Coping Strategies for Low Mood (Anxiety/Depression)

Question

Hello Everyone - I have been suffering GAD and major depression for about 6 months with the last 2 months being more severe. Since then I have been seeing a psychologist weekly and am on day 6 of 10mg of Celexa and Klonopin if the anxiety gets bad - I know I have taken all the appropriate measures to get myself feeling good again it's just waiting for the meds to work! I get these severe low moods with a tension headache - then 45 minutes later I guess i forget about how long I've been like this and I feel a bit more relaxed and start talking - then I start thinking again and boom severe low mood again. Once I'm in it I can't think myself out of it, it seems I just have to wait until my brain gets tired of thinking and lets the tension go. Would Klonopin work for a low mood as an escape mechanism? Anyway I've tried taking a 30 minute walk, dancing, gardening when it strikes - reading but I find it hard to concentrate.... anyone?

Answer 1

I was on a lot of that stuff at one time too.

I had overwhelming anxiety. It turned out to be my use of Splenda. Yup Splenda.



I like to say sucralose, not Splenda, because that is what Splenda is. And it is in a lot of stuff. The package doesn't have to say Splenda to have sucralose in it. You have to read labels. So, you might still be using it and don't even know it!



Sucralose is poison. It ruined five years of my life. I had a laundry list of medical problems while taking it, including overwhelming anxiety, depression, mood swings, insomnia and more.

Go ahead, google: anxiety splenda or anxiety sucralose or insomnia splenda or insomnia sucralose



The slogan, "Made from sugar..." is very misleading. Splenda might be made from sugar, but it is far from sugar. The resulting chemical is an organochloride (chlorocarbon). Organochlorides are typically poisons.



carbon monoxide - made from oxygen so its like a breath of fresh air