nursecandie’s Profile

Close Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) Depression

First major depressive episode senior year of college, now trying to survive the real world and find the right medications for me and the best lifestyle choices

Treatments

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

it helps talking to somebody that really understands what depression is like and find ways to manage it

Cymbalta Somewhat Helpful

alone, it's not helpful for my anxiety

Meditation Working / Worked

yoga is generally a good mood elevator for me

Paxil Working / Worked

worked for a while but now it has pooped out on me and i am going to start taking a new antidepressant called Pristiq

Positive Thinking Somewhat Helpful

hard to control depending on how depressed i'm feeling

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

it helps talking to somebody that really understands what depression is like and find ways to manage it

Seroquel Working / Worked

was helpful with sleep, anxiety, and thinking for a while...then i was having insomnia

Trazodone Working / Worked

definitely helps with sleep, not sure about anxiety though

Wellbutrin Somewhat Helpful

used with zoloft it helped a little, but i still ended up being suicidal

Writing Working / Worked

helps me release pent up emotions that i am otherwise unable to express

Zoloft Somewhat Helpful

first drug i tried, raised my energy level some but didn't help with anything else - i still wanted to kill myself even 4 months later

Close Anxiety

Treatments

Ativan Working / Worked

i was so anxious before my college graduation that i went from sleeping all the time to hardly sleeping at all...i liked it but it was difficult to withdraw from

Klonopin Working / Worked

still taking a small dose, tried to go off of it and had horrible withdrawal reactions including panic attacks

Meditation Working / Worked

yoga helps but only in the moment

Paxil Too Soon to Tell

so far it's made the voices i hear worse...like telling me to kill or cut myself, but overall i think i am less anxious

Trazodone Working / Worked

helps with sleep, not sure about anxiety

Xanax Working / Worked

very helpful, did not make me drowsy so i could take it anytime of day..by doc didn't want me on it long term which is how i ended up on klonopin

Zoloft Somewhat Helpful

i noticed more of an energy lift and i ended up taking ativan too because i was only able to sleep 3 hours a night