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08/08/2011 02:03 PM
allyfant
allyfant
 
Posts: 1094
Senior Member

I am so depressed and anxious that I feel like I could stay in bed all day. I know that isn't going to help though. I have a pdoc appointment on Wednesday to hopefully get some meds for the anxiety, but I need to find some ways to feel better because I have so much on my plate in the coming week. I'm desperate for relief since I know that if I keep going down this path I'll surely end up hospitalized. Sad

What are some ways or tips that you have to try to feel better? Thanks in advance for any replies!!!

Love and hugs, ally

Ally

Diagnosed with BP2 5/2011 after 15 years misdiagnosed as MDD, survivor of multiple suicide attempts, dealing also with PTSD. I have also had ECT.

Meds
Neurontin 900mg
Prozac 60 mg
Zyprexa 15mg
Lithium 900mg
Lunesta 3mg
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08/08/2011 03:26 PM  Top
tova1836
tova1836
 
Posts: 171
Member

When I get high anxiety or depression I try to do deep rhythmic breathing (yoga type) as much as possible. It helps me focus and get calmer. Also aerobic exercise helps. Of course exercise is the last thing I feel like doing when I'm depressed! I'm really sorry you're going through this. I know it has been awhile. Try and take things one day at a time. You'll be seeing the pdoc in just 2 days. You may have to insist on something for the anxiety and medication adjustment for the depression so that you don't end up hospitalized.
Tova
Bipolar Type II, rapid cycling, mixed states, panic disorder. Osteoarthritis. On SSDI.

Abilify (baby dose!)
Lexapro
Trazadone
Klonopin
Meloxicam
Skelaxin

08/09/2011 04:33 AM  Top
InvisibleMe
InvisibleMe
 
Posts: 3203
Senior Member

I try to make a schedule and stick to it. If I have a schedule of things I have to do, it might help me to get up and do them - even if it's just "Take a shower" on the list, eat breakfast, etc. I find that helps.
~ Christine

Abilify 10 mg
Lamotrigine 200 mg
Bupropion XL 450 mg
Clorazepate 30 mg (for anxiety)
Trazodone 300 mg prn (for sleep)
Xanax .5 mg prn (for anxiety and sleep)

*Please note that I am not a doctor and my advice is purely my opinion.

Previous discussions I participated in:
Is this hypomania or mania?
please, please help

08/09/2011 04:39 AM  Top
mem4809

I try baby steps like going for a short walk. Working out helps me a lot and spending time with my dogs. Retail therapy helps me but gets me into trouble Smile. But with Depression you can't wait to feel better, you have to push but set realistic goals.

08/09/2011 07:55 AM  Top
Kittylover
Kittylover
 
Posts: 1328
Senior Member

I take it in baby steps too. Getting out of bed and into a shower is a good first step of the day even if it is almost all you do for that day. Be easy on yourself and try to do some of the things you most enjoy. Reading always helps me escape from my life for awhile I get sucked into a good book and forget how bad I am feeling.
* When nothing goes right...go left
* Attach your own oxygen mask before assisting others
* Women are not that complicated. How hard is it to tell us
we are pretty and give us chocolate?
* Be kinder than necessary, for everyone is fighting their own battle.
* Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of its troubles. It empties today of its strength.

150mg Wellbutrin
75mg Topamax
1 mg clonasapam
and prn

08/09/2011 09:14 AM  Top
camjayman
 
Posts: 176
Member

I've found that music, no matter what kind you like, can help to either calm you down or bring you up. I listen to Rush when I'm feeling particularly down and being my favorite band it always brings me up a bit and takes away a little bit of my depression. I also have yoga and meditation discs for when I'm really reeling from anxiety so it depends on your mood a lot. It can't hurt to try.
Off on your way
Hit the open road
There is magic at your fingers

Previous discussions I participated in:
please, please help
Jealous of non-Bipolar sibling

08/09/2011 04:15 PM  Top
buzzingmind
buzzingmind
 
Posts: 546
Member

I lay on my bed, on my back, in the dark and listen to nature cds, like waves, birds or thunderstorms.
Bipolar II - Rapid cycling mixed state
90 mg Cymbalta
10 mg Aricept (for memory loss)
500 mg Epival in morning and 750mg in evening
150 mg Seroquel at bedtime
Clonazepam when needed
Zopiclone when needed

* The mighty oak was once a little nut that stood its ground.

* Looking back, you realize that a very special person passed briefly through your life, and that person was you. It is not too late to become that person again. ~Robert Brault~

* Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss~

* You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. ~Dr. Seuss~

* Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You. ~Dr. Seuss~

08/09/2011 07:46 PM  Top
rigje
rigje
 
Posts: 184
Member
I'm an Advocate

I'm a list maker too - then the one thing at a time is easier and I settle down
Mood subject to change at moments notice

I am not a bad person trying to be good, but a sick person trying to be well
25yrs sober - 7/29/86 Friend of Bills

Lamictal 250mg
Thyroid med 25mg

The important thing is not to think much, but to love much; and so, do that which best stirs you to love.
Saint Teresa of Avila

08/09/2011 10:03 PM  Top
danzig621
danzig621
 
Posts: 174
Member

i've been posting on the "i can and i will..." discussion on the bipolar only forum. i don't put unreasonable things on the list, just something relatively small that i can accomplish. today it was: i can and i will take a shower, go to the grocery store and cook dinner for my husband. at this point that is the most i can promise to do and the most helpful for my main trigger right now, which is my marriage.
~amy

diagnoses: Major Depressive Disorder, Bi-Polar II, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, PTSD, Chronic back pain

medications (very recently diagnosed):
Lamictal 50mg daily and titrating up to 100mg
Paxil 50 mg (tho i can currently only afford 40mg)
Xanax .25 mg PRN
Clonidine .5mg 2X daily
Clonidine .5mg PRN
Hydrocodone 7.5/500mg 3X daily (pain)
Omega III fish oil 2600mg daily
not a doctor and i can't even handle my own problems, why would anyone take my advice?
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