Posted by Happyflower on April 1, 2008, at 17:06:17
Okay, I haven't been on the around much, been blocked for a long time so it is hard to update with all the stuff that has happened. But lets just say I was triggered into PTSD again. I am in therapy. Most of symptoms are manageable now, a month 1/2 later, except my depression got much worse. I had no energy and wanted to sleep all day plus I ached all over. Eating breakfast made me tired and I went back to bed after my meals. I had to drop 2 out of my 3 classes because I couldn't do it. I am taking the summer off to help get through the trauma therapy and then start ego strength training in the fall.
6 mo. ago I started prozac 20mg once a day for mild depression. But now after I told my doctor it isn't working anymore, he set me up with 20mg twice a day last Fri. On Sat and Sun, I had trouble even getting to sleep at a normal time and didn't take any naps either. Nothing like feeling depressed and can't sleep.
But now since yesterday I feel like I have crashed, now I feel tired again, but last night I got a my first good nights sleep in months. Woke up and even did restorative yoga and bought some pansies to plant, feeling better, but I came home and took a nap. But I still feel sleepy and I am having trouble waking up fully.
So I guess I am not even sure what I am asking. I guess it is too soon to tell if this higher dose is going to work. I guess my body is still adjusting. I am not even sure I am thinking straight right now to write this message.Today was the first brightness in my life I have had in a long time, so maybe it is starting to work. I guess it hasn't even been a week so far. Is this something others have experienced getting used to a drug.
My pharmacist said welcome to the world of anti depressants when I called him because I couldn't sleep.
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