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Thursday December 18, 2008

Categories: Anxiety, Depression

Although I've suffered from depression and anxiety from the moment I was induced from my mother's womb, I officially joined the elite club in 1989, my freshman year at Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana, when I went by...

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dark to dawn

December 18, 2006 11:24 PM

HASH(0xced069c)

Welcome back. I ran across your blog just before you took a break and while in the midst of a relapse into Major Depression. Your honesty is encouraging and I look forward to your posts and responses of others.

Lisa

December 19, 2006 7:05 PM

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So glad to have you back Therese! Looking forward to future visits! Lisa

lynnrene

December 19, 2006 10:00 PM

lynnrene@comcast.net

I have the exact same experience you do with depression into Bipolar. I still deal with my dark side every day and try to keep from peeling the paint off the walls by praying and keeping the faith. Information about knowing one's triggers for mania and my awareness has been most helpful for me to manage the illness, but mostly I'm a mess.

Julie

December 22, 2006 2:04 AM

HASH(0xced2c84)

Thank-you. I don't feel so completely alone now, but I am. I have fought "getting help" for years. I am on Wellbuterin and Prozac, but it doesn't seem to help much. Anyone out there have any words of wisdom for me before I crack completely? I've never been this depressed before and am getting really scared of/for myself. I don't want to ruin my life. I'd give anything to be able to smile again and go just one day without crying. My depression is pretty bad, and I am wondering if there is any med or med combination that has seemed to really work for any of you out there, PLEASE. For me and my kids, any input would be GREATLY APPRECIATED! Thanks.

Bill Chatfield

December 22, 2006 3:36 PM

HASH(0xced2e64)

Turn to God. Confess your sins. Ask him for help. Wait for him. Jesus never refused to heal any that came to him to receive it, but it often doesn't happen over night. Healing takes time. I take Effexor. It mostly works for me. Wellbutrin works on all three neurotransmitters, although not very strongly. Prozac mostly works on Seretonin. Effexor works strongly on both Seretonin and Norepinepherine. Lexapro doesn't work well for me because, like Prozac, it mostly works on Seretonin. I seem to need the Norephinephrine that only Effexor does a good job of providing. Use light therapy. It's supposed to help as well as antidepressants.
http://www.lightsourcecompany.com I pray that you will find the peace you need.

December 27, 2006 6:18 PM

HASH(0xced3b00)

Oh Julie, my heart breaks for you. It sounds like you were where I was a year ago. I was on Effexor (300 mg)at the time and had tried the other drugs mentioned above in combination with it, but I was drowning. I went to a new doc. He got me off the Effexor and put me on Cymbalta (which has the Norephinephrine). He then added Wellbutrin to the Cymbalta. I am a new person. "He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters." Psalm 18:16 Hold on Julie, hold on. Please write again.

ulchg

December 3, 2007 4:33 AM

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