ENDO Messages for September, 2004: Re: hello out there (warning it's a whiney one)

Re: hello out there (warning it's a whiney one)

From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Sep 14 08:34:51 2004

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Been there, done that! I have felt that way for a long time and just thought I was an emotional freak and that battling endo was making me feel worse. But when I got in a bad slump for several months, and could not attribute my lack of interest in life and sadness to anything, I made an appointment with my Doc. Turns out I suffer from severe depression on top of everything else! I started on anti-depressants, LexaPro 5mg daily, and it made a world of differece. I am much more low key now, and the fuzziness has worn off. One symptom of depression is being unable to concentrate. For now, I am off the Lexapro because I am on Lupron and it was not recommended to take the two together. I do plan on going back on Lexapro when the Lupron is done. I am not promoting meds in any way, especially since we all take enough of them to survive endo anyway, but it is something to think about. Turns out for me that depression is something others in my family (Aunts on both sides and first cousins) also experience, so I also have a genetic tie.

Hang in there! Take each day one at a time and try to focus on the positive and good things. If possible, pamper yourself! Treat yourself to something. When I can afford it and things are really bad, I treat myself to a pedicure or massage, or even a shopping trip. Somehow doing something for just me helps, even if only for awhile. Long, hot bathes, a good book, lunch with a good friend or relative, taking my dogs a walk, etc. are also things I do when I cannot financially splurge.

Hugs!! Amy

At Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Nicole wrote: >
>i just need a few minutes to vent and whine and say thanks to all of you
>
>since i have found this site, i have looked forward to each day when i
>could check in and see what everyone has had to say. you all have given
>me so much strength and purpose and hope and have truely been an answer
>to prayers.
>
>right now i feel like i have so much emotional and physical stuff going
>on inside. i feel like i am going crazy again. i am second guessing
>myself and everyone around me. i wonder who i can trust and who is just
>playing or humoring me. i don't know what to do. i know there is
>something i want from my life, but i don't know what it is or how to get
>it. everything that should be important seems so fuzzy and out of
>reach. i wake up every morning hurting or waiting to start hurting and
>that is if i can actually sleep the night before. i know in my head
>that it all probably links back to the cocktail of medicines running
>through my body (lortab, prozac, hormones, lupron, topamx, and benadryl
>if i remember to take it early enough to sleep). i am tired of feeling
>like i am trapped in a never ending pity party no matter how hard i try
>to drag myself out of it.
>
>i guess my question is has anyone else felt this way and if so does
>anyone have any ideas of things i can do to get through this without
>going absolutely insane?

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