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Supreme Being
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| OMG!!! I think I have just come home..........so can relate to soooooo many comment here. About flying to Darwin with nothing - yep sounds like something I would do in a heart beat!!! Why not?? Doesn't everyone?? Running in families, yep, for years, the more you look the more you find, so I stopped looking hahaha. I have a teenage daughter and recognise the same traits as myself, I am so scared to confront it, I am fearful of her future. I have been on and off Lovan for 15 years (co incides with daughters said birth) though it was no way the catalyst, it was just the first time I admitted to it. Previously I could be young, and reckless and get away with it!! Get sad, go and have a big night on the drink that would fix it!! A doctor once told me that my medication is like insulin for a diabetic, and I know this is true. But I struggle to take it and accept it!!! I don't like the 'head in the clouds' feeling I get, I take one now, not the prescribed two. My husband is FANTASTIC with it, and I don't give him enough praise, as he can spot me getting worse in a heart beat and supportively suggests that my meds are not working, that's my wake up call. My worst habits are: I don't say 'please' - and I have been working on this. I also find it near impossible to apologise, and again working on this! I want to write and write and write here forever!!! So much in common I can feel it!! Who's weight gain co incides with their meds??
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| you are all so brave for posting - well done to all of you ! **hugs** I don't suffer myself but one of my close freinds has had severe depression for the last few years - it has ben so hard to watch her and support her through this my thoughts are with you all xxxx
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| hi there i am on paroxatine. got diagnosed with postnatal depression after my second child was born and was told i'd be on meds 6-12months. 5yrs later and i am still on them. i know i have had depression since a teenager and it was not just after my babies although it was rather more 'nutty' after they were born lol. i am really trying to get off the meds now though. i think i'm fine now in that i know i can deal with my depression without them and i have a supportive husband that will help me. its really hard coming off though. i get close and then i have a breakdown. will keep trying though because i want to feel like me inside and out again. my whole family suffers from one thing or another. the sad thing is i think it has been passed down to my kids, at least one of them anyway. we are going through the diagnosis process with him and hopefully we will get some answers and plan of attack by the end of next month. take care eve ox
eflow*take3 this time its coming off and STAYING off![url=http://www.TickerFactory.com/weight-loss/wSJILhO/]
 17/07/09 STARTING WEIGHT 99.1kg week | date | weight | loss | total | week | date | weight | loss | total | Wk1 | 24/07/09 | 97.8kg | -1.3kg | -1.3kg | Wk18 | 20/11/09 | | | | Wk2 | 31/07/09 | 97.0kg | -800g | -2.1kg | Wk19 | 27/11/09 | 90kg | | | Wk3 | 07/08/09 | 95.9kg | -1.1kg | -3.2kg | Wk20 | 04/12/09 | | | | Wk4 | 14/08/09 | 95.0kg | -900g | -4.1kg | Wk21 | 11/12/09 | | | | Wk5 | 21/08/09 | 96.5kg | +1.5kg | -2.6kg | Wk22 | 18/12/09 | | | | Wk6 | 28/08/09 | 95.8kg | -700g | -3.3kg | Wk23 | 25/12/09 | | | | Wk7 | 04/09/09 | 94.8kg | -1kg | -4.3kg | Wk24 | 01/01/10 | 85kg | | | Wk8 | 11/09/09 | 93.9kg | -900g | -5.2kg | Wk25 | 08/01/10 | | | | Wk9 | 18/09/09 | 92.9kg | -1kg | -6.2kg | Wk26 | 15/01/10 | | | | Wk10 | 25/09/09 | 92.4kg | -500g | -6.7kg | Wk27 | 22/01/10 | | | | Wk11 | 02/10/09 | 93.5kg | +1.1kg | -5.6kg | Wk28 | 29/01/10 | | | | Wk12 | 09/10/09 | 92.4kg | -1.1kg | -6.7kg | Wk29 | 05/02/10 | 80kg | | | Wk13 | 16/10/09 | 90.9kg | -1.5kg | -8.2kg | Wk30 | 12/02/10 | | | | Wk14 | 23/10/09 | DNW | DNW | DNW | Wk31 | 19/02/10 | | | | Wk15 | 30/10/09 | 93.3kg | +2.4kg | -5.8kg | Wk32 | 26/02/10 | | | | Wk16 | 06/11/09 | 92.9kg | -400g | -6.4kg | Wk33 | 05/03/10 | | | | Wk17 | 13/11/09 | 91.5kg | -1.4kg | -7.8kg | Wk34 | 12/03/10 | 75kg | | |
    before and during pics: http://forum.tonyferguson.com/Topic511727-17-1.aspx
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| Wow how amazing is this I haven't been on the site for ages and was just googling to see if anyone had posted about losing or gaining weight on antidepressants and found this great thread I have been having a very hard time with work and my teenage sons and I was waking up every morning feeling utterly miserable and wishing I was dead. If a plane flew over the house I wished it would crash into the house and kill us all, I would a truck would swerve into my lane and kill me. The worst thing is when you're children are making your life miserable. You can leave a bad relationship and work will probably sort itself out but when your kids are making your life a misery there is no escape. The doctor put me on Lovan as I did this little survey testing thing in her office and it came back that I was severely depressed. She said that I might lose weight on it as well as it might stop me binge eating although when I looked up the side effects it said weight gain was one of them and I am feeling like a balloon. It is also supposed to help with PreMentrual Dysphoric Disorder I do go a little crazy round that time of month but I think it may have affected them too as I am 7 days late. I've actually only been on half a tablet for a week and 1 tablet for the past 3 days. I kinda feel weird like I'm too tired to care about anything also like I have no energy. I know what you guys mean about the highs I guess once you get feeling over so crap you feel totally elated and happy but on this medication I don't feel depressed but I don't feel happy either and I still know my life is one miserable day after another but now I don't care. They say you should give the medication at least a month to work. Any advice guys. ms4off100
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OK, I've not been on here in a while, I decided to come back to this thread and see what's happening. I'm so happy others have felt safe enough to post here. It means none of us need to feel alone with this and lets people who have no experience of mental health realise there are lots of us out there.
Jules1967 So glad to hear you have a lot of it under control. Getting the night terrors down that much is awesome, well done. If you can, stay off medication for depression. Not because I think there's anything wrong with medication, but my philosophy is, if you don't need these chemicals in your system why put them there?
Fluffypants I'm glad you got off the alcohol. So many people who go through depression rely on it because it helps to change brain chemistry and get us through the day. That was a pretty mean thing your sister said, but at least she knows better now and is willing to do something for her sons. I fully believe getting the right help at a young age can help them overcome it.
the jem Doctors now realise, if a woman has had 4 depressive episodes in her life, she is at a much higher risk of having post natal depression. I know doctors I've spoken with have been eager to address this issue if there was any likelihood of me getting pregnant (so not gunna happen!)
Please, if you recognise any of the signs/symptoms in your daughter, do confront the issue. She possibly has no idea what's going on and can't work out why she's feeling this way. Above all, let her know you love her and will support her right through this. If she does have depression, then getting her the right help now can ensure she has a much more productive, fulfilling life as an adult.
d eskimo Have you called your therapist yet? Please do. Its not stupid, its part of the brain malfunction, that we don't seem to be able to do the things we know we need to. It might feel strange or wrong, but give them a call and get things rolling again. You know you will be glad you did after that first session, concentrate on that feeling.
Eve how do you know you can handle your depression without them if you haven't been off them yet? The fact you try and fall apart means you might not be ready. One of the traits of mental illness, is once medicated and stable, many people think they are fine now and can stop them. As soon as they do, they begin to slide back. Its one of the big issues with Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia. If you do want to give it a serious go, put other ways of coping into practice first. Whatever, working in the garden, meditation, swimming, whatever helps you to cope. Get into those as a habit first, then look at weaning yourself off slowly and see a counsellor the whole time. That's one of the most important part.
ms4off100 Do you see anyone, like a counsellor? If you don't then I stronly advise you to get one. These thoughts are not normal, as you've already guessed. Who do you have that you can go to, just to talk through your troubles? Somebody who understands what its like to raise teenagers would be really beneficial I think.
As for the lovan, its been found that 3 a day helps in losing weight, but I wouldn't advise going there for a long time. Occasionally, I do and its a weird feeling, almost spacey. I find with the lovan they sort of put a lid on my emotions. I don't get nearly as badly depressed, but I don't get the joys either. Try to hold on another couple of weeks and if you haven't seen an improvement by then, think about getting another medication. It might be worth seeing a psychiatrist if you don't already, to rule out anything else that might be going on.
With the lovan sometimes it can make you feel spacey. Do you take them with food? Preferrably after eating the food. I mind having something else in my system first, helps to smooth the transition of the medication through my system.
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As for me, just over a month ago I went to a naturopath to look at getting some herbs and such into my system. She put me on some herbs which helped me have a period in less than a week, but with it came huge mood swings. I was so drained and depressed, I hadn't been like that for ages. It took me 3 weeks to get back into some kind of balance and then I had 2 weeks of massive mood swings, ending in swinging several times a day. This helped me realise I need more help than just the lovan.
I've been looking into Bipolar Disorder and realise I do have this. I've also got a few other things going on, possibly OCD and Borderline Personality Disorder. Once I see the psychiatrist we can look at finding out exactly what it is.
I'm not following the diet anymore, but I still do have the shakes. I just felt there was too much going on and getting my head straight first, kinda took presidence. I've been on a few forums looking at mental illness, to get the support I'm seeking from others who know what its like to go through this. A good forum is http://www.mentalhealth-world.org.uk/forums/index.php?/index, which deals with all kinds of mental illness.
What I've come to realise is having a name for this doesn't change who I am. I'm the same person who did all those quirky things, its just now I know what made me do them was this mental illness called BP. It gives an explaination as to why, but doesn't change the fact I did this or have that tendency. Many people with mental illness are really creative and drawn to acting. What does it matter if its mental illness that makes me do acting or if I say its in my blood because of parents who did it? Why is one reason more acceptable than the other?
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