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i know there are other threads on depression and i have done a serach but i cant find what i want. so please dont have a go.
how do you know when you're depressed and not just upset or really down?
and can you get out of depression with no help? like no medication?
how do you know when you're depressed and not just upset or really down?
and can you get out of depression with no help? like no medication?
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Yes, it is posibly to get over depresion with the aid of ADs, but how well you can depends on what causes the depression, and what the symptoms are. Generally ADs are a good idea to try because they will stabilise moods and help you to get a level footing in order to work through the problems with a therapist or counsellor.
Some posters, me included, swear by ADs as a first course of action, but others, like kaffrin, don't. I think that they're always worth a try, but they don't work for all people.
Fluoxetine saved my life I reckon, but it isn't for everyone. I think ADs are worth a try in many cases, but I think doctors give them out far too quickly. They won;t alleviate many symptoms of depresion, such as blankness- ADs level out mood to nothing.
Well I was pretty low. I did attempt suicide in January, maybe I should have been on anti depressants back then but since then I've recovered without them.
Another reason I don't take anti D's is what you said, they level out your mood to nothing. My sister used to say she felt like a zombie, and she disliked it because she didn't feel alive, she had almost no emotion. No depression which is all well and good, but no real happiness either.
i looked on the list on the info kermit said about, the list which is signs of depression. and all but about 3 of them i said yes to.
i just dont wanna feel like this anymore
Good luck
i have no mood, and i feel numb from everything already. what can be worse?
That I do not know, I am sorry you feel this way, I do hope you decide to go to your doctors and/or speak to someone,
You should go to a professional if you think that things are getting bad.
I know you're not very happy at the mo', but things will get better.
2 years ago I went through a patch of feeling shitty. Very shitty. My mum was in hospital and I felt like I had no friends and I had really bad paranoia. I'd gone to the doctors about something and mentioned this to him (without even going into any detail) and he prescribed me some tablets.
However, I never took them. While I'm not condoning people who do take them, I wanted to feel 'normal' by myself and didn't want to have to rely on medication to make me happy. That's just my opinion though.
Perhaps give it a little while (we all get slightly depressed/down at some point) and if you're still feeling rubbish, go and see your doctor.
There's always light at the end of the tunnel.
i think alot of the answers here could scare anyone who thinks that they are depressed. we are not doctors, go and ask someone who knows and they will help you out better than anyone here.
it is tough just now but speak to a professional and they will help you
i go through stages when im really depressed and those are usually when im not busy doing stuff or during my holidays, its sort of like every year round this time i get it. but i've never taken AD's...i think having good friends you can talk to whether on the net or in real life does help cos they stick by you through it.
you do seem to be up and down quite a lot but you never talk about what you feel...i'm here for ya if ya need me hun
well they should never do that because when it comes down to it, depression is a medical condition. when you're clinically depressed, you can't simply 'snap out of it' as many people who don't suffer seem to think.
if you feel so low you should definately go see you doctor. I had my first breakdown nearly 7 years ago and since then I've had a lot of ups and downs which included, antidepressents, therapy, a suicide attempt and being sent to the Priory for months.
and even though i say i've been suffering for 7 years, and you may think, 'well if she's had all that and still gets depressed, it can't be workin!' but it does. I find ADs and therapy help me a lot. its always good to have someone who has no interest in your life outside of their job to talk to and moan at.
honestly hun, its best you go to your GP.
any doctor who says that to you should be shot. if they do then you go to a different doctor. honestly.
just say you're feeling really low, for no real reason, and you want help.
they'll take it from there.
and remember it is up to you what kind of help you accept. in my area, the mental health system is vastly inadequate, and they try to fob everyone off with ADs and hope they don't come back. so people think that's the only help that's available. i wasn't having any of that. it took a while, but i was offered an alternative. don't feel pushed into anything you don't want to do.
They won't tell you to pull your socks up. They should be understanding and want to help you.
Just be honest with them, that's the best way.
They'll maybe see you're a bit nervous about telling them so should ask you questions and stuff.
Take care x
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I just want to be happy again, and I should be happy, my life is not exactly bad. I've got a loving family and boyfriend, I'm going into my second year at uni, and I'm doing well. But still it just feels all shit, and I know I'm going to end up pushing my boyfriend away, with all my mood swings and stuff.
How did you all tell your family? Did you do it before or after you went to the doctors? And how did they react?
I'm worried about telling my parents, because I don't want them to not believe me, and think I'm being stupid. Although it might help because we think my brother is depressed, but he's not said anything. I don't want them to be dissappointed in me, maybe I don't mean dissappointed, hopefully you'll understand what I mean.
I'm sorry about that I just had to get it off my chest.
initially i didn't. not for years and years. then a lot of stuff happened, one of my friends wrote a letter to my mum telling her everything (which at the time i was FURIOUS about, but in retrospect saved my life) and my mum frogmarched me to the doctors. but i was younger than you guys are now, and she was still able to do that.
how did they react? well, like you said, disappointed is the wrong word, but somewhere along those lines. somewhere between disappointed and devastated. my mum thought she had failed as a parent, but was somewhat relieved i wasn't on drugs, which had been her immediate thought. my dad, well, he never feels anything, so he didn't notice. my brother thought it was hilarious.
elsewhere in my family, it was mainly concern. they all started talking to me in softer voices, and asking me if i was ok a lot. the ones that mattered pulled together, and the ones that didn't drifted away.
My mum thought as I was off my tits on smack, to be quite honest
i want to know that as well.
ive told my mum how i feel. and to be honest i wish i hadnt.
i have also now made a doctors appointment. i made it with someone i dont know as i didnt want to talk to my doctor about all this. (i know he can look at my notes) then my mum came home and i was asleep and has now rung them and changed it to later in the week and with a doctor who is a family friend.
im so annoyed. why cant she just leave me alone. i dont want it to be with someone i know
they work out what the best sort of treatment is for you. they will talk through various options like counselling and/or ADs and try to work out how to keep your mood levels up.
its not a scary process, honest. and you will have full say in the matter
thank you
Well done in telling your mum and getting an appointment, it's what I need to do. I'm not surprised you got an appointment with another doctor, and it's not fair for your mum to change it. Is there any way you can change it again and not tell your mum? Are you going to go to the doctors on your own?
Thank you.
im going to ring back 2moro and change it and tell them that if anyone else rings to change it but me to not let them. and yeah im going on my own