Do you have depression/anxiety?

[Lulu54]

CatherineNZ posted a question about anxiety and MS.

We know that depression/anxiety is very common with Multiple Sclerosis  and can come from clinical or situational causes (or both).  Her question has me wondering how many of us here are being treated for depression/anxiety and what is the form of that treatment.

If you are on any form of therapy and are willing to share, I would love to read your comments on what you do and how it is working for you.

be well, Lulu

[doublevision1]

Glad you are finding humour in a springtime snowstorm!  Stay  warm!!!

[doublevision1]

I take amitriptyline for neuropathic pain.  It's a tricyclic antidepressants which happens to be useful for this kind of pain.  I have no history of depression or anxiety and have noticed no effect of this med on my mood.

[Rena705]

I am currently on 50mg of Citalopram as prescribed by my hunky neuro...I was on 30mg but he said that I needed more than that and he was right...I am feeling much better and find myself able to do a lot more.  Before he changed the dose I was feeling very anti-social, anti eating, anti doing just about ANYTHING!  Now look at me, I am out camping in a stinking SNOWSTORM  and laughing about it!!  hehe

Rena

[addicted2harleys]

When I first started going to my primary 2 years ago, he prescribed Doxepin (10 ml 2 x a day) and Sertraline (25 ml before bed) for my pain.  When I went to my follow up appointment he asked me how it was working.  My response was that it was not helping my pain, but that I was now happy about it.  lol

He started me on gabapentin for the pain and told me to keep taking the others because it will help with depression and anxiety with what I am going through so I am still on it.  My Doxepin was increased to 25 mg before bed though.

I do think it is helping me for depression/anxiety.

Addi

[tjj3761]

In 2003, I was started on Lexapro, which helped my mood.  I then weaned myself off of that on my own.

I just started Cymbalta 6 weeks ago "my neuro said to help smooth everything out."  I too never felt I had depression.  My problems, I felt was anxiety due to symptoms with no diagnosis in limboland.  

Sometimes when I am feeling terribly bad, I tend to want to close myself off from everyone, and just stay in my bedroom watching TV.  Comes and goes.  

terri

[starryeyes1]

I too am on a generic form of Wellbutrin. I think it helps most of the time but I have alot of stress and worry. My husband is in Iraq, the house is up for sale with a bad economy, no buyers. .I always have to keep this house soo clean.
for the possible buyer. I have no energy and have been having bad stomach for over a month now. Trying a new med Zantac.

I now have to go to WA to find us a place to live..We move at the end of next month. I worry that we won't sell and will have to pay for 2 places.

Anyway, enough complaining...ya, I have anxiety and depression.