Posted by Janelle on March 18, 2002, at 18:30:44
In reply to Re: Another trial. Topamax? Help. » Janelle, posted by BarbaraCat on March 18, 2002, at 17:33:03
I'm glad that what I've shared with you has helped a bit. We sure do sound similar, cycling from depression to anxiety, from blob to blip. As kooky as this may sound, I'm *glad* and relieved to find that someone else out there (you!) is not working either. I feel VERY isolated and alone in this respect. I get the impression that many (most?) of the people who post on this board can and do work.
I was a Librarian and then returned to school to study accounting (I moved to an area where there are few decent Library jobs) and also used to have a pretty good brain although I've suffered from this crap most of my adult life.
I'm sorry that you've come down with fibromyalgia symptoms that prevent you from working anymore - perhaps it is more that than the depression that keeps you from working??
Good luck with the Social Security - please let me know how it goes and what happens. I wish you all the best.
You very well could use an SSRI plus a mood stabilizer -- that is what the pdoc thinks is the case with me. I had been on Lamictal previously as well as on Effexor, the pdoc took me off the Effexor thinking that the mood stabilizer alone could work for me, but I crashed a few weeks after being off the AD. So now I'm titrating up on Lamictal again and will REMAIN on the AD too.
I seem to do squat on a mood stablizer alone and squat on an AD alone. Hopefully the combo will be the answer.
My life situation also has alot to do with things. I'm single (at least you have a husband who I presume is working) so I get extremely worried about my finances, surviving, and also becoming a homeless bag lady. In my case, it is the depression talking but even when I'm feeling *good*, I worry about finances and such because I worry that at any time I could crash again and be back in the trenches.
So, let's keep each other informed of things (hopefully changes for the BETTER) on here!
-Janelle
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