Shortly after I started taking them AGAIN. I felt good again, and then I went off of them AGAIN. (Repeat this sentence like 3 times)
Do you see a pattern?
It is the pills that make me better, and for someone that has never had to take a pill to make me happy...I am obviously having a hard time with it.
It is hard to realize that my body has changed, and as much as I want it to magically poof! back to my old self, it is struggling to do so. March came and went, and instead of being "better" I am still struggling.
I will survive, and hope I can be the best ME, Wife, Mommy, and friend possible...even if I have to take a pill to do so.
Stay with me friends...I am working on it.
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love this :)
you're so cute. don't worry. love you
I've battled with depression my entire life, but didn't start getting treated for it until I was 16. I did the same thing - I'd take my pills but then would quit because I felt better. Even if you feel like you're okay, just take them. Usually you feel okay because the pills haven't fully worked through your system yet. Speaking from 10+ years of experience now, just take them. :)
Your happiness is worth that pill. It doesn't make you less of a person or a cheaper version of you. It frees you up to really be you. There's no harm in admitting you need help. I know a lot of people who need that pill and I'm at that stage too where I have to admit I can't do things alone. I'm here if you need somebody. You are AWESOME!
I like you happy. And I like you. Lots.
agreed- being happy is worth taking that pill! sometimes our bodies just make things hard on us, no matter what we do or how great our lives are. i want you to be happy :).
i. love. you.
so very, very much.
you are doing amazing things.
This is a very common pattern people with mental health issues fall into. And there is NOTHING wrong with taking medication.
Oh honey, it's so normal for people to stop taking the anti-depressant when they start feeling better but you really do need to keep taking it. I've been on one since 1996 and I've just accepted that it's what I need to really be the best person I can be. Hang in there and keep taking that little pill. You'll be feeling better soon!
Love ya!
Thank you! I have been feeling down lately and know that I need to go see my doctor and get back on my "happy pills". But it is always hard to admit that I'm broken as I see it...so to know that there are others out there that are feeling the same thing helps me. I just keep telling myself people do love me :)
Love you!!
I love what everyone else said. I battle off and on with depression too, I think it has a lot to do with the weather and seems to effect me the most during pregnancy and for the first few months after they are born. I too have struggled with taking the pill but it is worth it to be the best you that you can. Your happiness is worth that pill. You are AWESOME!
Happy pills make the world go round! I know you will figure this out, you are so strong.
Well I could just say ditto to what everyone else said. I have to take happy pills and have had to for a REALLY long time....
I struggled for a long time about why I needed to take pills to feel "normal". When I got to the point that I didn't even call into work, my family stepped in. My dad asked me what would happen if a diabetic didn't take their insulin. Of course I knew the answer. Then, we talked about how just how a diabetics body doesn't do well with sugars, a person with depression's body doesn't produce enough seratonin. The only way to help with either is to help those chemicals with medicine. I truly believe that Heavenly Father guided those who created SSRI's to help those of us who need help creating seratonin.
It doesn't make it any easier to take that pill every day and I still struggle taking my medicine almost every night, but I know the difference and after a couple days, my family can tell the difference. I am a better version of me when I take my medicine, the version Heavenly Father intended me to be.
I've been diagnosed with depression since I was 18, if you need anything, let me know - you know where to find me. I'm serious.
When I lost my baby, my emotions and hormones were all out of whack-I found a birth control that had extra stuff in it that helped my body get regulated. We are complicated beings so extra special care has to happen whenever needed so just do whatever works for you and don't worry about what anyone else thinks:)
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Those are fantastic pictures! Good luck my friend.
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