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Struggling with Depression: Losing Hope and Feeling Disconnected

chantal.831

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My Depression has currently got a lot worse. i can’t feel for life or feel connected to everyone around me like i once did. everything feels fake. im losing hope. im trying so hard to be strong but there’s only so much i can take. sometimes i wish i was a robot lol. i wake up and feel like im a chore. Can someone help? My therapist and psychiatrist want me to take medication again but i had such a bad experience with the last medication i was on (lexapro)

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    • aries02

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      @chantal.831 idrk how to explain it at this point. I felt so hopeless and alone and scare over every little thing. I couldn’t bring myself to get out of bed for days at a time. I hardly went to class. I was rarely sober because i just couldn’t cope w how much i hated my life. I pushed away all my friends and ghosted every relationship. But I didn’t really cry or feel “sad” per se, it was more that I hated everything and couldn’t find joy in anything

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    • YanyLaurel

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      For nearly everyone, Lexapro has a lot of awful side effects. If I were you I would ask them if you could try either Wellbutrin or some SSRI like Prozac. I take those and I have no side effects.

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    • depressedunicorn

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      I'm having trouble with some of this too! I would highly recommend trying another med but that's totally up to you!

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      • Cassie2114

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        @depressedunicorn I'm pretty sure it has gotten worse because of other meds I'm on

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        • depressedunicorn

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          @Cassie2114 awe I'm sorry that really sucks 😞

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    • Cassie2114

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      I literally feel the same way rn and I feel like it is effecting my relationships. And it's hard to get motivation for the simplest things

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    • aries02

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      Lexapro was a really bad experience for me too but I’ve had good/ better experiences on other medications. Trust me, trying anything is worth the possibility of not feeling like that anymore

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      • chantal.831

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        @aries02 what were you depression symptoms? and anxiety symptoms? you don’t have to answer back. i don’t want to trigger any.

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        • aries02

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          @chantal.831 idrk how to explain it at this point. I felt so hopeless and alone and scare over every little thing. I couldn’t bring myself to get out of bed for days at a time. I hardly went to class. I was rarely sober because i just couldn’t cope w how much i hated my life. I pushed away all my friends and ghosted every relationship. But I didn’t really cry or feel “sad” per se, it was more that I hated everything and couldn’t find joy in anything

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