The Depression Chat - Symptoms, Assistance, Medicines and More.
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[QUOTE=Back_Slash;30668338]I feel like sleep is an escape for me.
Like I don't have to put up with anything.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but waking up is a bitch.
I know what your saying.
Dragging yourself out of bed, it's a bitch.
It's not the hardest part of my day but I hate it the most.
[QUOTE=Back_Slash;30672253]I know what your saying.
Dragging yourself out of bed, it's a bitch.
It's not the hardest part of my day but I hate it the most.[/QUOTE]
More like realizing your dream wasn't reality. Dreams are the only time I can have what makes me happy.
Yet another blow to my already fragile confidence, I made the mistake of liking a girl again. I knew it was only going to hurt me like it has all the other times, lo and behold here I am feeling like shit. Again. :saddowns:
I just give up. Every. Fucking. Time. THIS happens. :saddowns:
Its honestly one of the worst things I put myself through. Why have I not learnt yet. EVERY TIME I tell myself its gonna hurt me, Why can't I just stop this? :saddowns:
[QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;30690586]Yup. I keep telling myself I shouldn't cry over some dumb chick but I always get really hurt, even if it's just high school "love".[/QUOTE]
Exactly my trouble, I get my mind set far too easily and become attached to people equally too easily, its only when I sit there and think (which usually makes shit worse) I realize how shit I feel and the tears flow.
I just wish there was a way to let it out, I have unbelievably strong emotions and never have a way to share/get rid of them. :smith:
[QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;30690586]Yup. I keep telling myself I shouldn't cry over some dumb chick but I always get really hurt, even if it's just high school "love".[/QUOTE]
You still got sex though.
you still got sex. and had a relationship. even if it was for a short while.
A lot of people are DITW in that zone and depressed.
My goddamned shrink put me on Seroquel. She thinks Im hearing voices.
[editline]24th June 2011[/editline]
Also I've been battling with depression most of my life, for the past 2 years Ive been in and out of mental institutions for trying to kill myself. So far I've tried to OD, Jump off a building, and Suffocate myself with a plastic bag. Ive been put on a 51 50 3 times (51 50 being the California state code for "Danger to self, danger to others, or gravely disabled"). Mental hospitals are a great help and if you are seriously thinking of suicide I suggest telling your psychiatrist that you want to go to one voluntarily. They usually have at least 2 group therapy sessions a day as well as Activity therapy sessions. They helped me a lot and the staff are usually helpful.
I keep thinking my life sucks when absolutely nothing is wrong. I have friends, a great computer, etc.
Man, I know how you feel.
(Well my sweet as fuck comp comes in the mail a week from now HYPED AS FUCK)
I have good friends I bust my ass for and would do anything for.
I got a job, I work good hours, get good money.
But Try not to focus on what you think is wrong. When you put things under a microscope of course it looks like shit.
Don't compare what you have to what you see people have because they have their own problems too.
I wish I had good friends :frown:
[QUOTE=Octave;30693762]I wish I had good friends :frown:[/QUOTE]
I know I'm far away but I'll be your friend if you want it, in fact I am your friend.
Most likely gonna get some depression medicine soon...
Been hearing some negative things of them so far, but I really hope they will work :ohdear:
[QUOTE=Komeight;30748400]Most likely gonna get some depression medicine soon...
Been hearing some negative things of them so far, but I really hope they will work :ohdear:[/QUOTE]
You should still try to focus on dealing with what ever is causing you to be depressed though.
Medication just masks the issues and problems that are causing you to be depressed.
Unless you have a chemical imbalance such as low hormones that is causing you to be depressed, then yeah, medication would probably be the only thing to treat it.
[QUOTE=Komeight;30748400]Most likely gonna get some depression medicine soon...
Been hearing some negative things of them so far, but I really hope they will work :ohdear:[/QUOTE]
Don't take any medication unless you're also doing some sort of therapy along with it. It's like ScoutKing said, drugs just mask the issues and problems, but don't actually solve them.
I met a girl who really uplifted me, but she discarded me like trash and I'm back to being able to rely on no one but myself
[QUOTE=ScoutKing;30752377]You should still try to focus on dealing with what ever is causing you to be depressed though.
Medication just masks the issues and problems that are causing you to be depressed.
Unless you have a chemical imbalance such as low hormones that is causing you to be depress, then yeah, medication would probably be the only thing to treat it.[/QUOTE]
depression IS a chemical imbalance
taking anti depressants =/= masking the issue
[QUOTE=JDK721;30755233]depression IS a chemical imbalance
taking anti depressants =/= masking the issue[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001941/[/url]
"The exact causes of depression are unknown"
it varies from person to person.
Most depression is caused by environmental,social, and personal issues. This causes a chemical imbalance.
So if you were to start taking medication for depression that is triggered by environmental and social factors, and never address what caused you to be depressed in the first place, then yes, you're masking it.
Because chances if you stop taking your medication you will relapse back into depression because you never addressed what caused your "chemical imbalance"/depression in the first place. Thats how its masking it.
Implying depression is just a chemical imbalance that can be cured by medication is wrong.
Medication isn't the godly cure to depression for everybody or for most people in the long run.
[QUOTE=Evilan;30752791]Don't take any medication unless you're also doing some sort of therapy along with it. It's like ScoutKing said, drugs just mask the issues and problems, but don't actually solve them.[/QUOTE]
I've had therapy and medication. Therapy was awful. The drugs worked. That's probably just because I had shitty therapists, though. I'm 'normal' when I take Zoloft. Shit gets crazy when I stop taking it.
[QUOTE=Shoupie;30755578]I've had therapy and medication. Therapy was awful. The drugs worked. That's probably just because I had shitty therapists, though. I'm 'normal' when I take Zoloft. Shit gets crazy when I stop taking it.[/QUOTE]
Get a better therapist. Or you can try to address what caused you to be depressed with out therapy.
[editline]28th June 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;30754034]Yup.. I know that feel, man.[/QUOTE]
Remember... the sex. You still got sex.
And it wasn't gay scene hospital sex either.
[QUOTE=ScoutKing;30752377]You should still try to focus on dealing with what ever is causing you to be depressed though.
Medication just masks the issues and problems that are causing you to be depressed.
Unless you have a chemical imbalance such as low hormones that is causing you to be depressed, then yeah, medication would probably be the only thing to treat it.[/QUOTE]
ah, sorry about not telling much, but yes, I visit psychologist regularily, so i'm really trying to fix my problems, not just eat medicine.
really since school is over now i've been a lot less depressed now. but still i have to go there again and i loathe that place. but still i don't have much friends and i don't have much of anything to do except pick out dirt off the bottom of my bed. i'm also pretty damn depressed at the fact that i still have no idea what to do when school's over and it seems that every single job out there either disgusts me or it looks like i'll do really bad at it and fuck things up but i have a feeling that even if i do become an acclaimed writer or musician like i've dreamed to be i still probably won't be very happy. this thread seems like a good place to vent out my inane thoughts so whatever.
Hey man I used to be like that.
I thought I wouldn't be able to communicate with people good enough to work at a restaurant(albeit it is bussing tables[which odd enough pre bussing tables has the funniest moments and some very frustrating]) The point is practice makes you better. I'm on my second year working.
I wasn't amazing at my job the first day I started. Don't get on yourself for not being good at stuff.
Not everyone is good at everything.
It may seem like it but we have a lot insufficiencies, we are not so different.
Take it from the nerd who conquered his fears and became an introvert acting like an extrovert :v:
[editline]29th June 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=ScoutKing;30755636]
Remember... the sex. You still got sex.
And it wasn't gay scene hospital sex either.[/QUOTE]
Sex is not the cure for depression.
Neither is it a helper. In fact it might put undue stress on some people.
[QUOTE=Back_Slash;30774971]
Sex is not the cure for depression.
Neither is it a helper. In fact it might put undue stress on some people.[/QUOTE]
Apparently you lack the understanding of what a joke is.
after three years on medication and therapy, i have been cleared off depression. no more meds! yay!
i feel great too
Congratulations bro.
Now share that with me.
i could try and help, whats the problem?
I've been feeling very depressed and stressed for no particular reason lately, it also got to the point where I just don't really care about much other than my job to earn money, I don't go out because I don't find many things interesting/have no friends in my local area, the only person I have social contact with is my girlfriend and that's when I'm being a couch potato or when I lay in bed not doing anything but staring blankly at the wall while thinking how much more my life could be, I didn't even tell my girlfriend yet because I don't want to upset her and make her think it's her fault that I'm unhappy.
[QUOTE=Back_Slash;30774971]
Not everyone is good at everything.[/QUOTE]
Well except for that guy in that beer commercial. Thanks for the support anyways.
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