Hello there, I am new here.
I've been struggling with depression and anxiety for a few years now. It has taken that long to (maybe) find a combination of meds to really help. I wanted to see if anyone is using these meds together or know of someone else who is. I wanted to get another person's take on it.
Currently I take 10mg Lexapro daily, and am on the birth control Yaz (it's the one that's helps with PMDD) and when I feel an anxiety attack come on I take .5mg of Xanax. I take the Xanax maybe 3 times a month at most, scattered throughout the month.
All this depression and anxiety really started getting to me after graduating from college and moving to the "big city" where the only person I knew was my boyfriend and a roommate I met through a friend. My roommate has tons of friends and is always going out... I've always been fond of a few good friends and small events. :/ It took a little over a year to find a real job instead of temp. office work. And I was a MESS! I am still amazed that my boyfriend stuck it out with me. He never knew of anyone (at least no one who admitted it or showed signs) with depression and/or anxiety before he met me. And he didn't find out about my problems until a year after we started dating, when I started showing signs and finally told him what was going on.
Anyway...along with the meds I'm forcing myself to go out and do stuff. I still haven't gone to the church group I've been planning on joining for about 2 months now to meet people. I will soon though... But I did join a yoga class that I really love. I feel like I've made a lot of progress. Of course I still have a long way to go and will have to maintain everything... Unfortunately this THING won't ever go away. Isn't it so unfair?
Anyway I got way off topic there! Just wanted to share a little bit about myself. People with depression are such complex people.
Blueboo