Doctor's Appt
Vic
was perfect. She got me in the exam room and after I cried about my
sister's death and how I am trying to deal with it, she decided I am
depressed. Put me on Prozac, the only one I haven't tried. I am
scared of what it will do to me. I have done just fine with Klonopin
as needed. I don't want the side effects or sexual stuff. Been there
and done that. She is giving me Klonopin but I am sick of depending
on one drug to help me with another. Maybe I am depressed. She
passed July 25, 2009. Today is her birthday. Margrove, are you still
here? I need advice.
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Philip Peters
> I went to the doctor today for a regular check up. My blood pressure
> was perfect. She got me in the exam room and after I cried about my
> sister's death and how I am trying to deal with it, she decided I am
> depressed. Put me on Prozac, the only one I haven't tried. I am
> scared of what it will do to me. I have done just fine with Klonopin
> as needed. I don't want the side effects or sexual stuff. Been there
> and done that. She is giving me Klonopin but I am sick of depending
> on one drug to help me with another. Maybe I am depressed. She
> passed July 25, 2009. Today is her birthday. Margrove, are you still
> here? I need advice.
Hi Vicky!
I hope Young Medicine Master Margrove is around somewhere near. In the
meantime while I can't pretend being him (I *will* play him on TV though
but that's still strictly hush-hush so I'm not telling anyone but you
;-)I *do* have an opinion about this:
*Grief* is *not* a mental illness. Grieving does not constitute
*depression*. It's a natural process that can take a lot of time.
Anyway, this is no way to diagnose depression, it's ridiculous. If you
don't want the Prozac, don't take it. If you have been doing fine on
Klonopin as needed, why fix something that isn't broken in the first place?
marg...@optonline.net
>I went to the doctor today for a regular check up. My blood pressure
>was perfect. She got me in the exam room and after I cried about my
>sister's death and how I am trying to deal with it, she decided I am
>depressed. Put me on Prozac, the only one I haven't tried. I am
>scared of what it will do to me. I have done just fine with Klonopin
>as needed. I don't want the side effects or sexual stuff. Been there
>and done that. She is giving me Klonopin but I am sick of depending
>on one drug to help me with another. Maybe I am depressed. She
>passed July 25, 2009. Today is her birthday. Margrove, are you still
>here? I need advice.
Hello Vicky
usually I am not here but was told you had a problem so here I am
I cannot tell you if you are depressed and unless your doctor did some
rather extensive psychometric psychological testing I doubt she can
either. Depression and mourning share many similar symptoms so it is
easy to confuse them. Depression tends to be more unexplained chronic
in its manifestations whereas grief is more spontaneous and ones
thoughts tend to be more focused around the sensations based around
the heartache over the lost person rather then a more globl sense of
meaninglessness-although one can have these same tendencies in a
depression
knowing you based upon your writings over rhe years I can tell you
that you have a tendency to be somewhat anhedonic or depressed but
that your emotional flatening is more likely a reaction to some
triggers that cause you to doubt your ability or your sense of self-so
while there may be some components of depression to your style of
grieving, you may not be depressed-crying while you think about your
sister is not depression it is being heartbroken and sad about your
loss-one doesn't handle grief, it handles you. It is a process that
can actually bequesth to you some degree of growth and completeness-we
all are mortal it is a process of life-part of what we experience and
what all our loved ones experience. This loss was tragic and sad-you
will feel the depth of the loss in your own way in your own time and
even when the tears are gone you may still mourn-many people still cry
when they remember their lossed loved ones many years later-it is not
abnormal or a sign of weakness or depression or a medical malady-it is
a life malady or life process. YOu may do well to consult a grief
counselor or join a group that deals with the grieving process-or you
may find this too intrusive and to intense, wanting to be private in
your grief is also fine. Medicating it as if it was a disease will do
little. If you are depressed and cannot function in your daily life
and you feel that a trial of an antidepressant seems a wise choice,
then it is a choice you make based upon your experience. From a
medical perspective klonopin is a depressant and can augment
depressive tendencies in those sensitive to this possibility-prozac is
a stimulating long acting ad med whcih many times requies the use of a
sedating benzo to tolerate the side effects-it can create some
narcisstic tendencies in those so sensitive to this side effect-so it
can cause you to feel less pained and possibly more numb or less
sensitive to the acute aspects of this loss-but you will still process
the bereavement in your own way anyway-so it really as Philip stated a
personal decision that you can make and not necessarily a permanent
one either. If you think you may be depressed get an evaluation from a
psychiatrist or psychologist who uses various tests and methodologies
to determine if you are indeed depressed and not just reactive to your
loss.
Your feelings are really just the barometer that gauges the degree of
love you feel towards your sister-if those feelings become strong
enough to chronically prvent you from continuing your own life then
you have options to deal with it-prozac is one-counseling, therapy,
group therapy and talking to a spiritual leader are others-the center
of your world has been altered by this loss-it takes time to find ones
balance again
MsMonar...@gmail.com
::I went to the doctor today for a regular check up. My blood pressure
::was perfect. She got me in the exam room and after I cried about my
::sister's death and how I am trying to deal with it, she decided I am
::depressed. Put me on Prozac, the only one I haven't tried. I am
::scared of what it will do to me. I have done just fine with Klonopin
::as needed. I don't want the side effects or sexual stuff. Been there
::and done that. She is giving me Klonopin but I am sick of depending
::on one drug to help me with another. Maybe I am depressed. She
::passed July 25, 2009. Today is her birthday. Margrove, are you still
::here? I need advice.
Dear Vic,
Have you started the prozac? Just remember that you are never trapped into
staying on a med. If you don't like how it makes you feel or the side-effects,
you can stop taking it. I hear you about the meds but if it gives quality to
your life, then it is worth it......imo :)
Feel better soon! (((((Vic)))))
Jackie
~*~The one law that does not change is that everything changes, and
the hardship I was bearing today was only a breath away from the
pleasures I would have tomorrow, and those pleasures would be all
the richer because of the memories of this I was enduring~*~