Posted by galkeepinon on August 20, 2003, at 3:07:45
In reply to Re: All of these Online Screening Tests and...., posted by Lex Poster Girl on August 19, 2003, at 19:49:54
Hey Lex :-)
Well, I see ya got your spell check;) Thanks Dr. Bob:-)
I'm glad your suicide attempt was not succesful!!!!Good for Wayne~~~giving you that suggestion! Dance the night away :-) I have had a hard time getting out and socializing too, heck I can't even get back into my schoolwork.
When you said *I kind of wonder if lex makes the people on this board similar or if our similarities make us candidates for lex*~~~you make such a good point! I wonder that too. I think (and it's late and I'm tired lol) but I think that I agree with the second part because it seems that a lot of us have tried so many different meds and have either had *poop-out* or horrible side effects, so we go from one med to the next, in hopes to find something that will 'work'. Depression is depression, and I think we who suffer from it have very similar feelings. I would venture to see if someone disagreed? So that would bring us together in terms of giving Lexapro a try and thus sharing our posts about our experiences on this board:-)Just my thoughts.......
Since the start of my depression in 1992-although I just told my family tonight I believe mine started when my folks got divorced in 1983, I now like to say *my life took a detour* hoping it will get back on track someday. Does that make sense? lol
Yes, my siblings are both on anti-depressants and my mom takes bp meds that basically act as anti-anxiety meds ;) (clonidine) My grandmother has had OCD all her life but is anti-med to the hilt, and my dad, well.... he uses everything else to numb his pain except maybe what he should have, like AD's--but who am I to point out character defects.
I'm glad that you've got pills that make YOU happy :-) and so far the Lexapro is making me happy so we're both happy....ain't that great!!
lol *laugh*
Have a good one,
gal> Hey Gal,
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> Yes, you got it precisely (christ, I wish this thing had spell check). The personal side of my question is that this is the first antidepressant I've ever been on - I wish someone had kicked me in the head years ago and thrown me on something - particularly after being in the hospital for three weeks after a very close to successful suicide attempt over six years ago. My last crash happened while I, fortunately, had insurance so I went to my new doctor and she looked at me as if I'd been struggling with cancer all my life and no one had ever suggested treatment. I'm familiar with the non-stop crying, suicidal tendencies, etc. I guess one of the reasons she put me on lex was because I hadn't slept or kept food down in three weeks and obviously needed something that would kick in fast. My mother has been supportive, but I haven't even told my siblings despite our closeness.
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> I went to a page about zoloft after talking to a friend about it and was surprised by the different tone of the place. At the risk of sounding like a virtual geek, I kind of felt at home in Lex land right away and the first response I got from Wayne made me want to go out dancing again - so I did. It's been a long time since I've wanted to be active and social. I kind of wonder if lex makes the people on this board similar or if our similarities make us candidates for lex.
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> I'm also curious about thoughts on depression (has anyone else wanted a better name for it than that?) being genetic. Are your siblings also on ADs?
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> I've got pills that make me happy...
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> Lex
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