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United11
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PathStep 15 Compassion hearts7 Forum posts2 Forum upvotes2 Current upvotes2 Age GroupAdult Last activeNovember, 2019 Member sinceOctober 1, 2019
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Weaning Off Effexor
Depression Support / by United11
Last post
 November 4th, 2019
...See more My primary care doctor is currently weaning me off Effexor and getting me on Trintellix. The withdraw symptoms have been making what is already a hard time for me even harder. Is there any relief to the brain zaps and other withdrawal symptoms? I have an important, busy, and stressful job I can't exactly take a break from, and getting ahold of a therapist and setting an appointment has been unpredictably difficult. Some days I feel like I need to check into a hospital just to be able to breathe. I feel like I'm rambling and trying to stay on topic, but I am dealing with a lot and my anxiety and depression symptoms are making things hard to cope. I need a lot of help.
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Provisional Teacher Work Stress
Anxiety Support / by United11
Last post
 December 1st, 2019
...See more So my situation is oddly specific, and it has been weighing on me so hard these past weeks. I have hardly slept and ate, which is highly abnormal for me throughout my stuggles with anxiety and depression. I mention this from the beginning, because I felt like before I started this job, I was on the right track. I was feeling legitimately happy for the first time in years. I had changed to a medication that was working for me, and I was hearing things from friends like, "It was like having the old [me] back!" I had been through a dark period in previous years with my depression that had alienated my friends away. Since then, again, I felt like I was finally on the right track to happiness, which is why I am scared to make changes. Thus, my situation that has me so stressed out and miserable is that I am a new teacher that is not officially licensed, but I am under a provisional license. I am not in the content area that I bachelored in, and I am stuggling with all of the new teacher issues, such as discipline and planning effective lessons. Long story short, I feel highly underqualified for my important position, and I feel like I am drowning in expectationa. I hate most of all that the people who love me have to see me go through yet another hard time. Yet I feel stuck. I need advice, and I'm willing to accept any.
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