Posted by vicky on October 13, 2001, at 15:18:40
In reply to Which comes first - fatigue or depression?, posted by Cindylou on October 7, 2001, at 15:09:57
> Can depression be a completely PHSYICAL thing?
> My symptoms for years have been FATIGUE, heaviness, lethargy, feelings of "depletion", dragging myself through the day, etc. Obviously it's difficult to feel good emotionally when you feel so horrible physically. When I get emotionally down, I often think it's due to the fact that I feel so physically down.
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> I've been tested out the wazoo (where did that saying come from?? And how do you spell "wazoo?") for blood sugar, thyroid, anemia, hormones, chronic fatigue, Epstien Barr, etc. etc. and it all comes out normal.
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> And it seems that I feel horrible whether I'm on a med or not. The only times I've had some lift from this heaviness are the first two months on a low dose of Prozac. But after 2 months the lift is gone and I feel even worse than before.
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> I've even gone the alternative med route, getting "muscle tested," then going on high protein, low sugar diets with lots of Vitamin B. No result.
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> SO, that leads me back to my first question. Is it the depression (that I don't even really feel emotionally) making me so tired? Can you feel physically depressed and not emotionally depressed?
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> Is this making any sense?
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> Thanks for listening and responding to this blabber.
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> By the way, my next med try is Lamictal. I'll start Wednesday. We'll see...
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> cindy
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> re: I take prozac for depression and also perphenazine (like risperdol) and
buspar. I have been very very tired for many years now
since around age 25. (I"m 43 now) and have
complained about this to my doctor and psychatrist for years
(is taking 2 two hour naps a day, then sleeping 10 hours a night normal????
well finally last week my pdoc prescribed me Provigil 200mg
it worked fantastic for about 8 days, now I'm kinda
tired again, and I'm going to ask him to maybe
up the dose. You may want to ask your pdoc about
Provigil!!!
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