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Weight loss on antidepressants

Hi - good info. Does it matter what time of day the anti-depressants are taken? I take cipralex ( 10 mg) only...

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Worried I'm getting worse

I am 37 years old, and have had MDD my whole life. I have been taking meds for ten years (my parents wouldn't...

Posted by Smrfk

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Depressed daughter stops taking meds....

I have a 20 year daughter that suffers from depression. She does really well when she is taking her meds but...

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Depressed daughter stops taking meds....

I have a 20 year daughter that suffers from depression. She does really well when she is taking her meds but...

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My Story

I recently did a project on ECT and the controversy surrounding the treatment. After reading numerous...

Posted by kgrogers22

I recently did a project on ECT and the controversy surrounding the treatment. After reading numerous articles both for and against the procedure I have found that this treatment should remain practiced because of the benefits that it brings to many people (including some of you, that have expressed your gratitude towards the procedure). I went back and forth during my research because I couldn't decide whether or not it was right to give a person such a potentially dangerous procedure for the means of curing their depression. After much self-reflection, having been treated for depression for the past 4 years of my life, I have concluded that a person should have the option to undergo this treatment as a last resort.
Having grown up in a Catholic family I began trying to bring my religion into whether or not I agreed with this procedure. Drawing from my faith, I believe that every person is a creation of a loving God; there's not one person whom God loves less than another. I have asked myself the question, "What did I do to deserve this?" which I'm sure many of you have asked yourself as well. While I have struggled with this question for the past few years, currently reaching my 18th birthday, I refuse to accept society's believes that God is punishing people with mental or physical illness. With this all being said, I have been able to come to terms with my illness and with medicine and therapy have been able to cope. Although, I am aware that for many people with depression this is not the case. I understand that for a number of people, these treatment options are non responsive and can have opposite affects on an individual.
In conclusion, I would like to say that to all of you considering undergoing ECT that while it may seem scary, the positive effects that it may be able to bring one may be worth the fear. (I'm not advising anybody to get itâ€¦because I have absolutely no medical credibility, being merely a high school student.) I would just like to say that I hope the best for all of you that are suffering from depression, and looking for a way outâ€¦suicide is not the option. Speaking from a personal place, I have struggled with self-harm and feelings of suicide, but now, being in a better place, can say that it gets better. I have found my happiness in service to others, and have found that in taking the focus off my own struggles and issues, I am able to live a fuller life. I hope that for whoever is reading this, they understand that I am in no way trying to impose myself because quite honestly, I don't know your story and your past, I just feel a sense of understanding for this group because I understand the pain.
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At the end of my rope

I have been depressed for years. I have tried therapy 3 times and been on 4 different types of medication. I...

Posted by Ms1973vw

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At the end of my rope

I have been depressed for years. I have tried therapy 3 times and been on 4 different types of medication. I...

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Loving someone who is depressed

Hi, I am new here and I am looking for help. My boyfriend (just over a year together) suffers from depression...

Posted by triplebz

Hi, I am new here and I am looking for help. My boyfriend (just over a year together) suffers from depression and recently started meds and therapy. After MONTHS of me crying, talking, arguing, thinking it was me, etc. he finally admitted he thinks he's depressed. OKAY, GREAT, I said, now we know the problem, let's get you some help and deal with this! I am a "fixer" so of course, now I know what's going on, I am here to do whatever is necessary! Well....that is great to say but so hard to do. I am focusing on helping him yet I feel so alone all the time, I don't have anyone to talk to, share my own problems or even talk about OUR problems.

I am reading a great book, 'When You Love Someone Who is Depressed', and it's helping but it is also making me angry, sad and feel even worse and alone and I do believe his depression is becoming contagious! This book indicates I should be patient, understanding, not pushy, accept what's going on be there for him, work together and so many other things and I keep thinking...wait a minute, HE is on meds and he is going to therapy so HE is getting better but in the meantime I don't have anyone and I have to keep everything to myself!! It doesn't seem fair, where is the partnership a relationship is supposed to have? Why do I keep reading in this book and everything online "support the depressed person, be there for them" but I don't see anywhere that the depressed person has to support me and be there for me. I do realize this is a very serious illness for him and I am doing my best but it really is making me very sad to not have him to share when I have a lousy day. It is an emotional roller coaster to say the least! I miss my best friend, I miss someone to talk to, I miss sharing my life and all the ups and downs in it with the man I love and I don't know if I can keep supporting him when I feel so alone myself. I don't want to be that person who is constantly asking about the therapy, how is he feeling, etc. I want him to want to talk to me about it, share it and I think it would help to know what is going on. I am not quitting on either of us but I do want to know more about this for BOTH of us. Thanks for any words of wisdom and just typing all this out makes me feel better.

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Celexa causing Globus-feeling like pill stuck in m...

Hi, I'm a 24 year old male. My GP recently prescribed me Celexa for anxiety and stress 2 weeks ago. But...

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Depressed boyfriend

In the last six months, I noticed my long-term boyfriend emotionally withdrawing. He hasn't been able to...

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I feel out of control

I have been struggeling a lot with depression, and binge eating. I'm on medication & have been for many...

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Worthless

Hi, I've posted on this site many months ago, but haven't since then because I lost both my password for...

Posted by sheswounded

Hi, I've posted on this site many months ago, but haven't since then because I lost both my password for this site, as well as my email address password. But, I finally figured it out and so I'm back, still fairly new, however.

I am chronically depressed, have been this way consistently for the past 2 years or so. I'm not on any anti-depressants, and don't really know how to go about getting on any due to my situation. I do believe that I need something for depression and possibly other mental illnesses, and I'm sure a psychiatrist would agree. But, since that's not an option for me at this time, I'm trying my best to cope everyday with this debilitating illness.

The main problem I'm having now is feelings of worthlessness. I've always felt less than everyone else around me, even as a child. I've never felt important, never even new I was supposed to love myself, never new there was a such thing as respecting yourself, etc. As I grew into adulthood, I didn't look back too much, things were getting better for me, and so I just went on with life.

Later in my adulthood I started making a lot of mistakes in life, and I feel guilty about it now. It's been about 10 years, and I have been through hell and haven't come back. I attribute all of the things that have gone wrong in my life to the mistakes I've made. I look t how hard I've tried to turn my life around, and based on where my life is right now, I'm convinced things will not, cannot get better. I feel worthless. I have no friends in my life. Those that do know me and know my past, well I feel like they want to see me pay for all that I've done. No one, and I mean no one is on my side. I believe that I really am worthless. I don't even have my dad's support, and he's never been in my life even as a kid, but for some reason, no one I know seems to think that's a big issue. This just confirms my belief that I am nothing. Because I am worthless, I don't feel I deserve to go to the doctors for serious health issues I'm having. I don't feel I deserve to be happy. I feel I deserve to live how I live. I deserve all that is bad.

I know that feeling worthless is one of the symptoms of depression. But, I don't think that this is just a symptom for me. I think it is true. I know it's true. There is nothing in my life that lets me know I'm valuable, or someone. I don't even need to be special, but I always wanted to just feel like someone, like a part of this world. But I'm not, and I know I never will be.

So, since I can't end my life on my own right now, I am trying to find a way to live this way. It's so hard having to get out everyday and know that I am so worthless. I hate myself so much and it's just hard to keep going like this. I can barely stand it. I'm at the point where I am so overjoyed that life can't go on forever. To me, this means that I don't have to live like I do forever, and I can't even say how good knowing this makes me feel. Still, I have to try and find a way to survive without meds until that day comes. How do I do that without having a nervous breakdown, or stroke or worse?

I just want to see what others think before I just finally leave this mess alone.View Thread

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Venting again

How am i going to manage it all. My husband had amputation half way to his knee Friday. I have to find us a...

Posted by coldhart

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Wait until your 61 Yrs old. No one needs you anymore!

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Wait until your 61 Yrs old. No one needs you anymore!

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I think I'm depressed??

I'm 30 years old, married, and a stay at home mom to 4 kids. My children are ages 6, 5, 3, and I also have a...

Posted by An_251766

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Life is getting worse for me

my life started with a big hope that i will become something useful to community atleast to my family. My...

Posted by meu2rocks

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What's the use - TRIGGER

Life sucks. Nobody chose to exist. I hate existing. What's the use? And that's all I have to say.

Posted by An_251748

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Trying To Deal

I've never been on a discussion board before, but am trying to see if there are people that can relate. I've...

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Daughter w/ multiple mental illnesses...

Hello, I'm new to this particular board, and have rejoined one other community that I was a part of for a...

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I am back

Hey guys, I miss all of yall. Disability was denied, of course, next,Plan B. A special hello to MyRain, Chez,...

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overcomingdaily

When you do everything you know how to do and your spouse seems to plunge deeper into his depression,...

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something new

Its the first step that is the scary one.

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sexual sides..

its almost impossible to get a proper erection and requires effort to achieve orgasm...terrible. although i...

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Depression and asthma treatment

When I have asthma issues the treatment reacts with my depression medication and it throws me into a...

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Very Sad

My youngest son is moving out of state. My baby and momma;s boy. He will be 26 in a few months and has...

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