Can You Go Crazy Or Loose Your Mind With Anxiety Or Depression?

Question

I have been suffering with depression and anxiety for about six months now.I see a therapist and take meds..I am physically healthy yet the days seem odd..Some days i feel fine other days I feel ,well Im not really sure how I feel.Lately I have been having dreams that carry over into a nervous feeling when I wake.It seems everyday is the same day ..continued over.I am newly retired and feel like "what am I suppose to do the rest of my life" I have tried to stay busy but lost weight from being depressed and don't have the stamina that I used to .I do try everyday but we are in a new and strange place although we have been here a year.I can't seem to understand that we are home.The weather here is really cold and we are older so suffer aches and pains..My mind plays tricks on me sometimes and I worry that one day I will just loose it.. its not that I don't try ,I do and try to keep busy but I wonder if I will ever pull out of this.Is it possible just to loose your mind this way or crazy

I talk about we ..because I am referring to my wife and I ..no I don't think that im two people..yet.. Retirement is great..you say travel.geez in four years I have logged 40 states and 10 countries and used to be one to say I want to see whats over the hill, now I don't even want to go to town..Im tired..As for doing things I have always wanted to do..We have done them and the things we used to bring no luster to me anymore.Laying around has made me loose my strength..Its everything I can do to do small things here and there everyday .Its just the last couple of days my mind is feeling strange and im wondering if there will ever be a light at the end of the tunnel.I hate anxiety and it depresses me.I am seeing a therapist but they tell me only i can fix the problem.Everybody says I wish I was retired ..lol...Yeah wait till you get here..Its confusing I worked since I was 7 and as for getting out doing things it so cold you cant feel your body after 30 minutes..we cant move so what now

Answer 1

Yes, it's like once you're told your crazy, it drives you crazy, Pandora's box, eh?
I agree, you may need to change your level of meds, or medication type. Let your psychiatrist know you don't think your meds are either at the right level or the right type.

As far as the 'home' feeling, that's harder to over come. I hate to say it, but 'can't teach an old dog new tricks', but you can make it more comfortable. Is there a way that you can transform at least one room to resemble a room from 'home'?

Retirement is a huge change, and like most major life events, there is no easy answer. However, not to be cheezy, but those Ameriprise commercials with Dennis Hopper are great. Redefine what retirement is. It doesn't send you into shuffle board purgatory. What did you want to be when you grew up? See if you can take that dream job and turn it into something you can do now (i.e. dream job - doctor, new job - volunteer at a hospital; dream job - president, new job - city council). My mom turned her love of gardening first into a hobby and now her involvement with the local extension is more time consuming than her job ever was and she is lovin' it (at 77 years young!).

Answer 2

Maybe you're on the wrong meds or your doctor isn't good. Consider changing MDs. Retirement is a huge change, so it's understandable that you're feeling anxious and depressed. But just b/c you don't work for a living doesn't mean you can't still work for fun. Even if it's just for a few hours a day. Sounds like you didn't want to retire. It's not a must. You can still work a bit if you want to. Some people need work to be OK in life. My dad's the same way. He's 76 and refuses to retire for fear of depression. So go out and find yourself another job or at least a hobby. And your energy and stamina will return once you start working again. Good luck.

Answer 3

If I were retired I'd be in heaven...do whatever you want without responsibilities...but maybe because I'm far from that stage in my life....I would say that maybe you should take up hobbies that you enjoy or do some recreational things....maybe go to your local community college and take an elective....something that you want to learn...think of things you have always wanted to do but were too busy because of your career and taking care of so many things on your agenda....live for yourself and try to be happy. Do things that make you happy that you have never been able to get around...No you are not crazy....but maybe you feel outside of yourself...having lost the routine....just be calm and smell the roses a little..maybe in the past you didn't have the time to...I hope I helped...

Answer 4

Howdy, i have gad anxiousness... I'm on remedy too and i am 20. Good i do know What you imply however we have no manage over the symptoms. That is going down considering your brain isn't producing sufficient serotin which is the liquid that makes one think good and completely happy. My recommend shall be ignore the signs and while you believe this way go out and get out the condo. I tend to suppose trapped inside mysElf but if you do stuff to distract yourself from these thoughts then you're going to be capable to beat this. Take into account no matter how dangerous you believe the symptoms will not kill you or send you to the medical institution. It's all in as soon as mind and you have to remain strong and don't be vulnerable. Goodluck

Answer 5

first of all i would like to know why you always say we when you are asking this about yourself. Then yes i guess you coudl loose your mind or go crazy if you thought about it enough, or you could just think that you have lost your mind or gone crazy from it, i know i have thought that before, but i have had it a hell of a lot longer then you, so why don't you go and see some doctor, or therapist, and let them help you with this problem. And please do it as soon as you can. then again you may just not know what to do with the time you have being retired, so try to enjoy your retirerment.

Answer 6

I wrote a huge reply to this at first plotted it all out did my research and got to the very end and realized non of it was what I wanted to say. Sane means "mentally healthy; free from mental disorder;" a lot of people are not that depression and anxiety fall under what the dictionary indicates is insane but you know what words change over time and develop new meanings.
What we see today as insane and loosing our mind is a big thing, we see the people in the streets who have really lost it who don't seem to see reality anymore who seem to be in their own world and have their own delusions and really when we look at what people call crazy its put on the bigger mental illnesses such as schizophrenia where people think the FBI are after them that the tv is broadcasting their thoughts the ones that mutter and shout to them selves at times and other such horrible illnesses.
But you know what there are a lot of people you may know friends and family coworkers people at the pub everywhere who seem normal and happy yet once off their medication are seen as "crazy" as strange doing things that don't seem to make sense and sometimes scare us.
There is nothing to be afraid of a lot of mental illnesses have treatments and other ways of fixing the problems but you have been assessed by a doctor and prescribe the proper medication if they saw something else that may indicate you do not have depression and anxiety things but maybe they are the first symptoms of something else of one of those what people see as "crazy" illnesses then your doctor would have evaluated you again and prescribed you something else. Talk to your family about your worries see your doctor about possibly changing medication as for doing what you feel like doing like you said you've traveled and lately you've been feeling old I guess it's time to find something new that might keep your interest sparked maybe making something for the house thats really something you will have to find out for your self but there is medications you can get from the supermarket or health food shops for anxiety so i do not see why your doctor is saying it is something you will have to do your self. Go with your instinct and thats telling you you need something for this anxiety so like i said there are medications available to buy :) hope you find what helps you

Answer 7

I am so happy, it was only a 35 minute drive ( 70 minutes total) but absolutely no sign of anxiety or panic i shopped till I dropped - brilliant! I will now go for the next stage DUAL CARRIAGE way, probably at the weekend, with my husband accompanying me first then the solo drive, if successful the final stage of driving on motorway

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Answer 8

It really soulds like you are on the wrong meds. What are you taking? Depending on your situation you may need an anti depressant along with a mood stabilizer. Even if it's one or the other, there are many combinations of meds available nowadays. Talk to your doc about your feelings of nervousness and symptoms and they should recommend a change of meds to better suit you.

Answer 9

Well those phrases are rather subjective, but I know from experience that anxiety and depression are not simple.

You sure can end up feeling like you're losing your mind. I think I might soon, myself.

I wish I could help you, but I fear I'm a bit too far gone to offer good advice to anyone.

Answer 10

well its odd you should say that cuz this week iv been going through the same some horrid pic on myspace of the exoricist was in the monty python and i felt like i was going crack there and then and i got nervous becuz my mind has gone weak but i just fought it went outside contracted n enjoyment and iv been gettin better its been clearing but ya if u dant fight it u would loose it therpist arnt any good only you self can do this one