Thread: Is it stress or....

maybe you need to tweak your dosage, or get a new medicine? talk with your doc. i have been through the ringer with different meds and trying to get the right combo/dose.

first, lets try and cope with the stress around you. is it managable? what coping skills do you use already? be strong, you'll get through this. a lot of times stress will trigger depression, but it'll get better.

if not, talk about new medicine or a new dose with your doc.

good luck, i know how you feel and it'll get better

The stress I'm dealing with at the moment is job related and out of my hands for a while. I am hoping for things to maybe begin to calm down in another month...but not counting on it.
I am 50 and been on a stressful job for 21 yrs. Normally I am able to deal pretty well and used to thrive from some stress. These days it gets harder, and I guess I'm getting tired of handling it. I've been on Prozac for a year now, 20mg...but have been noticing over the past 3 months a downward fluxuation toward the depression again. Over all I am fighting how I feel, but it makes me tired physically...my body aches as it did before taking the AD.
There have been times that I've wanted to try to go off the AD to see if I can maintain on my own. But then I begin to slide to where I am now and am afraid to try. I will be scheduling a check up in a few weeks and will discuss all of this with my doc then.
I guess my main reason for posting here was to see if what I am going through is somewhat on the norm side with dealing with depression problems. I do believe some of it is from that time of life and changing, but from what I've picked up on from my parents, it may be in the bloodline some...of which I never knew.
Also, thanks for just listening or reading...this does help to try to keep my perspective as much as I can without drowning in what I'm feeling.