i am starting my first dose of pristiq today, & i am very nervous.
i'll be taking it mostly for depression, but also for anxiety, with klonopin to use "just in case"
i was diagnosed as bipolar, mostly due to my over-emotional-ness, which can be a tell tale sign of some types of bipolar,
but now that i am being medicated for bipolar, i feel like instead of a roller coaster of ups & downs, i am mostly just downs,
so we are experimenting with anti-depressants to see if we can pull me out of the dumps without pulling me off of my
bipolar meds.
last month we tried Zoloft, & i hated it. it made me sleepy, nauseated, & more lethargic than usual....
I have problems with lethargy as it is, & lack of motivation/desire to do anything, irritability, anxiety, disorganization, procrastination, I just can't seem to find the desire, energy, or reason to complete anything i finish, & the inability to rope myself into getting anything done....
I feel like I make list after list of everything I need to complete, but never get anything- in it's entirety- completed.
It's getting to the point where I am frustrating my family, I can't ever remember when I am supposed to do anything, all of my "To Do's" kind of just get lost in the jumble that is my life... & I am frustrating my boss, I'll make shift changes & totally just space-cadet it & forget i made the changes, i've lost countless relationship opportunities from forgetting certain dates or times i'm supposed to call someone, as well as psyching myself out anxiety-wise to the point where i'll just make up excuses to not go on certain dates or do certain things.
& the culmination of this all just makes my depression worse.
i feel like i will never be able to regulate my systems & feel... "normal"
whew, besides this rant, i am very curious to hear whether or not Pristiq had any "good" sort of effect on your energy level?
i can only HOPE it will help mine,
maybe with at least a TINY nudge in the right direction, i can try to get the dominoes of my life to fall into place.
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i am starting my first dose of pristiq today, & i am very nervous.
i'll be taking it mostly for depression, but also for anxiety, with klonopin to use "just in case"
i was diagnosed as bipolar, mostly due to my over-emotional-ness, which can be a tell tale sign of some types of bipolar,
but now that i am being medicated for bipolar, i feel like instead of a roller coaster of ups & downs, i am mostly just downs,
so we are experimenting with anti-depressants to see if we can pull me out of the dumps without pulling me off of my
bipolar meds.
last month we tried Zoloft, & i hated it. it made me sleepy, nauseated, & more lethargic than usual....
I have problems with lethargy as it is, & lack of motivation/desire to do anything, irritability, anxiety, disorganization, procrastination, I just can't seem to find the desire, energy, or reason to complete anything i finish, & the inability to rope myself into getting anything done....
I feel like I make list after list of everything I need to complete, but never get anything- in it's entirety- completed.
It's getting to the point where I am frustrating my family, I can't ever remember when I am supposed to do anything, all of my "To Do's" kind of just get lost in the jumble that is my life... & I am frustrating my boss, I'll make shift changes & totally just space-cadet it & forget i made the changes, i've lost countless relationship opportunities from forgetting certain dates or times i'm supposed to call someone, as well as psyching myself out anxiety-wise to the point where i'll just make up excuses to not go on certain dates or do certain things.
& the culmination of this all just makes my depression worse.
i feel like i will never be able to regulate my systems & feel... "normal"
whew, besides this rant, i am very curious to hear whether or not Pristiq had any "good" sort of effect on your energy level?
i can only HOPE it will help mine,
maybe with at least a TINY nudge in the right direction, i can try to get the dominoes of my life to fall into place.
who knows.
any feedback will be great.
June 29, 2009 - 6:38pmThis Comment
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