I’ve suffered with ‘depression’ since i was young, iv tried antidepressants and counseling, none of them work.

I work in mental health but i don’t think i can talk to any therapists at work, it feels too close to home.

We were trying for a very long time for this baby, but when i became pregnant, my anxiety and black moods and mood swings have become unbearable.

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I appreciate any advice you have. I have been on Paxil for 4.5 years now. I began getting horrible panic attacks after the birth of my daughter, plus I was stressed as my now ex-husband lost his job and I learned he was doing drugs. I was on Paxil before my daughter was born(not during pregnancy) because I was having severe panic attacks. I had switched from Buspar, which made me feel like a complete zombie.
So when my daughter reached 3 months(she is now 4.5 years old), I began having those panic attacks again. My dr. put me on Paxil again, and I have been on it for over 4 years now. Good news, no panic attacks, but I feel like its not helping my depression. I am also on Welbutrin, 300 mg a day for depression and I was trying to quit smoking on it, which sadly, I did for awhile, then I am back on them. I still suffer from depression, and probably always will. Can a medication stop being effective after so long? Is there another depression med that I should try?

We’ve been wanting to have a baby for 4 years already and nothing :’(
Everybody I know comes and breaks their pregnancy news to me and I cry out of both joy (for them) and sadness (for me). OMG, 4 years and we can’t! Every single friend of mine is happily married with children, now my sister just had her first baby and she’s only 21, I’m already 23 going on 24 in Aug.
Is there any other way of finding out besides spending a fortune at the doctor?

I am a 31 year old woman. I have a 9 year old and a 4 month old. I had the baby blues 9 years ago when I had my first child. I then was put on depression meds. I have been on them since. I take Effexor XR 150mg daily. During my most recent pregnancy I took prenatal vitimans which are called Vinate II. My ob told me to finish up the bottle of those vitimans, I have been taking those daily for about 12 months. After I had my daughter I was having issues with my bladder not being strong so my ob had me start taking Oxybutynin, to help straighten the bladder muscles. I take 3, 5mg pills per day, and have been on them for about 3 months. A month ago I was Phentermine 37.5mg for weight loss. I have lost 11 lbs in a month. When it was given to me my blood pressure was slightly high. Doc told me that if I lose some weight hopefully it will go down. I have always had great pressure. I am a little over weight. As time has gone by since I had my most recent child I have had different things and feelings going on with my body. I will say, I know my depression is under control, as I know my body. Now I am experiencing headaches, tight and tense neck and shoulders, leg aches, tired in mid afternoon(even while I am on diet pill), and my mom mentioned that she can see yellowing of my skin below my eyes. NOT the whites of my eyes. I don’t see the yellowing. Any ideas on what could be the problem? I know going to the doctor would be a good idea but…I am a little nervous about that. When my recent child was 3 months old I went to him and asked for the diet pill and he said that he was concerned about giving it to me because of my depression. I felt that I want to get this baby weight off, as that is what would make me depressed! So I went to a weight loss clinic that gave me the meds. I have done a little research and haven’t found much about these meds haveing these types of side effects besides headaches. I am wondering maybe low iron? Maybe something happened when I had my daughter 4 months ago and it is finally catching up to me?? Any thoughts?? Thanks

Aggression, anxiety, Asperger syndrome, depression, attention-deficit disorder, and attachment disorder are all diagnoses which describe a(n):

A)
chromosomal deficiency.

B)
consequence of prenatal drug exposure.

C)
biological anomaly.

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For the past few days I have not had an appetite at all. I don’t eat much now…one meal a day, and some days nothing at all. I am drinking water and taking a prenatal vitamin because I am breastfeeding.
I have been dealing with postpartum depression and I am thinking that maybe this is the reason why I am not hungry?

However, today I have been extremely tired and dizzy and have a terrible headache…
What’s going on with me?

HI i am 6 months pregnant been off my anxiety meds since i found out i was pregnant. I have been doing ok for a while, but for the last few days i have been having downright panic attacks. does anyone know how to help with these,without me having to resume my medication……..

I go through terrible stress at times. My hubby is great,but I get stressed no matter what.I am home all day and brood on some thoughts.
I want to know if anyone had such or more stress,emotional,not work stress or physical stress while pregnant and you had a happy healthy baby and you were healthy during pregnancy.
I had my 20 week ultrasound last week and all seems well so far.

I have been pro-abortion all of my life. but never would have thought of actually testing my beliefs personally.

i just found out last night that i am 4 weeks pregnant. i am currently 20 yrds and taking anti-depressants, anti-anxiety and anti-psychotics for multiple reasons such as manic depression agoraphobia, self mutilation, GAD, for just a few.
my decision has been to termintate the pregnancy. not only for my self but for my fiance (who is behind me 100%) and has two years of college to go untill he gets his degree.

my choice is not easy i have been upset and crying the entire time, but i am mentally unable to take care of a baby. i have been in the hospital many times this past year for failed suicide attempts and for the self mutulation. both me and my fiance is living with my parents and mooching off of them for food and even cash every now and again. we cannot even sustain a life for us let alone a baby.
why i did not choose adoption. if i am off my meds i get very depressed and suicidal. my anxiety peaks and i have many panic attacks. carrying the pregnancy to full term i dont doubt will kill me, and the child.
this is a decision that i have already made for my self, my soon to be husband and our children that we plan to have when we can support our selves. And very importantly when my depression anxiety and self mutilation is in better control. i am hurting my sister very much (only other soul that knows what i am doing) for she is strongly anti-abortion with 3 little ones of her own. yet i feel very confidant when she told me that she understands that my medical issues must be taken care of prior to having a child.

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Let me give you some background on me: I just turned 24, I have 2 children, and I’m going to take classes this fall. I was going to start classes several years ago, but I had several problems with depression, anxiety, two high-risk pregnancies, and various other health problems. I am in better health, my children are a little older, and I have a pretty good support system. The thing is, I’m not a very social person-I never was, and I’m kind of worried about how things will go when I start. I mean, I know that there are people well into their 40s and 50s that start school, but I feel that I lack that self-assuredness to feel okay once I am around all of these people that will be younger than me. So-for anyone that started college later in life, can you please give me some general information on how your first semester went; if you felt out-of-place at all, and how you got over that? Genuine responses, please. I’m honestly a little scared of having this experience.
Well, as I briefly stated- I have a problem with anxiety. I worry that people will look at me, and (even though I can’t buy cigarettes without getting carded) will think ‘Damn. She’s kinda old to be here.’ Which, I know is illogical-but that doesn’t make me stop thinking about it. As for being some social butterfly…that ship has long since sailed and sunk. I have a 2 and 3 year old. I barely have time to shave my legs, much less join a wet t-shirt contest. I have no real interest in making friends (although it may be nice, and prove worthwhile later), or joining social groups-but things like study groups can be helpful, and sometimes people take my being quiet as being snobby, which I’m not. I’m just afraid that my anxiety over the age difference is going to push me off the course I’m on. If I can get over that, then I think that lowers the possibility that I will have some fit of anxiety and end up quitting.