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Posted by susan baxter on November 24, 2003, at 6:33:52
I have a problem and I really would like some feedback ,I quite often experience and feel foggy in my head /mind and I find myself unable to think clearly . Even in relating to those I live with can be difficult because I say things without realizing it starts conflict and mentally it is crazy . Like for example I cant even get up in the morning because Im worried about stuff and I am a mother and my husband does help but I cant see the light ,I dont know what to do .Depression sucks Ilost my mum at 9yrs of age and she had cancer and I was put on zoloft because I thought I was gonna die from it like she did it really hurt .Sometimes I wish people would show more care of what I have to live with , like I feel burnt out emotionally and Im only in my 20's.Been under stress and trauma as a child breaks me and it does not go away. I have been to counselling and the doc and no matter what I try my grief,anxiety,depression are there day in day out .Dont get me wrong I am an optomistic person but these things do plague an d bug me. I also was sexually abused as a child by another older child and I only recently realized this .I guess you might think that is bad but I really have only told my husband and no one else except this board . Ithink people who are abused feel ashamed ,guilty,embaressed and angry and that is how I feel.Anyway please write if you want to talk to me or if you want to help me too,thanks cheers from Oz.
Posted by linkadge on November 24, 2003, at 6:57:23
In reply to Feeling confused about Zoloft etc,can you help ? , posted by susan baxter on November 24, 2003, at 6:33:52
Add folic acid (1mg) and fish oil, 3g to your diet. The folic acid has been shown in many studies to boost the effecivlness of antiedepressant medication.
On the other side of the coin, you need to make it clear to primarily yourself, what you can and cannot do for your family in an average day.Make a list of what you think that you are able to do (for yourself and your family) on a daily basis. You need to understand, (and more imporatantly) believe yourself when you say when you are sick.
Bring this list to your family, and be assertive in telling them whats wrong, what you can and cannot do, and what they might do to help.Perhaps, a few family counselling sessions would help help you to better comunicate your problems with your family.
I wish you the best of luck
Linkadge
Posted by Luxy on November 24, 2003, at 17:37:17
In reply to Feeling confused about Zoloft etc,can you help ? , posted by susan baxter on November 24, 2003, at 6:33:52
Hi Oz,
I'm sorry you've had such an awful time of it.I wish you luck and support.
Linkadge's suggestions seem really good to me. I've never expereinced anything like your level of pain, but certainly have had success in trying to make it clear what I can and can't do in a day, and giving myself a break from judgement.
I ahve used Zoloft for 4 months (not weaning off) and found it a godsend in enabling me to develop a more 'kind' (and more fundamentally realistic) attitude to myself.
But Linkadge is right - you need to believe yourself and give you r 'illness', 'pain' (whatever youfeel comfortable calling it) sufficient status so you can heal :-)
You shouldn't have to struggle so hard.good luck and keep posting.
Luxy
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