I've noticed good days and bad days. Days when I can get up and get all my work done (I'm a homemaker) and other days when I think my get up and go has got up and gone. I have been on Lexapro for anxiety. That's been over a year now. And it does wonders for the anxiety. Would that PREVENT a depression? Or is it some other problem? I go back to my provider next week. The physicatrist is not until Jan.
Also I've noticed this for the last few months or so. Off and on. Days when I feel like writing to my friends (on line) and other days when I don't.
2006-12-05 12:52:13 · 8 answers · asked by Mrs J 6 in Health ➔ Mental Health
it sounds like just a slow or bad day here and there, i think we all go threw them,,,,, i know i sometimes get inspired and overdo it some days, then the next im just tired,,,,, if its not too extreme, i would think its fine,, you can mention it when you go to your provider, make sure its nothing medical,,,,
2006-12-05 12:58:42 · answer #1 · answered by dlin333 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is normal depression but if you don't think the Lexapro is helping I'd try changing meds. I was on Lexapro for a long time and like you it helped with one and not both. I also tried other depression and anxiety meds but I've found that Zoloft helps my depression and anxiety much more. Everyone is different so your Dr might have to just keep trying out meds until there is one that works right for your body. Good Luck!
2006-12-05 21:01:24 · answer #2 · answered by teamo94 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, Lexapro is an antidepressent, so in theory it should treat depression. But that doesn't mean that the dose you were given for anxiety is also right for depression, or that it's the best medication for you. Talk to your doctor about possible changes in your medication. Also, oddly enough, many antidepressants can actually cause depression (as well as suicidal ideation and behavior) as a side effect (brilliant, I know). So it may be that the depression is actually a side effect of the Lexapro, and could be alleviated by swtiching to a different medication to treat the anxiety. People can definitely be depressed while taking an antidepressent, especially since if you really look carefully at the studies establishing the efficacy of a given antidepressent, they have an unfortunate tendancy to strech the truth a bit, and give the false impression that the medication in question will work for everyone. Not that that's necessarly what's going on, or that there's even any way to know without swtiching meds, it's just to emphasize the point that it's something that could very well be corrected by talking to your doctor.
Another thing to think about is whether you've ever had a manic or what's called hypomanic epidsode. If you've had a manic episode, you'd know it as this tends to get people in a lot of trouble with coworkers, family, and often even the police. But a hypomanic epidsode is more difficult to diagnose as it, by definition, doesn't interfere with daily life. During a hypomanic episode, you'd sleep less than normal (maybe only four or five hours a night, but the trick is figuring out what's normal - is it that you're sleeping five hours because you're hypomanic, or because that's normal for you and the depression that's currently in remission was making you sleep more), have a lot of energy, and probably be unusually confident and feel like you can accomplish a lot. Now, the reason that I'm asking about this is that many people with bipolar depression will have fewer than four cycles per year, but a standard antidepressent without a mood stabalizer can turn a slow cycler (fewer than four cycles per year) into a rapid cycler (more than four cycles per year, sometimes even several cycles per week). Not that I have any particular reason to think this is what's going on (so don't assume it is), but since you describe that you're having ups and downs in fairly rapid succession, I think it's worth thinking more about how you feel on the "good" days so you can provide your doctor with the most accurate information possible.
Having said that, I'm just a college student, and what I know about depression comes from a single semester of psychobiology, so don't assume that I know what I'm talking about :) Even if my description of biopolar II (the hypomania one) sounds just like what you experience, it's a very simplified explanation, and I very well could have gotten something wrong, so don't assume that that's what's going on. The way you're going to get the most accurate diagnosis possible is to pay as much attention as you can to how you feel, without trying to fit it to a particular condition you've read about, and describe your experience of how you feel as accurately as possible to your doctor. Doctors do make mistakes, but I assure you that your doctor knows a lot more about this than I do, and no one (even a highly skilled doctor) can make an accurate diagnosis based on a paragraph you post on the Internet, so trust your doctors opinion over any of the information you get here on Answers.
2006-12-05 22:06:15 · answer #3 · answered by EmilyRose 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have been dealing with depression for over 25 years and sometimes it does come and go and can do so repeatedly throughout the day.. I think depression affects people in a lot of different ways. For me, I want to sleep all the time, don't want to get up in the mornings ever. I have the desire to do things I need to do or want to do but I won't do them and cannot make myself do them. I don't go anywhere but where I just have to go, I don't send emails to friends, or talk on the phone. I don't want to talk at all. i also don't keep my apperance up like I should. I want to but I just will not do it. So it is a really deep thing to deal with. Just make sure that you deal with it. Good luck and hang in there....
2006-12-05 21:01:18 · answer #4 · answered by dibaby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lexapro is not really for anxiety as it is for depression first of all. When you see your doc. ask to maybe raise the dosage. And then when u see the specialist and talk to him/her that will greatl help you. Just wait and in the mean time tr to keep busy. Working out greatly helps.
2006-12-05 20:57:06 · answer #5 · answered by xoxo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I spent YEARS having good days and bad days. Good weeks and bad weeks. I finally found I had a chemical missing in my brain, and now I only get depressed rarely. I am on meds.
2006-12-05 21:53:25 · answer #6 · answered by lmanne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it may be bipolar disorder or it could just be a bad day here and there
2006-12-05 20:54:37 · answer #7 · answered by xstraight_edge_emo_kidx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This might be helpful
http://sensitive-psychoworld.blogspot.com/
2006-12-05 21:51:14 · answer #8 · answered by LIz 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋