Anyone suffer with light headedness and a feeling of not being quite with it. My nausea has improved but still feel a little bit weird head wise.
I have been on these for about 6 months and although I seemed to skip the nausea stage most people get near the beginning, I also suffer from a weird out-of-it feeling a lot of the time. Hard to focus, that sort of thing. I find the best thing for me (although it is still a struggle) is things to do with my hands to keep me from zoning out completely, like fiddling with blue tac or such x
Thank you. I cannot decide if it's the tablets or my anxiety that in taking them for
For me, I would say the tablets. I find that a lot of the time, the negative feelings are gone, but they are replaced by a weird 'empty' feeling, like light headedness. It like then you have a really bad headache, and when you take painkillers, the pain is gone, but you can still feel the headache there.
I don't get headaches. Just light headedness.
yeah thats not what I mean, I was just using it as a comparision. Ok take for instanance you have a cut. You put a plaster on it and it doesnt hurt but you can still 'feel' it in a non-painful way. Its like that in your head. What causes you anxiety is still happening, but you cant feel it...instead you get this light-headed ' empty' feeling? At less thats how my depression feel x
I'm on day 30: I had the nausea on and off and GI stuff on and off the first 10 days, then they went away. But out of the blue I've been nauseous mostly all day for the last 4-5 days or so along with zero appetite.
Today in addition to the nausea, I felt very much out of it headwise. I wouldn't call it lightheadedness...just "head fog". Thankfully the anxiety backed down for most of the day, otherwise today would have been brutal.
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Yeah, head fog is a good way to describe it... if anything my head feels more 'heavy' than 'light' and I just cant think without a struggle. I must admit, I dont know much about anxiety, I am on these for depression, but I had a 'blip' last night (my term for bursting into tears for no reason + having my head feel like its about to explode) and I felt less foggy afterwards. Although it seems to be back this morning.
I hope you are feeling better today, let me know how it goes.
You just want m? x
Thanks for the response Jennifer. Accidentally hit reply on the last part, sorry haha. I'm about the same as yesterday, brief moments where I feel I got it together and then terrible again. Head fog might be what I'm calling depression symptoms. Yeah my head doesnt "feel" right, but there's definately more going on that that. I'm also finding it easy to obsess over stupid stuff, which makes everything worse.
How are you today? I hope it is one of the good days
Sorry to hear you not great today. I had a bit of a stressful day too, so wasnt great, but I fell asleep rather than having a 'blip' which was better. I totally get the obsessing. Its so annoying because you feel like the world is going to end over the fact you dont know if you want to go out tonight or not lol I dont know if this will help, but I find when I notice I am obsessing over stupid things, I take a deep breath and try to think about which option makes me the most 'happy'. Or if try putting the desicion in some elses hands. Like flip a coin. If you are really unhappy with the outcome then you have made up your mind Excuse my rambling, its the blind leading the blind really. Have a good day x
Thanks for the advice Yeah the obsessing and unwelcome thoughts can be brutal. Sometimes it seems like I do it because my mind has nothing else to do, and I kind of fear times I know I'll be alone, which is a new feeling for me because I'm sort of an introvert.
My day started off promising, anxiety was mild and manageable for most of my day and my mood was pretty good. But it kinda fell apart this evening. What you said about the world coming to an end rings true...like when I cant let go of an obsession or when my anxiety is in the red, it really does feel like that.
Sorry to hear you had one of those days too, but a nice sleep certainly sounds better than a blip. Hope we both have better days tomorrow
I am glad to hear the beginning of the day was good. I often find I can go to work, have something to do and I am completely fine, then come home and ...
Do you get that 'I don't want to do anything...' feeling, and then threat over the fact that you dont have enough of a social life, you need more friends etc.?
Thanks, and I hope we do too x
Hope you are doing well today Jennifer!
Most of the time, I don't really get down on myself for lack of social life...and that is true...but what disappoints me and gets me down is when I'm nowhere close to feeling like my old self and that I just want to go back to being him one day. I was 90% there for a span of about three weeks until last Wednesday when the anxiety and old feelings slowly started creeping back in. But I'm only on day 31 of prozac and about week 7 since my initial breakdown, so I am looking for any signs of improvement.
Hope to hear that your day was better, and thanks for your support!
-Neil
Hi, yeah, everyone suffers differently, which I surpose is one the reasons its easy to feel isolated. I wasnt very fond of my old self, so I am not too worried about going back to that (I had depression for about 3 years before I agreed I should see a doctor). I doubt this is what you want to hear... but maybe trying enbracing being a new person? I would love to change! What about your old self did you really like? Can you build yourself into a new person, working on all the bits you still want to make up you?
Thank you and you are most welcome, it is nice having someone to talk to x
Yeah I agree it's great having someone to listen
Oh I am 100% committed to being a better person when it's all said and done! I had many phobias and inner fears which got the best of me and caused my nervous breakdown/anxiety/depression. When I said that I just want to go back to my old self, I just meant I want to feel better again...and not just for a few minutes or hours at a time, but better all the way. But I'm realizing that it may be a long process and when I get there I am going to do things differently to build myself into a new person like you said!
I'm trying to start now by trying to ignore all the negativity in my head but it's hard, the fog is as thick as pea soup today but tomorrow is a new day!
Hope you are doing well !
-Neil
Do you want to maybe talk about what those fears were? Yeap, i agree all I really want is to not have this weighing me down, like I really feel like I am trapped in a cage, and I get angry I cant get out, then I just get tiered and upset about it. Sorry to hear yesterday was not great for you but I am loving the positive attidude (its kind of inspiring me to practice what I preach lol) Ignoring the negativity is sooooo hard! But remembering to accept it for what it is helps. Its just illness propagander!
This might be weird but I found they helped me for a while before I started to get too used to them and fall asleep. Have you heard of Paul McKenna? He does some books / audio cds about reprogramming your mind. When it works its so weird, because you feel like you have fallen asleep and cant rememeber anything he has said, but you wake up when he gently tells you to! I mean, they are great to begin with, but after I while, I just started actually falling asleep and not waking up and the end.
Have a good day
Jenny
Hiya Jenny,
Yeah, to make a long story short, I've had "manageable" social anxiety and OCD for years. But recently I found myself obsessively worrying about things outside my comfort zone more and more to the point where I couldn't think of anything else. Last week of January I finally blew a mental gasket over it all...it started as anxiety attacks over the obsessing and then some depression set in and I've been on a rollercoaster ride ever since.
I like how you phrased that, the negative thoughts are propaganga for the illness..thats perfect! I love it! I'll have to check out Paul McKenna sometime so thanks for the tip Sometimes I'll put on relaxation videos to help me sleep. I find some of the "asmr" tagged vids to be soooo relaxing.
Last night was decidely better than the day. It's like all the fog lifted and I felt almost completely normal for 4-5 hours Today isnt as bad as yesterday but not as good as last night but its a start!
How was your day? Hope your having a nice weekend!
Neil
Hi
That does not sound good at all, but the silver lining is now that we have tipped over the edge, we can get help and hopefully get better (although I hate admitting I need help! It makes me feel so useless!). Its always darkest before the dawn
My mum also suffers from a very similar depression from me, and we like to joke 'its all in your head'....'yeah thats the problem!'.
I am glad you felt normal last night, its a good reminder that is is achievable! But dont bet yourself up about feeling worse today, I am always doing that and it sucks. I have been having a nice weekend thanks, I was alittle down yesterday afternoon but nothing major. The nice thing about weekends is that is does not matter if I feel foggy. Its work days that are stressful because I cant focus on what I need to. Hows your day been?
Jenny x
Jenny,
I used to think like one of those 'all in your head' people. My mom has always been an anxious worrier and my sis has battled OCD, anxiety and depression for years. I never said it to them, and I was supportive, but I would think to myself..."why cant she just stop worrying and be happy" looool Now I know why.
It almost sounds like these things can run in the family and be inherited, so at least we can tell ourselves that its genetic and that its not our fault.
Glad you had a nice weekend! Today is another soso day for me. Started off slow as I didn't want to bother getting up from bed. Then the early day anxious feeling kicked in and forced me out. Head is cloudy as hell, but I can tell there is a sun somewhere above those clouds..its just not peeking out yet.
I can't decide if work days are better than weekends. I was dreading this weekend knowing I'll be all alone, but now I feel like you do. If I'm gonna have a bad day, I'd rather be home. Anyways tomorrow is a new day and lets keep fighting the good fight!
-Neil
Yeah I guess it must be hard to understand if you dont have it (my dad tries his best but he never knows what to do!) I meant 'its all in your head' as joke, because I like to think of it as an imbalance of chemicals...in my head. I didn't mean to offend you or anything
Yeah it turns out most of the females in my mums side of the family have had something, so woap woap genetics!
Sorry to hear you had a bad day today. I used to get the not wanting to get out of bed becuase....mwhaha.... feeling too, I think its something the pills will help with in time because I dont often get it anymore. I am just sleepy which is the downside because I STILL hate getting out of bed .
I used to have job that was physically demanding but did not require a huge deal of brain power, which was great because it kept me busy and it was not the end of the world if I felt foggy - therefore the weekends were sh*t because I had nothing to do. Now I am back to studying so the foggy is really distracting in the week and it is painful to stay awake at my desk. Not a good look, but being a student I can tell people it is due to 'late night study/partying' rather than the pills hee hee.
The alone feeling is horrible, and to be honest is the part I still suffer with the most. I moved away from home again to study, so I am being forced to make new friends, which is stressful because I basically need people to say in black and white 'I am your friend!' before I stop doubting that they actually like me.
That was a really long message, sorry!
Anyway, hope you have a good day today and it might not be a huge deal of help, but your not alone... you have me and the others on this website! Not to mention, family, and I am sure friends!
-Jenny x
You are totally right, today is a new day!