I would like to toss another one out there that hasn't been mentioned yet. I am somewhere in the depression/anxiety/frustration category. I am on meds (LOTS of them, lexapro at night and cymbalta in the morning for the depression). I am also in therapy.

One thing I have discovered about therapy.... one hour only begins to uncover what needs to be talked about. And poof, time is up. I started keeping a journal. Just a few short sentences at first bc I wasn't really sure how to start. Then, I began tackling more and more and I am writing on average 2-3 pages a day. It's easier for me to type than wrtie and a heck of a lot easier to read later.

Here is what I discovered. I have what I refer to as a cyclone in my head. It's every emotion known to man and they swirl and swirl and there is no stopping them. When i would try to focus on the good : dd, for example, I would be happy and grateful and overjoyed... but these feelings would be short lived before the guilt, anxiety, pressure, regret, instability would all kick in and I would be a mess.

With writing I am able to sit down and sort these feelings out one by one. It forces me to focus one at a time. I also started posting this journal online and I was amazed at how many others were having the same problems and who could relate. I am not saying writing is for everyone or that it should replace other therapies, but it is beneficial for some.

Hope you are feeling better soon. Hang in there.

Thinking of you....

I'm so sorry you are feeling this way. I have been there, and you definitely are in a depression, it may be mild, but it is more than just the blues.

You said you were taking Welbrutin,(for your anxiety?) but that is wasn't helping. I hope you have gone to your dr for an RX of Zoloft or Effexor, or one of numerous anti depression drugs, as others here have already mentioned.

I've suffered from depression for more than 30 years, and its definitely better with drugs. As for hormones, mine are out of whack too. I just started up with HRTs, again after being off for 2 years. I look back now and see I had a very low level depression that kept me from doing much socially. Now that I'm back on HRTs I feel better. My PCP doesn't think much about the hormone counts. But I only want to know how much longer perimenopause is going to last, and she said the test can't even provide a predictor.

I have only one major regret in my life; that I didn't get help for my depression sooner. Not that I didn't see docs, but no one prescribed ADs until I was suicidal.

Please post again and let us all know how you are doing.