Posted by sda on January 20, 2006, at 1:20:54
I started using Flonase just over a month ago for my chronic nasal congestion, but stopped using it a few days ago under the recommendation of my doctor due its inneffectiveness. I've been pretty much free of depression for several months (didn't need any antidepressants for this), but the past couple days I've been very depressed for no apparant reason (almost to the point of tears).
Just last week I was feeling confident about myself and my future, but now I feel completely dissatisfied with almost everything. Last night stayed up till 4AM questioning my entire direction in life. It just felt like everything was going wrong, and that I was completely missing out on some wonderful life that I could be having. Kind of hard to explain, but you probably get the point. I am a kind of behind schedule with my classes/homework, I've been fighting to correct my sleep schedule for a while, and I'm under a lot of pressure considerring this is my first term back at school in a year since I went on medical leave for depression. Still, I really shouldn't be in tears over things like my college major and life goals; things which I was passionate about just a week earlier.
I really hope this is due to my withdrawal from the corticosteroids in Flonase. Google searches only turned up one mention of depression as a withdrawal symptom of Flonse though. I guess I'd say I haven't felt like this since the time I tried to go off of Zoloft a bit too soon/quickly.
So has anyone else here had a comparable experience with corticosteroid withdrawal? I have a feeling that its much worse for people who are already susceptible to depression.
Sorry, I had no idea what forum to post this in.
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