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I have not had my medication since Thursday as i ran out and have to wait till tomorrow before i can get more, does anyone know if when i do get them if i can take the ones that i have missed as well as tomorrows dose? Kaz

thats a definate NO NO just take tomorrows dose . Hope you feel better soon

Karen - is it possible to get an emergency prescription tonight?

Thanx guys, just thought id check as i wasnt sure, il just take the usual dose tomorrow when i get them. My perscription went in on Thursday but it takes 2 days and the chemist isnt open on a saturday, i will be fine till 2morro, thanx for the concern, il manage, once visitors are away and i get the kids to bed.

Karen...No...!!!!! You may find you get withdrawl syptoms, depends how long you've been taking them...& you feeling so low maybe one of them...but as soon as you get them take the one dose & think positive....even tho you dont feel like it look as if you too are happy & not bothered....if you need someone to talk to you can always call on me....ive been there too!! :)

I am not sure which antidepressants you are on, but I am sure if you take the missed doses then you will be taking too much. When you get them just take your normal dose ie if you get the tablets at lunchtime and your normal dose is 3 times a day take the lunchtime one and then the evening one. Also try to remember not to run out of them. When you take them for the first time they will normally take 2 weeks to work and for you to see an improvement and they normally need to be taken regularly to keep an optimum level in your body. I hope this is useful to you Regards Liz

I thought i had more than i did Steve, i will know to double check the next time, i hate feeling like this! had a wee cry b4 when i went to the loo but still feel weepy!. Thanx for replying! xx

Ive been on them for over a year Jules, so think thats why i feel so down, my partner ignoring me is just making me feel worse i think, once rellies have gone i think i may perk up abit, Thanx for your offer. Im trying to act happy and not bothered but its hard. Kaz

Hi Elizabeth, i only take 1 aday as they are strong and they make me drowsy, i am suposed to take them early evening but i think i will take tomorrows as soon as i get them. Thanx for the reply, any advice and help is much appreciated. Kaz xx

Steve, i Know my family loves me dearly, but when there is a fall out with my partner i dont say anything to them, my relationship set up is different to most peoples so i keep alot to myself. Kaz xx

hi karen, you have been given good advice,a/ds need continuity to work properly,so you will now have to start afresh. if you feel as if you cant cope,then phone NHS direct,and they will tell you of any local pharmacy,that can give you an emergency supply tonight,even if it means going to your local A/E dept. bryan.

Thanks for the advice Bryan, i think i should b able to cope until 2morro, think i just feel worse cos of my partner and family laughing and joking and not speaking to me, one has just left without saying bye, makes me feel im in the wrong!!!

Kaz...I was on mine for just over a year too.....i did the same as you several weeks ago & forgot to order in time...i had a real low ebb about a week after the last dose, i know where your coming from..obvioulsy i dont know what you've fallen out about but my partner couldn't do anything right at the time!! I had terrible withdrawl syptoms but that was because like you i stopped suddenly...I have come through the other side now without the tablets but it's not been easy...Start again with your new packet & talk to your Dr if you feel no better soon....always ask for help before you get too low...if no-one listens....spell it out to them...!!!!....Don't think you have to cope on your own...the offer is always open.. :)

Jules, my partner is not the other parent to my children, I disagree with alot my partner says and does regarding my children and that is why we feel out as i spoke up on Thursday nite when something was said, so needless to say im getting the silent treatment. It has just hit me tonite, i have been ok till my partners family came and my partner was laughing and joking with them as if nothing had happened. They are all away now (without 1 goodbye) so mayb i will perk up again( hopefully), think its a mixture of the fall out and me not having my tablets since thursday. Its hard to put a face on when the kids are around, they knew something is up, the daughter my partner was having a go at has not been spoken to since Thursday, it makes me sick to my stomach. kaz

Hi Kaz Sorry you're not feeling so good at the moment. My GP was brilliant with me and said that I need to make lifestyle choices to suit ME not everyone ELSE! If your partner is behaving like this, stop and think if you really want to go through this for the rest of your life? Obviously I'm not suggesting you separate, but you have an illness that is made worse by his behaviour and you need to have a serious talk with him. Never take missed doses of anti-depressants, like everyone else has said. Take care Love Mandy x

Hi Mandy, i have changed my life style since not been able to work, i am doing my ECDL course and have completed some other courses which i now have certificates for. My partner is not a one for reasoning, cant comprimise, always right. When i say something i dont think is right this is what happens, i get the silent treatment. My partner thinks i should raise my kids a different way to what i do and says i am too soft, i disagree, i am not going to change the way i bring my youngest up from the way i did my older two just cos im in a different relationship and now not with my childrens father. I sometimes wonder if im in the wrong but then i think well my partner has raised their children their way and i havnt interfered and they are now 17 and 20 so why should i let my partner take over my daughter. Do you think i am doing wrong thinking this way? Kaz xx

Hi Karen see if you can hang on in there till tomorrow for your meds, its so hard when family come in middle of row, we all try to be sociable and really we just want to clear air. Hope you feel better tomorrow. Take care sue

hiya karen. our chemist will lend us some till we put the script in . and then give us short what he lent us . ask them if they do that x

Karen I am sure you will be be OK until tomorrow morning. When you collect your prescription first thing, ask to see the pharmacist and discuss it with him/her. Go to bed with a hot chocolate. len

Bit late to do tht now sandra, didnt know they done things like that, will keep it in mind, after i get the kids to school in morn il head down to get them. Thanks for the reply. kaz xx