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health advisory Hospital Mental Health 2007-11-15 18:59:34

..in December after being on them for 5 years because they were making me even crazier and I no longer felt, well, alive. Now I've got a whole host of new problems... but I FEEL again... and, honestly don't know what to do..

-I am drinking way too much in order to sleep and in order to function without freaking out all day..

-I am fighting with my boyfriend a lot. It was like I "woke up" when I quit taking my medication. I actually FEEL now. I feel anger, I feel resentment for the way he talks/treats me, I feel sadness a lot of the time and I've cried for the first times that I have in our relationship in the past month.. 2 3/4 year relationship..

-I know I'm in a deep depression..

I am thinking clearer, my memory is better, my sex drive is through the roof... but can't separate what is a symptom returning from what is feeling like a human again.. And if I go back to the ER I will just get put back on medication.

Any ideas? My next psychiatry appt is 2 months away

Answer:

Practice daily for 20 mins. and when you feel the need, the meditation technique in http://www.healthyplace.com/communities/... and join a support group. Go to Myspace (www.myspace.com) & join (free) then click on "groups" on the bar near the top of the webpage, select "other" and enter "anxiety" or "depression" and choose a group, maybe changing later, possibly exchanging email addresses,I.M., or phone numbers, and also Yahoo! groups and Google: groups; there should be plenty. Cut the drinking back to 2/day. with a day off /week, to let your liver recover. Keep occupied, exercise daily, and eat healthily. Take melatonin early in the evening, or Valerian root (from health food stores and some supermarkets) and use the meditation technique after lights out. No napping, or anything exciting within 2 hrs of bedtime, except sex. No coffee or tea within 6 hrs of bedtime, and try to keep a pre sleep routine.

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Call your doctor for an emergency appointment. It is very possible he can try other meds. that will help your depression, and anxiety, while letting you feel emotions too.

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What are going true are the withdrawall symtons of quicting taking meds. Even though they say some they are not addictive they change your brain chemistry so your brain has to cope with that. What you need is a Detox. Still it will take a few months for that **** to clear out.