Better living through chemistry?

[semperfiona]

I think I have mentioned here occasionally, but I've been in a longterm funk. Ups and downs, but basically it goes back eighteen months or more. I've been going to counseling, but am still having some really bad weeks. It seems to correlate with my periods: the week or two before one I'm having terrible crying jags and constant anxiety. So I have finally decided to try antidepressants. I am dearly hoping they will help, although I also think some of my depression is situational and can't be fixed by me alone. Still, if I can cope better, maybe we can work through the issues better together.

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[khalulu]

Best wishes and I hope it helps!

[semperfiona]

thank you

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

I know it is difficult to make the decision to try antidepressants and all of our personal chemistries are different, but they've saved my life.

Good luck.

[semperfiona]

the process of figuring out whether these are the right medications is kind of daunting, but I finally convinced myself that doing nothing was at least as daunting with less hope of success. Took the first one today, one step on the path.