can't get off the couch

trying to be zen · 05-17-2006, 10:43 AM

Today is the first day that I have seen the sun in about a week. It's been so grey and blah! I find I just don't have the energy to get out of bed in the morning...I can't get to the gym...I can't even get into cleaning my home. When I do get out of bed i go straight for the couch and just lie there. Then my husband decided to tell me this morning before he left to school to make sure i don't do anything today. I really wanted to get out of bed and beat him accross the head with something but I thought twice about it and realized that i would have to get out of bed. I chose to ignore him, I'm getting use to that. I feel that my appartment depresses me, the town i live in depresses me, being married sucks. I've said it before the only good thing i have right now is my job...and my cats. My husband graduates from universtiy this month to become a school teacher; jobs are posted but he wants to wait until august to apply...so he wants to wait until there are limited positions left? It took me getting upset and according to him yelled at him in order for him to apply to these jobs!!! I don't know if I can deal with this...it stresses me out!!! I don't know what to do anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!

daisy232627 · 05-17-2006, 11:41 AM

What does it say in that song??? I think it goes the only thing you can be sure of is change nothing stays the same, or something like that. Tomorrow is a new day hang in there. This to shall pass (that one is my favorite)

Hugs

Daisy

BriOnH · 05-17-2006, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trying to be zen

I really wanted to get out of bed and beat him accross the head with something but I thought twice about it and realized that i would have to get out of bed.

lmao - At least your sense of humor is still intact

special k · 05-17-2006, 01:37 PM

Write it all down in a journal... whether online or in a real book... I love venting to my journal. And just HOLD ON. Take it moment by moment, day by day, or try to as best you can. I know it's very hard! We're all here for ya.

trying to be zen · 05-17-2006, 01:42 PM

thanks...

heyK · 05-17-2006, 02:26 PM

Zen,

Relatively, you haven't been AD free for that long, considering how long you were on them. Withdrawal can be exhausting--and depressing. I used to always have a ton of energy, but now I struggle with it. This is common in withdrawal. Try to get whatever kind of exercise your body can handle, and just have patience with yourself while your body adjusts back to being AD free.

Scott · 05-17-2006, 03:58 PM

you have to watch and not trust your emotions for awhile.. i also had the "this town sucks" attitude for awhile.. in fact i was almost feeling strangled by it wanting to just leave and go somewhere new. Just do what you can do and realize you're not really yourself right now.

05-17-2006, 10:43 AM	#1
trying to be zen Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: ontario, canada Posts: 26	can't get off the couch Today is the first day that I have seen the sun in about a week. It's been so grey and blah! I find I just don't have the energy to get out of bed in the morning...I can't get to the gym...I can't even get into cleaning my home. When I do get out of bed i go straight for the couch and just lie there. Then my husband decided to tell me this morning before he left to school to make sure i don't do anything today. I really wanted to get out of bed and beat him accross the head with something but I thought twice about it and realized that i would have to get out of bed. I chose to ignore him, I'm getting use to that. I feel that my appartment depresses me, the town i live in depresses me, being married sucks. I've said it before the only good thing i have right now is my job...and my cats. My husband graduates from universtiy this month to become a school teacher; jobs are posted but he wants to wait until august to apply...so he wants to wait until there are limited positions left? It took me getting upset and according to him yelled at him in order for him to apply to these jobs!!! I don't know if I can deal with this...it stresses me out!!! I don't know what to do anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ cheers Zen diagnosed with "chemical imbalance" and put on 60 mg of paxil in 1994 quit cold turkey for 2 months(bad move) then put on 20mg of paxil in 1996 tired of gaining weight, I switched to 20mg of celexa in 1998 celexa free (for good i hope) in Feb 2006

05-17-2006, 11:41 AM	#2
daisy232627 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: dallas, texas Posts: 226	Re: can't get off the couch What does it say in that song??? I think it goes the only thing you can be sure of is change nothing stays the same, or something like that. Tomorrow is a new day hang in there. This to shall pass (that one is my favorite) Hugs Daisy __________________ started Paxil 20mg 07/01 weaned 3mo Paxil free 08/02 back on 10/02 for panic/anxiety tried wean again 05/03 too quick failed under doc's instructions (didn't know it was too quick, I thought I was just screwed for life) tried to wean again sometime prior to finding pp-still thinking I'm screwed 06/03 Paxil CR 25mgs 2004 changed to generic 20mg costs less 03/06 back to Paxil CR 25mg-Panic/anxiety 01/2008 start weaning AGAIN 03/2009 Paxil 10mg

05-17-2006, 01:37 PM	#4
special k Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 135	Re: can't get off the couch Write it all down in a journal... whether online or in a real book... I love venting to my journal. And just HOLD ON. Take it moment by moment, day by day, or try to as best you can. I know it's very hard! We're all here for ya. __________________ On Paxil 30 mg for almost 10 years for GAD/panic attacks. Tapered slowly over the past year because I want to get pregnant eventually! Pregnancy plans now on hold because things are just too difficult. Did slow liquid taper from 8 ml (equal to 16 mg) starting in November. Finished last .5 ml dose on March 29, 2006 after tapering 1 ml every few weeks. Withdrawal has created bad depression on and off. Trying to live in the present moment, and not dwell on the past or worry about the future!

05-17-2006, 01:42 PM	#5
trying to be zen Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: ontario, canada Posts: 26	Re: can't get off the couch thanks... __________________ cheers Zen diagnosed with "chemical imbalance" and put on 60 mg of paxil in 1994 quit cold turkey for 2 months(bad move) then put on 20mg of paxil in 1996 tired of gaining weight, I switched to 20mg of celexa in 1998 celexa free (for good i hope) in Feb 2006

05-17-2006, 02:26 PM	#6
heyK Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 418	Re: can't get off the couch Zen, Relatively, you haven't been AD free for that long, considering how long you were on them. Withdrawal can be exhausting--and depressing. I used to always have a ton of energy, but now I struggle with it. This is common in withdrawal. Try to get whatever kind of exercise your body can handle, and just have patience with yourself while your body adjusts back to being AD free. __________________ 1993 - end of 2001: Zoloft (75 mg) 2002 - 2003 (total of 11 months): Prozac + Buspar (to deal with the Zoloft withdrawal) Off all drugs for a year going through withdrawal with no letup in symptoms, so in 2004 I (regrettably) went back on Zoloft to try a slower taper. 11/19/05 - Finally off again.

05-17-2006, 03:58 PM	#7
Scott Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: somewhere in between Posts: 11,616	Re: can't get off the couch you have to watch and not trust your emotions for awhile.. i also had the "this town sucks" attitude for awhile.. in fact i was almost feeling strangled by it wanting to just leave and go somewhere new. Just do what you can do and realize you're not really yourself right now. __________________ Scott aka Scott What has happened to it all? Crazy, some are saying Where is the life that I recognize? Gone away But I won't cry for yesterday There's an ordinary world Somehow I have to find And as I try to make my way To the ordinary world I will learn to survive surviving an ssri reaction alternative anxiety treatments

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