last week but until last night did I start to get panicky about it.
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I certainly do :(
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I couldn't wait until monday so I went up to my GP today and said that it was urgent. I've been given citalopram so hopefully this will lift me up, inprove my concentration skills drastically, make me feel amazing again :) have you guys taken this before?
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I have in the past. Like any anti-depressants it takes a while to work. It is also very gradual. Well done for making the appointment and start on your road to feeling better. S x x x x
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I take citralopram and it does take a few weeks to kick in for me
Z x
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He said that I had severe depression and a mood disorder, I'm not expecting it to make me feel better instantly, but in time it will kick in, it's amazing how much helpful some doctors are than others! I'm not being funny but the doctor before, Head of department wasn't much help and said basically you'll get counselling n that's that but this one very understanding of what was going and gave me what I needed.
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It really does help when we have a doctor thats helpful and understanding _)_
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It certainly does. I am lucky my Dr is very good. I do feel for anyone that has a bad Dr. S x x x x
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I do like my drinks, would you recommend not drinking alcohol for awhile or avoid all together? I want to go out and drink with my friends on Saturday night but it is far too risky and maybe the consequences could be bad! you guys drink while taking AD? Also I'm noticing already when I'm yawning I'm clenching my jaw a bit more harder
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Alcohol is a depressant but personally I dont think a little hurts as long as you can keep it to a little
Z xx
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I do have a glass of wine every so often but as Zaf says it is a depressant. So I think as long as you are sensible you should be ok. But we are all different. Also all meds are different in the way they react. S x x x x
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Not normally a big drinker but I have had a lot over last couple of weeks as it has numbed the pain and made me feel good but in a state like this I should be avoiding it altogether! Decided that I ain't touching alcohol for awhile, I think it's the best thing to do. My teeth are really hurting so I think I'm going to buy a mouth guard to use on a night!
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Think that's best for you. If you don't want to get one made for you at your dentist, you can get a sports one from a sports shop. Should be quite cheap. S x x x x
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I woke up early in morning last night and I couldn't get back to sleep. Over last few weeks I've been waking up early in the morning at random times but last night I couldn't see myself getting back to sleep, do you reckon it's the medication? I'm noticing that my breathing is slightly short breathed but I reckon that's the depression and a bit of anxiety, I'm feeling a little angry right now and I think that it is the fact that I'm ashamed of myself that I've got myself in this state and feeling this way, I am ashamed that my family has to put up with these terrible mood swings. I am easily agitated by the smallest things and feel like I want to do something stupid or be punch a wall, it's mad I'm literally thinking of death every day but I can see the light and the fact that I have a life ahead of me but ATM its all dread and negativity and I am constantly talking to myself about the pain and talking gibberish sometimes in my head, finding it really hard to stop thinking about the depression; I'm not thinking clearly to myself at all, I don't know how I've managed to cope for this long and i think I got the meds at the right time I reckon that if I waited another week I'd have done something ridiculous. All I want is for this to end so I'm just going to hang in there until things get better.
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Hang in there, it will take a little while to work, I find when I have depression i have very weird sleep patterns whether or not I'm on medication :(
Z xx
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I agree. Just hang in there. The meds will take a while to work. I too have trouble sleeping when my depression is bad and I can't stop thoughts whizzing through my head. Take care and we are here to listen. S x x x x