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I'm depressed and all I want to do is sleep. I slept all day yesterday and all night. Now I'm ready to go back to sleep again. I don't expect an answer from anybody, I just needed to write. It's during these times that I wish I didn't exist, but somehow I still wake up in the morning. Maybe tomorrow I'll wake up feeling better. I can hope, can't I?View Thread

(((hugs))) and healing!
bornView Thread


Thanks for your post! It's nice having someone to talk to that "gets it"!View Thread

((((Hugs)))) to you.
bornView Thread

I'm doing better as far as anxiety, but still battling the depression.
I now have a new psych doc and he's fine tuning my meds. Have seen no changes yet, but it's only been a week and a half. Hopefully they'll kick in soon.
Thanks again for your thoughtfulness!View Thread

I hate feeling depressed, but I have a hard time getting my immediate family to understand it..that I can't just put on my big girl panties and think positive thoughts and get over it. My husband gets it thankfully. He's suffered depression since his teens. He is very supportive of me. When the doctor changes meds or increases/decreases med, my family thinks that I should be all better immediately. I can't seem to make the understand that most psych meds take 2-6 weeks to see any improvement. And what sucks, that med might not even work and you have to try something else and WAIT some more! That's where I'm at right now. My meds aren't doing what they're suppose to do, so doc is trying new med.
I feel like I'm a bummer to my family. I had to do some adjusting to be able to keep me from coming apart completely during Christmas. I planned rest times and had to cut out the middle of the day on Christmas to rest. If I don't, I just can't cope and I end up a basket case. My family (not my husband thought) thinks I should be able to do everything I used to do. I just can't. I feel guilty a little, but not enough to go back on my plan.
Well, I should quit chatting about this now. If you read this, I appreciate the time you took. I hope you all have had a restful Thanksgiving holiday.
bornagain 216View Thread


Then....the insurance company decided not to pay for the one medication. So there we went again, back into the depression. Well, I fought and fought with the insurance company and finally did an appeal on a conference call with about 6 "professionals" on the other side of the phone call. I was so nervous. I made a heartfelt plea to them - I didn't get into the actual drug, they had that info - I just told them what a difference the med made to my husband and our family.
Anyway, maybe you can do the same. Try appealling with the insurance company. They'll even tell you how to do it.
Don't sit back and take it from them. FIGHT! do what you gotta do for you and your man!
Hugs and prayers!View Thread
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