Hi Barbara, Its only normal to be depressed with all that we have going on.. Life is so un kind sometimes.. I have depression really bad these days.. It sucks.. I just wanted to let you know ur not alone..

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hi BarbaraB12. I do take something for depression, but sometimes it still gets the best of me and I have to let it be. Fortunately, those times don't last to long for me and I do believe the meds help with that anyway. I also have to drag myself to work a lot of days and then fight to keep myself focused because of brain fog and fatigue. Fatigue is about my worst problem because I sit at a desk 9 hours a day and believe me that takes a tole on the body and mind.

I hope you feel better soon.

P.S. Internet shopping helps me to feel better (guess I'm a bit of a shopaholic).

Hi! this is 1 subject i do know about, and yet do not have the perfect answer.
When I was working and the Lupus started, I suffered in silence, I would be taking a break every hour, and felt so bad at doing this, and then the times when I never got to work i felt depressed because no one understood. My advise to anyone suffering bad with lupus is to quit work. it is not worth the pain. If you can get by without more material things we all seem to crave instead of putting our health first.
Any negativity that can come from people that do not understand me, can upset me and I am working on this. Tomorrow I am going to a workshop on "quitening your mind". Hope it works because i am always 90% in brain fog.
When ever you have the opportunity to rest do it, let others help,and when nessasary ASK for help. Love and Blessings

Hi Barb. You have to remember that lupusand AI diseases can affect the chemicals in our brains so the depression you may be experiencing may not be under your control. You may need to take something for it which will balance the brain chemicals to where they are suppose to normally be. This is something you may want to consider trying. Zoloft is a pretty mild anti depressant but works wonders for many people. I will be on an antidepressant for the rest of my life as I am non-functional without them. Yes, depression is sometimes not even completely able to be rid of with medication because it is depressing (emotionally) to live with a chronic illness but it may not be nearly as bad or debilitating when taking something then it is when not taking something. If that makes sense. I am much better at coping and really only get angry, sad, frustrated when Im not feeling well. Then, nothing helps take these feelings away. I use to be angry, frustrated and hated everything every day, all day. These feelings can consume your mind/life and this is NOT healthy for us. Depression is toxic for AI disease's and can wreak havok on our bodies and exacerbate our diseases. So, you may want to try something....if it doesnt help you can always stop it. In my case, I suffer from panic/anxiety disorder so I had to try several medications until they found one that worked for me (paxil). Not being on one of these meds is not an option for me.

I know there are alot of us who take something for depression because it is necessary as part of our treatment. Many have never suffered from any type of emotional/anxiety/panic issues until they were diagnosed. There is nothing wrong with needing to take something for this problem. It can help a great deal if you are open to trying it. Again, it may not be something under your control if your disease is affecting your brain chemicals. Just know there are meds that can help with this.
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