Its sounds like your new to Depression. I'm assuming you have a Diagnosis from a Psychiatrist? Its sounds as if you have UniPolar Depression with Anxiety. Unfortunately treating Depression and Anxiety, any Mental Illness for that matter is not an exact Science. It can take several different trials of various different medications to get the right mix to treat your symptoms effectively. All you can do is keep trying until you get the right combination. Going to Therapy regularly is also a very important part of treatment, because this is where you learn various coping skills and tools to help you deal with the Depression and Anxiety along with your everyday life. In-patient stays are not used as a part of your normal daily treatment, they are more for getting a person on a treatment plan when their Mental Illness gets to a dangerous level that isn't being managed by OutPatient meds and Therapy.

There is no shortcut to getting this fixed quicker, its a matter of finding the right combo of meds and the right Therapist. Rushing and fighting it and giving up, can make it worse. At some point you have to come to terms with your Diagnosis and understand that it can take time to get to a point of stability, in the meantime you have to keep up with Therapy and give the meds time to work. It can take 3 - 4 weeks for Psych meds to hit therapeutic level and work correctly, in the beginning of treatment when you're trying to find the right meds, it can take time to get the right ones.

Try to learn some relaxation and deep breathing techniques and work on coming to terms with the fact that this is your normal life now....acceptance goes a very long way towards making this easier to live with.

Take care,
Kat

Thank you for those kind words. I don't want to live my life like this though. And I have been on meds for 4 months now. Klonopin and Remeron. My doctor wanted me off the klonopin and start taking Buspar but I am terrified of taking the Buspar because of seratonin syndrome.