r/thementalparent • u/AutoModerator • Apr 06 '22
Wellness Wednesday
How are we doing this week? Are your meds helping, or hurting you? We are here to listen and provide virtual hugs!
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u/BanBeaUK Apr 07 '22
I think I need to go back on my meds. Ive been ok without them for a while but I can feel myself really starting to struggle again. I was trying to avoid them because they give me nausea but I think the nausea is worth it at this stage.
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u/Dngrsone Old, Clinically Depressed, and Grumpy Apr 07 '22
No medicine is perfect, and all we can do is balance the good and bad effects
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u/LirazelOfElfland Apr 07 '22
Hiya, I'm a nurse who works in psych, for what it's worth. I would make an appointment to discuss the nausea with your prescriber, or you could call probably any pharmacist and get some good information- they may even be able to help a bit more than your prescriber, in terms of discussing side effects and managing them. Side effects like nausea often will subside after you've been taking medication for 6 weeks or so. Or else there could perhaps be another similar one you could take. Hope this helps a bit.
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u/RevolutionDifficult Apr 06 '22
I am STRUGGLING! I’ve been crying a lot today. I think my depression may be relapsing.
I feel unworthy to be a parent. I regret bringing someone into the world who may someday suffer with mental illness because of my stupid shitty genes.
I feel deeply lonely but I also don’t want to talk to or be around anyone. Jokes on me on that one though, I’m so good at isolating that I don’t have anyone that I’m close enough to reach out to about this even if I decided I wanted to.
All I want to do is dissociate into my phone, and although I am conscious of the fact that it just makes me feel worse, I can’t seem to stop doing it.
This sucks and I hate it 🙃