First week of new medication and some new answers

[a_natural_beauty]

So yesterday marked week one for taking a new medication, Escitalopram oxalate to help with my depression and anxiety. My sleep was pretty terrible the first several days, but slowly I'm getting back into that routine again. My issues was I would wake up at night, wide awake and it would be difficult to go back to sleep. So this would result in me sleeping a-lot during the day - taking naps on my breaks at work and when I would come home. Another thing I was going through was feeling nauseous. While I was eating or soon after. So that made eating less fun than it normally is. And lastly today I had a pretty strange dream, my doctor said that was a side effect of this medication. It was pretty detailed and long, so I won't go into all of that. But the last few days I've been feeling somewhat better. Still very sleepy, but that's a side effect of this drug. I'm hoping it goes down since I feel like I'm already tired enough these days.

And after I talked to my doctor about my mood going through ups and downs and my emotions all a wreck a week to two weeks before my period I learned about something called PMDD - Premenstrual dysphoric disorder. After reading up on it a bit more, I found out this was similar to my struggles during this time. And now with my thyroid working property I wonder if the two may be connected somehow, with my hormones and all? I've noticed the last few months this past summer and fall were pretty bad for me with my moods and depression. Here is a link to PMDD if anyone is curious about it:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9132-premenstrual-dysphoric-disorder-pmdd?ref=popsugar.com&=___psv__p_5106243__t_w_

Comments

[matt_zimmer]

I am glad you are being proactive and searching for answers. That can only help. Good luck!

[a_natural_beauty]

Thanks! I appreciate it! :-D

[iffylogic]

Acclimating to antidepressants is such a minefield, but I hope you'll come out the other side feeling better! The timing certainly sounds like PMDD, I hope it isn't the case because it sounds seriously brutal. But if it is, at least it's still something that can be treated. Best of luck!

[a_natural_beauty]

Thanks, I appreciate that! And I've been feeling better each day it seems. But we'll see how this next month goes for me.... hahaha... ^^;;