I take Paxil and if I miss a day, when I sleep, I cannot breathe while sleeping. I have massive sleep apnea. But I do feel better when I am on paxil. Has anyone had lifetime depression? I have depression because of a parent.
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Same thing here. The medication has helped. I’m taking a variety of medicines: wellbutrin, lamictal, ability, effexor and klonopin (for panic attacks). I am getting better, but I’m not there yet. You have to keep taking your medicine if you want to get better. I have found that support groups can be really helpful. I’ve taken classes in how to be assertive, not aggressive. I can’t talk to either of my parents, but these have helped me to say no to something when I don’t want to. I’m a people pleaser and found myself saying yes when I didn’t want to just to make somebody happy. My depression started about a year ago and I think my job and health triggered it. Remember this is a physical illness. You can’t fix yourself. Going off your medicine can actually make you start to have suicidal thoughts. Hang in there. It gets better.
i have had depression since i was 10 years old….. it has been a very tough battle for me with suicide attempts and everything….
i resisted medications for a long time because they tried me on prozac which only made me feel worse…….. but now i am on wellbutrin xl (and have been on the other forms of it since 1999)
if i miss my wellbutrin xl for a few days i begin to feel very depressed and suicidal again…. so yes this medicine helps me.. it doesn’t totally undepress me or make me happy….but it keeps away the worst depression……
i really do not know, but why you do not try healthy habits instead of the chimecal things??? just try to go for running with a friend in a park or some thing like that and drink fresh juice with honey, really runing is a very good way to get your thoughts away far from your depression specially if you done that with funny close person to you… just try that and let us know what is the result..
good luck
i have been taken paxtine for a bout 7 years now, but at first it was because i suffer from bad panic attack’s, which has now led into depression,i cant sleep at night or anything, but with you, it could be, that maybe you to may suffer from panic attacks, with out even known it, it can happen, thats when u hve 2 try your best to calm down, it can be hard, im a nurse and at work they all tell me to try not to forget them, but at the same time, they r not good for us, they can cause alot of side affects, if this medication is not helping you, u need to speak with your doctor, so he or she can change this for you. i say u all so hve panic attacks and it needs to b delt with as soon as u can c your doctor.
I have suffered from depression for as long as I can remember. It was officially diagnosed in 1981. I tend to be mildly depressed all the time but, on a few occasions, it has become so bad that I had to see the doctor who prescribed for me. I take antidepressants for about a year and am well again until it flares up again. I can’t take modern antidepressants such as Prozac so I have to take Imipramine. It works very well for me but leaves me feeling permanently tired.
a funny thing about medicine after i researched most of it by being a guinea pig for my head Dr i discovered alot of em seem to just sedate you they don t necessarily cure you I once read an article saying that the author believed that the medicine makers give you drugs and expose you to other illness so you will have to get different drugs i don t know too many people who take one pill regularly it s usually a regimen see i have developed 2 problems from my anti depression anti psych pills diabetes and high blood pressure so now i am involved in a lawsuit with the drug company well gl 2 you and once you realize these manufacturers are here to make money not to help you can ease yourself off these highly unnecessary pills
You may want to check out http://www.hufa.org, the symptoms link. You sound like you have symptoms that are the result of a low blood sugar imbalance. My depression was due to my low blood sugar, although I could blame it on my father. He has low blood sugar too, and I likely inherited it.
When my father and grandmother died in the same week I got depressed and five years later I still am. I was on Paxil for three years and it actually made my depression worse the last two years I was on it.
I have been diagnosed depressed since I was nine years old (although I had been in therapy since age seven). I am eighteen now. I have been depressed more than half my life. And I know now it’s never going to end for me, not even with the medications.
Medications aren’t “magic pills” that take away the environmental triggers/causes of our depression. They work chemically, trying to restore the balance/production of serotonin (and sometimes norepinephrine as well as possibly something else…) in our brains. This makes us “happier”, in the sense that we are better able to cope with daily life’s problems without becoming paralyzed with despair and self-hatred because our brains are functioning more properly. This helps many people with mild and sometimes even (low-level) moderate depression function properly without additional therapy.
Anyway, back to your situation. I’m not quite sure what you’re trying to ask. Do you want to know if you’ll ever be able to go off Paxil? I can’t answer that question- only your psychiatrist can. In any case, since you’re having sleep apnea, a visit to your (medical) doctor is in order.
i dont have this problem however i know many people who feel better after doing meditation
If you forget to take the medication often, you can switch to an SSRI with a long half like Prozac or Prozac weekly (Fluoxetine). It doesn’t matter if you miss a dose on prozac. It stays in blood 2 weeks even after you stop it taking. Or keep the paxil somewhere you go often, like dinner table, near bed, with your tooth brush etc… or put a reminder in your mobile/phone. That way you can avoid missing doses.
Depression is chronic in most of the people. I am taking meds for more than 7 years now, I don’t think that I can stop it.
More info on depression:
Clinical depression is a state of sadness, melancholia or despair that has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individual’s social functioning and/or activities of daily living. Although a low mood or state of dejection that does not affect functioning is often referred to as depression, clinical depression is a medical diagnosis and is different from the everyday meaning of “being depressed”.
Clinical depression affects about 16% of the population on at least one occasion in their lives. In some western countries, such as Australia, one in four women and one in six men will suffer from depression. The mean age of onset, from a number of studies, is in the late 20s. About twice as many females as males report or receive treatment for clinical depression, though this imbalance is shrinking over the course of recent history; this difference seems to completely disappear after the age of 50 – 55, when most females have passed the end of menopause. Clinical depression is currently the leading cause of disability in the US as well as other countries, and is expected to become the second leading cause of disability worldwide (after heart disease) by the year 2020, according to the World Health Organization.
Relapse is more likely if treatment has not resulted in full remission of symptoms.4 In fact, current guidelines for antidepressant use recommend 4 to 6 months of continuing treatment after symptom resolution to prevent relapse.
Combined evidence from many randomized controlled trials indicates that continuing antidepressant medications after recovery substantially reduces (halves) the chances of relapse. This preventive effect probably lasts for at least the first 36 months of use.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that chronic disease is accompanied by relapses after prolonged treatment with antidepressants (Tachyphylaxis). Psychiatric texts suggest that physicians respond to relapses by increasing dosage, complementing the medication with a different class, or changing the medication class entirely. The reason for relapse in these cases is as poorly understood as the change in brain physiology induced by the medications themselves. Possible reasons may include aging of the brain or worsening of the condition. Most SSRI psychiatric medications were developed for short-term use (a year or less) but are widely prescribed for indefinite periods
Dietary supplements
5-HTP supplements are claimed to provide more raw material to the body’s natural serotonin production process. There is a reasonable indication that 5-HTP may not be effective for those who haven’t already responded well to an SSRI.
S-adenosyl methionine (SAM-e) is a derivative of the amino acid methionine that is found throughout the human body, where it acts as a methyl donor and participates in other biochemical reactions. It is available as a prescription antidepressant in Europe and an over-the-counter dietary supplement in the United States. Clinical trials have shown SAM-e to be as effective as standard antidepressant medication, with many fewer side effects, Its mode of action is unknown.
Omega-3 fatty acids (found naturally in oily fish, flax seeds, hemp seeds, walnuts, and canola oil) have also been found to be effective when used as a dietary supplement (although only fish-based omega-3 fatty acids have shown antidepressant efficacy.
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), available as a supplement in the U.S., raises serotonin levels.
Chocolate improves mood, probably by raising serotonin.
Magnesium has gathered some attention.
St John’s Wort [Hypericum perforatum] Traditionally used by ‘wise women’ and midwives for hundreds of years, to ‘chase away the devil’ of melancholia and anxiety. It is a mood-enhancing antidepressant supplement that increases the availability of serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine at the neuron synapses. Also popular for treating insomnia, mood swings, fatigue, PMS and menopause.
Ginkgo Biloba Effective natural antidepressant said to stabilise cell membranes, inhibiting lipid breakdown and aiding cell use of oxygen and glucose – so subsequently a mental and vascular stimulant that improves neurotransmitter production. Also popular for treating mental concentration (such as for Alzheimer’s and stroke patients).
Siberian Ginseng [Eleutherococcus senticosus] Although not a true panax ginseng it is a mood enhancement supplment against stress. Also popular for treating depression, insomnia, moodiness, fatigue, poor memory, lack of focus, mental tension and endurance.
Zinc: 25mg per day have had an antidepressant effect in an experiment.
Biotin: a deficiency has caused a severe depression. The patient’s symptoms improved after the deficiency was corrected.
The amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine have also a favorable effect on easy forms of depression. They enhance the neurotransmitters dopamine and noradrenalin.
I have had life long depression, but Paxil along with the other medication I have taken never really seemed to help. I have found that the best way to overcome depression is without the medicine. It hard and takes years… But once it is over come it can be forever because it was you that over come it. You do not have to have a fear in the back of your mind believing that the medicine was what was making me feel better.
When You over come it… Then you can be free. But it is a long hard process. You it feels sometimes that you have to “claw” you way out. But it really is worth the fight.
i had ruff child hood my father and my mother didn’t relay cared much i was poor and had a older broader which my mother gave Oder’s to hit me wen ever he wanted i had a step father that brouk the door of the room that i sleep in with a akch saying he wanted me out of there and never in my life i resorted to drugs to relief me,life was hard i know but we have to be stronger and try to look forward towards the future because if we don’t love ower self’s no won will so don’t think abbot your father now its time to think about your self.
Sleep apnea is not caused by depression, but the other way around. You can not get good deep sleep if your body keeps waking you up to breathe. If this is a real issue have your doctor refer you to a sleep study center. it takes about one night. as far as the depression goes I have suffered miserably with it since I was 10. I was 30 before I began being treated for it. Medication taken properly and in the right balance does help. You need to remember though that your body may get used to the medication and it may have to be increased or changed. Medication is not a cure all, and do not be embarrassed or ashamed to tell your doctor if it is not working well or you have nasty side affects. I was prescribed one med. that gave me double vision and I work around machinery, had to stop that med. With the meds. coupled with a therapist counseling things do get better, but in my experience it never completely goes away. It is up to you to keep attempting to feel better and be pro-active in your treatment. Ask questions and do not be afraid to say if something is not working.
i would get help resolving the parent problem so i could get off the medication. no one should have to depend on medication for this reason.
i say get help and give the problem back where it belongs- to the parent.
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