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Re: how can I treat my depression?
« Reply #15 on: August 01, 2012, 08:35:42 PM »
It really does help when we have a doctor thats helpful and understanding  _)_
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Re: how can I treat my depression?
« Reply #16 on: August 01, 2012, 08:47:37 PM »
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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Re: how can I treat my depression?
« Reply #17 on: August 01, 2012, 11:06:59 PM »
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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Re: how can I treat my depression?
« Reply #18 on: August 02, 2012, 07:41:11 AM »
Alcohol is a depressant but personally I dont think a little hurts as long as you can keep it to a little

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Re: how can I treat my depression?
« Reply #19 on: August 02, 2012, 08:26:15 AM »
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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Re: how can I treat my depression?
« Reply #20 on: August 02, 2012, 12:26:08 PM »
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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Re: how can I treat my depression?
« Reply #21 on: August 02, 2012, 12:34:01 PM »
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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Re: how can I treat my depression?
« Reply #22 on: August 02, 2012, 02:14:37 PM »
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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Re: how can I treat my depression?
« Reply #23 on: August 02, 2012, 02:36:49 PM »
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 :(

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Re: how can I treat my depression?
« Reply #24 on: August 02, 2012, 03:05:27 PM »
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
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