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How are you today?
Not too bad.... Just feeling a lot of apathy
Have you eaten, drank enough water and taken your meds?
This will pass, Jamie (bear)
Maybe. Hopefully something will change sooner or later.
Suicidal ideation has been strong and consistent this past month
Sooner or later something will change. You can get through this. Keep talking because it does help...
Thursday for docs appointment -- will discuss as much as i can
Sorry, could you remind me whether you’d show your doctor any of the posts here?
I dunno ... haven't in the pastQuote:
Originally Posted by Paula
I'd suggest printing them out and showing your GP lovely - it'll help break the ice and say what you need to.
Got back from doctors ..... on the roundabout again...
Been switched away from SSRI's since i'm getting strong reaction and bruxism at night which is causing me to chew my tongue & cheek badly
He's moved me onto Mirtazapine 15mg
Not particularly happy about the likely appetite stimulant side-effect since i'm already very overweight and part of my mental battle has been trying to remedy that situation .... so making me hungry is going to make depression worse if i stop losing weight because of this as it's already a strong part of my problem.
Or ..... mirtazapine is the drug you need for the depression to start lifting and it’ll be less of a slog for you to stick to your weight management programme.
Do you exercise? Could you increase the amount of exercise you do to counteract any increased appetite?
I know .... glass is half full / empty mentality ....Quote:
Originally Posted by Paula
I just fear getting massive hunger pangs etc.... its a weak area for me so fear is back...
I need to exercise more but motivation has been major problem .... mainly down to poor sleep / energy ... so one positive might be that the new meds could improve sleep and allow me to have more mental capacity / energy to get things done ...
Who knows
Give them a try and see how you go. You can always ask about changing them if they don't work for you.
Aye .. i will ... got a follow up appointment with doc in 3 weeks anyway....
Odd thing he was talking more about an SNRI but ended up with these...
He was going to give me Venlafaxine i thought until i read the prescription
You could join me/us on a healthy eating and moving more thing? Many of us are trying to lose weight....
Heathy eating thing i've been doing now for over a year .... lost getting on for 6 stone so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by Suzi
Moving more..... that's my problem :)
Wow, that's an amazing weight loss!
Mirtazapine: May cause drowsiness on the box.....
What a HELL of an understatement..... should read "Will cause 10 hours of zombie like sleep followed with horrendous trouble waking up"
Late for work this morning cos i slept so solidly ..... now that's a nice thing ... cos sleep is a problem for me but wow..... these things just knock me the hell out
Have to see how these go ... maybe i'll develop a tollerance for that element .
Ah yes, it does have that effect but it should, for the most part ease
Ok ... good to know ... Like i said, having a sedative effect isn't necessarily a bad thing as sleep / insomnia are problems for me .... but there's a difference between 'drowsy' warning and 'render you unconscious for 12 hours' :D :D
Lol absolutely. I was on mirtazapine for years and still managed to function once I got over the initial ‘might as well be under anaesthetic’ phase
Hope it settles for you lovely x
Guess i'm now going to be under another lot of withdrawal, 20 days since i stopped Citalopram (8 weeks on) and now 2 days since i stopped Sertraline (3 weeks on) especially since new ones are a different kind of AD
Seems like the sleep bits wearing off already .... definitely bad to 'normal' on sleep (waking up 4-5 times + slow to get to sleep) .... was a nice week at least when i got sleep...
Still a bit sluggish in the mornings (waking up is still hard)
Don't feel too bad though .... Appetite is 'normal' other than what Christmas did to me (almost ruined a years worth slow mental progress in controlling my eating impulses)
Still have appointment in 2 weeks to see GP on dose ... guessing he's going to up it to 30mg as he said that the 15 was just to start/ramp up.
Glad that you're feeling OK lovely. Sorry about the sleep, but you can work on that. Do you have good sleep hygiene?
It's good that you are feeling a bit better. Sleep hygiene must be the new buzz word on the block at the moment. I've been asked about it a few times in the last couple of weeks. I think I have good habits for evening times. I watch TV and take my meds and when I go to bed I never leave the light on. I say a few prayers and then I'm gone. But my problem is staying asleep. I can wake up to 5 times a night. It drives me nuts because even when Aisling was a baby I'd only be up once or twice with her.
Exactly Magie06 - i generally am able to get to sleep at a reasonable time. But, for example, last night i went to sleep at 10:30. I was awake at 11:45, 1:30, 3, 5:30 and then woken by alarm at 7
I don't touch caffeine after 3pm hard deadline.
I drink several litres of water a day
I don't eat sugary things late at night
I listen to stuff in the dark in bed rather than watching anything (some nice audiobook or a meditation or something)
But i sleep like crap
Have you kept a sleep diary and then shown that to the Dr?
@Suzi - i was referred to have a sleep study done in which i wore an oxymeter and motion detector .... the found nothing worrisome in that regard (sleep apnea or anything)
I'm exceptionally light sleeper ... have been for many years
I know others who find playing something like white noise helps them stay asleep... Have you ever tried something like that?