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DIGITY
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About Me
I'M A 55 YEAR OLD DIVORCED MAN WITH 5 CHILDREN. I BELONG TO AA AND HAVE BECOME VERY CLOSE TO A SMALL LOCAL CHURCH. ALTHOUGH I AM CONSIDERED BI-POLAR, IT TENDS HEAVILY TOWARD THE DEPRESSIVE SIDE OF THINGS. I NEED TO KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE LIE THIS AND WHAT OTHERS DO ABOUT IT.
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Close Depression
: Clinical (Major) DepressionI'M SURE MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WAS, AT THE LATEST, AT AGE EIGHTEEN AND AGAIN AT TWENTY SIX. BOTH EVENTS WERE TRIGGORE BY EVENTS, HUGE EMOTIONAL UPHEAVALS. I SEEMED OK UNTIL AGE 43 BUT WASN'T LIVING RIGHT ( DRINKING TOO MUCH AND SMOKING POT ). THEN THE ROOF CAVED IN. I HAD 11 MAJOR BREAKDOWNS OVER THE NEXT 9 1/2 YEARS. DURING THAT TIME I STOPPED DRINKING AND DRUGGING,JOINED A SMALL CHURCH BUT ALSO WENT PERSONALLY BANKRUPT AND GOT DIVORCED. SOMEHOW, I WEATHERED MUCH OF THIS AFTER 2004 AND THE DEPRESSION SEEMED QUITE MANAGEABLE. NOW, WITH NO REAL TRIGGER I CAN THINK OF I HAVE HAD THREE, ALTHOUGH SHORTER, EPISODES THIS YEAR ALREADY. AS I WRITE THIS IT IS MID JULY 2008. I'M SCARED.
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- Prozac Working / Worked
- ITS NOT WORKING WELL NOW BUT HAD FOR QUITE A WHILE. I SUSPECT MY DOSAGE IS TOO LOW. I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH ANXIETY AND SLEEP.
- Paxil Working / Worked
- I WAS ON THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME IN THE LATE 90S AND EARIER 2000S. I WENT OFF IT BETWEEN SOME OF THE EARLIER EPISODES AND IT SEEMED VERY SLOW TO RESTORE BALANCE ONCE LOST. I HATED THE SEXUAL SIDE EFFECTS AND THINK IT HELPED CONTRIBUTE TO MY DIVORCE. LESSER OF TWO EVILS?
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