Anyone got anything good to say about meds?

[peachgurl]

thanks for the all the responses. and no im not in talk therapy. i am sure whats going on with me is directly hormone related so whats there to talk about? i just can not get up and get through a normal day. i have crying spells and im not sad. i have a beautiful 17 yr old daughter and a wonderful husband..three dogs that are my babies...a beautiful home and a successful business. my life is truly blessed and i love living it..even the challenges. i just have no energy at all, i can not sleep for days at a time then i sleep for days at a time, its takes everything i have to just get a shower and get dressed and im depended alot on daughter and husband to help with housework. ive put on 40 pounds since the thyroid treatment, i dont even look like myself, my hair is so long and dry from having hypothyroidism and my face is pale, i have hot flashes. my thyroid levels are within normal right now according to my doctors..although i have read on here theres a controversial issue concerning what the normal level is. im over the "new" normal level i read about here but can not find a doctor to agree with that yet. so whats left? if i continue down this path i will lose everything i have and i can not let that happen. im a strong, independent, educated person and the just snap out of it dr phil therapy isnt working. i can not pull myself out.

[msbibe]

I do I do. I'm not sure where I'd be if it weren't for meds. Generally I"m okay with or without them now (although I can get quite anal and almost paranoid when I'm off), but when my dd was born, coulda been BAD without meds. Zoloft worked(s) for me.

From what you said it does sound hormonal-based. Some of the birth control pills can make depression worse--like if it doesn't have any estrogen in it. If it doesn't, possibly a change to one that does could help. I know moms that have been on the patch (no estrogen in those), they start feeling even worse (depression after a baby) but when they take off their patch the depression improves in a day or two. Thyroid things can imitate depression as well, but you may as well go with an antidepressant and see if it helps. Talk therapy? Meh.

[marian100]

you don't say how old you are. could you also be entering perimenopause. i am, hopefully, at the end of peri. i also have thyroid issues. i have never felt well since i started the thyroid meds. i have been on them for 15 years. 3 years ago i got a bad case of anxiety. sleeping 3 or 4 hours a night. lost 10 bls in a week. tried a few anti's but the answer for me was buspar. it is an antianxiety med that you take like an antidepressant. non addictive and very little side effects. it started working on me by the 4th day and by 2 weeks it was like a miracle. hope you find something that works. God bless

[MariaBB]

I had been on Prozac for 12 years when I became extremely depressed. After a routine blood test my MD said I had hypothyroidism, which can cause depression. I was put on Synthroid and my Prozac dosage was doubled. Shortly afterward a psychiatrist put me on Anafranil for OCD.

Yes, some of my meds have noticable side effects. The worst is the Anafranil. I get constapation, constant ringing in the ears, constant dry mouth. But I lived with OCD for many years and the Anafranil helps a lot. It also caused me to lose a lot of weight, so I think it's a pretty good trade off. Prozac made me a little hyper at first, but I don't have any negative side effects anymore. As others have said, the main thing is that the meds have kept me alive. What I failed to mention above is that shortly before I was prescribed these meds I attempted suicide. Without the pills I may have been successful if I tried again.

[Kiasmama]

Originally Posted by peachgurl

thanks for the all the responses. and no im not in talk therapy. i am sure whats going on with me is directly hormone related so whats there to talk about? i just can not get up and get through a normal day. i have crying spells and im not sad. i have a beautiful 17 yr old daughter and a wonderful husband..three dogs that are my babies...a beautiful home and a successful business. my life is truly blessed and i love living it..even the challenges. i just have no energy at all, i can not sleep for days at a time then i sleep for days at a time, its takes everything i have to just get a shower and get dressed and im depended alot on daughter and husband to help with housework. ive put on 40 pounds since the thyroid treatment, i dont even look like myself, my hair is so long and dry from having hypothyroidism and my face is pale, i have hot flashes. my thyroid levels are within normal right now according to my doctors..although i have read on here theres a controversial issue concerning what the normal level is. im over the "new" normal level i read about here but can not find a doctor to agree with that yet. so whats left? if i continue down this path i will lose everything i have and i can not let that happen. im a strong, independent, educated person and the just snap out of it dr phil therapy isnt working. i can not pull myself out.

talk therapy doesn't just consist of....having major problems that you need to talk about. it consists of learning how to change your thinking. it teaches you how to get out of those crying spells and get thru the day. If you are so sure it's hormone related...why not try and get that issue taken care of as the same problems may still exist even with the introduction of an anti depressant.