Comments on: What Does A Nervous Breakdown Feel Like?

By: lightening

lightening — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:11:46 +0000

Hi Cindy,
Hang in there and definitely get some help and support. The tunnel can be long and scary but there is light at the end. {{{HUGS}}}
Jodi

By: Cindy Ramlal

Cindy Ramlal — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:26:19 +0000

Dear Jodi

God bless you for sharing your intimate feelings. I am feeling exaclty like this right now and just reading it provided me with a small sense of relief, for I know the journey will be long and painful, especially if I do not seek help now.

With God’s help, I know we can all get through this.

I am trusting him and hopefully would be able to confront my issues in a more open manner.

By: lightening

lightening — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 07:49:27 +0000

Hang in there Jane. I understand those fears well. But if you keep fighting (and being kind to yourself) you will get there.

By: jane doe

jane doe — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:48:12 +0000

thank you so much for talking about your breakdown it helped me know that i wasnt just suffering from exhaustionas my doc told me i was , im still recovering it happend last november and when i think back i dont know what set it of but i can say i know that years of stress had its helping hand in destroying me ,i still have moments when i feel like im going to slip back to last november and that this time i wont recover .

By: leena

leena — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:37:21 +0000

Oh GOD!!! reading that there is a relief is just wonderfull!
After I deliver my youngest (2 years ago) I experienced from time to time some nervousness or light head or even about fainting..sometimes like electrical current in my vains etc..
But thought it’s some hormonal issues from breastfeedin.
after 17 months of breastfeeding I started to get weired PMS, nervousness and loss of apetite with big fatigue! and stops after I get my period.
Once it hit me really down and couldn’t feel good again! it was some very deap stress trying to get out and the trigger was my delivery (I guess this is the thing)\
but struggeling from doctor to doctor without knowing what was wrong is just bad and worst my situation.
no I am on the right way of recovery but still sometime having fear of going back to the same circle where i don’t eat and function normally!

IS THERE A HOPE ?

By: lightening

lightening — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 03:14:14 +0000

Thank you all for your kind words of encouragement. My heart goes out to those of you who’ve read this post and can identify with it in some way. Please know that there IS hope. It’s a horrible feeling to see the future as black, bleak and unknown. Hang in there and keep fighting - you ARE worth it!

By: SObeIT

SObeIT — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:56:08 +0000

I had a nervous breakdown-became completely unable to function. Put on tons of meds and still no relief. Very horrible and scarry. 6 months into this, afraid it will never end - and unknowst to me, depression has set in along side the super high anxiety running through my body. In the 14th month of this nightmare, my hands started shaking. I knew something was wrong and went immediately to ER, where I was immediately addmitted and sent to Critical Care Unit. My electrolites were off, big time. 3 days later, they get me “lites” back on- and 3 days later more- I realize the storm of the breakdown has stopped. It was heavenly joy and elation - a miracle. NOW it has been 2 years and counting - I am still not fully recovered. Work is out of the picture which is fine. I get very functional in summer, and hit a bad seasonal depression in winter and funtioning and goes down, down. This winter I get to the gym for 1 hour as many days as I can- It helps a lot. That is ALL I CAN DO. It is very disturbing. Start to recover in summer, fall way back in winter. UH- a circle - not good.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:07:12 +0000

hi there,
I have recently had a breakdown, hardly a week ago. thank you for sharing it helps my reasoning. i’m still to afraid to enter my own house or spend time there alone. the most frightening part is what the outside world is thinking . my family think I am having substance abuse problems, due to the paranoid states I am in, and the wild mood swings I am experiencing.

Tomorrow is my 1st day back at work, wish me luck! Again thank you for making me feel a little less “alone in the world” take care

Vanessa

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:32:29 +0000

Wow! I have to say that I am grateful for your post it is so important that women help each other understand. I n reading your blogs I can say honestly that no one really understands unless they have gone through it. I put too much pressure on myself. I can’t stand it when people say it was self imposed.

I appreciate your candidness. Hope you are doing well. It is my plan to help other women in a women’s empowerment group. You have given inspiration to so many.

God Bless.

By: Lola

Lola — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:11:19 +0000

Dear Jodi

That was so very powerful and personal for me to read. You see, I have been battling depression for many years. And finally, my brain, mind and body had simply had enough. I just couldn’t even look at my children because of the guilt I felt. Why couldn’t I handle the simplest of tasks? Why did I cry in the grocery store? Why did I sleep constantly and never eat? Oh, I’m sure you can relate. I am happy to say that my dear husband is now taking over and making sure I get the PROPER treatment. It feels good to have someone in my court, even though he probably doesn’t understand the depth of my pain. It’s okay. I now have hope. Thank you for your story. I has helped me through another day. Bless you.