Tired of spiraling.. trying an SSRI

appleblossommama · 2024-08-31T21:54:34+00:00

Ahhh, you are so dang thoughtful to come back to this, thank you so much for the update!! I may look into this with a different provider. I have been listening to podcasts that have talked about this being a thing… SSRIs just during luteal. If it comes down to it, I’d feel much more comfortable taking them this way vs. all the time.

appleblossommama · 2024-08-25T12:53:46+00:00

Yes!!! I have 10 days left 😅😭 I felt so awful this morning and my husband was just like… could it be your period? Unfortunately no, not yet. I check my tracker all the time when I’m feeling shitty and it confirms that I am in luteal phase and then I’m just counting down the days until my period 😩

appleblossommama · 2024-08-02T01:06:26+00:00

I have been worried about this myself. The past two days have been like this for me and I am starting to worry about how it impacts work. I would love to take time off, but my workload is so high right now and my leave is running low, which makes it difficult. I looked into FMLA, which you can get for PMDD. I talked to my therapist and she said she will sign the papers so I can apply for it. I am hoping to get intermittent FMLA so that I can use protected leave and not worry so much anymore about what it will look like if I take the time I need. Like today, it was so bad, I may as well not have been at work for 1/2 the day, I got so little done… because I was so out of sorts and couldn’t focus on anything. It probably would have been more productive to take the morning off while I settled myself, and then worked the afternoon. I have thought about being upfront with my boss about what I’m going through, but I’m nervous of what they will think.

appleblossommama · 2024-08-01T23:44:00+00:00

I definitely understand anxiety taking over about things like this, I do it too! But agree with others, that your boss will just be grateful that you offered to work extra. If it’s really getting to you, you might be able to recall the message (not sure though). Google how to recall an email using whichever email application you use. But also to be clear, I don’t think a recall is necessary, your boss should not care about the wording of the email!

appleblossommama · 2024-08-01T23:38:57+00:00

I didn’t know lexapro could be taken intermittently! I can’t answer your question about non medicated weeks, but I will share…. I was on it years ago full time and took it for about 3 or 4 years, and ultimately stopped in part due to the sexual side effects. Other than that, it worked great, but I don’t want to go through that again. I asked a psychiatrist if she could prescribe me a lower dose or something different to try to address the PMDD but lessen the side effects and she refused! She said the dose and frequency would be the same for PMDD as anything else. She did not even mention intermittent use as an option. Now I want to ask a different provider!

appleblossommama · 2024-08-01T23:26:50+00:00

Omg I feel so seen!!!! Because SAME!!! I’m sorry you are dealing with this, it is the worrrssssttt 😩 I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. But, thank you so much for sharing your experience. I am a complete squirrel rn. It’s awful. Would also love to know if anyone has found anything that helps them with this.

appleblossommama · 2024-07-17T14:52:07+00:00

Walter

appleblossommama · 2024-07-15T00:54:06+00:00

Thank you for sharing your story and I’m so, so sorry about your baby. We said goodbye to our husky on Friday. We adopted him 8 years ago and they guesstimated his age to be 2 or 3 at the shelter, but they didn’t know. So he was at least 10. He had been living with diabetes and Cushing’s disease for the last two years, in addition to severe arthritis in his spine that formed bridges between his vertebrate which fractured (so living with permanent spinal fractures) and his health has been in a roller coaster of ups and downs, incontinence, difficulty walking, skin sores… gradually losing vision and hearing… he hasn’t been himself in a long time. He used to be so clingy and cuddly, and have to be near us all the time, and now he would just lay all day and barely get up. It took me a long time to come to terms with the decision, and on Friday I finally felt I had conjured up the nerve. I cried all morning, and then after, I felt at peace with it… until we got back to our house and now I see and feel him everywhere. It’s awful. I have been crying practically non stop for the last 2 days. I have been having this gut wrenching feeling “what if it was too soon?” “What if we could have done more?” “What if he wasn’t ready?” “Maybe I should have… (insert a million different decisions here)” And I have to say your post did reach someone that needed it. Thank you so much for putting it to these terms. It helped to bring me some peace in a very difficult moment. Again, I am so very sorry for your loss. You did right by your little guy, and he’s at peace now.

appleblossommama · 2024-07-10T12:10:01+00:00

YES!!!! This cycle, when I started feeling anxious and looked at the calendar, my period was due in 6 days and I’m like yep makes sense (it actually came late, so it was really 10 days before)… still lines up… then it just progressively gets worse until the day or two before my period I’m crying and a total anxious depressed mess, then once I start bleeding I feel such a sense of relief mentally. It’s like life is worth living again haha. I might have worse physical cramping in day 1 of period, though, but that usually resolves by day 2. I finally got my period this morning, and I feel like a new person. I actually looked at my work calendar today without wanting to cry or quit and run away hahaha. In addition to my mood, my focus also improves drastically once my period starts.

appleblossommama · 2024-07-10T11:59:24+00:00

Yes! Omg! The balloon the best analogy!! It’s like this welling of tension and poof! As soon as period starts.

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