The time has come for me to stop taking the anti depressant completely.
I sort of was suppose to stop taking it 2 weeks ago but freaked out a little bit about the concept of being off the drug completely. But tomorrow morning I will be chucking the remainder of my medication out. It's a little bit exciting I think.
In a few days it will be 3 months since the BF and I started dating. I have been getting some anxiety about being with someone for an extended period of time and have it just end. The thought of that happening at the moment is giving me anxiety at night time even though it isn't even really a big deal. I guess it's just happening to me because of how long I was with my ex boyfriend before we split up. I shouldn't even be thinking about these kinds of things when I've only been dating the BF for a few months. I think I will get over it in a short while.
I'm also getting back into computer gaming which is conveniant now that I don't have a computer. I have only started playing The Sims 2 and a little bit of The Sims 3. Plus I reactivated my World of Warcraft account and have slowly been leveling a priest. by slowly I mean so far she is only level 8. I think it's going to take me some time before I can fully get back into that game.
I can only play computer games for short amounts of time because I don't feel comfortable being out in the open on my parents computer and the chair is really uncomfortable. I hope I will be able to afford a lap top or something in a few months.
I know it's been a while since I updated. But I don't have much to say at the moment. My dismal amount of followers prevents me from caring to much to update regular. Even though this is mainly for myself, it would be nice to have people reading it from time to time and leaving feedback.
I think I need to improve my writing skills.
Showing posts with label medication. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medication. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
FFS
You know what I miss? How I used to write. Maybe it will come back to me eventually, but right now I'm not liking how I write.
Maybe it's my medication. When I first started writing blogs, well, it wasn't when I first started, I've been writing blogs since I was in high school. I mean when I decided for the billionth time to start writing again after an absence from it I had no problem writing. I was even a bit funny. Now I have the hardest time even getting the energy to type something out. I can sit here and just stare at the screen for a few minutes and my mind will just be completely blank.
I take two types of medication. One is an anti depressant called Cymbalta. The other is a mood stabilizer called Epilim. I really want to get off the anti depressant because I really don't like it anymore. I've read a lot of stuff about Cymbalta too and it sounds nasty. So do the side effects. But the doctors wont let me go off it at the moment because of my current situation. I've been taking it for a few months, maybe 4, I really can't remember. When I first started taking it, it was a nghtmare. I could actually feel myself changing, my brain being effected. It was rather unusual.
I remember times when I would just sit on the shower floor just gripping my head with my hands and rocking myself while crying. I couldn't sleep for a few weeks, and with the little sleep I got there were bad dreams. Really bad. I would wake up screaming. I would wake up gasping for air because I had been holding my breath. Sometimes I felt like I was going to die, that something was wrong and this was it. I didn't really get any support from anyone, not even my doctors. I was alone while my brain was transforming. I don't recommend you go through anything like that alone.
Because of what it was like in the beginning of taking the drug, I get anxiety thinking about what it would be like going off them. If I forget just one day to take it, I instantly feel the effects. I can never quite explain how my body feels after missing a dosage. But I can tell you it isn't a nice feeling.
But I need to get off this drug.
Maybe it's my medication. When I first started writing blogs, well, it wasn't when I first started, I've been writing blogs since I was in high school. I mean when I decided for the billionth time to start writing again after an absence from it I had no problem writing. I was even a bit funny. Now I have the hardest time even getting the energy to type something out. I can sit here and just stare at the screen for a few minutes and my mind will just be completely blank.
I take two types of medication. One is an anti depressant called Cymbalta. The other is a mood stabilizer called Epilim. I really want to get off the anti depressant because I really don't like it anymore. I've read a lot of stuff about Cymbalta too and it sounds nasty. So do the side effects. But the doctors wont let me go off it at the moment because of my current situation. I've been taking it for a few months, maybe 4, I really can't remember. When I first started taking it, it was a nghtmare. I could actually feel myself changing, my brain being effected. It was rather unusual.
I remember times when I would just sit on the shower floor just gripping my head with my hands and rocking myself while crying. I couldn't sleep for a few weeks, and with the little sleep I got there were bad dreams. Really bad. I would wake up screaming. I would wake up gasping for air because I had been holding my breath. Sometimes I felt like I was going to die, that something was wrong and this was it. I didn't really get any support from anyone, not even my doctors. I was alone while my brain was transforming. I don't recommend you go through anything like that alone.
Because of what it was like in the beginning of taking the drug, I get anxiety thinking about what it would be like going off them. If I forget just one day to take it, I instantly feel the effects. I can never quite explain how my body feels after missing a dosage. But I can tell you it isn't a nice feeling.
But I need to get off this drug.
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