i been depressed for 7 months.had so many changes in antidepressants.i am now on prozac.i was on effexor for 17 years. i havent been right since i have come off this med.also not mention thewithdrawls.bee n pozac for 1 week.i fel like life is passn me bye.somtme i feel so hopeless.please someone give me some encourgement.
Hi Melissa, i'm Nick. How many different meds have you been on? Surely your dr should be noting the amount of time you'll need to fully get one med out of your system before trying you on another? You sound lika a tough cookie, you hang in there. I'd say keep a personal diary , note date, time, etc and time took meds to show dr what the meds are doing. Also do you do exercise? That really helps me out i find. Lifes not passing you by, you're ill, and you can't help it, you're doing something about it though by getting meds to assist you, so be proud of yourself for that. 
Nick.
Hi Melissa
I know what you are going through as I have just come off venalfaxine and used prozac for about a week I tryed to be strong and pushed myself to try and cope with it I managed to go to work ect but now I'm feeling so unwel and can't do a thing. But on a positive note I have done some reasurch and found out that this is normal and that you will feel worse before you feel better so the way I'm looking at it is that this is part of the recovery processes and things should get better from here, I think it's just a case of one day at a time and not expecting things to get better over night. I know that what I have said is not much but I hope it gives you some reassurance and also remember we are all in the same boat and your not in your own with this. We are all here to give help and encouragement and you doing the right thing by coming in here and talking rather than just doing nothing
Everyone understands what you are going through on this forum. Depression is difficult so for that reason just take it one day at a time. Slowly, slowly. I find walking reallty beneficial. Today I wrapped up warm and off I went. It. Is so windy here that it was quite exhilarating. Accept that somedays will be better than others. Yesterday for me was lowsy and today much better. It is important to keep hopeful and that you will get better. Look after yourself and take good care xx
thanks so much for responding.its really hard coming off of effexor.so how is prozac doing for you.was your withdrawls bad.mine was out of this world.i hope the prozac helps with this.
thanks alot,i hope your depression gets better also.mine just keeps on and on.sometime i dont have the energy to do much.
My withdrawals where very bad to the point were I just felt like I would be better off dead than feel like that. I got in ok with the Prozac it did help I think but now stopped the Prozac after about a week on it. My aim is to be med free because I have been in meds for 32 years and all that's happened is that I have got worse as time goes by
anybody is a tough cookie to go through this kind of depression.lol.i know what your saying.its been a night mare!
I want to try exercise as that's good as it get the feel good endorphins going but the trouble is I can't be arsed at the moment just feel so tired and all I can't do is lay on the sofa. I have to really push myself to do the most simple little things, I live alone so have to do everything for myself like cooking shopping housework ect and I'm finding it hard just to get up and walk from the lounge to the kitchen
i am glad you got through it.i myself need medication.glad you are not that depressed
thats the way it is for me.must still be the withdrawls.ilove the sofa to.its awful.glad i finally get to talk to somebody going through the same thing.how long was you on effexor?i was on it 17 years.boy am i paying for it.i sound just like you.
I was only on it for about 2 years but tryed everything else before that for 32 years and nothing ever worked for me I have come to the conclusion that I am one of those that is medication resistant that's why I have given up on them now and looking to find other ways to deal with it
your such a strong man.i just been depressed since the meds stopped working.that was in june.i have tried paxil lexapro zoloft and now prozac.i just pray to god this works.i hope there is light at the end of this dark tunnel
thanks for your encourgement
Your more than welcome I'm here for whenever you would like to chat again, it's good to talk to people that understand as people that don't suffer with this just don't understand at all.
thats so true.
you still laying on the lounge
No just managed to get out and do some shopping I don't feel like it put have no choice just be glad to get back home soon
thumbs up!you are out and about.thats a job in its self.you must be xmas shopping!oh no!!
so did you make your way home.