The Depression Chat - Symptoms, Assistance, Medicines and More.
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Does anyone here take Celexa? Do people get apathetic on Celexa like they do on Zoloft? I take Zoloft but I'm sorta thinking about switching.
[editline]27th February 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Espio;28331739]sign me up
fuck emotions seriously I'm sick of feeling like dirt
[editline]28th February 2011[/editline]
Also if any may assist me, I don't know the number for anything where I could get diagnosed and then get help with my depression
I'm a little sure I am depressed and I just need somewhere to let go of my feelings in confidentiality so they may stop tearing me up at every moment
things local to the uk/london would help
thanks to you in advance :h:[/QUOTE]
I wish I could help. Have a heart.
[QUOTE=Rankxerox;28330882]Cheers for the advices. It's not like she is the only friend I have, and this is the first time I've written about it. She is the thing for me, I just feel more alive with her then with my other friends.
I don't feel like a can do that talk to my parents, I'm really close to them, to close for them to expect me of even feeling depression.
I'm not shy over being and talking with a bunch of people, and I often end up being the "leader" or what you call it.
Most people would never think of me as this, that's why it is hard for me to actually talk face-to-face with friends about it.[/QUOTE]
If this is the first time you have written about it, then it's the also first you have spoken about it out loud and therefore you realized about your actual illness, not just you "feeling shitty".
Well then it's (probably) pure chemistry in your subject as there are no signs of any social anxiety. Depression is absolutely as "normal" as breaking a leg, just not inflicting physical but psychical pain. You really have to nail it in your mind that it's JUST an ILLNESS, just like a disease, only spreading throughout your mind. Your inability to work and pain is analogic to the aformentioned broken leg. If you REALLY don't feel like you are able to go to school, get a sick leave just like you would with that damned leg. Everything is going to be fine, you'll just have to wait for results.
BUT, if you feel there's something more to it, spit it out. If you have a grudge against somebody you respect or love, say it, don't hide behind a wall of foul "guilty". If you feel you might be guilty that someone is going to be incredibly angry with you just because you told them something uncomfortable for them, find support in other people to carry that problem.
And once again, it will be gone with time. Act like it's a NORMAL, REGULAR illness, because it is a normal illness. First you need a proper diagnosis, then you might consider a psychologist, but it's absolutely not necessary if you have friends with at least half of a brain.
Also by your words... that you are often being the "leader"... that people would never think of you that way... you have a fear of being called weak, of being "that pussy".
Well hot damn you are WRONG, depression is a psyhical illness that will make you STRONGER than you were before, my mom is a solid example of this.
I'm all the way with you as I have very similiar problems and wish you the best of luck. :3:
[QUOTE=Flip pl;28333713]If this is the first time you have written about it, then it's the also first you have spoken about it out loud and therefore you realized about your actual illness, not just you "feeling shitty".
Well then it's (probably) pure chemistry in your subject as there are no signs of any social anxiety. Depression is absolutely as "normal" as breaking a leg, just not inflicting physical but psychical pain. You really have to nail it in your mind that it's JUST an ILLNESS, just like a disease, only spreading throughout your mind. Your inability to work and pain is analogic to the aformentioned broken leg. If you REALLY don't feel like you are able to go to school, get a sick leave just like you would with that damned leg. Everything is going to be fine, you'll just have to wait for results.
BUT, if you feel there's something more to it, spit it out. If you have a grudge against somebody you respect or love, say it, don't hide behind a wall of foul "guilty". If you feel you might be guilty that someone is going to be incredibly angry with you just because you told them something uncomfortable for them, find support in other people to carry that problem.
And once again, it will be gone with time. Act like it's a NORMAL, REGULAR illness, because it is a normal illness. First you need a proper diagnosis, then you might consider a psychologist, but it's absolutely not necessary if you have friends with at least half of a brain.
Also by your words... that you are often being the "leader"... that people would never think of you that way... you have a fear of being called weak, of being "that pussy".
Well hot damn you are WRONG, depression is a psyhical illness that will make you STRONGER than you were before, my mom is a solid example of this.
I'm all the way with you as I have very similiar problems and wish you the best of luck. :3:[/QUOTE]
That is more or less fucking spot on, you are amazing. I'll try to treat it as its just a trick for my mind, however this will take time since I'm atm in the middle of everything.
Let's see if I have the strength, I hope for the best, for you as well.
[QUOTE=Shoupie;28333515]Does anyone here take Celexa? Do people get apathetic on Celexa like they do on Zoloft? I take Zoloft but I'm sorta thinking about switching.
[editline]27th February 2011[/editline]
I wish I could help. Have a heart.[/QUOTE]
I take Celexa.
[QUOTE=Rankxerox;28333853]That is more or less fucking spot on, you are amazing. I'll try to treat it as its just a trick for my mind, however this will take time since I'm atm in the middle of everything.
Let's see if I have the strength, I hope for the best, for you as well.[/QUOTE]
Hey, glad I can help anyhow, good luck. :wink:
No one mentioned sports here, do some physical activity, martial arts at the best, unload your aggression, get your motivation back, start to feed and feel better. Physical activity releases endorphins which make you feel better as it's a natural hormone and it gets you horny too, drugs only make you feel weak and powerless, you start to relay on them, relay on yourselves. I was depressed for 4 years with no motivation for nothing and my stress levels used to go up so high, I started sports again and feel great, whenever I feel going down with mood, I just do some exercises. At the best I train martial arts 4 hours every weak, 2 days in a week.
If you are fat, you get depressed, If you are skinny you get depressed, if you are 16-18 years old, you get depressed by self esteem, If you don't eat enough you get stressed and depressed, If you have no friends you get depressed. Instead do opposite things to make yourself feel better.
Unless it's in your genes, then you are a pill addict.
[QUOTE=Foghorn;28330734]I've been on and off fluoxetine and citalopram for about a year - I absolutely hate them
bleh
I'm a mess without them though :\[/QUOTE]
I'm on flouxetine atm, started a few weeks back and it finally seems to help me but I haven't noticed any obvious side-effects. Why are they so bad?
[QUOTE=MrJazzy;28339527]I'm on flouxetine atm, started a few weeks back and it finally seems to help me but I haven't noticed any obvious side-effects. Why are they so bad?[/QUOTE]
Made me so damn tired :( I was just a zombie, no emotion, no energy, it was horrible.
[editline]28th February 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Mac2468;28291768]Glad to see you were causing your own depression, there are people out there with actual problems.[/QUOTE]
This. It's an illness, not a mistake.
[editline]28th February 2011[/editline]
May have been down to [I]your [/I]poor life decisions and lazyness, but it's unfair to say that's the rule for everyone.
I think I may have to leave Facepunch for a bit while I go on a downward depression spiral due to sleep patterns going out.
I've been depressed basically as long as I can remember. I feel suicidal a lot. I've never actually been to a doctor about it because I'm too embarrassed to say anything. My family has always taunted me for being "emo" when I feel like shit. I've never been on any medication.
Sounds to me like a lot of you guys just went to the doctor and asked for a prescription.
[QUOTE=SaWAH;28342250]Sounds to me like a lot of you guys just went to the doctor and asked for a prescription.[/QUOTE]
I was actually very doubtful and didn't wanna take anything at first but my parents and my pyschologist kept insisting and in the end I thought why not.
[QUOTE=SaWAH;28342250]Sounds to me like a lot of you guys just went to the doctor and asked for a prescription.[/QUOTE]
Sort of. From what I can remember, my parents took me when I was 5 because of my OCD and anxiety, and the doctor did a bunch of tests. They tried a couple of medications. First was Luvox (Fluvoxamine) but that made me really spacey and I wasn't very responsive to anything. I honestly don't remember that period of my life, I was so out of it.
Finally settled on Zoloft, which worked surprisingly well for me. Almost 12 years later, and I'm still taking it. I've never noticed feeling too apathetic, but if I increase my dosage, I start getting a little inconsiderate. One lady I went to see when I was little tried to get me to laugh, but she had an awful sense of humor, so I couldn't laugh. She told my parents I was depressed and needed more help than I was getting.
Anyway, I'm on a dosage now that controls most of my anxiety and depression, but I still care about things. It's a really hard balance to find and I know there are a lot of people that haven't found anything that works yet. I wish I knew what to say to the people in this thread that are severely depressed or even suicidal, but I just don't know. If you're on a medication that isn't working, don't keep taking it. Find a new one. There are a lot of people that are embarrassed to take medicine for whatever reason, but there's no shame in needing it. Fuck what your family thinks and fuck what your friends think if they're not going to support you, because life fucking sucks sometimes and if there's some way to make it just a little bit easier, then why not take advantage of that?
I love you guys. :unsmith: You deserve to be happy.
I've been going to a pscyiatrist for the past 4 months. It's pretty new to me.. I don't really know what to say. I'm not on any medication. Just feeling shit all day long..
Therapy was a real drag when I was in it, (for 6 months) but I feel sorta lost without it now :\ my therapist was excellent, and she always told me she liked my hair
[QUOTE=Foghorn;28345184]Therapy was a real drag when I was in it, (for 6 months) but I feel sorta lost without it now :\ my therapist was excellent, and she always told me she liked my hair[/QUOTE]
Mine is almost blind. He can't see if you're crying. It's actually really nice.
Feeling messed up after attempting a prank call on friend's girlfriend. I don't even communicate with her. Lesson learned.
Well.. Depression vs. anger from another girl? I don't know.
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I feel a little better average on this but the one thing that causes my depression still gets me just as hard.
[QUOTE=Fedly;28347337]?[/QUOTE]
Nevermind.
Missed my psychologist appointment today due to my messed up sleeping schedule, was going to discuss a possible medication switch with him. Hopefully I will be able to reschedule it to a nearby date.
I fear I'm clinically depressed.
I'm doing great, I met this great guy and we had tons of fun, and I'm getting into a relationship with a girl, first one since I broke up with my ex nearly 6 months ago.
Things are going great mostly, yet -
well, I still feel like killing myself for no reason.
Maybe I'm clinically depressed?
Is it common to just be random like that?
[QUOTE=Spetzaz;28349106]I fear I'm clinically depressed.
I'm doing great, I met this great guy and we had tons of fun, and I'm getting into a relationship with a girl, first one since I broke up with my ex nearly 6 months ago.
Things are going great mostly, yet -
well, I still feel like killing myself for no reason.
Maybe I'm clinically depressed?
Is it common to just be random like that?[/QUOTE]
I am a complete dinosaur when it comes to romantic relationships, but I would like to recommend taking every precaution to ensure that it is not imbalance triggered.
My life is and has always been based on imbalance, but I haven't always been depressed. I doubt it.
[QUOTE=Rankxerox;28313032]
I have this hole in my chest which in some situations makes it hard to breathe and I don't like showing it off when on the beach or something, shit hurt sometimes too.
My mother and father thinks I'm lazy, I probably am, but I can't fucking help it. I dont have the stamina to do anything.[/QUOTE]
Dude, I have a hole in my chest too! Jesus Christ finally I've found someone with the same problem!!! Thank god I'm not alone wow I'm so relieved...
When i took migrane meds back in the day, the side effects included moderate mood swings. Well i went from being one of the happiest people anyone could know, to a mentally suicidal psychopath, from 3 days of the stuff. Luckily my Neurologist cut me cold turkey. But now, it seems that i suffer from bipolar... any ideas on that?
Anyone got some tips for sleeping? I barely sleep at night. I barely eat anything. Anyone got some tips or like.. Anything? I'm in kind of a need to be honest..
[QUOTE=Freze;28368655]Anyone got some tips for sleeping? I barely sleep at night. I barely eat anything. Anyone got some tips or like.. Anything? I'm in kind of a need to be honest..[/QUOTE]
Lying still and focusing all my energy on not doing so at any cost works for me.
[QUOTE=Spetzaz;28368752]Lying still and focusing all my energy on not doing so at any cost works for me.[/QUOTE]
Focusing on not sleeping?
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