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I think my anti depressants quit working or something. Ive been on prozac for like 2 years now and all of a sudden im depressed as shit
My ex-boyfriend recently killed himself, and i stilled loved him :smith:
[QUOTE=Zareox7;30295616]How is everyone?[/QUOTE] Been a little up lifted for a week or two. But the loneliness and boredom that accompanies summer is setting in.
[QUOTE=Digivee;30341512]My ex-boyfriend recently killed himself, and i stilled loved him :smith:[/QUOTE] Why people want to put a stop to their life when something bad happens? That's part of the life, I know it's hard but they don't have to die that way. :(
Hey 3,9 is not that bad.
[QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;30368899]I just got my final grades in the mail. 3,9 as average. That's like just under C in average. 4 months home from school since Christmas. fuck :smith:[/QUOTE] wait waht ? 3.9 GPA? thats like a 89 average? but i don't know the Norwegian grading system.
[QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;30368899]I just got my final grades in the mail. 3,9 as average. That's like just under C in average. 4 months home from school since Christmas. fuck :smith:[/QUOTE] 3.9 is considered A's in almost all regular classes at my old High School, or B's in all honors courses. I don't see what is bad about that..., hell I finished with an unweighted grade of 3.43 overall.
I achieved a 3.5 This year. Kind of disappointing. but a 3.5 is still good and don't hold me back in applying for colleges next year if i can get a 4.0 next year. (which i will)
[QUOTE=ScoutKing;30383085]I achieved a 3.5 This year. Kind of disappointing. but a 3.5 is still good and don't hold me back in applying for colleges next year if i can get a 4.0 next year. (which i will)[/QUOTE] You really don't need higher than a 3.5 overall. If you do well on your SATs plus your current average, you can get up to $11,000 in just base university scholarships. Pro Tip: I did that
[QUOTE=Evilan;30383257]You really don't need higher than a 3.5 overall. If you do well on your SATs plus your current average, you can get up to $11,000 in just base university scholarships. Pro Tip: I did that[/QUOTE] eh I got an average score for my PSAT. I am not banking on a brilliant SAT score unless i take some prep-classes for it (which i probably will). I would of gotten a excellent above average score if i didn't do so bad in the writing and grammar section.
[QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;30386242]Well no, the norwegian grading system is made out of numbers where 6 is the best and 1 is failing 4 would be like a C, so I got just below a C. Thank God my "neatness-marks" weren't pulled down due to my absence :c[/QUOTE] How do they do a scale up to 6? I think there are only 5 letters in a the grading scale...
I prefer the ABC-F system. No D. Some states consider a 60-69 a D and still passing. but where i am, anything below a 70 is a F. and if A is 6-5 and 4=C then where does the B come in?
[QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;30392971]B between 5 and 4?? :confused: All I meant was that I could've done so much better. :c[/QUOTE] what year you in? just do better next year and this year wouldn't of mean anything then.
I need some opinions here, my uncle claims that being genetically bi-polar is all crap, and it doesn't exist. He sent me this [URL="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028151.900-bipolar-kids-victims-of-the-madness-industry.html?refid=0"]article[/URL]. I have been diagnosed with depression, and also got tested for bi-polar which I think they said I have. I just don't know what to make of this. And yes, I read the article.
[QUOTE=ScoutKing;30345542]Been a little up lifted for a week or two. But the loneliness and boredom that accompanies summer is setting in.[/QUOTE] I know what you mean man.
I've started feeling like complete shit ever since summer started. I've felt afraid to talk to people, I get aggressive when I play things like Counter Strike or Battlefield because I can't feel that "rush" you get from playing that makes you succeed, have fun. So I loose constantly. Or I just get bored and leave. It's like running to the light at the end of a hallway and getting pushed back, so I don't bother. Because of this I never try new things because I'm afraid I'll be bad at it. I have a lot of friends that I can talk to or play a game with, real life and on steam, but I just feel like they'll refuse or I'll be extremely boring. I get extremely cynical of some stuff that I felt good about before, to the point I get cynical of friends on Steam and enrage them until they block me. I feel like an asshole. This feeling is just so sudden and even right now I feel like I shouldn't post this, because something bad will happen that I caused that'll cause a nagging feeling for hours on end. Sorry if it was too long. I just have to say it and not keep it closed up in my mind for it to make me crash again.
Summer is a double-edged sword to me, with it comes great times but also loneliness and hopelessness. The problem is when the good times are too sparse and the hopelessness prevents me from doing anything to change it. I really hope I can hang out with people a lot this summer.
[QUOTE=SuperKiwi;30400171]I've started feeling like complete shit ever since summer started. I've felt afraid to talk to people, I get aggressive when I play things like Counter Strike or Battlefield because I can't feel that "rush" you get from playing that makes you succeed, have fun. So I loose constantly. Or I just get bored and leave. It's like running to the light at the end of a hallway and getting pushed back, so I don't bother. Because of this I never try new things because I'm afraid I'll be bad at it. I have a lot of friends that I can talk to or play a game with, real life and on steam, but I just feel like they'll refuse or I'll be extremely boring. I get extremely cynical of some stuff that I felt good about before, to the point I get cynical of friends on Steam and enrage them until they block me. I feel like an asshole. This feeling is just so sudden and even right now I feel like I shouldn't post this, because something bad will happen that I caused that'll cause a nagging feeling for hours on end. Sorry if it was too long. I just have to say it and not keep it closed up in my mind for it to make me crash again.[/QUOTE] Sounds a lot like me, except I don't really get cynical with friends as I get paranoid, and I usually end up being the one who cuts off ties. Hell, I even get that nagging feeling you describe sometimes but I can't say its because I think "something bad" but it's just general paranoia about being judged and thought of negatively to some people. Happily, though, I'm on the upswing right now. Hope this little era of good feeling sticks around for a while.
[QUOTE=Fhenexx;30402418]Sounds a lot like me, except I don't really get cynical with friends as I get paranoid, and I usually end up being the one who cuts off ties. Hell, I even get that nagging feeling you describe sometimes but I can't say its because I think "something bad" but it's just general paranoia about being judged and thought of negatively to some people. Happily, though, I'm on the upswing right now. Hope this little era of good feeling sticks around for a while.[/QUOTE] What's really strange is that during the school year I was extremely happy. To the point that I've actually bullied people. (ex. overpower them, call them faggot) Mostly because this one hispanic kid kept calling me Hitler for being white I guess throughout almost the ENTIRE year, I got hit with spitballs and ignored by everyone until he left. The point is, I was made fun of constantly, and to finally be in the position to do what others did was great. The cynical feelings towards friends is the last of that anger I guess, and I'm letting it out.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4pvEeQDIUA[/media] [sp]i had too[/sp]
I was thinking about that episode as I typed, so no worries
I felt like typing this now. I stutter, sweat very easily, got several types of anxiety and I'm fat (I have lost alot of weight the last months though) and got bullied for 11 years for all that. I'm 19 and this is why I'm depressed
Does anyone here have any advice on a first visit to a new psychiatrist? I moved and just got an appointment with a new doctor (not till the end of July). The last time I had a first visit with a psychiatrist I was in crisis and honestly don't remember much at all. I'm having my records forwarded from my old doctor and I've begun recording how I feel each day, although I'm not sure the doctor will want to read pages and pages of how I've been feeling everyday for the past month and a half. I already asked my mom to come with me (I figure she can wait out in the waiting room while we get through the really nitty gritty stuff and come in after we're through with that). Should I bring my diaries that outlined my depression and feelings as a teenager? I did have another diary that outlined my eating disorder during my teenage years, but I threw that one away because frankly it was too detailed and full of what sometimes still sounds like really good advice. I've sometimes thought about bringing a notebook in as well, it worked really well when I'd meet with my psychologist. I know that psychiatrists are a little more rushed than psychologists, is this generally frowned upon because I'd waste time writing things down or is it recommended? I plan to tell them what medicines I've taken and why I no longer take them and what I'm still taking. Do any of you have any other recommendations as to what has worked well or things that haven't? I feel like I should be a pro at this since I used to have appointments every 6 weeks for a year and a half but I'm incredibly anxious.
[QUOTE=Ldesu;30425038]I felt like typing this now. I stutter, sweat very easily, got several types of anxiety and I'm fat (I have lost alot of weight the last months though) and got bullied for 11 years for all that. I'm 19 and this is why I'm depressed[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.facepunch.com/forums/394-Witness-The-Fitness[/url] Go there and read. Should help with the fat loss at least, and exercise makes you feel better.
I've been taking Fluvoxamine for the past 6 or so years, but last year I went cold turkey to see how it is. I just noticed recently that I've gotten seriously down since then, and decided to renew my perscription. Thing is, I'm experiencing every single side-effect that's listed: nausea, dizziness, worsened depression, drowsiness, and even surreality. My doctor told me that this is natural for someone going back on to a medication that they haven't taken in a while, and says to give it a week for it to stop fucking my mind up.
[QUOTE=Zareox7;30295616]How is everyone?[/QUOTE] Depressed as usual. Im a talentless piece of shit. No one likes me except for my family. I have no friends. I have no life.. Why do i even bother continuing my life...
Whenever I pass by a window that's decently high off the ground or a knife or something my head goes through a bunch of suicide scenarios and how very few people would care if I actually killed myself. Does anyone know how to make these impulses go away? Also, I generally have this feeling of being a failure. I have no one to talk to and I generally feel very alone. Food is starting to lose it's taste and I don't feel like doing anything anymore. The only thing that gets me by right now is music. Making it and listening to it. But even that love is slowly fading. My parents think that this is just some bullshit phase I'm going through and that I have to suck it up and push through. How the hell do I push through?
Lately I've been having horrible anxiety/panic attacks. It's gotten so bad that I can barely function like a normal human being. When I feel it, it feels like I'm going to lose my mind, I feel like I'm going to have an outburst of insanity, like I'm losing my grasp on reality, I get dizzy, I feel light headed, I start shaking, and a bunch of other stuff. I was at the movies with a friend and his girlfriend and I had to just walk out because it got so bad, I literally felt like I was at the brink of insanity. Like this was it, this was my breaking point. I just waited outside the whole time, I made a fool of myself because of this dreadful psychological condition. It happens in a lot of places, but most prominently in places where I feel socially uncomfortable, such as school, church (which I don't like going to but sometimes I get dragged along by my friend), movies, the car, etc. It doesn't occur when I'm at home really. I guess it's the fear of going insane in public and everyone witnessing it. This anxiety, these anxiety/panic attacks, it's quite literally the scariest feeling I've ever felt in my entire life. It's like every feeling of dread, misery, anguish, agony, pain, all mixed into one. I don't know what to do, I'm at my wits end. This is ruining my life. I literally start sobbing over this because it gets so bad, I feel like I'm losing it. Like this is it. It's all over. I don't know what to do, where to turn... I want to fight it.. I just want to feel better. [editline]14th June 2011[/editline] I don't even know if this should go here because this is about anxiety attacks and panic attacks but yeah, I don't really know where else to post it.
[QUOTE=MedicmanV500;30450641]Lately I've been having horrible anxiety/panic attacks. It's gotten so bad that I can barely function like a normal human being. When I feel it, it feels like I'm going to lose my mind, I feel like I'm going to have an outburst of insanity, like I'm losing my grasp on reality, I get dizzy, I feel light headed, I start shaking, and a bunch of other stuff. I was at the movies with a friend and his girlfriend and I had to just walk out because it got so bad, I literally felt like I was at the brink of insanity. Like this was it, this was my breaking point. I just waited outside the whole time, I made a fool of myself because of this dreadful psychological condition. It happens in a lot of places, but most prominently in places where I feel socially uncomfortable, such as school, church (which I don't like going to but sometimes I get dragged along by my friend), movies, the car, etc. It doesn't occur when I'm at home really. I guess it's the fear of going insane in public and everyone witnessing it. This anxiety, these anxiety/panic attacks, it's quite literally the scariest feeling I've ever felt in my entire life. It's like every feeling of dread, misery, anguish, agony, pain, all mixed into one. I don't know what to do, I'm at my wits end. This is ruining my life. I literally start sobbing over this because it gets so bad, I feel like I'm losing it. Like this is it. It's all over. I don't know what to do, where to turn... I want to fight it.. I just want to feel better. [editline]14th June 2011[/editline] I don't even know if this should go here because this is about anxiety attacks and panic attacks but yeah, I don't really know where else to post it.[/QUOTE] As soon as you start to have a panic attack, go sit somewhere quiet and concentrate as hard as you can on your breathing and your heart rate (put your fingers on your neck or your wrist). As much as you can, take slow, deep, even breaths from your belly. This will be hard at first, but you'll start to calm down and your heart rate will start to decrease. What I found especially helpful with this was biofeedback therapy: my anxiety was so bad that I constantly had a resting heart rate of 110 bpm and after doing it several days a week for about a month, we were able to get it down to about 88 bpm. I highly suggest it. Another thing you can do is visual imagery. The image that I use is I am a stick of butter on the beach. As I take deep breaths and I imagine the sun melting the butter, I watch the edges soften and melt. Doing this allows you to concentrate on that rather than what is causing your anxiety and you should feel tension and anxiety leaving your body and mind as the butter melts. I've never managed to get the stick of butter to completely melt (or even melt halfway for that matter) but it does help me and a lot of other people. In extreme cases where I feel like I'm going insane from a panic attack, I pinch myself really hard (hard enough that I leave marks) to bring myself back to reality. Some people keep rubber bands on their wrists that they snap to literally "snap" themselves back to reality, but I've never found that to work for me. A third thing to do is to identify exactly what is causing your anxiety beyond just places you feel uncomfortable. Are you scared of being trapped in an unfamiliar place? I had that fear and I rectify it by keeping my cell phone fully charged and in my pocket so I can always call for help. Do you have a bunch of little fears that seem to accumulate? I find those the easiest to deal with since you can find a crutch for each one till you're able to stand on your own. Everyone has crutches that they use to deal with situations, it's simply a matter of finding an effective one for you. There are also other things that you can do to reduce your overall anxiety, which helps lessens severe anxiety, or at least helps you prepare for it. I personally knit, suck on mints or chew mint flavored gum, and try to engage in deep breathing with visual imagery at least once a day. It really helps. It would probably be good to talk to a doctor about this. I found therapy taught me invaluable coping skills and there are some pretty helpful medicines out there if you want to go that route.
[QUOTE=PassingWord;30445297]Whenever I pass by a window that's decently high off the ground or a knife or something my head goes through a bunch of suicide scenarios and how very few people would care if I actually killed myself. Does anyone know how to make these impulses go away? Also, I generally have this feeling of being a failure. I have no one to talk to and I generally feel very alone. Food is starting to lose it's taste and I don't feel like doing anything anymore. The only thing that gets me by right now is music. Making it and listening to it. But even that love is slowly fading. My parents think that this is just some bullshit phase I'm going through and that I have to suck it up and push through. How the hell do I push through?[/QUOTE] I'm not sure how old you are, but if you're 18 then go see a therapist asap. One thing you can try in the meantime is CBT which is free if you know the techniques involved and is by far more effective than any drug taken by itself.
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