Posted by Racer on October 23, 2005, at 0:44:50
In reply to Re: Do you think this might be worth me looking into? » Racer, posted by SLS on October 22, 2005, at 21:53:44
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> As of today, how would you rate your degree of recovery from depression? What is missing? What is there too much of?
Well, let's see... I've stopped Lamictal, and am feeling much better for it, and am now reducing Cymbalta to 40mg from 60mg, to see if that will help me get a bit of movement going in my life. I still need a nap daily, which is not very happy making for me, but it's better. I've actually managed to do something pretty much every day for most of the past week, which is a major improvement. So, there's definite progress.Right now, my depression is pretty well controlled. I do get waves of despair, mostly related to my weight and my age, but that sort of thing is in waves now, not constant. (Although those waves are *intense* when they hit. They're mostly related to my weight, though, when they're that bad.) I'm kind of at the point of saying that if I can get to the point of being functional again, I don't care if I'm still somewhat depressed.
What's still a problem, and getting to be more of a problem, is the anxiety. I'm at the point now where I really have to start doing something with my life. It won't be tomorrow, but once my husband's car is running again, I need to have something lined up, to get me out of the house. Being so shut in is not helping me. Problem is, what I know I need to do is terrifying me, and I need to find some way to get that fear under control. Again, if I didn't get those physical symptoms, I could handle any psychological pressure. It's the paralysing fear that stops me.
As much as anything else, I like to have some ideas for what to look at next, for if -- OK, for *when* -- the drugs I'm on now poop out.
Thanks, as always, Scott. You's a good guy.
One last question, if you don't mind:
>> Like most of the tricyclic drugs, it suppresses REM sleep.
I don't know much about sleep phases. What are the results of suppressing REM sleep? And do you know anywhere to start reading up on the subject? REM for Ignoramuses, maybe? ;-D
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