Posted by Greg on May 3, 2000, at 8:42:44
In reply to Effexor - Up and downs??, posted by NikkiT on May 2, 2000, at 15:10:51
Nikki,
Sorry to hear that work was so tough, but glad to hear that the vacation was great. Sometimes just hanging out is the perfect thing to do. About 2 months ago I went on medical leave for 3 weeks, and returning to work was a real drag. I'm just now starting to get back into the groove.My doc put me on Effexor a while back, but I started having real bad memory loss (forgetting where I parked my car, not picking the kids up from school, etc.) and had to stop it. Has that ever been an issue for you? Have you ever tried Ambien for sleep? I've been taking it for about a year now, and while I still am lucky to get 5-6 hrs a night, it's better that the 1-2 I was getting. If your sleep problems continue, it might be worth talking to your pdoc about. Your right, life at 4am without sleep really sucks. So do the movies on cable.....
I guess I'm really fortunate that my employer is very understanding about what I'm going thru. She lets me work from home whenever I'm not feeling up to coming in. Most employers don't understand what we go thru every day, they think it's "all in our heads". If they only knew. Education is the key, suggest that your boss visit some Internet sites that discuss depression and anxiety and then maybe he/she can talk to you more "intelligently" about it.
Hang tough Nikki, I'll be praying that things get better for you soon.
Greg
> Hi all.
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> well, I've just taken a week's vacation form work to try and see if I felt better, and had the most wonderful week. Me and my husband didn't go anywhere really, just "hung out"! But, today, I was due back at work, and simply couldn't face it. I think I feel much better in a general day to day way, but when faced with anything other than sitting around, or going out with my husband, I can't do it. Plus, I'm sleeping *really* badly - I'm a 10 hour a night person, and for the last week all I've been getting is 2 hours max, and everything always seem so bad at 4am when you can't sleep.
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> It 2 weeks till I see the psychiatrist again, and he's on vacation till then. My boss at work is getting toward the end of his tether with me, as he thinks, I'll take thre pills, and everything will be OK. How can I get him to know that it's not that simple, and also, actually manage to cope with day to day life, now that I've managed to get home life (relationship with husband etc) much better.
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> sorry to be whinging again
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> Nikki xx
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