Having Help from Medication

[ChristianM0Mof2]

For the last 3 years I have been on Lexapro which is an anti-depressant. Before I took the medication, I was going thru a really hard time. My finacee (at the time.. now my husband) would get into these horrible fights. To the point of dragging and screaming to almost calling of the wedding. It was really scarey for me. I went to see my ob/gyn. I really thought I was going crazy.

Come to find out see said I was suffering from PMDD. (serious pms) She put me on an antidepress medication.
After a few months, I felt like a new person. I ended up getting preganent with my first baby. She kept me on because I was acceptable to post pardom depression. Everything went fine.. no great.
Then a year later, I was going to have my second my baby. So, I still took them.

Now, 7 months later after my second baby, I want to get off them. Before my last precription, I weaned myself off them. And now, I am completely off them. I have been feeling physically dizzy but that is about it.

I am scared that I depend on them. Almost like an addicition. I take them to feel normal. Can I feel normal without them? Will I be happy? I don't want to become upset like I did before.

I know Jesus will help me if I need him. I read Matthew 5. About Jesus teaching about anger. That anger violates God command to Love. And anger keeps us from pleasing God. I want to please God. I just hope I can do it without medication.

Has anyone gone through this. I really would need some advice. I want to remain happy and not fight, especially since now I have two kids.

Thank you.

 

[goldenviolet]

taking meds is no different from a brace, cast, or wheelchair etc. some people need assistance. i'm one. however, if you think you need off them, you should let a doctor help determine that. if it is spirital, i believe that a doctor will see that indeed you can make it without them. doctors and thertepist agree that spiritual needs care for and meet the same needs as medicine to your mental health. unless it's chemical. then it isn't spiritual; it's physical.

blessings to you sister! for God to help you be sure and manage the right path.

 

[Just Me Garry]

For the last 3 years I have been on Lexapro which is an anti-depressant. Before I took the medication, I was going thru a really hard time. My finacee (at the time.. now my husband) would get into these horrible fights. To the point of dragging and screaming to almost calling of the wedding. It was really scarey for me. I went to see my ob/gyn. I really thought I was going crazy.

Come to find out see said I was suffering from PMDD. (serious pms) She put me on an antidepress medication.
After a few months, I felt like a new person. I ended up getting preganent with my first baby. She kept me on because I was acceptable to post pardom depression. Everything went fine.. no great.
Then a year later, I was going to have my second my baby. So, I still took them.

Now, 7 months later after my second baby, I want to get off them. Before my last precription, I weaned myself off them. And now, I am completely off them. I have been feeling physically dizzy but that is about it.

I am scared that I depend on them. Almost like an addicition. I take them to feel normal. Can I feel normal without them? Will I be happy? I don't want to become upset like I did before.

I know Jesus will help me if I need him. I read Matthew 5. About Jesus teaching about anger. That anger violates God command to Love. And anger keeps us from pleasing God. I want to please God. I just hope I can do it without medication.

Has anyone gone through this. I really would need some advice. I want to remain happy and not fight, especially since now I have two kids.

Thank you.

Does that Lexapro help you---I take Zoloft and have been taking it for 5 years now. I have tried Welbutrin & Effexor but they did not work for me.

Hun, do not feel bad about having to take your depression medicine. I have to take my depression meds everyday and if I run out of it I get to be a grouch gut.

 

[ChristianM0Mof2]

Does that Lexapro help you---I take Zoloft and have been taking it for 5 years now. I have tried Welbutrin & Effexor but they did not work for me.

Hun, do not feel bad about having to take your depression medicine. I have to take my depression meds everyday and if I run out of it I get to be a grouch gut.

I had taken Welbutrin and Zoloft. Both made me sick as a dog. Lexapro had absolutely no side effects.

 

[SFBUK]

I hope all is going well for you now. I would agree though that you should not worry if you do have to take medication for depression. It is an illness. I take medication for depression in the same way that I take medication for diabetes.

I will pray that God will help you sort out what is right for you.

God Bless

SFB

 

[ChristianM0Mof2]

I hope all is going well for you now. I would agree though that you should not worry if you do have to take medication for depression. It is an illness. I take medication for depression in the same way that I take medication for diabetes.

I will pray that God will help you sort out what is right for you.

God Bless

SFB

Yes, I know it is an illness. But, with God anything is possible. He can heal sickness. I am trusting God to take care of me. I know HE will.