• The Depression Chat - Symptoms, Assistance, Medicines and More.
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If someone wants a private chat with me about the subject, I am ready to help anyone and be glad to answer questions about myself. I have been having problems with my mental state for few years, but I feel that I am getting slowly over it now. I wish I could help someone, or just offer support if I can't do anything else since I understand how hard life can be. Feel free to PM me and we can get into details.
[QUOTE=genkaz92;31036616]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] I'd discuss it with your doctor to see if it's a particular medication or an interaction between several. I was in a very similar situation when I started Buspar and once we halved it both my anxiety and my interest in things returned. To be honest, I prefer dealing with severe anxiety instead of the complete and utter lack of interest in anything, but that's a personal decision only you can make. If you'll be returning to school in the fall, I'd recommend seeing if there's an alternative available because in my case the lack of interest also included my grades and classwork.
[QUOTE=Galex7471;31038816]I'd discuss it with your doctor to see if it's a particular medication or an interaction between several. I was in a very similar situation when I started Buspar and once we halved it both my anxiety and my interest in things returned. To be honest, I prefer dealing with severe anxiety instead of the complete and utter lack of interest in anything, but that's a personal decision only you can make. If you'll be returning to school in the fall, I'd recommend seeing if there's an alternative available because in my case the lack of interest also included my grades and classwork.[/QUOTE] If anything, amphetamine does make me more tolerant towards non voluntary work. but I do ultimately agree that I would rather deal with my previous problems instead of having to deal with an absence of wanting to do the things that I am normally interested in. I will probably be going cold turkey on amphetamine tomorrow. In my situation I want to waste the least amount of time possible.
[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] i love you
did I kill the thread
People are feeling less depressed. Or they just don't want to be public about it. So yes, you killed the thread. Look what you did.
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[QUOTE=MedicmanV500;31106116]Anxiety, depression, agoraphobia, and sleepless nights. Oh joy. I barely even leave the house any more because my anxiety attacks have gotten so bad to the point where I never want to have another one again... so I just stay locked up like a prisoner in my room all day, going insane. Friends want to hang with me but I always turn them down because of this anxiety... it's social anxiety. I don't get it when I'm alone. They're probably starting to think I don't wanna hang with them, but that's not the case... it's just this anxiety and these panic attacks... they have imprisoned me. So can anyone offer any assistance? I want my life back, I want to be free once more, not imprisoned by something that's entirely in my mind. :([/QUOTE] Realization is step one, but you have to expose yourself to your fears to truly overcome them and minimize the fear. There are obviously steps you can take to reduce how you feel about something beforehand and I really hope you decide to look at this website: [url]http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/[/url]
I have Depression brought on by Schizophrenia, is it still alright if I post here?
[QUOTE=Absentman;31118551]I have Depression brought on by Schizophrenia, is it still alright if I post here?[/QUOTE]Of course man. [img]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/ratings/heart.png[/img]
hey, to whoever reads this, I love you. I hope you get over any depression or anxiety you're going through, and you're not alone. I care about you. [img]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/ratings/heart.png[/img]
I can't sleep. I just cried a little for the first time in a long time. Life pretty much blows. I get a group of friends in college for one semester and then, what do you know? We're fucking moving. Life just can't cut me a break. It's probably just my shitty outlook, but everything good that happens in my life seems so fucking minuscule and every shitty thing is some huge change. I don't know how to deal with this shit.
It's good to get rid of pent up emotions. I have all this rage that I keep bottled up. And I end up just blowing up on the people I care about. But man. Just believe in your future. There is nothing to fear if you believe in your self. I used to think I was useless but I realized only I have the power to change my future. You can't keep looking back and going "damn." Just keep trudging no matter how hard it gets remind yourself there is a tomorrow and it will be better. I may sound like a motivational speaker and I don't care because I know this has been helping me a lot. I may have my moments of feeling hopeless. But you have to fight that. Giving up is worthless, and it causes more damage. Not just to you. Depression isn't easy. No one said it was.
I'm in fuckin ruins...
[QUOTE=Superstormj;31186984]I'm in fuckin ruins...[/QUOTE] why so?
Citalopram: Anyone who knows about it tell me about it I want lots of useless anecdotes
quit taking my anti depressants like two weeks ago. my body feels completely out of whack. I cant stop sleeping and I feel hot all the time
oh and i have the shits from hell
Just out of curiosity, what exactly were you taking?
60mg of prozac. Mentally im perfectly fine, my body feels terrible though with random episodes of heat, weakness, dizziness and the shits
Did you quit cold turkey or did you wean yourself off?
Cold turkey after 2 years of being on them. I cant see my therapist now and not for a couple of months. I hated being on them so much [editline]21st July 2011[/editline] i mean really i dont mind the other stuff but shitting ever 20 minutes gets very old fast
Did they help with your depression at all?
Nope! Or id stay on them, all they did was blunt my emotions and kill my sex drive.
I'm still wondering about Citalopram I've been on it for only 4 days (20mg) and my arms and legs feel like I just ran a marathon while carrying a piano anyone know how long until the side effects wear off
[QUOTE=Zeke129;31259929]I'm still wondering about Citalopram I've been on it for only 4 days (20mg) and my arms and legs feel like I just ran a marathon while carrying a piano anyone know how long until the side effects wear off[/QUOTE]I gathered from wikipedia that it has weak antihistamine properties which could mean sedation. It lists lots of other side effects too, but if you feel tired while taking it, if I were you I'd take the dose at night before bed so the sedative effects are gone by morning.
[b]I really feel the need to get this out of my system.[/b] When I was younger, In the sixth grade, I had to do a project i typed out the report and saved it on my Dad's computer. I went the next day looking for it in My Documents. I saw it but I clicked the wrong file. The one I did click on was the note that my dad typed out. He was talking about how depressed he was. He wanted to end his life that his wife did not love him. Right away I started freaking out and cried my moms name. She had saw the note before. I could tell by the look on her face. This was bad. I wasn't aloud to see this. She called my Dad over and he had a shocked look on his face. He said everything was fine, that it wasn't him. Roll forward a year later. My mom ask me if i want to go to the park. Happily I agreed, She took me to 711 and got me a drink. She then proceeded to say "Alex I have to tell you something" I could tell it was bad. "As you could tell me and your dad have been arguing lately" she said. I instantly though divorce. I saw this coming the moment a tear came to my moms eye. I burst out interrupting her "ARE YOU GUYS GETTING A DIVORCE". I never thought before that this would happen. I was a happy little kid then she said yes. I remembered wanted to open the car door and jumping out. They had promised me that they loved me. They lied to me. I still think about these two times. I am 15 now and it still makes me sad. Marriage is failing now a' days. I know lots of kids have their parents divorce, but when you are 12+ years old it can really confuse and make a kid sad.
I agree I was 8 when my parents divorced. That caused me a lot of mental stress and didn't help one bit that they still fought till I was about 16.
Yeah divorce can be rough. My parents split up when I was 2, so luckily I don't remember any of the details. All I know is my dad cheated on my mom 3+ times and she was through with it. Never really saw much of him after that. I wasn't horribly shocked to find out why they divorced, and I'm kind of glad I grew up with only my mom because she is far more stable than he was. Recently my uncle divorced his wife and it's also beginning to put stress on me now that I've graduated from college. He keeps badgering me for money, getting my mom to help him pay his bills and stealing money from my grandparents. We've been trying to get him into a clinic for depression and paranoia, but the law is on his side for the matter. Man, family and growing up can sometimes be a bitch.
[QUOTE=sirpopsalot_;31255696]Cold turkey after 2 years of being on them. I cant see my therapist now and not for a couple of months. I hated being on them so much [editline]21st July 2011[/editline] i mean really i dont mind the other stuff but shitting ever 20 minutes gets very old fast[/QUOTE] If you want to quit shitting every 20 minutes, get yourself back on a low dosage and gradually lower it until you're down to nothing...unless it was so bad, shitting constantly is preferable to that.
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