The Depression Chat - Symptoms, Assistance, Medicines and More.
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[QUOTE=ScoutKing;29436608]bi-polar?
amirite or amirite?
but seriously, get that checked out by a therapist.[/QUOTE]
Well I go tomorrow.
[QUOTE=Penultimate;29446185]So, I'm hopefully going to finally go home. This place is akin to Hell. I just want out, guys.[/QUOTE]
where are you again?
[QUOTE=ScoutKing;29454567]where are you again?[/QUOTE]
College. States away from anyone I've actually known for longer than a few months. It's just been shitty, especially this last semester, and not helping me at all.
[QUOTE=GreenDolphin;29351651]I don't really know where to begin...[/QUOTE]
Right, went back to my psychiatrist and now the main focus is on treating trauma. As long as I start taking my meds I might get over the depression part fairly soon.
One of my depressed friends I talked about early on in the thread, (at the time she was suicidal...she's moved on from it.) is constantly a downer/depressed. It seems very bipolar to me. At times she's happy, other's she's pissy (never angry) and then she's very sad & depressed. My friend and I have been trying to diagnose it, so bipolar seems to be the best bet. She told me she was "existing, not living." and that she doesn't want to change her mood at all. I want to help her, but she doesn't want help. She's a very, very, stubborn girl.
[QUOTE=Pedro the Fuzzy;29471695]One of my depressed friends I talked about early on in the thread, (at the time she was suicidal...she's moved on from it.) is constantly a downer/depressed. It seems very bipolar to me. At times she's happy, other's she's pissy (never angry) and then she's very sad & depressed. My friend and I have been trying to diagnose it, so bipolar seems to be the best bet. She told me she was "existing, not living." and that she doesn't want to change her mood at all. I want to help her, but she doesn't want help. She's a very, very, stubborn girl.[/QUOTE]
Sounds like me. Do you know her in real life?
[QUOTE=Binladen34;29476249]Sounds like me. Do you know her in real life?[/QUOTE]
you talk about bi-polar with the doc?
[QUOTE=ScoutKing;29477764]you talk about bi-polar with the doc?[/QUOTE]
Yea I did, I did with my mom too. Hell I even saw it happen today. I went from being suicidal to "lol fuck that" within 30 minutes. Though I could be faking it through some kind of chemical imbalance.
Anyway, my therapist said I should see him on Mondays and Thursdays instead of just Wednesdays. My mom agreed.
Also, thanks for pointing it out. If you hadn't I would have never said anything and realized that it might actually be a problem. It's not the first time I heard it, but the one time it actually sunk in.
[QUOTE=Binladen34;29478047]Yea I did, I did with my mom too. Hell I even saw it happen today. I went from being suicidal to "lol fuck that" within 30 minutes. Though I could be faking it through some kind of chemical imbalance.
Anyway, my therapist said I should see him on Mondays and Thursdays instead of just Wednesdays. My mom agreed.[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't say the "fuck that attitude" is exactly bi-polar.
hard to explain, but it sounds like you were battling over the idea of suicide.
Well Im not one much to talk about these things. So basically, how do I gain interest in things again? Due to past third person experience/psychology classes/symptoms Im pretty sure Im depressed. And because of so, things kind of suck. I used to just dive into whatever I enjoyed to get my mind off of things, but now I dont enjoy anything. Simple as that. Im in the middle of writing two screenplays, developing a game, own hundreds of games, and have the option to work on an old truck that I used to just love to work on. Even with all of that, nothing is interesting, and I find the most solace in just laying down and doing nothing. Any ideas?
What is the best way to bring up the possibility of having depression?
Listening to The Wonder Years cures depression.
[QUOTE=T.F.W.O.;29503608]What is the best way to bring up the possibility of having depression?[/QUOTE]
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Do you mean discussion wise?
I had depression for quite a while and am on a trial run with pristque or something like that and fuck a week later im happy as fuck, and dependent on socializing. Shit works dude, im borderline bout to be fiesty with chicks.
I think I may be bi-polar. I go from being depressed/paranoid/suicidal for a few weeks to being go go gotta grab life by the balls kind of mood for a few weeks. It feels pretty regular, though the depressive mood feels like it lasts longer each time.
Any thoughts of how I should seek help?
'Sup guys, I'm back. I was better for a while, but some days ago I broke down again and almost killed myself. (Strung some belts down from the ceiling lamp, yeah, that cliché)
Thinking of the reaction of the people who loved me I took down the belts. But I really can't stand just simply thinking.
Now a bunch of people know I've been depressed but I don't feel I'm being taken seriously enough, I have a tendency to put on a fake smile and laugh 'til the end of the day. Perhaps that's why.
I'm saying this because you guys have given me good advice before - what now?
[QUOTE=T.F.W.O.;29586449]I think I may be bi-polar. I go from being depressed/paranoid/suicidal for a few weeks to being go go gotta grab life by the balls kind of mood for a few weeks. It feels pretty regular, though the depressive mood feels like it lasts longer each time.
Any thoughts of how I should seek help?[/QUOTE]
Doesn't sound like bi-polar that much. we all go through our phases on monthly bases to a degree.
If you start to go between major mood swings like that in a time span of days, to hours, to even minutes, then yeah you should be a little concerned.
and the question is, is when you fall into the period of depression, do you have a reason? can you put a reason to it? maybe you keep falling into these little spurts of depression because you are reminded of a reason to be depressed. If you know why you are depressed, then try to prevent yourself from thinking about it.
People think I'm just a cheery guy, I go home and I feel like dieing, sometimes I feel like I just need to kill my pain. I don't know what to do to ask my parents to get me some physiological help. I'm afraid they'd tell me to walk it off or just tell me I'll get over it. Any advice on asking my parents to get me help? I don't want to flatout say I want to kill myself.
How much Tylenol PM would be needed to stop a human heart?
[QUOTE=xZippy;29609217]How much Tylenol PM would be needed to stop a human heart?[/QUOTE]A lot. As in, whole jarfuls. Paracetamol and diphenhydramine overdose is highly unpleasant. Paracetamol especially, it causes liver failure in sufficient quantities.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_liver_failure[/url]
As a suicide method it's right up there with "stabbing oneself in the testicles and bleeding out".
[QUOTE=ScoutKing;29601940]
If you start to go between major mood swings like that in a time span of days, to hours, to even minutes, then yeah you should be a little concerned.[/QUOTE]
"Most people who meet criteria for bipolar disorder experience a number of episodes, on average 0.4 to 0.7 per year, lasting three to six months."
Why do people always seem to think bipolar is just mood swings.
[QUOTE=noiprocS;29606425]People think I'm just a cheery guy, I go home and I feel like dieing, sometimes I feel like I just need to kill my pain. I don't know what to do to ask my parents to get me some physiological help. I'm afraid they'd tell me to walk it off or just tell me I'll get over it. Any advice on asking my parents to get me help? I don't want to flatout say I want to kill myself.[/QUOTE]
School counselor
If you ever feel down, just remember: You were the most powerful badass sperm out of 10 million. Nice job.
[QUOTE=noiprocS;29606425]People think I'm just a cheery guy, I go home and I feel like dieing, sometimes I feel like I just need to kill my pain. I don't know what to do to ask my parents to get me some physiological help. I'm afraid they'd tell me to walk it off or just tell me I'll get over it. Any advice on asking my parents to get me help? I don't want to flatout say I want to kill myself.[/QUOTE]
Believe me, just telling your parents bluntly that you feel depressed is the easiest way to let them know. I'm assuming you have a good home life, but there aren't any good parents that would tell their child to "man up and deal with it yourself" until you're like 20. This is how I got my mom to get me a help a while back and I'm glad that she was there for me when I needed her most.
[editline]4th May 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=xZippy;29609217]How much Tylenol PM would be needed to stop a human heart?[/QUOTE]
People in this thread should seriously ignore questions like these. They aren't beneficial and they give someone with suicidal tendencies an easy way out.
[QUOTE=Squeaken;29611091]"Most people who meet criteria for bipolar disorder experience a number of episodes, on average 0.4 to 0.7 per year, lasting three to six months."
Why do people always seem to think bipolar is just mood swings.[/QUOTE]
you can always disprove that a persons bi-polar though. If the person is falling into a depression spell for no real good reason, yeah, then you should consider a mental disorder like bi-polar is a cause.
The way my life is, something shitty always happens every 3-6 months. IE grandmother died, but we can't stop by your house on the way because we don't have enough gas money to go that route.
etc etc
Now yeah shit like that can put someone down for a little while, and then theres a few weeks or months were shit is looking good again. then bam mother fucker, some other shit goes down.
I like to think Murphy law is a more valid reason for the yearly mood swings in some peoples lives, not bi-polar.
But thats just my opinion, don't take my statement to heart and try to debate it.
(cause no one likes an ass)
[QUOTE=JakeIsWin;29618867]If you ever feel down, just remember: You were the most powerful badass sperm out of 10 million. Nice job.[/QUOTE]
Maybe the other 9,999,999 sperm knew what they were gonna sign up for and backed out at the last second.
[QUOTE=noiprocS;29606425]People think I'm just a cheery guy, I go home and I feel like dieing, sometimes I feel like I just need to kill my pain. I don't know what to do to ask my parents to get me some physiological help. I'm afraid they'd tell me to walk it off or just tell me I'll get over it. Any advice on asking my parents to get me help? I don't want to flatout say I want to kill myself.[/QUOTE]
When I was going through that I ended up telling my parents "Sometimes I get, you know, a bit suicidal" and then immediately had to backtrack a bit and play it down because my mom completely broke down. I had been keeping a diary from the time I became suicidal and literally had years of entries outlining how miserable I felt, suicide plans, update on how my plans were going, etc, so I was able to show that to them and they got me help ASAP. The hard part I found about getting any help was that my mom completely broke down and my dad completely shut down anytime there was any mention of me being suicidal or even having suicidal thoughts. I felt that I couldn't get as much as I could've out of therapy (which still was quite useful) because I still had to sugarcoat everything to my doctor, who would tell my parents what was going on in my head since I was still under 18 at the time. It hasn't been until the past few months really (I'm 23) that I've finally been able to tell a doctor [b]all[/b] of the nitty gritty details. That's something you'll really want to keep in mind if your parents handle it poorly.
I've been depressed, but never suicidal thankfully.
[QUOTE=McNab;29617879]School counselor[/QUOTE]
Tried that one today. He just kept saying, "Well, I'm sorry, I don't know what to tell you." over and over again. I was asking for help with my anxiety problems because I didn't know what to do. I was really desperate. So he just passed me a box of tissues and left his office for awhile while I cried. I think he felt like I was overreacting. Maybe I was. But I just got to the point where I couldn't hold it in anymore.
I feel shittier than ever and I really don't know what to do now. I have homework to do. Three essays, a résumé, and a monologue to write and a project to finish by this Friday and I'm freaking the fuck out right now because I can't even fucking function well enough to do anything right.
Something's going on...I keep crying at [i]really[/i] stupid things...
I mean, I cried watching TV (I'm not saying which show :v:) at an important bit a few days ago, now I've just cried watching a music live video at how awesome it sounded...
Maybe this is something to do with the new medication I'm on? Maybe it's cause I stopped taking the anti-depressant too? I keep crying at little things like this...
:psyduck:
Maybe I'm super-sensitive anyway and the medication has been changed to something which doesn't combat that?
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