Re: Keep taking the tablets old chap.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Sorry I haven't been online for a few days so I missed your post.

Please ask your doctor to up your dosage to 40mgs - you can go as high as

60mgs. I'm currently on 40 myself. 20 mgs is a maintanence (gee, did I

spell that right?) dose. I've gone as high as 60mgs and then added a

different pill to help me through a very hard time in my life and I'm still

here and much better for it.

Although I hate to think of you crying I'm glad you did (great stress

relief) and it illustrates that with anti-depression meds one is not walking

around like a zombie. I feel that these meds arent' for everyone but for

those it helps it takes the sharp edges away - hope that makes sense.

As for the anger, it is normal but if you are really having a hard time

about it you need to speak to someone about it and tell your doctor that

this is what you are feeling. The meds should help but a good shoulder to

lean on is wonderful. If you like, I'd like to be available for you (BTW, I

was consumed with anger for two long years and it made everything so much

worse - I suffered the worst). You can email me personally any time to

discuss how you are feeling.

Sending you a big hug - tell the missus that its platonic!

Courage

Keep taking the tablets old chap.

>

>Hi all,

>

>I got a question for you all if you don't mind...

>I'm on Citalopram (otherwise known as Celexa) for depression. I'm on 20mG a

>day and it seems to be working just fine. In fact the improvement in my

life

>has been brilliant.

>Now I'll admit that I've not been having a brilliant time lately. Mum would

>be knocking on deaths door except that she's now too ill to hit it. Our

>oldest beloved pussy cat died a few weeks ago. We buried his ashes in the

>garden today. And dad lost his marbles again last week and is back in

>hospital. He's been doing so well recently too.

>So I'd be perfectly content if I felt miserable and I have cried a few

tears

>over the last few weeks. Great. I'm perfectly normal then! No. The over

>whelming feeling I've been having is bitter bitter anger and hatred.

>Directed at one person in particular who, admittedly, made a right bollocks

>of my life a few years ago. But none the less this anger is, for me, a

>symptom of depression. And it's spoiling my weekends. And (my missus)

>has noticed that I'm quiet. So I need to deal with it.

>Er anyway, that question, 20mG... A fairly small dose right? What dose is

>effective for you lot? Should I talk to the doc about taking more of the

>stuff or just ride it out?

>

>Sorry folks. It's just that if a chap has a question, even if it's not

>directly LBD, this is the place to come...

>

>Love to you all

> in rainy Kent.

>

>PS , Thank you for emailing me the other week. It was very kind. I

will

>reply I promise. I feel very guilty for not having done so yet. Sorry.

>

>

>

>

>Welcome to LBDcaregivers.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

At 05:28 PM 10/2/2004, you wrote:

>Hi all,

>

>I got a question for you all if you don't mind...

>I'm on Citalopram (otherwise known as Celexa) for depression. I'm on 20mG a

>day and it seems to be working just fine. In fact the improvement in my life

>has been brilliant.

>Now I'll admit that I've not been having a brilliant time lately. Mum would

>be knocking on deaths door except that she's now too ill to hit it. Our

>oldest beloved pussy cat died a few weeks ago. We buried his ashes in the

>garden today. And dad lost his marbles again last week and is back in

>hospital. He's been doing so well recently too.

>So I'd be perfectly content if I felt miserable and I have cried a few tears

>over the last few weeks. Great. I'm perfectly normal then! No. The over

>whelming feeling I've been having is bitter bitter anger and hatred.

>Directed at one person in particular who, admittedly, made a right bollocks

>of my life a few years ago. But none the less this anger is, for me, a

>symptom of depression. And it's spoiling my weekends. And (my missus)

>has noticed that I'm quiet. So I need to deal with it.

>Er anyway, that question, 20mG... A fairly small dose right? What dose is

>effective for you lot? Should I talk to the doc about taking more of the

>stuff or just ride it out?

Definitely speak to your doctor, . There's no reason to

suffer through this.

d.

[Guest guest]

I can not speak to the meds, but I can say it is ok to do some of your

grief stuff, like crying and being quiet and angry! That is depresson

and it can be grief. If you medicate it away, you will still have to do

it at some point.

This whole process is a grieving process and " even if " you are a man,

you might need to cry a bit ;^))).

Donna R

[Guest guest]

> in rainy Kent.

>

> PS , Thank you for emailing me the other week. It was very

kind. I will

> reply I promise. I feel very guilty for not having done so yet.

Sorry.

Dearest in Rainy Kent:

No No. No guilt allowed. Mustn't do that, fer shur.

Tie large knots, hang on tight.

in Austin