I dont know were to put this, so i'll put it here. I go to a psychiatrist(sp?) and he told me im depressed, which i dont disagree with but he put me on some meds, like lithium or something. I took it a couple times and i dont really like how it makes me feel, it makes me... not my self. So i havent been taking my meds and im getting real depressed. I dont even know why im just sad all the time for no reason and i don't do anything, nothing interests me and it pisses me off. I just dont know what to do, i hate the meds but i hate being depressed too. Can someone offer any suggestions?
Why anit you taking your meds.This deeprestion is not natureal.It IS a mental dissorder talk to your docter.
i've had major amounts of depression in the past, but never enough to have to take drugs to help me feel better. I would not take the drugs, for i think its best to fight with depression on your own, without the help of meds. What i find helps, is trying to occupy my mind with something very fun or interesting, so i dont think about being depressed. Perhaps try to open your mind to new ideas and activities, its worth a shot to find something interesting to do, even if you dont find it very interesting at first.
There was a discussion about anti-dep meds in this thread: http://www.hipforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83841&page=1 Basically, my view is that you should try some natural cures, intense physical exercise and a healthy diet.
Diet and exercise has been shown to help alot. Finding/making some project that you can find interest in will help take you outta yerself for awhile. There are alotta recognized herbal remedies that have also been recognized by the medical proffession to be very helpful, beneficial. The old adage "Fake it till yah make it" comes to mind when I talk about finding a project/interest. Don't worry about it having a point.
I am against all synthetic medications, especially stimulant types. My psychiatrist perscribed me Ritalin when I was like 8,and I took it for about 8 years. After a while it starts taking away the sensations and feelings, which I definitely hated more than not being able to focus on some teacher telling me what to do, so I just stopped taking them and suddenly I felt things again and all the joy returned to life. So I'm trying to find other nondrug ways to deal with my biological difference (it's not a disadvantage, mind), and I advise you to do the same. Depression is pretty bad. But isn't not feeling worse?
Try DDR. Also, I am extrimely bi-polar; I go for either extruciatingly happy (laughing uncontrolably for no reason) to suicidal (do sad in anyway, just suicidal). It kicks ass though, becasue My natural sleep cycle is like noon or 3 to about 7 or 10 a.m.
my mom has bipolar disorder and shes taking lithium. she says its good.. dont know... er.. hm. she used to take something else, but i forgot what.
ive had trouble with depression for the past three years. doctors have been trying to get me on meds since day one, but my parents dont believe in them. there are alot of theraputic strategies that help, but they never really solve the problem. i still have to do the intense therapy thing and it kinda sucks because the whole situation seems hopeless. but, anyway, therapy has been my method
Alright guys thanks for the help, i guess ill just deal with it. My therapist said that after an opiat(sp?) addiction ill be depressed for a while because of something in the brain. So i just hope ill be happy soon.
THROW THOSE DAMNED PILLS AWAY! Shit like that will not help, only you can help yourself. Think about this: of all the people you know or have heard of who take anti-depressants and such, have any of them gotten "better", ei: off meds? NO. They don't make you better. they just keep you crazy so the medical industry can profit from you. My brother and I both grew up pretty depressed. He got on meds a few years ago, I sought help through self-realization, trying new things, excersizing way more. Now I'm much better, happier, saner. He is anti-social (lots of people in one place makes him nervous), addicted to meth, and while he was in the psyche ward (where he got the meds) he had thoughts that weren't "his own", some homocidal. Most of my small family has all been on meds except me and I am the sanest one of all of them. STAY AWAY!
Though I don't like to talk about this... I have been severly depressed for at least 4 years. I saw a therapist and we just talked about guitar and I can't express several things with him. Then I was prescribed to a real medical phsycatrist(sp). See, I have a real problem with anti-depressants.. I can't take them for genetic reasons. They fuck my stomach up. I lost over 30 pounds in something like a month because of them. They really fuck me up. I can only take ambien for my sleeping disorder because other sleeping pills include anti-depressant medication. But my friend, I have seasonal depression really bad. With past family history of bi-polar and other mental disorders that occur frequently in different generations. But the thing about anti-depressants is they work in different ways. They can make you feel happy and sad as hell at the same time. And with the new discovery of suicidal rates with anti-depressants, doctors are more and more hesitant to prescribe these drugs. I believe in what most others do, like my mother always told me, it's in you to get better. Depression, if bad, gets to the point where the only saying can make sense "Only you can make yourself better". After awhile, you begin to realize your depression and also realize you can't always be on medication all of your life. Some of us our born with a messed up mental state. We all must deal with it at our own ways. I dealt with it by working my ass off and not giving myself enough time to keep thinking what's wrong. I was fortunate enough to be one of those people who discover life at a young age. Person who thinks they are 20 when they are 14. Just the way I had to grow up. So if you can relate, I suggest just finding a habit of a healthy nature that you can really focus on. But if you are anything like my sleeping pattern with depression.... you need meds.. I suggest ambien.. doesn't contain anti-depressants. And trust me, your sleeping pattern will really make the difference. If you can't eat and feel like shit, generally, it's because of sleeping patterns. So seek help if it has to do with that. Otherwise, I have 4 bottles full of anti-depressants that should've been taken long ago. I just don't take them and I'm feeling much better than I ever did.
