Lupus Support Group

Feeling depressed, irritated and angry. Ive been losing my temper with EVERYONE lately and this is so not like me. Im not sure if its my meds messing with me or what, but some days I feel like Im losing it. Lol. My poor family! I am sure they are all wanting a break from me. Lol Is this something I am just going to have to get used to?

~Wendy

hang in there, could be the meds and I am sure we all just get sick and tired of being sick and tired and we need to make sure our family understands that. Are you able to excersise at all, I have fund that I ride my stationary bike for 10 miles a day (it hurts)but sure does help the mood and anger. Thinking of you, maybe you need to ask about a anti anxiety-anti depressions meds to see if that helps- (I take one and yes it helps)

thinking of you, tie a knot on the end of that rope and hang on and swing.

Have you changed any meds recently? If it is meds your body should adjust at sometime. I hope you feel better soon.

Alison

Wendy....so sorry you've been feeling this way.....I know I get this way sometimes and I think it's just that I get so tired of feeling horrible and knowing that I need to do things it just makes me grumpy....but I do feel good after I have been on my exercise machine.....it helps relief the tension. I can only use mine for about 10 minutes now because of my foot but I usually do 50 minutes. I hope that soon you will be feeling better.

Eva

Thanks I hope it is the meds. I just started about 5 new meds all at once in the past two weeks. I know one of them said it could cause psychosis...but I dont think Im THAT bad...YET. Lol! I am already on an anti-depressant (Prozac) and I am on another anti-depressant too, but I cant remember which one was the other anti-depressant. Lol

~Wendy

I Have many days like that also. I'm not sure what it is...

Let's face facts. I think everyone here has a reason to be angry. Come on, lupus sucks. But we all look forward and do what we can. I am sure this will pass for you Wendy.

Alison

Wendy, hope you are feeling happier by now. I have my moments too Thinking of you.

Go Ali, yes Lupus sucks. I think you would be crazy if you weren't angry sometimes. How can anyone go through this and always be happy. I watched a documentary last night on discovery health called Crazy Sexy Cancer. It was made by a girl with multiple myelomas and went through about 6 years of her struggles. Her cancer will never be cured it can be active and growing or stable. So her treatments depend on the activity of the disease. So it is very much like all of us. I was so emotional. She would be filmed leaving the doctors office and crying because she felt so alone. Then she wondered how she could get involved in a relationship with someone when her future was so uncertain. She was real through the documentary and like us she was angry and sad. But she also found happiness in living and the way all of this makes you so much more grateful. In the end her cameraman fell in love with her and they were married. So you aren't alone in all of this and it is normal to go through all the crazy emotions that we have.

April

@blassister: I love that expression "thinking of you, tie a knot on the end of that rope and hang on and swing."