Oh, that explains my emotional state this week

[xiphias]

Right.  So, Tuesday and Wednesday were basically lost days for me this week.  I didn't feel emotionally down, but I had no energy, and fell asleep for hours, for most of the day, actually.

 

This morning, I could barely get out of bed, staggered to the bathroom, and went to take my meds.  My pill case still had Tuesday and Wednesday's pills in it.

 

As much evidence as I have that the meds work, I still have trouble believing it.  I figure it HAS to be mainly psychosomatic l.  But when I forget meds, this happens -- and i don't know that I've forgotten, because, if I knew that, I'd not have forgotten.  The difference is so dramatic.

 

I took my meds this morning, and, over the next 45 minutes, I felt the brain-fog being cut away.  And I'm now basically okay.

 

Without the meds, I still felt the desire to do things -- I WANTED to do chores, to do some writing, things like that.  I had the desire, even the motivation, which is why I didn't recognize it as depression-related.  But I had no capacity or capability to do anything.

 

So, that's good to know.

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Comments

[ailbhe]

I have to have a checklist including eat, drink, get dressed, take meds.

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

wow. and you've gotten all this from lamictal?

[daharyn.livejournal.com]

Fascinating. I am glad you know what works for you.

I am thinking about stepping back into the pharmaceutical treatment end of things for my own depression, but so many of the drugs seem new; I'm really wary of the experimentation that must occur before a person finds something that works.

On the other hand, Tuesday was a lost day for me, too.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Do you remember my analogy from years and years ago about the difference between a chair and a pile of wood? *smiles at you*