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.
2006-09-22 00:38:07 · 16 answers · asked by Madonna1 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
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.
2006-09-22 00:43:47 · answer #1 · answered by stargazer 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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.
2006-09-22 01:07:47 · answer #2 · answered by dragonheartsong 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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.
2006-09-22 01:03:13 · answer #3 · answered by Mandey 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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.
2006-09-22 01:00:01 · answer #4 · answered by curiosity 101 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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.
2006-09-22 00:42:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-09-22 00:41:54 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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
2006-09-22 00:51:00 · answer #7 · answered by glass_city_hustla 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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.
2006-09-22 00:54:04 · answer #8 · answered by louise 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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
2006-09-22 00:48:12 · answer #9 · answered by a.m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 07:15:35 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋