After weening myself off flu since christmas and i thought doing really well, i went to the docs on Friday to see if it was safe to stop altogether. I hadn't had one for a week and felt fine. The doc said they were out of my system practically. So i left there feeling good and feeling free.
This weekend i suffered headaches, dizziness and nausea. Yesterday evening i ended up with a few feelings i had before on flu and then last night a restless night. It was a hard decision to make but i took a flu this morning, it had been 9 days. I now feel such a failure but i can't bear to be ill again.
Not told my husband i've taken one, he doesn't want me on \"happy pills\" and was pleased that i'd stopped. Not sure whether to tell him, less stress if i don't. Don't know what to do.
Oh i don't know, just felt the need to post on here as i feel so bloody down and useless.
Hoping everyone is having a good day. Sorry about miserable post.
cheerup Sam, it's not the end of the world :ok: don't beat yaself up over it, it's fluoxetine, not heroin, crack, alcohol etc, is it ?? :huh: :wink:
i don't know your circumstances, but with me theres a big GENETIC element to my episodes of depression, in short i can't do anything about it, i'm stuck with it, :? if that means taking meds for the rest of my life to stay well, well so be it :wink: :mrgreen:
look Sam, if you were, say, diabetic, you'ld have no probs with needing to take insulin for the forseable future, would you ?? :ok: depression is also a PHYSICAL illness, so what's the difference ?? :huh: non whatsoever i would suggest !!! :wink: :mrgreen:
have another word with your doc again, see what he says :ok: as regards hubby, if it's easier not to tell him at the moment, so be it, you're hardly having a secret affair are you, big deal lol :roll: :whistle:
try again at a later date, what's the hurry ?? :wink: take care Sam :mrgreen:
I know how you feel, I didn't want to tell my partner that I was back on anti depressants because he was so against me taking them a few years back. I told him recently and he's trying to be supportive although I don't really know if he understands. I have always got on with things and don't say much and that's where people (including my partner) think that I'm alright and am a 'superwoman'.
I'm now at a stage where I don't care if I have to take them long term as long as I feel better. Like Ken suggests, I think go and have a chat with your Doc and see what he/she thinks.
Thank you so much for your replies. I am feeling better about it now. It was just a hard decision to make this morning but i know i made the right one. I'll try taking one a week again for a while and see what happens.
I'm on flu for anxiety. Lost my dad three years ago and have had to take on looking after a demanding mother (she suffers from depression) and i didn't grieve properly after loosing my dad due to looking after a ten week old baby, my mum, running a home and then going onto having another baby. The counsellor said my body just couldn't cope anymore. I can understand that. Thing is nothing has really changed in my life, got harder in many ways. I'm trying to change things.
Ken as you said i would accept it if it was diabetis or something, i've recently started taking tablets for an underactive thyroid and i have no problem with that. So you're right. Thank you for those words.
Behappy, alot of husbands are like that (and wifes too of cause). My husband doesn't agree with taking tablet and says people who do are weak. He accepted it when i went on flu last year but was happy i was \"off\" them. Oh i don't think i'll mention anything. See how i am in a weeks time.
Thanks again for your message. Made me feel alot better. Hope you both have nice evenings.