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By: Rob Evans

Rob Evans — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:47:37 +0000

A few years back, I suffered miserably from migranes. The doctor prescribed me some preventative medication in addition to the migrane medicine. It took a month or two of thoughts like yours to realize something wasn’t right. Upon further investigation, one of the side effects of the medication was depression. I immediately stopped taking it and wonders never cease, no more depression. I was the 1 in 1,000 to suffer from that side effect. Be careful with new meds. Pay close attention to any changes. Sometimes they’re not so obvious.

By: Modine Gunch

Modine Gunch — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:19:19 +0000

What an amazing tool these blogs are. Em, I’ve known you since you were a baby, see you every week, talk to your mom every day, and didn’t know what you were hurting like this. You’ve always been a beautiful girl inside and out. Very smart and responsible. Knowing you went through this breaks my heart. How cool is it you can publish something like this and:
A. Let people know this is a real problem.
B. Tell people what to look for.
C. Be so transparent.
D. Love you more than we do already.
Through these blogs I’ve come to love people at RPC that I don’t even know who they are or what they look like.
We all thank God you got through this without killing any trees, you’re a smart girl. I pray God continues to bless you.

By: shawn

shawn — Sat, 03 May 2008 13:26:17 +0000

Emily – totally understand the way you were feeling and I am so glad that you figured out the culprit, as I did. Most recently I had a small bout of depression and it felt like my world was gloom and doom from sun up to sun down – and you’re right, you can’t explain it unless you’ve experienced it. Thankfully for me, as I’ve matured (?) into my 30’s (ouch), I’m more in tune w/ my body and instinctively I knew those sudden feelings had to be medically related as I’d had no tragedy happen and like you, I have a wonderful, happy life. Thus, fortunately for me, my experience was shorter lived than yours. I remembered that I had started taking ‘the pill’ again but was in disbelief that it could be that because I had taken it for years in my early 20’s with no reaction. Sure enough, several days after I stopped taking it, the cloud lifted and everything was normal, just like that. Thankfully I’m now having “rollerball surgery” on Wednesday to end the BEAST of all beasts (I’m done having children though).
I am so happy for you that you discovered what had taken over your life and I thank you for sharing your experience. You just really validated for me that I wasn’t c.r.a.z.y. and that I really did have a negative reaction to a medication. I hope many others will benefit from your shared experience as well. ^_^

By: mandy

mandy — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:34:49 +0000

i dropped those little pills about 3 years ago. haven’t regretted it – for a LOT of the same reasons.

By: Betsy

Betsy — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:31:27 +0000

I was nodding the whole time I read your post. I have been on meds for depression at a couple of difficult points in my life and each time have come a point where I needed to be done with it. When you realize that not only aren’t you feeling really depressed, you’re just not feeling much at all, it’s time for a change. Thanks for being so candid.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:49:38 +0000

I lot of people deal with this and don’t know what to do about it. My brother was clinically depressed at 7 and 14 and hospitalized for it. God, time, professional help, some medication, and family/friend support really help. I love you! Tell your Daddy, I hope his eye is better. And, tell Mike he married way out of his league.

By: KFJ

KFJ — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:27:55 +0000

I can relate to everything you said!!! I am so glad that you are doing better!!! I am glad to call you my friend

By: tabbybottoms

tabbybottoms — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:48:22 +0000

welcome back emmy

By: Tammy McCue

Tammy McCue — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:40:21 +0000

Wow! I am so glad that you recognized something was really wrong… I ditto what Melissa said. I have struggled with depression in the past and it is not any fun! I was not taking any medicine, just had some kind of weird chemical imbalance in my body… Being aware of effects of meds on our body is important and even if you are not on meds and feel like your better off dead or just dont want to function is a signal that you need to talk to somebody. Depression is not anything to be embarassed over. Who knows just telling somebody how you feel may just save your life and a lot of heartbreak and pain for everyone around you. I had a friend who was extremely depressed when we were in 8th grade. Nobody knew– her parents thought it was just a phase and she would get over what ever her attitude problem seemed to be… Well, she didn’t and Kim committed suicide at age 14. It was horrible! That was in 1983 and it seems like yesterday… Again I am so thankful that you recognized something just wasnt right! Glad your feeling better too! Anyone reading this and has depression, if you havent talked to somebody— go do it ASAP! You will still be loved and quit worrying what anyone else thinks! You are loved and needed by more people than you think.

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:40:10 +0000

hahahahaaaaaaa.