manataray
11th September, 2006, 01:44 PM
Hello all! I am not seriously depressed but rather feel blue most of the time. Sure, I get happy about sertain things that are external in nature (a new plasma TV for instance) but the "happiness" soon goes away and I'm back to being blue. I feel that when I look through the lens of life my vision is foggy. I'm just down more than up and it is seriously hurting my job and relationship with my wife.
I went to see a therapist and he said I have mild depression and some compulsion. With my family history of depression, he put me on Effexor EX. After 5 days I had to quit. I'm not getting much sleep, I feel dizzy and since taking it I've had some bad chest pains. My body did not like it! I fear going on another prescription anti-depressant due to the severe withdrawal symptoms.
So, I'm looking at alternatives including SJW, 5-HTP and SAMe. I'm leaning to 5-HTP but will post my questions in the 5-HTP forum.
Thanks for letting me introduce myself!
Manta
I went to see a therapist and he said I have mild depression and some compulsion. With my family history of depression, he put me on Effexor EX. After 5 days I had to quit. I'm not getting much sleep, I feel dizzy and since taking it I've had some bad chest pains. My body did not like it! I fear going on another prescription anti-depressant due to the severe withdrawal symptoms.
So, I'm looking at alternatives including SJW, 5-HTP and SAMe. I'm leaning to 5-HTP but will post my questions in the 5-HTP forum.
Thanks for letting me introduce myself!
Manta