Depressed -- Anti-depressants?
I've was diagonosed with depression many years ago and since then I've grown to realize that I have a mental illness and that I needed help. It has been a long and tough road with a lot of the toughest part of that road having come in the last two years, but I can share this with you it is one of the most satisfying roads to walk when you reach your recovery point.
I think my recovery with my mental illness, that includes depression and multiple types of anxiety, is similiar to what I am now doing with my weight recovery. I am putting myself first, i am getting the help I need with both medication management and talk therapy, I am on a path to self discovery, and I'm making me better. With my weight loss I have done the same things. I have access to a team that cares for me, I'm eating right, and exercising, and I'm putting my recovery first.
I know it might be a tough road, but don't be afraid of the meds or the talk therapy. Doing them together will bring you a lot of joy knowing that you conquered this just like your weight loss.
(((hugs))) Melissa
I think my recovery with my mental illness, that includes depression and multiple types of anxiety, is similiar to what I am now doing with my weight recovery. I am putting myself first, i am getting the help I need with both medication management and talk therapy, I am on a path to self discovery, and I'm making me better. With my weight loss I have done the same things. I have access to a team that cares for me, I'm eating right, and exercising, and I'm putting my recovery first.
I know it might be a tough road, but don't be afraid of the meds or the talk therapy. Doing them together will bring you a lot of joy knowing that you conquered this just like your weight loss.
(((hugs))) Melissa
kelly you are so welcome. if there is anything that i can do to support you and cheer you along or even answer questions, please let me know.
one thing that has worked for me tremendously in dealing with all of the "stuff" we work through is journaling. i actually have 2. I am keeping one for my weight loss blog as a memory to me and share my experience with friends and i keep a personal journal that records my highs, my lows, poems i've written, and dreams i've had even revelations post therapy.
it is an amazing tool and if i could offer you anything it is to journal. it is also a great way to record moods and medication feeling when you first start. your therapist will love you!
((((hugs))) melissa
one thing that has worked for me tremendously in dealing with all of the "stuff" we work through is journaling. i actually have 2. I am keeping one for my weight loss blog as a memory to me and share my experience with friends and i keep a personal journal that records my highs, my lows, poems i've written, and dreams i've had even revelations post therapy.
it is an amazing tool and if i could offer you anything it is to journal. it is also a great way to record moods and medication feeling when you first start. your therapist will love you!
((((hugs))) melissa
The first year after my wls, I felt wonderful. There were so many emotional highs... but then the second year rolled around. I started fighting depression again, and I fought it very hard for about another year. I t was quite bad. I finally got back on Wellbutrin 3x a day, and then last year got on Pristiq. I found out that I had low seratonin levels, which makes sense because of my hormone problems and history with PMDD.
I would say if you are feeling blue once in awhile, or because you feel closed up in the house a few days, then it might just be a temporary thing. But if you are having persistent problems that won't seem to go away, then you should consider seeing your doctor and asking for some medicine.
I didn't want to get back on antidepressants. Some how, I guess I felt that it was a step backward. Maybe I felt that wls should have cured that. But, there are times when we just need medication, just as a diabetic needs insulin, or a patient with high blood pressure needs blood pressure medicine. There should be no guilt or shame in needing an antidepressant.
I hope you are able to reconcile within yourself what it is you should do.
I would say if you are feeling blue once in awhile, or because you feel closed up in the house a few days, then it might just be a temporary thing. But if you are having persistent problems that won't seem to go away, then you should consider seeing your doctor and asking for some medicine.
I didn't want to get back on antidepressants. Some how, I guess I felt that it was a step backward. Maybe I felt that wls should have cured that. But, there are times when we just need medication, just as a diabetic needs insulin, or a patient with high blood pressure needs blood pressure medicine. There should be no guilt or shame in needing an antidepressant.
I hope you are able to reconcile within yourself what it is you should do.
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