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NeiNing

Health update 16.3.2024

Sorry for keeping you guys in the dark for so long! But long story, as short as possible, is this:

1. I ate anti-depression medicines closer to 5 months. During this time we tested 3 medicine on me. None of them worked.
2. Talking with psychologist has been nice. Sadly she's so busy I speak with her like once a month only but it's good enough for me!
3. I met psychotherapist this week and she told me to stop eating my current medicine, keep 3 days pause and try this new medicine she prescribed to me.
4. In those 3 days I felt SO GOOD! I felt so happy, like my old self! I had no depressing thoughts or anxiety feelings. I was NOT tired 24/7 like I was before! I slept better! I haven't sleep well or more than few hours per night in 5 months soon. Also, no nightmares, restless feet or waking up on my own grunts and whimpers!
5. I took one of those new pills for depression today (as my therapist told me to) and, guess what? It made me tired, gave me diarrhea, killer headache, made my vision weird (not blurry but not sharp either) etc. Luckily she told me to stop taking them right away if they give bad symptoms. So no more meds for me!

So long story short. I REALLY have start to doubt I truly suffer from depression but rather from ADHD / Autism or BOTH combined. They cause depression and anxiety after all (like I keep saying probably too much :'D).

I definitely want to ask my doctor / psychologist / psychotherapist to keep working on and with me. I want to find out if I'm right about having ADHD / autism after all instead of depression. Anxiety I get in certain situations for sure, even in the future, but I can ask doctor to prescribe me pills for it (like I've Opamox now but luckily I haven't had any need to take them).

Again, sorry for keeping you guys in the dark. Thank you for all your comments, replies, faves and support! <3
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Gaydino69
1 month, 4 weeks ago
im so glad you are feeling better, and i can agree that you might have autism/ADHD/both because i am autistic myself and i had the same problem of thinking i had depression and when i got off those meds i felt so much better. trust me once you get the right meds youll be feeling great, but dont forget that sometimes, like in my case, you might not need meds to fix anything. your perfect the way you are.
NeiNing
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Thank you SO much! You have no idea how much and important it is to me to hear and get support from someone who's been experiencing something similar! It has given me more trust and certainty that I most definitely have ADHD as well (or autism or both). I think I could be alright without medicines since I've done good now too. Only thing which I need to take medicines, tho, is anxiety. I have Opamox which is relaxing. There's been weeks when I don't need them but since Wednesday, I've been taking a half per day since I've been hell anxious about upcoming event (meeting with new therapist and also social worker who will see if I'm able to work etc.).
StarRinger
1 month, 4 weeks ago
When I got diagnosed, one of the next steps my doctor specified is figuring out how much of my history of depression was actually depression, or only frustration and despair with executive dysfunction!
NeiNing
1 month, 2 weeks ago
That I have not heard of but I'm glad you mentioned that so I am aware that something like this may happen / come in my case as well.
riverhayashi
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Here's hoping you find what works to make you healthier!
NeiNing
1 month, 2 weeks ago
So far relaxing pills have worked the best when my anxiety has kicked in. Otherwise I honestly have been feeling SO GOOD!
tugared
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Yo he vivido más de 20 años en depresión, no es tan grave como para tomar medicamentos, mi terapia es mantenerme ocupada escribiendo, pintando, bordando cosiendo, haciendo manualidades y escribiendo historias que público en Wattpad.  Que bien ya vas mejorando con terapia. Eso ayuda en muchos casos.
NeiNing
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Lamento que hayas estado viviendo con depresión durante 20 años. ¡Me alegro de que, con suerte, también te vaya bien! Creo que podría tener TDAH porque he tratado de hacer algo más o más para distraerme, pero con un posible TDAH, no puedo concentrarme en eso por mucho tiempo O me mantengo concentrado en lo que hago con tanta fuerza que me olvido de comer. . Como por ejemplo: Mi posible TDAH me hace concentrarme en el juego de Playstation y puedo jugarlo durante 12 horas seguidas antes de darme cuenta de que no he comido nada en todo un día. Le pregunto al terapeuta si podríamos intentar averiguar si tengo TDAH/autismo. Dado que tengo muchos síntomas que coinciden mucho más con los de la depresión (además, el TDAH / autismo causa depresión y ansiedad a veces).
hummerhouse
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Keep working at finding what you need so you'll feel healthy and happy. Do you keep a diary at all? Something where you can make notes about how you feel not just mentally, but physically as well? Dates, times, when you took a medication - all of that can help you and your medical team diagnose the true underlying problem.
NeiNing
1 month, 2 weeks ago
So far I've come to conclusion I don't need medicines for depression. So far I only use Opamox which relaxed. I haven't been needing them much or often but since Wednesday I've taken one half in each day. I either wake up with hell bad anxiety or I feel too anxious during the evening / before going to bed. That, honestly, has been the only thing helping. Otherwise I've felt like my happy old self! :) No, sorry. Diary has never been my thing. Tried it when I was a teenager or so, but yeah, not for me.

I've done a lot of research about ADHD / autism and, boy, I have found SO MUCH things which matches me! I even wrote symptom list to the therapist and it was 4 pages long (written with laptop, 4x 4A papers). I really wish therapist would start to try to solve it with me if I, indeed, have ADHD instead. Depression medications, which usually work on normal people, don't work on people with ADHD / autism because our brain works differently.
Galizia
1 month, 2 weeks ago
I hope you know that you are not alone in your struggles. It takes a lot of strength and determination to get through tough times, and I know you have both in abundance. Remember that you are loved and valued ❤️✨⭐
NeiNing
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Thank you so much! I think my whole life has been hard more or less, one way or another so I'm... kind of "used to it"? :'D Always needed to be strong since none wasn't strong for me or support me. So I can handle this too, even that my anxiety feel extremely uncomfortable. Awwh, thank you <3 Your words always make me so happy ^^
tugared
1 month, 2 weeks ago
😁👍 siempre adelante aunque gran parte del camino se recorra sola.
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