wrvalleygirl

:ghugAnd it's all good!!! I feel GREAT today. When I am like this, I wonder why I take that "first" drink at all, you know? Why feel that THAT when I can feel like THIS? I know it's part of the disease but I question it a lot when I am sober.

I am really trying to decide whether to start an anti-depressant. I don't feel depressed UNLESS I drink... I usually drink in reaction to stressors in my life (like a death, financial troubles, a really sick kiddo) and so on.... and THEN I get depressed because booze, as we know, is a depressant... My Doctor says that the drug she prescribed, Celexa, over time will make the anxiety attacks subside a bit... but then I read the side affects (like suicidal thoughts, insomnia, weight gain, no sex drive, and so on) and I get anxious about taking it, lol....

Anyway, today I am taking the kiddo's to see mt folks and then to visit daddy at work... then CLEANING this house... the darned Xmas tree needles are ALL over the place and I have two repair people and a therapist for my daughter coming tomorrow!

I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dojohn2004

I was taking ant-depressants when I was drinking (duh!)! Maybe the depression will lessen as time goes by. The side effects are sometimes worse than the cure!

dojohn2004

p.s. I'm no doctor!

shaun00

Way to go girl.......sounds like your already reaping the benifits of staying sober...
As for the medication.......i dont know i aint no doctor but maybe you already got the answer.
You said....I am really trying to decide whether to start an anti-depressant. I don't feel depressed UNLESS I drink...
So how about you wait for a while to decide?
See how you feel after your body gets used to being without poison? for a while anyway.
Only you know how you feel.
Please bear in mind these are the thoughts of an alcoholic and im not a doctor.................great to hear you so happy...........trucker

yeahgr8

Hi there

Glad you having a good one today:-)

I am on seroxat (paxil) but was doing ok anyway before it kicked in so will hopefully get weaned off it in a few months! No side effects for me, guess i am lucky! I think they gave it to me to help me get less anxious and to get out of the rut i was in of drinking everyday. I have been trying for years to quit on my own so would have stuck pins in my legs if the docs/psychiatrist had advised it in order to change my life. I got prescribed anti depressents 7 years ago, was a little scared of taking them and was not too keen on meds, 7 years later i am taking them so i guess when you ready:-)

Hope you stay well!