Depression.
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| votefordisco Rotting On Here  Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 45710  | I looked through this whole forum and couldn't find a topic on depression. If I missed it then please give me a link to the current topic and feel free to delete this one, but it looks to me like you're using the 'Self harm and suicide' topic for depression. Personally I don't think depression should be covered in that topic because depression isn't about self harming and suicide. Those things are often caused by depression, but depression is an illness where as self harm and suicide are physical actions caused by a person. Right. So...I don't actually know much about depression. My mum and my sister have both been diagnosed with it and I think my dad has it too so I've had to live with it for a long time, but as of yet there has been nothing to suggest that I suffer from it. So yeah. Please discuss this topic and share information on it etc. Thanks. |
| Love my insanity Jackass  Age: 93 Gender: Female Posts: 1591 | I have it. I've been on several meds, some not working and whatnot. Geodon, for me, isnt good at all. It gave me severe heartproblem, so you might want to stay away from that. There are a lot of sites on depression. I am pretty much an expert on diagnosing it, or telling if someone ahs it., That does not mean I try to play doctor and give out meds. But i could if I want because i have enough pills for it to choke a fucknig donkey. But I'll post some links that helped me see if i had it. |
| Love my insanity Jackass Age: 93 Gender: Female Posts: 1591 | https://j.ovm1.net/ahp1/effexor/consumer/quiz.aspx Here is a quiz. Follow the directions as said. I never saw this site bfore, but it has all the symptoms listed. Or the most common ones. |
| Love my insanity Jackass Age: 93 Gender: Female Posts: 1591 | According to the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the main symptoms and signs of depression are the following: Persistent sad, anxious, or "empty" mood Feelings of hopelessness, pessimism Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness Loss of interest or pleasure in hobbies and activities that were once enjoyed, including sex Decreased energy, fatigue, being "slowed down" Difficulty concentrating, remembering, making decisions Insomnia, early-morning awakening, or oversleeping Appetite and/or weight loss or overeating and weight gain Thoughts of death or suicide; suicide attempts Restlessness, irritability Persistent physical symptoms that do not respond to treatment, such as headaches, digestive disorders, and chronic pain I copied this from a site. I hope I dont get in trouble for it. |
| Love my insanity Jackass Age: 93 Gender: Female Posts: 1591 | http://www.emedicinehealth.com/depression/page3_em.htm Real good link that talks about it not only being mental, but also physical. |
| Love my insanity Jackass Age: 93 Gender: Female Posts: 1591 | I'll post more later. |
| votefordisco Rotting On Here Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 45710 | Awww thank you very much for that! That's very usefull, not just for me but for anyone on this board who thinks that they may have it. Thank you very much!  |
| rollerpig GSBitch  Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 62283 | Love my insanity: Please, please use the Edit button next time instead of making many posts in a row! ... I don't know much about depression I guess  |
| gd'sDiana Geek Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 182 | oh.. that's wat my grandma has, or says she has... |
| girl almighty GSBitch  Age: 35 Gender: Female Posts: 76615 | I was diagnosed nearly a year ago. I'd gotten to a point where I slept 4am until midday, washed my hair once a week and stopped caring about anyone or anything. I'm getting better now, but it's a day-by-day thing. Sometimes I can't see past next week; others I know I can do it and it won't last forever. I never used to be able to sleep, but now I'm constantly tired, and I have to go to bed at 2pm sometimes, so I have the energy to eat dinner or have a shower before bedtime. My doctor said your mind and body slow down and it takes longer to process things; cognitive motor retardation I know looking back on it that I never want to stop caring about myself again and I did have a big problem, but at the time that was just my life and that was just how I thought. I didn't care if my hair was filthy, I didn't care who saw me; I felt ugly and disgusting, but I didn't care any more. But now I feel I've achieved something by washing my hair before I go to bed. It's not a lot obviously, but it's just so I know I've done something positive. And I try and go out everyday, even if it's just round the shops, to prove to myself I can do it. |
| votefordisco Rotting On Here Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 45710 | When asked what symptoms you have experienced on a regular basis over at least the past 2 weeks, you selected: - Constant sadness - Lack of motivation - Irritability - Trouble concentrating - Loss of interest in favorite activities - Fatigue - Low energy Your response also indicated that your symptoms are affecting your ability to be yourself and to function on a daily basis. It’s important to tell your doctor about any symptoms you are experiencing, so that your doctor can make an appropriate diagnosis. This will help you and your doctor discuss treatment options that may help you reach the goal of virtual elimination of symptoms, even if you are already being treated for depression. Visit the Talking With Your doctor section to see a list of questions to help you during your next office visit. Omg I'm scared now.  |
| Lucifers Angel King For A Couple Of Days Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 4751 | depression is the most common form of illness in uk and it is one of the hardest to diagnose, once you are on anti depression tablets like Prozac or Valium you start feeling better only for a short time they are not a cure they are just keeping the depreesion at bay for a while at least. |
| Love my insanity Jackass Age: 93 Gender: Female Posts: 1591 | I suggest no prozac, just because it scares the living shit outta me. My friend was on it, and she ended up killing herself. I also blame the doctor, but some meds can give you worse suicidal thoughts, or actually give you them. So if you are on them and you start experiencing them, or getting them, tell your doctor right away. |
| CristhyneS Jackass Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 1400 | Lucifers Angel: I've been depressed, on and off, for quite a while. I was in anti-depressants for most of this year and after stop taking the meds I decided not to take anymore. I asked to my psychiatrist(sp) at some point, to switch my meds because I was really uncomfortable with some of the side effects that I was presenting and they were actually making me feel worst, and they weren't really working ofr me, or so I felt. So she dicreased(ps) my dosis and then got me off of them completely to then swith to a new brand or something. however she was in her two weeks long vacation or something by the time I stopped the meds completelly and during that period of time I just came down to a way lower down than I had been before. I would either not give a damn about anything or just want to kill myself right away, it was always the two extremes, no in-betweens or anything. Just liek some else already said, I could go for a week or more without washing my hair, nad lot of etc's. Before being put on the meds I had had a chat with a person from GSB, precisly, and he had told me that anti.depressants weren't a good idea. It wasn't up to mein that moment, as my famiyl as really worried, and I really didn't have an opinion about it as I saw a lot of pro's on anti.depressants, but also bad things. But after I left the anti-depressants last agusut I did realize that everything he said was right. Those meds were basically making me numb. What happened when I stopped taking them wasthat all the reality that I had been ignoring for the past months came to me and hit me and just made me fel evne worse, because during thsoe months tings got worse around me too. I then told my psychiatrist I didnt want anymore meds, and my advice for anyone would be nto to take the meds. They just pospone the time for you to face reality and solve your problems, or at least try to, depending on wich your problems are. And I liked the fact that the frist post pointed out the difference that depression isn't a synonym of suicide and self-harm. |
| Mycophobia Basket Case  Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 15581  | i get kinda depressed sometimes its more like mood swings, i think i might be bipolar |
| Lucifers Angel King For A Couple Of Days Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 4751 | CristhyneS: i have a lot of expierance with depression i lived with a woman who was depressed for a long time she was my mum, i have a child who is 14 and on prozac, and i myself am on prozac, yes i agree with you these meds make you numb, but if it is to bad then people should go back to they're docs and talk to them about it, and depression is a cause of suicide and self harm, also depression can also make you feel on top of the world at one minute and then down the next, and yeah i also agree with your point that they just postpone you facing up to the reality of what is making you depressed, but they do help some people respond to it differantly. |
| votefordisco Rotting On Here Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 45710 | Lucifers Angel:Yes, but depression and suicide/self harm are not the same. Depression can cause suicide and self harm, but they're not the same thing and so shouldn't be covered in one thread. :] |
| Lucifers Angel King For A Couple Of Days Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 4751 | Snoo4Duggi4eva: you'd have to be really depressed to want to kill yourself, my childs Dr said that depression causes suicide and self harm |
| votefordisco Rotting On Here Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 45710 | Lucifers Angel:Yes, I know, but depression and self harm/suicide are different things. They are linked, I know that, but they're still very different - that is why I made a separate thread for depression. Okay? |
| CristhyneS Jackass Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 1400 | Lucifers Angel: I know people respond to them differently, I know *I* reached a point where I didn't want those meds anymore. Some people never reach such a point and instead want to continue on their meds, some become addicts to their anti-depressants. But I think for everyone, the outcome when they stop taking the tablets it's the same: we all have to face our reality and whatever has dragged us to depression as the only way to get over it. I've heard that meds can do ownders to some people, by giving them mroe time to figure things out, but that's not what I've seen from my own experience and the experiences of people I know. I think they make you numb and make you kind of ignroe your own reality, or at least not see it as your own reality (that was my case) but then you'll jsut have to face it, sooner or later, and for me that was worst that my initial depression. Same for my aunt, who always go back to anti.depressants jsut a few weeks after stop taking them. But yes, if you're feeling bad after quiting your meds you should go back to your Doc. and talk about it. And I know SI and suicide can be caused by depression. Self-destructives habits were what made my family send me to a doc. But I think that suicida thoughts should be the only extreme to justify putting someone on meds. |
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