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I normally have to take a certain medication between 7:00pm-10:00pm. Its my medication Abilify. I found out if I deviate more within those parameters, my brain goes into a strange fog, and the big D starts to knock on the door. That was scary. It is creepy to know that D is just waiting. I guess I have to be more vigilant with my medication. God forbid I run out of medication!!!
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Mar 19 13 7:21 PM
Erin: Once I got into mental clarity, I was just so glad to be in the present that I didn’t care about my past.
I CAN THINK ON MY OWN
My past was all so consuming it was nice to think about the present. I didn’t forget my past or how I used to feel. Remember that depression has an overwhelming feeling of shame. Shame requires you to live in your past. To be honest I wanted nothing to do with my past because it hurt so much.
My past is visited by my therapy session so I could lay down a btter thought process for highly emotional situations. My depression created ‘knee jerk’ reactions that were not healthy.
Ie being defensive regarding work performance. I used to be so defensive. My therapist and I revisited the past so I can find out why I react to certain things and lay down newer constructive reactions to unwanted behaviors.
I hope that was helpful.
Mar 19 13 8:03 PM
Erin68 wrote: Did a healthy perspective on your past re-emerge ?What did you mean by this. What would you call healthy?
What did you mean by this. What would you call healthy?
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How do I put this? Imagine watching a movie with a red filter. Everything would appear red. If depression was removed and mental clarity was introduced, I would still remember the movie being red. Does that make sense? If I felt it was bad, it was more than likely that I would continue to have those memories of those events being bad or pessimistic. On a rare occasion it would dawn on me at how I was treating my wife, and how horrible I was. Then the guilt would set in.
Mar 22 13 10:55 AM
For the first time in a long time I had 2 bouts of mental fogginess. It only last about 1-3 hours each. One was yesterday, and another this morning. Not a fun feeling trying to mentally cut through the fog. Anyone on the depression side have any tips trying to stay clear when the fog is beckoning?
-WW
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Mar 24 13 3:03 PM
Erin,
I did speak with my doctor. So we are moving the time of my dosages. I guess at the peak of some of my medication, there is a chance that the mental fogginess will present itself. This fogginess will taper down like the morning fog on a warm day. The fog will disappear in time. He is trying to time my fogginess so that it would coincide with my sleep. Moving the medication 12 hours has helped significantly, and my fogginess is nearly nonexistent.
My view of the past is still being fixed. I can’t remember every event. Usually my wife has to remind me of the past event and my initial reaction. Usually that is followed by sheer shock and disbelief at my responses.-WW
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I honestly don’t know if my sports analogy is my depression talking ( residual) or if it is normal. I have a feeling it is my depression. Winning is supposed to feel good and drives us to do it again. If losing was so tough….then we wouldn’t play, right?
I too am on Abilify. It makes me shakey. I have to take it at 10 pm. All the side effects happen during my sleep. I would rather have that side effect during my sleep than while I am awake. Plus I am on a really low dose.
Thank you for sharing. I take each day with great appreciation. I wish I could relax a bit with this disease.
-WWout of room see next thread
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