The Depression Chat - Symptoms, Assistance, Medicines and More.
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I just don't have the money.
[editline]5th July 2011[/editline]
Another weeks worth a tips.
Fucking disappointed.
I'm really pissed at my pay. I talked to my manager about it.
He said it would fix it by the end of the night.
Didn't see him for the rest of the night heard he left.
I have a terrible anxiety disorder that I have had for years and If I dont get over it in two months for school my parents are kicking me out of the house. yay
I'm in kind of a strange spot. Every few months, I just get really down for a few weeks-months and the cycle resets itself after a while.
Up until last year, I went to a public high school and didn't really like it, but I didn't hate it. I had a few good friends, none of which try to get in touch with me anymore after starting school online. So, basically the bullying and maltreatment at school has been replaced with an incredibly bitter lonliness that has only been exacerbated by starting a new job. I feel so disconnected from the people I work with at times. After a rather bad schism with a few of my "good" online friends a few months back, I only talk to 2 or 3 people daily.
Also, in case of incoming "blah blah you're a pansy blah blah", I've been there, sure, I'm a very sensitive person and I can't seem to change that, so and constructive help would be nice.
I don't want to use anti-depressants, and I can't really smoke weed due to my job. If I did counseling, I'd likely have to pay for it myself or hope that my parents' insurance covers it.
Help me, please.
[QUOTE=sirpopsalot_;30908837]I have a terrible anxiety disorder that I have had for years and If I dont get over it in two months for school my parents are kicking me out of the house. yay[/QUOTE]
what the fuck.
Sounds like your parents are assholes.
[QUOTE=sirpopsalot_;30908837]I have a terrible anxiety disorder that I have had for years and If I dont get over it in two months for school my parents are kicking me out of the house. yay[/QUOTE]
Do your parents fully understand your anxiety disorder?
[editline]5th July 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Mr. Bleak;30912969]I'm in kind of a strange spot. Every few months, I just get really down for a few weeks-months and the cycle resets itself after a while.
Up until last year, I went to a public high school and didn't really like it, but I didn't hate it. I had a few good friends, none of which try to get in touch with me anymore after starting school online. So, basically the bullying and maltreatment at school has been replaced with an incredibly bitter lonliness that has only been exacerbated by starting a new job. I feel so disconnected from the people I work with at times. After a rather bad schism with a few of my "good" online friends a few months back, I only talk to 2 or 3 people daily.
Also, in case of incoming "blah blah you're a pansy blah blah", I've been there, sure, I'm a very sensitive person and I can't seem to change that, so and constructive help would be nice.
I don't want to use anti-depressants, and I can't really smoke weed due to my job. If I did counseling, I'd likely have to pay for it myself or hope that my parents' insurance covers it.
Help me, please.[/QUOTE]
I have the same problem you do. It's not really a lack of friends. It's a lack of not having anyone to connect with. (For me, anyway.) What's helped me most is really striving to be more independent of people. Not caring how much time I spend alone, and learning to relish it, because sometimes spending time with people you don't like is so much more excruciating. So being alone is better for me. I don't know if that will work for you, but it seems like we have similar problems.
Hopefully, one day, you'll meet someone you can connect with. The past bullying probably has a lot to do with the fact that you find it hard to get close to people. Maybe you're subconsciously keeping people at arm's length to avoid being hurt again. I'm sorry if that's totally wrong, but it's just a theory. I hope you find some answers soon.
I'm having serious boredom issues. I can't enjoy anything, not even video games, I can't immerse myself into the entertianment. I'm not sure what to do, it's really... boring.
[editline]6th July 2011[/editline]
I sit down for hours straight trying to think of something exciting to do, but I come to no end.
[QUOTE=MrJazzy;30947117]I'm having serious boredom issues. I can't enjoy anything, not even video games, I can't immerse myself into the entertianment. I'm not sure what to do, it's really... boring.
[editline]6th July 2011[/editline]
I sit down for hours straight trying to think of something exciting to do, but I come to no end.[/QUOTE]
When I feel like that, I go out for a walk or a hike. Sometimes it's nice to just walk to a secluded area, sit down, and think or enjoy being outside.
Yeah I can agree with that.
[editline]7th July 2011[/editline]
Going outside has been helping me a lot actually.
Sup guys. I don't really check out these sort of threads a ton, but I thought as I lurk Facepunch, this would be a pretty decent place to just say some shit.
Basically, over the past couple of months, stretching to say a year, I've turned into a complete hypochondriac. Everything that happens to me is basically going to kill me. Any ache turns into worst-case scenario, and as you can tell, living with this is pretty damn depressing. After getting over an illness, I'm still stuck with this hypochondria for the next ache or pain that happens to me, and even though I can get rid of it by doing something else for a short-term relief, I can't stop it from happening as frequent as it does.
So I was just wondering if anyone was the same. Well clearly there are, but does anyone have any tips I could try? I've been to a counsellor, and they've told me to basically write down what gets my mind off these thoughts, so I can reuse that same thing. They also told me to do a breathing exercise, so I count to 4 while breathing in, then hold it, then breathe back out and count to 6. Both of these things help short-term, but I was just wondering if anyone had tips to get over it happening so frequently. I know there are all sorts of therapies & drugs I could be taking, as I'm an A Level Psychology student, but I always find other people like me better at helping.
Oh, I've also started exercising, 'cause it helps so much & makes me feel better all-round.
So yeah, can anyone help with this before it gets worse?
[b]TL;DR:[/b] I'm a hypochondriac that doesn't want it to get any worse, so I need tips on how to get rid of it, or at least stop my mind from thinking about it so frequently.
[QUOTE=Whittall;30971239]Sup guys. I don't really check out these sort of threads a ton, but I thought as I lurk Facepunch, this would be a pretty decent place to just say some shit.
Basically, over the past couple of months, stretching to say a year, I've turned into a complete hypochondriac. Everything that happens to me is basically going to kill me. Any ache turns into worst-case scenario, and as you can tell, living with this is pretty damn depressing. After getting over an illness, I'm still stuck with this hypochondria for the next ache or pain that happens to me, and even though I can get rid of it by doing something else for a short-term relief, I can't stop it from happening as frequent as it does.
So I was just wondering if anyone was the same. Well clearly there are, but does anyone have any tips I could try? I've been to a counsellor, and they've told me to basically write down what gets my mind off these thoughts, so I can reuse that same thing. They also told me to do a breathing exercise, so I count to 4 while breathing in, then hold it, then breathe back out and count to 6. Both of these things help short-term, but I was just wondering if anyone had tips to get over it happening so frequently. I know there are all sorts of therapies & drugs I could be taking, as I'm an A Level Psychology student, but I always find other people like me better at helping.
Oh, I've also started exercising, 'cause it helps so much & makes me feel better all-round.
So yeah, can anyone help with this before it gets worse?
[b]TL;DR:[/b] I'm a hypochondriac that doesn't want it to get any worse, so I need tips on how to get rid of it, or at least stop my mind from thinking about it so frequently.[/QUOTE]
Do you ever go online and do research on various illnesses that could correspond to your symptoms? If you do this, or anything like it, you should stop, because all it does is give you things to worry about.
Would one of ye depressed fellas feel better with some killing floor passes?
I already have had that game since it came out but thanks for offering.
You are a kind man.
Not really, I would be a kind man if I were buying you the game, this is the equivalent of giving a hobo your leftovers that's living in your alley, instead of throwing it to the waste bin.
You could not of offered at all.
[QUOTE=Octave;30974804]Do you ever go online and do research on various illnesses that could correspond to your symptoms? If you do this, or anything like it, you should stop, because all it does is give you things to worry about.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I tended to do this a lot until I stopped just recently. If I felt tired after a day, say two days in a row, I'd say I was fatigued and then diagnose myself with every illness ever known to man. I've stopped it now, even though it's extremely tempting to search for it. But thanks for the help brah c:.
Just wondering - is 45mg fluxetine far too much? Someone I know told me about having psychotic nightmares; I'd assume it's too high a dosage for her?
[QUOTE=FlapadarV2;30985393]Just wondering - is 45mg fluxetine far too much? Someone I know told me about having psychotic nightmares; I'd assume it's too high a dosage for her?[/QUOTE]
I had a dose of 60 mg fluxetine, but I noticed nothing.
As a kid, I know this probably shouldn't be happening but I pray everyday that I die in my sleep. I would wanna go into details but like the slightest insult hurts me so bad, unless the person who's doing it is pathetic. Like my mom called me a 'piece of shit' today, and ofc it hurt me and shit but I got this pain in my chest and it felt like my heart dropped... So I don't want to get trolled. Now I wanna see a therapist, my doctor already told me to and stuff but what's it going to do for me? I have three more years before I can leave my house and I feel as if I hit a wall and there's NO way around it, it's tiring me out to the point where I don't want to leave my house and sit on the computer all day and not leave my room.
Well, mate, I honestly cannot give you any advice without details but I will tell you something that always calms me. You're worthless, we all are. Well, not exactly, we do have worth, and it should be fought for but in the end, it doesn't make that much of a difference if you screw up, so why feel sad because of what happens?
[editline]10th July 2011[/editline]
You want a KF guest pass? :v:
[QUOTE=MountainWatcher;31020403]Well, mate, I honestly cannot give you any advice without details but I will tell you something that always calms me. You're worthless, we all are. Well, not exactly, we do have worth, and it should be fought for but in the end, it doesn't make that much of a difference if you screw up, so why feel sad because of what happens?
[editline]10th July 2011[/editline]
You want a KF guest pass? :v:[/QUOTE]
That's... not that comforting in my opinion.
[QUOTE=MountainWatcher;31020403]You're worthless, we all are.[/QUOTE]
I feel better already.
[QUOTE=jrj996;31018544]As a kid, I know this probably shouldn't be happening but I pray everyday that I die in my sleep. I would wanna go into details but like the slightest insult hurts me so bad, unless the person who's doing it is pathetic. Like my mom called me a 'piece of shit' today, and ofc it hurt me and shit but I got this pain in my chest and it felt like my heart dropped... So I don't want to get trolled. Now I wanna see a therapist, my doctor already told me to and stuff but what's it going to do for me? I have three more years before I can leave my house and I feel as if I hit a wall and there's NO way around it, it's tiring me out to the point where I don't want to leave my house and sit on the computer all day and not leave my room.[/QUOTE]Your mom called you a piece of shit? The fuck?
[QUOTE=Octave;31028122]Your mom called you a piece of shit? The fuck?[/QUOTE]
It's more common than you think.
Most parents call their kids names at some point in time in an argument between them.
I'm still depressed over a damn girl, gah, I thought it was all over a long time ago but it just won't leave me alone. I'm not sure what to do about it.
[QUOTE=MrJazzy;31030194]I'm still depressed over a damn girl, gah, I thought it was all over a long time ago but it just won't leave me alone. I'm not sure what to do about it.[/QUOTE]
Find a new girl, or try to realize that the girl who you liked was probably not that perfect.
[QUOTE=MrJazzy;31030194]I'm still depressed over a damn girl, gah, I thought it was all over a long time ago but it just won't leave me alone. I'm not sure what to do about it.[/QUOTE]
One of my best friends went through a hard break up. He was always doing something to distract himself from his ex. He would snap a rubber band over his arm everytime he thought of her, he got drunk with me and our buddies on a number of occasions and he also started flirting with other girls that his ex knew.
[QUOTE=ScoutKing;31030511]Find a new girl, or try to realize that the girl who you liked was probably not that perfect.[/QUOTE]
Yeah she isn't that great or perfect as I thought. We were never together, we barely talked, it's just that I spent three years being a coward and a loser thinking of her but not daring to make a move, and once I did make a move it ultimately failed in everyway possible and then when school ended I thought, since I wouldn't see her everyday, I'd forget about her or atleast that I'd have things to do to keep my mind off but... Well I don't have much to do and at the same time I don't feel like doing much with my friends.
I was the last person I would have thought of that would have let a fucking chick do this to me, but God damn I won't let get of this shit. It didn't even go on that long between us, I don't know why the fuck I can't just put it behind me and move on for fucks sake. I haven't done anything all summer because I just don't feel like it anymore, I haven't talked to any of my friends outside of facebook and texting, it's just killing me on the inside and I have literally no idea why it won't just go. It has been months since we broke up, I should have been over it a long time ago. Now it's just making me realize how much everything else that's going on sucks. Fucking hell I shouldn't feel this way, and it's not only that, a whole bunch of family shit is piling up on me too, along with grades and a job... I'm just sick of this shit.
I am unfortunately still noticing a pretty serious problem in my existence. I literally do not appear to be enjoying or interested in anything anymore. Even though my depression and psychological problems appear to be gone, I literally cannot find myself looking forward to anything. I dislike the fact that I am literally wasting my time due to a nonexistent amount of enthusiasm while having the perfect theoretical ability of doing virtually anything I want. I am mostly talking advancing in areas of interest or evolving yourself in a certain field. It most certainly has been this way for a while. Every time I even remotely submerge myself into an area, I soon enough start experiencing a problem with either getting bored with it or simply not finding any emotional reason to peruse it anymore (usually both.) I am constantly floating on a metaphorical surface of my interests while having the perfect capacity of diving deeper. Has anyone dealt with a similar state or could recommend any possible solutions or "coping" methods?
Perhaps it could be a side effect of a medication that I am currently taking? (I am definitely willing to stop taking one of them, even with a possible withdrawal effect. )
My current medicine list is:
Amphetamine Salts ER
Clomipramine (stopped taking that one recently)
Straterra
Lexapro
For example, here are the listed amphetamine side effects: [URL="http://www.webmd.com/drugs/drug-32556-Amphetamine+Salt+Combo+Oral.aspx?drugid=32556&drugname=Amphetamine+Salt+Combo+Oral&pagenumber=6"]link[/URL] I [B]may[/B] be experiencing the following:
False Sense of Well-Being
Trouble Breathing
Allergic Reaction caused by a Drug
Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Inability to have an Erection
Loss of Appetite
Heart Throbbing or Pounding
Mental Disorder with Loss of Normal Personality & Reality (please note that this one is somewhat difficult to compare or describe because "normal" is a pretty relative term in my case)
Dilated Pupil
Anxious
It may be a good idea for me to stop, tell me what you think.
[QUOTE=evilweazel;31036012]I was the last person I would have thought of that would have let a fucking chick do this to me, but God damn I won't let get of this shit. It didn't even go on that long between us, I don't know why the fuck I can't just put it behind me and move on for fucks sake. I haven't done anything all summer because I just don't feel like it anymore, I haven't talked to any of my friends outside of facebook and texting, it's just killing me on the inside and I have literally no idea why it won't just go. It has been months since we broke up, I should have been over it a long time ago. Now it's just making me realize how much everything else that's going on sucks. Fucking hell I shouldn't feel this way, and it's not only that, a whole bunch of family shit is piling up on me too, along with grades and a job... I'm just sick of this shit.[/QUOTE]
at least you were in a relationship in the first place. anytime i talk to a girl, wait scrath that anytime i talk to anyone i have absolutely no idea what to say it's like I'm from a different planet from everyone and I see other people talking they have conversations that flow everywhere and then I meet a stranger and I think we might have something going on and I try to be friends but it's like trying to mix oil and water it's like I'm destinedd to be a loser who'll work in a crappy office job because i have no idea about how people work and i sound like a whiny asshole and i would kill myself but i'm too upset and depressed to do it so fuck whatever.
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