Am I depressed?

[mom2lillian]

sounds like anxiety to me and I have first hand experience. I was always high strung but after my dx and everythign started getting to me I eneded up having ekg due to many symptoms similar to yours and realized it was anxiety. I also woudl get hot, sweaty, dizzy when I had something go really wrong. Trouble sleeping, mind racing, I woudl worry abotu everythign but felt like I just didnthave it in me to worry do anythign about any of it.

I went on xanax for a month while also taking buspirone (which takes a while to build up to a therapeutic level) then just buspirone. B- made me tired for about an hour after taking it and it was 2x a day so that did not work well so then I started taking it just at night (becuase it helped me fall asleep so easily which was a huge problem for me then) and I woudl take paxil in the am which lasts all day.

I also started counseling and excercising while slowly dealing with all my issues. I weaned off meds after a 2-3 year period and am glad I dont have to take them any more (though there has been one other very stressful period where I got a 2 mo script for xanax because I was having troubles).

take care and if you want to chat I am open. I used to not talk to anyone about my anxiety and meds but I learned now that so many poeple have issues with it and it alwyas helps to talk!

edited to say: there isa quiz type thing you can take to help identiyf if you have issues with anxiety depression or both and it really helps to see someone who knows abotu the meds and can find what is right for you. I think seeing a psychologist is best but at the time I saw my family dr only for a whiel but she took them herself and understood about finding what was righ tfor me.

 

[mom2lillian]

sounds like anxiety to me and I have first hand experience. I was always high strung but after my dx and everythign started getting to me I eneded up having ekg due to many symptoms similar to yours and realized it was anxiety. I also woudl get hot, sweaty, dizzy when I had something go really wrong. Trouble sleeping, mind racing, I woudl worry abotu everythign but felt like I just didnthave it in me to worry do anythign about any of it.

I went on xanax for a month while also taking buspirone (which takes a while to build up to a therapeutic level) then just buspirone. B- made me tired for about an hour after taking it and it was 2x a day so that did not work well so then I started taking it just at night (becuase it helped me fall asleep so easily which was a huge problem for me then) and I woudl take paxil in the am which lasts all day.

I also started counseling and excercising while slowly dealing with all my issues. I weaned off meds after a 2-3 year period and am glad I dont have to take them any more (though there has been one other very stressful period where I got a 2 mo script for xanax because I was having troubles).

take care and if you want to chat I am open. I used to not talk to anyone about my anxiety and meds but I learned now that so many poeple have issues with it and it alwyas helps to talk!

edited to say: there isa quiz type thing you can take to help identiyf if you have issues with anxiety depression or both and it really helps to see someone who knows abotu the meds and can find what is right for you. I think seeing a psychologist is best but at the time I saw my family dr only for a whiel but she took them herself and understood about finding what was righ tfor me.

 

[mom2lillian]

sounds like anxiety to me and I have first hand experience. I was always high strung but after my dx and everythign started getting to me I eneded up having ekg due to many symptoms similar to yours and realized it was anxiety. I also woudl get hot, sweaty, dizzy when I had something go really wrong. Trouble sleeping, mind racing, I woudl worry abotu everythign but felt like I just didnthave it in me to worry do anythign about any of it.

I went on xanax for a month while also taking buspirone (which takes a while to build up to a therapeutic level) then just buspirone. B- made me tired for about an hour after taking it and it was 2x a day so that did not work well so then I started taking it just at night (becuase it helped me fall asleep so easily which was a huge problem for me then) and I woudl take paxil in the am which lasts all day.

I also started counseling and excercising while slowly dealing with all my issues. I weaned off meds after a 2-3 year period and am glad I dont have to take them any more (though there has been one other very stressful period where I got a 2 mo script for xanax because I was having troubles).

take care and if you want to chat I am open. I used to not talk to anyone about my anxiety and meds but I learned now that so many poeple have issues with it and it alwyas helps to talk!

edited to say: there isa quiz type thing you can take to help identiyf if you have issues with anxiety depression or both and it really helps to see someone who knows abotu the meds and can find what is right for you. I think seeing a psychologist is best but at the time I saw my family dr only for a whiel but she took them herself and understood about finding what was righ tfor me.

 

[mom2lillian]

sounds like anxiety to me and I have first hand experience. I was always high strung but after my dx and everythign started getting to me I eneded up having ekg due to many symptoms similar to yours and realized it was anxiety. I also woudl get hot, sweaty, dizzy when I had something go really wrong. Trouble sleeping, mind racing, I woudl worry abotu everythign but felt like I just didnthave it in me to worry do anythign about any of it.

I went on xanax for a month while also taking buspirone (which takes a while to build up to a therapeutic level) then just buspirone. B- made me tired for about an hour after taking it and it was 2x a day so that did not work well so then I started taking it just at night (becuase it helped me fall asleep so easily which was a huge problem for me then) and I woudl take paxil in the am which lasts all day.

I also started counseling and excercising while slowly dealing with all my issues. I weaned off meds after a 2-3 year period and am glad I dont have to take them any more (though there has been one other very stressful period where I got a 2 mo script for xanax because I was having troubles).

take care and if you want to chat I am open. I used to not talk to anyone about my anxiety and meds but I learned now that so many poeple have issues with it and it alwyas helps to talk!

edited to say: there isa quiz type thing you can take to help identiyf if you have issues with anxiety depression or both and it really helps to see someone who knows abotu the meds and can find what is right for you. I think seeing a psychologist is best but at the time I saw my family dr only for a whiel but she took them herself and understood about finding what was righ tfor me.

 

[JustDucky]

(((Mare))), I know you have been having such a tough time with all of this. You have had alot happen to you in a short period of time, anxiety can be quite a monster. I am glad you are seeing your CF doc soon, he will be sure to help you out. I think that when people like us that have so many events (like you did throughout the winter), it is natural to feel very scared and anxious. I do know that when I was permanently vented, I felt very much like you do right now...very anxious, always counting the breaths that the machine gave me, looking at the pressures to make sure that they were okay, many times I felt like I wasn't getting enough air through my vent even though my saturations were great. I was afraid to do anything too for fear of dislodging my trach and hence, killing myself accidentally. Over time through anti anxiety meds and counseling (which helped tremendously...I realized that I was not nuts, just anxious with good reason) At any rate, I hope that the doc can sort things out for you. You know that you can always lean on me....email me all you want, I am here for you my friend. Hugs Jenn <img src="i/expressions/rose.gif" border="0">

 

[JustDucky]

(((Mare))), I know you have been having such a tough time with all of this. You have had alot happen to you in a short period of time, anxiety can be quite a monster. I am glad you are seeing your CF doc soon, he will be sure to help you out. I think that when people like us that have so many events (like you did throughout the winter), it is natural to feel very scared and anxious. I do know that when I was permanently vented, I felt very much like you do right now...very anxious, always counting the breaths that the machine gave me, looking at the pressures to make sure that they were okay, many times I felt like I wasn't getting enough air through my vent even though my saturations were great. I was afraid to do anything too for fear of dislodging my trach and hence, killing myself accidentally. Over time through anti anxiety meds and counseling (which helped tremendously...I realized that I was not nuts, just anxious with good reason) At any rate, I hope that the doc can sort things out for you. You know that you can always lean on me....email me all you want, I am here for you my friend. Hugs Jenn <img src="i/expressions/rose.gif" border="0">

 

[JustDucky]

(((Mare))), I know you have been having such a tough time with all of this. You have had alot happen to you in a short period of time, anxiety can be quite a monster. I am glad you are seeing your CF doc soon, he will be sure to help you out. I think that when people like us that have so many events (like you did throughout the winter), it is natural to feel very scared and anxious. I do know that when I was permanently vented, I felt very much like you do right now...very anxious, always counting the breaths that the machine gave me, looking at the pressures to make sure that they were okay, many times I felt like I wasn't getting enough air through my vent even though my saturations were great. I was afraid to do anything too for fear of dislodging my trach and hence, killing myself accidentally. Over time through anti anxiety meds and counseling (which helped tremendously...I realized that I was not nuts, just anxious with good reason) At any rate, I hope that the doc can sort things out for you. You know that you can always lean on me....email me all you want, I am here for you my friend. Hugs Jenn <img src="i/expressions/rose.gif" border="0">

 

[JustDucky]

(((Mare))), I know you have been having such a tough time with all of this. You have had alot happen to you in a short period of time, anxiety can be quite a monster. I am glad you are seeing your CF doc soon, he will be sure to help you out. I think that when people like us that have so many events (like you did throughout the winter), it is natural to feel very scared and anxious. I do know that when I was permanently vented, I felt very much like you do right now...very anxious, always counting the breaths that the machine gave me, looking at the pressures to make sure that they were okay, many times I felt like I wasn't getting enough air through my vent even though my saturations were great. I was afraid to do anything too for fear of dislodging my trach and hence, killing myself accidentally. Over time through anti anxiety meds and counseling (which helped tremendously...I realized that I was not nuts, just anxious with good reason) At any rate, I hope that the doc can sort things out for you. You know that you can always lean on me....email me all you want, I am here for you my friend. Hugs Jenn <img src="i/expressions/rose.gif" border="0">

 

[JustDucky]

(((Mare))), I know you have been having such a tough time with all of this. You have had alot happen to you in a short period of time, anxiety can be quite a monster. I am glad you are seeing your CF doc soon, he will be sure to help you out. I think that when people like us that have so many events (like you did throughout the winter), it is natural to feel very scared and anxious. I do know that when I was permanently vented, I felt very much like you do right now...very anxious, always counting the breaths that the machine gave me, looking at the pressures to make sure that they were okay, many times I felt like I wasn't getting enough air through my vent even though my saturations were great. I was afraid to do anything too for fear of dislodging my trach and hence, killing myself accidentally. Over time through anti anxiety meds and counseling (which helped tremendously...I realized that I was not nuts, just anxious with good reason) At any rate, I hope that the doc can sort things out for you. You know that you can always lean on me....email me all you want, I am here for you my friend. Hugs Jenn <img src="i/expressions/rose.gif" border="0">

 

[JustDucky]

(((Mare))), I know you have been having such a tough time with all of this. You have had alot happen to you in a short period of time, anxiety can be quite a monster. I am glad you are seeing your CF doc soon, he will be sure to help you out. I think that when people like us that have so many events (like you did throughout the winter), it is natural to feel very scared and anxious. I do know that when I was permanently vented, I felt very much like you do right now...very anxious, always counting the breaths that the machine gave me, looking at the pressures to make sure that they were okay, many times I felt like I wasn't getting enough air through my vent even though my saturations were great. I was afraid to do anything too for fear of dislodging my trach and hence, killing myself accidentally. Over time through anti anxiety meds and counseling (which helped tremendously...I realized that I was not nuts, just anxious with good reason) At any rate, I hope that the doc can sort things out for you. You know that you can always lean on me....email me all you want, I am here for you my friend. Hugs Jenn <img src="i/expressions/rose.gif" border="0">

 

[thefrogprincess]

I agree with Melissa, it sounds like anxiety AND depression. Maybe depression brought on by anxiety. Your CF doc may want to send you to a psychiatrist to get a propper diagnosis, I would ask about it at your appointment.

 

[thefrogprincess]

I agree with Melissa, it sounds like anxiety AND depression. Maybe depression brought on by anxiety. Your CF doc may want to send you to a psychiatrist to get a propper diagnosis, I would ask about it at your appointment.

 

[thefrogprincess]

I agree with Melissa, it sounds like anxiety AND depression. Maybe depression brought on by anxiety. Your CF doc may want to send you to a psychiatrist to get a propper diagnosis, I would ask about it at your appointment.

 

[thefrogprincess]

I agree with Melissa, it sounds like anxiety AND depression. Maybe depression brought on by anxiety. Your CF doc may want to send you to a psychiatrist to get a propper diagnosis, I would ask about it at your appointment.

 

[thefrogprincess]

I agree with Melissa, it sounds like anxiety AND depression. Maybe depression brought on by anxiety. Your CF doc may want to send you to a psychiatrist to get a propper diagnosis, I would ask about it at your appointment.

 

[thefrogprincess]

I agree with Melissa, it sounds like anxiety AND depression. Maybe depression brought on by anxiety. Your CF doc may want to send you to a psychiatrist to get a propper diagnosis, I would ask about it at your appointment.

 

[KrazyKat]

mare - have you been on antibiotics much lately? Either Cipro or Tobra? If so, before you try anything else, try a good quality Magnesium supplement for a few weeks. I suffered from what the doctors assumed was anxiety when all it was, was Magnesium deficiency. Had all the symptoms you mention.

 

[KrazyKat]

mare - have you been on antibiotics much lately? Either Cipro or Tobra? If so, before you try anything else, try a good quality Magnesium supplement for a few weeks. I suffered from what the doctors assumed was anxiety when all it was, was Magnesium deficiency. Had all the symptoms you mention.

 

[KrazyKat]

mare - have you been on antibiotics much lately? Either Cipro or Tobra? If so, before you try anything else, try a good quality Magnesium supplement for a few weeks. I suffered from what the doctors assumed was anxiety when all it was, was Magnesium deficiency. Had all the symptoms you mention.

 

[KrazyKat]

mare - have you been on antibiotics much lately? Either Cipro or Tobra? If so, before you try anything else, try a good quality Magnesium supplement for a few weeks. I suffered from what the doctors assumed was anxiety when all it was, was Magnesium deficiency. Had all the symptoms you mention.