I have been wondering if anyone else feels depressed and wonders how it’s even possible with all of the meds they’re on. I have been sinking into a pit of depression, shutting out friends, men, family, colleagues, everyone.
Hi Robyn
I can’t take meds for TN due to having to take meds for Bi-polar my doctor has told me that i can not take TN meds because i will have a seizure, when i get my TN attacks and have nothing to stop this hedious pain then i do get more deppressed, what you said about shutting out your friends, men, family, everyone, those are typical signs of depression, please! please!!! go back to your doctor tell him/her how you are really feeling don’t hold back, Robyn i do know how you feel, I can have all my family around me and still feel aloan, Having TN just adds more misery to my life, I have good days i have bad days, try to stay strong i know its hard beleive me i DO!!!
Robyn,
Let your doctor know you are depressed. I know it is hard not to be with the pain. And I think possibly some of the medicines may have that affect.
Liz
Thank you, Darren and Liz. I will tell my doctor. It just seems that taking trileptal, lyrics, and cymbalta should make me not even able to feel depression. I do know that if i am even thirty minutes late taking meds… I have very sad thoughts. That is when I reach out to my one friend I have nor pushed away (completely) and he will talk me through it. I read about every one else’s situations and I feel so selfish. I know I’ve not been through as much as everyone else and I’m fortunate. It’s just when the ‘woe is me’ feeling comes on- I get that way.
Thank you.
DARREN WATTLEWORTH said:
Hi Robyn I can’t take meds for TN due to having to take meds for Bi-polar my doctor has told me that i can not take TN meds because i will have a seizure, when i get my TN attacks and have nothing to stop this hedious pain then i do get more deppressed, what you said about shutting out your friends, men, family, everyone, those are typical signs of depression, please! please!!! go back to your doctor tell him/her how you are really feeling don’t hold back, Robyn i do know how you feel, I can have all my family around me and still feel aloan, Having TN just adds more misery to my life, I have good days i have bad days, try to stay strong i know its hard beleive me i DO!!!
i have bi-poler two and my doc added meds for me i have never heard of not being able to take meds for it they are treated with same meds?? i would get a second opinion however i do know that deppression can worsen because of your levels being off set by other depression meds which almost all tn medications are also in the catogory of deppression meds i would think its more about finding the correct levels to help keep you stable they put me on cymbalta and it really seemed to help. i got really depressed at one point i lost job, ability to drive, have a thousand side affects and have been fighting for disability for 3 yrs now i think bi-polar or not we have the right to be depressed and it can get real hard at times but just fight through it and it gets better for me i think i go through waves of feeling down and then the pain settles and i get a boost of cofidence again which helps me to keep fighting i think i would try getting a second opinion on the meds there has to be some way of taking tn meds and deppression meds even if its low doses i think less pain would help with the deppression not all of it is due to bi-polar disorder im sure hope this helps 
I think the biggest reason I’m depressed is the fact that I feel like I’m so very alone. I’m single and have two daughters counting on me. I’m stressing about things getting worse and worse. How will I take care of my
kids? I’m sure everyone else can relate to how everything has just turned upside down in their lives as a result of this. I’m scared.
stacey nason said:
i have bi-poler two and my doc added meds for me i have never heard of not being able to take meds for it they are treated with same meds?? i would get a second opinion however i do know that deppression can worsen because of your levels being off set by other depression meds which almost all tn medications are also in the catogory of deppression meds i would think its more about finding the correct levels to help keep you stable they put me on cymbalta and it really seemed to help. i got really depressed at one point i lost job, ability to drive, have a thousand side affects and have been fighting for disability for 3 yrs now i think bi-polar or not we have the right to be depressed and it can get real hard at times but just fight through it and it gets better for me i think i go through waves of feeling down and then the pain settles and i get a boost of cofidence again which helps me to keep fighting i think i would try getting a second opinion on the meds there has to be some way of taking tn meds and deppression meds even if its low doses i think less pain would help with the deppression not all of it is due to bi-polar disorder im sure hope this helps
i have three kids myself and i feel like my husband has to do everything all the time it makes you feel usless and guilty and worried about the future… you are not alone although it feels that way at times. i would try and look up any support groups near you and join them if there arent any we are always here to listen and relate and take turns griping lol. but i understand completely and it does get hard at times to keep a positive outlook but you just have to keep fighting have you tried joining the trigeminal nuralgia assosiatin (sorry i cant spell ) lol they have a book i ordered that seems to help me sometimes. its called striking back it has a lot of info, remedies for pain and just plain gives ya hope on how far they have come and it makes me think there is a possibility of how far they cn go in a few years maybe they will find something to help us.
Hi Robyn, I was just feeling sorry for myself today and read your post. I know how you feel. I have no desire to go out anymore or talk to anyone. I try to make it through the day at work, then come home and don’t go out. I hardly call friends anymore, I have no desire to do anything because I’m either tired or in some kind of pain. I’m single too and don’t even feel like dating anymore and when I kind of briefly mentioned my issues to the last guy I went on a date with I never heard from him again. This website has definately helped me. I know there’s people that are suffering a lot more than I am. We just have to make it through each day. It helps a lot to know you are not alone…
Please don’t feel selfish for being depressed. We can’t help it when we feel like that. We don’t want to feel that way. If we had a choice we would choose not to feel that way in a split second! Don’t beat yourself up on top of everything else you’re going through. I have been there…deep, deep depression where I have shut people out also. It sucks so bad because you love these people and want them but you are just so damn tired, drugged, and in pain that you can’t reach out. Don’t worry. You don’t have to reach out. They will come to you in your weakness. You can’t be peppy and smiley like you always have been. They have a hard time understanding that but they still love you and want to help you…they just don’t know how to. And neither do we. I wish I was there to help you with your kids and to let you know you are not alone. Just remember you aren’t alone. Hang in there sweetie. There will be better days ahead. Some day there will be no more suffering, but for now we have to take one day at a time.