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So I have been on antidepressants for nearly ten years. I have tried almost every brand that there is and for the most part I can usually say that they are HELPING. But they are by no streatch of the imaginations WORKING. My dilemma is that it seems like I take so many pills every day, and so much of our tight enough as it is budget keeps going to my drugs. As I already mentioned in the last post Therapy is too expensive and I was not all that impressed with what little bit I have already tried. I have small children and my five year old has started telling me that he needs to take medicine every morning because he has seen me doing it. My three year old is beginning to think that this is a good idea to. So what to do???
Do I try and go off for a while and see how I do?
Do I just suck it up and keep going?
Do I try changing or adjusting? (that one scares me.) (the current ones seem better then anything else I have tried, I am on the highest possible dose so upping it is out. And it has always been sheer hell when I have changed.)
The right therapist made the biggest difference for me. I haven't been on meds, but I have had many close friends and family on meds, so I know it's hard!!!
ReplyDeleteIt seems like if the meds aren't doing it and you can't up them any more, you need to try something else. Do you think the other healthy problems have something to do with it, too? Maybe discuss that here, too?
I wouldn't get off of the meds just for the kids. My kids take vitamins everyday so it's not weird to them to see us taking daily medication - which my husband does. My husband was on medication for years and felt like it was "helping" but not really working. He went through SOOO many different kinds and has finally upped his dosage as well and it is finally working like it's supposed to. He's also doing some things his shrink suggested. I think if it's not working - try and figure out something different to try. Life is too short and drugs are too expensive to stick with something that doesn't work.
ReplyDeleteCrafting is my therapy. I seriously get depressed when I don't do something. I have several projects going right now including refinishing a table and sewing lots of things. It might be worth a try.
ReplyDeleteThat usually helps me too, but I am so overwhelmed with other things that I just can't fit it in. Now I am having guilt for not getting what I need to do done so I don't dare add anything else that might take time.
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