Posted by detroitpistons on January 15, 2010, at 13:33:07
In reply to I having a lot of down days, posted by Maxime on January 9, 2010, at 21:20:04
Hugs!!!
I can relate. I was laid off and was so stressed out. It wasn't just the layoff, it was a career crisis. I knew I had to change careers and I had no idea where to start or what to do. Unemployment money only took me so far, since I was living in Chicago. My girlfriend then left to teach abroad and so we basically broke up. I also had knee surgery during this time too and that added some stress.
I cried a lot during those times, but somehow I think the mood stabilizer Lamictal kept my head above water. In other words, it never got to the point of clinical depression.
Right now, your increasing bad days may or may not have anything to do with your medical condition. Anybody could be stressed out and down under your circumstances. I think if I were you, I'd maybe give it a couple more weeks and see what happens. Then, maybe you can get some drug tweaking done.
Right now, I'm not feeling too good either. I have new career issues and a good friend just committed suicide. I'm scared that my long run of several years without clinical depression may be coming to an end, but I'm gonna give it about 2 weeks before I wave the red flag.
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