Eilonwy

Post here about emotional and mental health! Whether you're seeking advice or just venting, you'll be listened to with respect and compassion. And when we post in this here, we'll leave behind any drama or feuds from other threads.

We had a thread like this before, but the person who started it got banned. So I think it's best to start fresh with a new one.

wild~hair

Good idea.

Speckla

Ok. I'll post here.

I went to see my psych doctor today and I was honest with him about my irratic behavior. He added 150mg of Wellbutrin XL along with my 80mg of Celexa CR.

Has anyone else ever taken this combo of meds? I'm not seeking medical advice on what to do. I am looking for other people for moral/emotional support and curious about others reactions to the meds.

Corrina777

I was on the Celexa/Wellbutrin combo for a couple of years (150mg Wellbutrin XL but only 40mg Celexa). I was skeptical because I had tried Wellbutrin alone and saw no noticeable results. However, the two combined worked well for me. I was on the Celexa on and off for several years (I get horribly stubborn and stopped meds on several occasions). My last psychiatrist added the Wellbutrin because I was still struggling with low energy. No strange reactions that I was aware of.

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wanderlust

Thank you, Eilonwy for starting this thread. I am in counseling and considering meds for the debilitating bouts of anxiety and depression that I often have.
I am scared of the side effects and not too thrilled about having to go through the trial and error period (impatience), but hopefully I'll find something that works.

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greenjumper

Hey guys!

I've never been on any medications or to counseling but I did go through about 3-4 months of really being unhappy and unsatisfied with life in general last year.

I've since made a lot of changes and I really don't want to slip back into an emotional/mental state like that again maybe this thread will be helpful for me!

I've changed my exercising, diet, my schedule, and the people I surround myself with, so far that has really made a difference for me. I feel a lot a better about myself and where my life is headed in general.

EdenRose

I like this idea very much.

I am kind annoyed having to be on meds again. I was doing well with counseling only but had to go back on after being forced to move out with my parents and than losing my job. So now I am on Ablifiy and Topmax. And i feel a bit better. My Ptsd is gone so they say it's mostly clinical depression that will come and go depending on life.

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i have a panic disorder/phobia. it is sometimes debilitating. it's awful. really, really awful. i went to counseling a couple years ago. i started to get a little better here and there. then i sort of just went back down. stopped going to counseling. then i moved and have been considering counseling again, but i sort of don't see the point sometimes. i need to face my triggers. ugh.

eta: thank you for letting me vent.

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Eilonwy

Well I don't know you, and I'm not your doctor or anyone else's. But if I were you, I'd definitely try the meds. For many people who have depression and anxiety, they're largely physical illnesses. And in those cases, counseling can't do everything.

I still have problems with depression and anxiety, but my SSRI keeps me feeling normal most of the time. And trust me, you have no idea how good normal feels.

cympreni

I'm having a hard day.

I'm having problems with a toxic person that's bring up some old wounds that aren't quite healed yet. I don't want to get into details, and besides it wouldn't matter. Intellectually I know everything I need to know because I've heard it all before. But its not making it any easier right now. I'm hurt and I'm angry that I let it happen again. I'm feeling really needy and I hate it.

curlypearl

I'm sympathize Cympreni (and everyone in this post). I've had years of counseling and taken meds sometimes and I still seem to make many of the same mistakes over and over. It's so damn hard. I wish so badly I could turn myself into someone else, which means stop being an ass and harming myself (letting it happen again) as you say.

I've stopped both the counseling and the meds but would do both again if I thought it would help. It's extremely difficult to find a really good therapist, especially when you're vulnerable. I had an excellent therapist years ago but he died; the next one did as much harm as good. It hurts and makes me very angry also. Now I feel lost and afraid to seek help.

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cympreni

Thanks a lot. The final straw with them happened while I was in therapy. I don't think it would help me to go back. I've done a good job with keeping my distance, but I let my guard down recently. They didn't do anything to me this time. It's just, a very slippery slope for me. I care too much, I want so badly, more than anything to have her in my life. It's too easy to foster that little spark of hope that it could be better. But it will never be, time has proven it, and she went to far to forget. Every time I let her in, the moment she's gone I'm reminded of the bad things she did and it's like having my heart ripped out again.

Anything I say to her would fall on deaf ears and probably get turned around on me. Officially cutting her out, it's really complicated and with her habits potentially not worth the effort. I'm just not over it enough to deal with her as much as I have had to lately.

Hropkey

Ended up skipping my sixth period class to cry in the counselors office. A combination of my mom working six hours away, looming college applications, and snowballing stress in my pressure cooker school just built up. Hopefully it'll get better but it's one of those things where it's hard to talk to my parents about it because they're a cause of it.

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thelio

I know how you feel. When I was in high school, I had major issues. All stemming form my parents. It was over 10 years ago, but looking back I wished I had confronted them. It would had saved us all alot of heart ache this pass decade. I'm not telling you to go talk to your parents, but maybe think about it.

Good luck and take care.

09robiha

I like the idea of this thread very much

I'll be honest..my mental and emotional health has been all over the place for years. I was diagnosed with severe depression and anorexia at 13-14 and had recovered mostly, after several relapses by the time I was about 17 (wow i never talk to anyone about it - its still to hard to look back on) It has been much better in past years but harder, more down days seem to becoming more frequent again since moving, changing/loosing friends, parental issues..I don't think anorexia will ever really be an issue again but depression...sometimes I feel like its gonna eat me up and swallow me whole. I think I'm kind of leaning on alcohol right now not all the time but when that feeling of utter..brokenness hits me in still not sure how to cope with it. I'm kind of spending a lot of time on my own right now (found it really hard to make friends at uni so far, all my housemate are always out etc) and it does get me down. People and friends and helping other people is what keeps me positive and happy - sure I like me time but when other people are happy around me it tends to make me happy!
I'm kind of working on this (making better friends with my housemates, meeting up with the few I have made) its just very..hard.
Getting out an about even if it is just to a library or uni or even window shopping or going to grab a coffee has helped ( my OH always rings and tells me to get out and do something) but sometimes I just cannot find the will to make it out of bed or to not sleep for two whole days. I'm not sure if I should go back to medication again - I hated when I was and some made it completely worse!

Anyways I won't ramble on much longer lol :') that's just a bit about my story...I'll look forward to posting in this thread and seeing everyone else's posts too!

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09robiha

I know how you feel I recently ditched a very toxic person in my life. At first I defiantly felt the anger and hurt you feel as well as a lot of resentment both towards y self and this person..but it does get better when you realise that u really are better of without. For me it was like I had to grieve a little over loosing someone who was very toxic but also special to me - but after that I felt almost free again

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ninja dog

I had a bad weekend. A person I liked turned out to be a major creep, and it just really brought me down. I talked about it with my closest friend and felt better, but really, the whole weekend was mostly spent doing damage control after Friday's trouble.

I do take meds for depression and they help, but sometimes people.....well, they really make me sick, and I can't shake it very easily. I wrote in the Say It thread about feeling like I'd been brushed by sooty wings.

I don't have highs and lows, but sometimes I just feel exhausted by the challenges of life.

curlysue21

I'm bumping this thread to ask for advice from those of you who deal with or know someone dealing with mental issues. My husband has been struggling with issues of mood swings and associated mood problems since having a breakdown in May. He has repressed PTSD issues from his time in the service and his moods are constantly fluctuating. He has times where he is completely fine and has no issues but there are times like now where he goes off to be by himself, sometimes out, sometimes just downstairs and sits and watches movies. I have tried being supportive but its difficult because he doesn't want to to talk because he doesn't want to worry me or lash out for no reason. Also I don't know what to say to him when he's upset. I try to offer suggestions or temporary solutions but nothing helps. I don't know if I should continue what I'm doing or just leave him to deal with it on his own. Sorry if I'm taking over this thread a little but I didn't feel like posting a new thread..

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((( curlysue21 )))

I m sorry I can t offer any suggestions. I m in the same place as you. Would your husband accept going to therapy?
My SO keeps repressing his feelings and refuses to see a dr.

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Speckla

You can't really offer suggestions to someone when they're in that frame of mind. It's like throwing a rubber ball at a wall. It doesn't get absorped and maybe come back at you. Sometimes trying to talk to someone makes it worse when you try to comfort than. What you're doing is heartfelt and with love but sometimes it best to say nothing and just let them know that you're near. Maybe need needs someone to talk to that isn't family or isn't someone he's attached to in anyway. It's easier to tell things to someone we don't know. A counselor will talk to him for a while and pick up on ques of what it wrong and what could be done to help.

I took my sleep meds and about to crash