update on my doctors appointment.....

Meg I am happy that you now have something to help you. As for when you are ready to come of them do not and I will say again do not just come of them, you have to be weaned of them, it can have critical Consequences if you just stop them. I am slowly being weaned of mine at the moment and it is not easy. So please when you have taken these go back to the Doctor and also read the Leaflet of the Side affects I beg you, I know what I am talking about Love I have been on these now for 3 Years.

yes being tired and sleeping is a major part of depression but it could just be you are getting older and well that happens when you get older- your body changes and so do your sleep habits, I know mine have changed a lot. See how you feel after taking the pills for a little while - if they don't help then stop. Go get some sleep -- GOOD NIGHT!!!!

HUGS I remember that day, I was sitting in the doctors office talking to a doctor I had never bothered in my life except for a sore throat, hep be vaccination, the odd stomach complaint. Then life changed and a year before the appointment I am telling you about I had been through the mill. A year before that day I had witnessed a knife attack, I had been prescribed valium. I was a mess, two weeks of valium and I felt fine. Then...I heard some devestating news about a family problem I really do not want to disclose to you right now. 71 thous people might read this. Any way I went for counselling and I was fine for a while the counselling helped. Then that day arrived, the day I sat in the doctors office telling him it was all too much. Telling him I was feeling so tired, so unhappy, crying all the time. Unable to focus on things. He prescribed anti depressants. I walked out of there in a dream and I looked at everything around me in a different way. I thought "I am one of those crazy people, pill popping" I was shocked, devestated and so empty. I will never forget that day. Meg I still take those anti depressants, the dose has been reduced but I am well because of them. I have made some life changing decisions and I am well and it is thanks to pills hun. They are part of me and don't worry about taking them. Its okay. Depression is a mental illness, its also an inbalance of a chemical in the brain. The tablets we take corrects this inbalance Meg. Diabetics take insulin to correct an in balance and yet diabetes is a physical illness. We are not so different my friend take care

Hi, I'm glad that you managed to go to the doctors to sort out your depression. Please be careful to read the side effects and what you can or can't do when you are taking them. My doctor prescribed these for me some years ago and whilst driving I felt extremely tired and nearly crashed my car - I threw them away after that and decided alternate treatments were better. I'm not saying they will do you harm, just be careful how you take them and I hope things start looking up for you soon! Take Care :-)

I'm please that you have got the right advise and hopefully you will be back to normal very soon, we all go through these phases in life and a little help to put us on the right track is necessary, but please only go by your doctors advise, medicine like this is so called "happy pills" they are great on a short term period but over the time they can take their toll, you need to put animation into your life yourself, we all have chemicals in our bodies that give us mood changes, it is up to you to use these to your best benefit, tje happier you are the happier and stronger your body and immune system will be. Good luck and i talk from experience, and remember if you ever need to talk there are lots of peple out there who will listen and give you a shoulder to lean on so never be affraid to ask.

it does depend on what dosage you are on whether you can come off them just like that or be weined off them as i was on anti depressants but i just stopped taking them as i felt i was ok again, my doctor told me i would have to be on them for 6 months but i feel i dont need them anymore, your doctor should of told you whether yu could just come off them or not mine told me i could just come off them. good luck

Anti-depressants do take awhile to get into the system and have it working again and the tiredness just seems to make it worse, but as you have found out it all changes and you begin to feel normal again. Hope things get back on track for you soon and you will not have to rely on them all the time, they are good though to get us past the rough patches and see that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. :)caramello

I am glad that you went to the doctor. I hope the pills work for you and you get better soon.

You're probably not sickly or anything like that. That's just an easy way for the doctors to deal with it. That's good that he at least gave you something to help you. Anti-depressants do tend to make you sleepy. I'm on an anti-depressant and I'm always tired.

sometimes high sugar can make u feel really tired too and those high sugars cause depression too. see if u notice about u going to restroom more frequently or stuff like and u will see that sugar is high. happened to my wife. her sugar was way off and she used to be tired but no depression or anything and she said just eat right and exercise everyday

I'm glad you got it sorted. Now you know whats wrong you will probably feel so much better anyway. Like a huge weights been lifted! Good luck and I hope you are back to normal again soon.

Ey there meg, how r yah feelin' right now? .. whew, that's really something huh? .. just don't forget to take ur medications on time. Don't miss a dose, okay?! We'll just be here for you. Ingat!(take care in our language) (",)

Hi Megan i am glad you did listen and have help now. like gabs said, dont stop taking them till you feel lots better. i too know from what i talk, because im on tablets for depression and panic attacs since 4 years. but lucky me, i have tablets which dont effect me when i have to stop taking them. and dont be to much afraid about the affects, it doesnt mean they do bad to you. try them and see what happens. i think on you and send you some hugs :-)

Thanks for letting us know how things went. If you feel your doctor isn't helping you enough maybe you should get a second opinion. When it comes to your health you can't be too careful. I hope you get a good nights rest.

I am so glad you went to your doctor , you could have gotten really ill if you didn't , I am sure you will feel a lot better in a wee while ' good luck to you xx

good thing that you went to your doctor, now you feel better and i am happy for you. just continue your medication and you'll be fine. and do not forget to get a lot of sleep. goodluck

I do hope your feeling alittle better with taking this medicine. I didnt know that being tired is a sign of being depressed. Well then I have had this symptom now for a little while Im wandering if I should go to the doctor too. Well please keep us informed on your progress and I do hope you can get to the point where you dont need this medicine.

Yes this is right the doctor should of known what he was doing and maybe put you on these tablets the first time and then you would of been better by now, but feeling tired can be a sign of stress, but I would not take the tablets for too long as they do have side effects to all these anti-depression tablets read up on the one that he has given you first before you take it for a long period of time.

yes, you need to sleep.+++

that's great news. i hope you will feel better every day until you will be healthy again. i know from my own experience that being sick really sucks :)