Could someone help? x

Hey i don't know if any of you could help please?

I wake up every morning with a really heavy chest, and feel so sad. I feel like life isnt worth living, and that i can't get through the day. I feel very emotional and spend every morning in tears. I sometimes feel sick, and its almost like im going to have a panick attack. this feelings seem to last a couple of hours and gradually eases, and towards the end of the day I feel okay again. This happens every morning and I dont really understand why i feel like this....

I generally feel down and depressed,but in the mornings my feelings are always so intense.

I currently take risperidone 0.5mg between 9 and 10 pm and then 0.5mg at about 7 in the morning. Could my medication be a reason for how i feel?

Thankyou for reading, xxx

Hello. I'm so sorry to hear that you are feeling like that. That sounds as if it is an awful way to wake up.

Have you spoken to your doctor about if it could be the medication that is having that effect on you? Have you tried any therapy to see if there is any underlying reason for why you might be feeling like this?

Heya, thankyou for replying. Ive spoken to my psychiatrist and my gp now, and my gp said he thought it could have been a side affect of my drug, but the psychiatrist said it sounds work related. and i think that he might be right, becuase i do feel unhappy at work, and i miss my home city so much that i don't enjoy being where i work. ive been put on anti-depressants now, so hopefully they will help. And i think I need to talk to work, and be honest with them.

I think it is good to hear that you have spoken to your psychiatrist and gp now. I hope the anti-depressent helps you and makes you feel stable enough to manage for the moment. I think it is good that you are going to talk about work and be honest, I think that is a really good thing to be doing and will likely help you to process some of your feelings about that situation. Another thing you could try is journalling your feelings (about work or whatever else you feel you want to write about) because that can help you to get the feelings out during those times when you are not able to talk about them with a support person. If you do some journalling, it can also help give you a starting point of things to talk about in therapy to help you make the most of your time there...