Topic Title: Please help, I am desperate
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, Tue 28 Jun 14:50
hi; i am 24 years old and about 2months ago i had a severe medical trauma. physically, i am now okay...but i can't seem to be happy, interested, or focused on anything. by all accounts, i should be back to normal...i have a wonderful, loving husband, i am young, my parents are healthy, my in-laws are healthy, and i should have my whole life ahead of me...but truly, all i think about is death...i fear the death of my loved ones, my own death...sometimes i just think i'd be better off if i'd never been born etc etc. i know logically that this is rediculous and i now feel that my post traumatic stress has snowballed into depression...i cry all the time, before all of this, we were looking forward to starting a family, and now i can't seem to anticipate anything. i can't get in to see a psychiatrist until the end of july...i don't know if i can wait that long...should i try sjw in the mean time?
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| |  "Re(1):Please help, I am desperate"
, Tue 28 Jun 15:20
Dear Terrified:
I would definitely try to make an appointment with a regular counselor/social worker to discuss/vent with. I would also definitely go on the SJW if I were you. I would try the natural things listed on this website (SJW/Sam-e, etc.) before going on an a prescribed antidepressant.
nylady
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| | "Re(1):Please help, I am desperate" , Tue 28 Jun 15:17
i would give it a shot. IMHO the psychiatrist is just gonna want to put you on meds anyway.. atleast all the ones i have ever seen in my life have.. but if you do start it make sure you tell them you are on it because you cant take SJW with other ADs.. also if you are on any meds from the trauma its best to make sure SJW wont interact with them..
heck i am trying it and i have had nothing but bad effects with script AD meds.
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| | | "Re(2):Please help, I am desperate" , Tue 28 Jun 15:19
thanks; anything that will help me get my life back. i have never felt like this before.
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| | | "Re(3):Please help, I am desperate" , Tue 28 Jun 16:49
I'm not sure if this helps, but... think about the joy you bring to your family, your husband, your friends, just by being alive and knowing them, and letting them really know you. It's too easy to underestimate the impact you have in other people's lives. We all die someday, but the odds are very good that you'll live for a long time. I believe that we're all born, live and love and cry and do everything else so that we achieve something in our lives... we leave our mark in life, we change something or we influence someone close to us in a (hopefully) positive way. For some people it's the things they build, for others it's their children and what they one day become. For others still it's the words they write, or they way they help the elderly, or... the list goes on and on.
It wouldn't hurt to try St. John's Wort, but it might be equally as good to find someone to listen, where you can open up and just talk. It's easier said than done, but whether it's a counsellor or a minister, your husband or someone else it can really help. And maybe if you try SJW it might give you that extra little kickstart you need...
Don't feel desperate, it sounds like you have so much good all around you... try to find a way to appreciate it again.
Kelly
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| | | "Re(4):Please help, I am desperate" , Tue 5 Jul 20:56
Hi,If your doctor you want to see can not get you in till late July.I would call them and see if you could get in on a cancellation.Call back every 2 to 3 days.Remember the squeaky wheel always gets the grease.Hope this helps you.MOE
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