NOLA Lady invited 35 users to read this post 4 years, 9 months ago.
My lady, you see your doctor asap! There is wonderful things they can do to help you with this period of stress. I’ve been there and done that…and they helped me Sweetie…please don’t delay! There are no words that can help you with this situation. It will take professional help and maybe as simple as an anti-depressant. I’m not a doctor, but have some experience with your situation. Take care and keep us posted my friend.
NOLA this sounds like a severe depression. If you’re willing to be hospitalized, it sounds like you should see your doc right away.
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It’s good that you came here seeking help, it’s a good sign for you. It sounds to me like your really depressed, talking to people here will help.
I don’t think your having a nervous breakdown, you came here seeking help, listen to different peoples opinions, it will help. You still care about yourself or wouldnt of come here, that means you’re not crazy, you still do care somewhere inside.
Find at least one thing that you can do, and do well, and do it! When I say one thing, I mean I don’t care what it is, find something that you can do and dive into it. For someo peole it’s work, family, friends, their house, their yard, helping people on Help.com.
The better way would be to seek professional help, it’s not wrong in any way shape or form to seek a professional medical advice.
Please don’t shut yourself off from then world though, some people do care about you. Find someone to talk to, something to do, it will make all the difference, trust me. I was where you were once, and I went at it all alone and opinions vary, but I didn’t fare as well as I could of if I had more support.
You’re not crazy, you have more strength than you realize right now. They say the first step is knowing you have a problem, second is asking for help, You’re already at step two which is fantastic!, let someone know if it gets worse ok?
hi nola. i agree with spunky here. u really need a doctor rt away. i ve been thru the same type of situation as urs some yrs back. & the treatment was vry simple once i hd visited the doctor. u r going thru depression- that is for sure…
i wish u all the best.
Spunky101 wrote:
My lady, you see your doctor asap! There is wonderful things they can do to help you with this period of stress. I’ve been there and done that…and they helped me Sweetie…please don’t delay! There are no words that can help you with this situation. It will take professional help and maybe as simple as an anti-depressant. I’m not a doctor, but have some experience with your situation. Take care and keep us posted my friend.
Spunky - Thanks for the suggestion. I have been seeing a doctor. I take 20mg of Lexapro because it helps with the depression and aniexty. It helps alittle but not enough. I know I have to see a cousuelor too but I am waiting to get my bonus from work in a couple months to be able to start that. However I don’t think I can hang in that long. I will call my doctor again and see if there is something else I can do for now.
sansceriph wrote:
NOLA this sounds like a severe depression. If you’re willing to be hospitalized, it sounds like you should see your doc right away.
It just feel like more than severe depression. I will call my doctor again.
Annoymous and Barbie - Thanks for responding. Have to wait to gather money to see a cousuelor. See above responses.
Sweetie, you maybe on the wrong medication. Would advise you to get some recommendations on another doctor. Please keep us posted.
Ooh Anoymous - Not sure what things i am very good at. I have no energy at all. I love helping people here but I feel so unstable that I don’t think i am good at helping others. I try to do things that make me happy at home like playing with my Ninetendo DS and on my computer. It helps but doesn’t heal. Don’t know what I an trying to say.
NOLA Lady wrote:
Spunky101 wrote:
My lady, you see your doctor asap! There is wonderful things they can do to help you with this period of stress. I’ve been there and done that…and they helped me Sweetie…please don’t delay! There are no words that can help you with this situation. It will take professional help and maybe as simple as an anti-depressant. I’m not a doctor, but have some experience with your situation. Take care and keep us posted my friend.
Spunky - Thanks for the suggestion. I have been seeing a doctor. I take 20mg of Lexapro because it helps with the depression and aniexty. It helps alittle but not enough. I know I have to see a cousuelor too but I am waiting to get my bonus from work in a couple months to be able to start that. However I don’t think I can hang in that long. I will call my doctor again and see if there is something else I can do for now.
sounds like your meds need to be upped.. i use to take 10 mg of paxil, eventually my body got use to them.. in which they were put up to 20mg… after being on them for several years now… my body once again got use to them.. and i am now taking 40 mg…
if you take any medication even tylenol.. your body will come immune to them… and they wont have the same affects… talk to the dr who prescribed them to you.. ask him if he can up your dose..
as for a breakdown, i have had several of those… you in fact are irrational.. not seeing things in the real light.. wanting to just end it all.. immediately… screaming, just wanting to die…
yours in fact sounds just like what i explained to you… your meds are not working like they should be… seriously, talk to your dr to see if they can up your meds.. that or put you on something diffferent..
Mas1st wrote:
I think maybe a full medical check up might be in order Nola Lady. There are many other conditions that can present as symptoms of stress/anxiety/depression. You cant go on like this and no matter what is causing it, it sounds like you could be doing with a complete rest and even being looked after in hospital. Make sure you explain all the pains to the Doctor - dont let them assume it’s depression - get them to prove it is/isn’t. I really hope you get to the bottom of this quickly and get some time to rest and heal - Mas
I had a full work up not to long ago especially when I started getting the pains in my upper chest. My heart and lungs are fine. Blood looks pretty good. I will see what else she wants to do when i get there.
Shie - What you explained is exactly how I am feeling to the t!! I will see what the doctor wants do. I think that either the dosage needs to be increased or I need to be on something else.
Join a gym and try working out maybe walking or something basic. You’ll be amazed at how much better yuou will feel if you start a routine like that. Also going to see the doctor may be a good idea as well.
Now, you are talking my Lady! That sounds great! Doctors don’t always have all the answers. We must help them. That is what you are doing. Things will be fine!
I have to applaud you . theres so many that want quick solutions and/or rely only on doctors. By Getting the knowledge and understanding of whats going on with yourself is what I usually have to recommend. I agree with the others when I say I would say it’s severe depression too. Only I wonder why you though it may be a breakdown . Did something happen to bring you to this point? Divorce , Loss etc…? Either way Trust me, it can get worse, I’ve been there. so like the others said get the aide you need, exercize , and keep on keeping on :)
MamaBear {Felicity} wrote:
I have to applaud you . theres so many that want quick solutions and/or rely only on doctors. By Getting the knowledge and understanding of whats going on with yourself is what I usually have to recommend. I agree with the others when I say I would say it’s severe depression too. Only I wonder why you though it may be a breakdown . Did something happen to bring you to this point? Divorce , Loss etc…? Either way Trust me, it can get worse, I’ve been there. so like the others said get the aide you need, exercize , and keep on keeping on :)
I have had loss all my life but the stuff going on now is what is leading me to a breakdown. I have lost my best friend of 13 years, have to move out of the house I love because he doesn’t want me there anymore, leave the area I love because I can’t afford it, leave the dogs I love so much and the 2 other roommates I care about alot. I am ready to put myself out with the trash. I don’t care anymore. I don’t know why he is mad, he will not talk to me, will not respond to my emails and doesn’t even acknowledge my existence at home. He goes in another room if I come in the room he is in. He will only return if I leave the room. This is driving me crazy on many many many levels! I can’t move til I can get money to move again.
Hi, I understand exactly how you’re feeling. I’ve hit rock bottom….i’m at the bottom of a black hole and cannot begin to claw my way out. I’m sure i’m going off my head. I lost my beautiful 26 year old son in march of this year to suicide and now my marraige is going down the pan. I feel so alone and so desperate and feel i would be better off with my boy. I cannot see an end to this.
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Don’t bother with the psycho-babble doctors and their one track mind of drugs. That does nothing! More times than not, there is a real physiological problem that has been ignored….maybe thyroid problems, maybe a tumor growth, maybe something that is making you feel rather sick and tired….maybe the onset of diabetes or something. There are many causes for these sysmptoms, and when people and professionals choose to disregard those possibilities and suggest you are crazy, ultimately causing you more stress, making more demands of you to go to more useless counselling sessions, make sure you become drug dependant, waste your time on people and things you would never have chosen on your own - they have then found a way to control you - and they will - because it keeps you and other people coming seeking ‘help’ and escalates a plethora of unnecessary cost and stress on you, the medical system, and paying outrageous amounts of money to someone who sits and asks dumb questions, or directs you to talk about things that have no relevance and then tell you to come back and finish those thoughts at your next appt….while they are literally daydreaming about something else, and collecting high salaries for it!
THESE relentless life and blood suckers are the biggest reason so many people are under stress - because they came up with some contrived and bogus “diagnosis” or “label” on nearly every individual of the population, even our children, to create a reason for their job and have governments and companies eating it up like candy! THE REASON THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE UNDER SO MUCH STRESS AND SO DEPRESSED IS BECAUSE OF THESE RELENTLESS POLITICAL ‘RELATIONSHIPS’ WITH GOVERNMENTS AND HEALTH WORKERS! They are trained to demean and create anxiety and cause depression - so that they have now a “important” job of “fixing” you! These are the people who need to take a look in the mirror and realize their ’system’ and their political b.s. agendas are causing the depression and stress of the world!
Take a holiday, go somewhere far away from family, friends, and the daily pressures of your current life. DO NOT TAKE YOUR COMPUTER, YOUR DS OR ANY TECHNOGICAL CRAP WITH YOU - not even a bloody phone! Take 3 weeks to remove yourself from your current “support” persons, your environment, whether it be the life of shopping, a city life, for over-exposure to ’stuff’ others drop on you, stuff that is of no concern to you, stuff that only weighs on people - all the stuff that really doesn’t matter!
Find a quiet cabin at a beach, get in touch with nature, eat, relax, nurture your soul, sleep - as much as you would like without feeling guilty, eat fresh fruits and veggies….throw on a steak or a burger on the bbq once a week. Take a walk through the simple life and rejuvenate your body, mind and soul!
Maybe do some hiking, bird-watching, painting, sketching, photography - whatever.
Jump, run, play and laugh at yourself! Jump into the water, swim out to a safe level and scream on the top of your lungs! Do the things that would cause you to feel embarrassed…..don’t care what others might think! Just be…..without judgement and criticism. Don’t let anyone try to sway you into doing or saying anything you don’t want to!
THIS - DONE A FEW TIMES A YEAR - WILL DO MORE GOOD FOR YOU THAN ANY DOCTOR OR PSYCHOLOGIST/PSYCHIATRIST OR ANY OTHER RELENTING SELF-ABSORBED PROFESSIONAL!
Talking or yelling at a blank white wall will do more for you than those psychobabble sessions and the drugs they give to control you - simply for the benefit of drug companies and political gains. They will keep you busy with so much of this stuff, so that they can control you and your life. They will pressure you with more appointments and expectations, not rest, not understanding or anything that really helps….they will bombard you with relentless abuse and patronize you all to cause you more anxiety, stress and depression - BUT BE STRONG!
Take it in your own hands….take stock of everyone and everything in your life and wash your hands of the ones that cause you to feel bad about yourself or unworthy.
Remove yourself from their grips, or go away on your own and remind yourself what a wonderful human being you are and remember that the people who treat you badly have no right to and they are the ones missing out on the wonderful person you know your are! BUT Do Not Let Yourself Miss Out on the Wonderful Person YOU ARE! Be resilient….hold up your head, look up to the sky and be what no one else can be! YOU! YOU ARE THE ONLY PERFECT YOU! Disregard anyone who tries to put you down and continue to be you!
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my grandmother and father have had nervous breakdowns.
sound like you have clinnical depression. nervous breakdowns ussually
start with a severe case of not being able to make a decision simple
thing like wether or not to brush your teeth stuff that has to do
with everyday normal tasks. i think you probably could bi polar as i
am a functioning schizophrenic. your docter would have to determine what meds to
put you on to calm your brain down also check your thryoid function out
it can have a lot to do with your feeling its chemical hormone organ
theve got med for that to
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