Guest guest Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Would love to hear your thoughts on this. When I told my doctor that anxiety and depression had returned during a stressful period he said that the body reacting to stress is good and normal. But are anxiety and depression ever that ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 > > Would love to hear your thoughts on this. > When I told my doctor that anxiety and depression had returned > during a stressful period he said that the body reacting to stress > is good and normal. > But are anxiety and depression ever that ? Anxiety and depression are never good when they last a long time... But the fact that you responded to a stressful period indicates that the medication is not making you emotionally numb. That, in and of itself, is a good sign. Some anti-depressants can cause you to feel completely numb. Celexa did this for me... My question to you is this: Were the feelings of anxiety and depression appropriate to the circumstances, or were they blown out of proportion? Did these feelings fade as the stressful period ended, or did they stay with you? If your responses were appropriate to the situation and they went away when the stressors went away, I'd say that IS a good thing. No treatment for depression, no matter how successful, will ensure that you feel happy and calm all the time. A successful treatment simply means that your emotions and reactions are appropriate to the situation at hand. If these feelings of anxiety and depression persist, I'd go back to the doctor and discuss them again. Good luck. ~Ru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 -Ru thank you so much for your reply on this ! > My question to you is this: Were the feelings of anxiety and > depression appropriate to the circumstances, or were they blown out > of proportion? It's hard for me to judge. December = leak in kitchen had to take out floor, dry and put in new. Whole family had stomach flu. Then one of the kids brought lice home from kindergarten and we had to treat him and the house for that. Washing machine broke. Car broke down. Then we had 13 people here on Christmas eve. 5 for breakfast the next day. On the 27th and 28th all I wanted to do was sleep. BUT I am sure that other people would have handled all of the above just fine with no reaction, even if in a full time job (which I don't have). Then we had a 7 year old girl spend a week with us (her mom passed away in 04 so we take care of her as much as we can). That we I noticed that I was not as motivated as I usually am. I was not able to give her as much of myself as I normally do. Jonasuary my 2 kids have birthdays and ops ok the dishwasher broke at some point in there ;oP lol ... then we had a family birthday party for 14 people. Then we had the kindergarten over for a party and a week later the kids on the block. Had a day of being super tired but went back to normal. Then as things started to clam down I felt my symptoms growing ... jumpy, anxious, depressed. > ended, or did they stay with you? The last time they stayed and so as you know yesterday I saw my doc. Last night I went to a feel good movie ! Cath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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