Depression

[laura_5000]

Has anyone had depression? If so what were the signs?

I think I have it for a number of reasons; feeling tiered, feeling constantly down, feel fat, sometimes over eat/undereat etc.

I am constantly saying to myself I can't do things... I have had a while to do some course work but I just can't get around to doing it, I start to get on with it and then I say to myself I can't do it.

I know I should go to the doctors but I don't want to feel like there is actually something wrong with me........

Any advise would be most appreciated.

[ariyadhana]

There's nothing wrong with admitting there is something wrong. Just because you go to the doctor for help doesn't necessarily mean you will end up on anti-depressants or something like that.

 

Have you tried to change your lifestyle? Not eating properly could have a lot to do with the feeling tired and down. And when we are tired and down we get more depressed and don't take care of ourselves. It's a vicious cycle.

 

It definitely sounds like you have low self confidence though, and aren't functioning as well as you could be. Would you consider talking to a counselor at school? They may be able to help you take on a more positive attitude and adopt a healthy lifestyle.. Then if you started feeling better you wouldn't even have to go to the doc.

 

Depression can be caused by many things, it could be as simple as an iron deficiency. So if you do go to the doctor make sure they check everything out and that they don't just stick you on an anti-depressant unless you feel you have no other alternatives, as I have found they are very hard to get off and in my opinion society is over-medicated.

[CluelessGuy321]

Has anyone had depression? If so what were the signs?

I think I have it for a number of reasons; feeling tiered, feeling constantly down, feel fat, sometimes over eat/undereat etc.

I am constantly saying to myself I can't do things... I have had a while to do some course work but I just can't get around to doing it, I start to get on with it and then I say to myself I can't do it.

I know I should go to the doctors but I don't want to feel like there is actually something wrong with me........

Any advise would be most appreciated.

 

 

Yeah you have depression. I don't know the extent, but you should talk to someone. Therapist I mean.

 

Also, try reading the book "Feeling Good" by Doctor David Burns MD. He's a leading doctor in the Cognative Behavioral Therapy field. Try it out.

[Mysterious Gurl]

Hello you,

 

I got told only the other week that I suffer from depression. I went to see a specialist because I suffer with a murmur in my heart.

 

A couple of the doctors asked me things like:

 

Am I emotional?

Do I cry for no reason?

Do I feel sad even when I'm in a happy environment?

 

ect ... and yes I do. I cry myself to sleep, I wake up crying, I want my friends to go away even when they aren't annoying, I don't eat much now and I have suicidal thoughts quite a lot.

 

If you do suffer with depression, do what I do. Make a list of things that make you smile/laugh ect. It really helps and read it every morning and every night.

 

I think perhaps you should talk to someone though. Maybe a GP or a friend or someone you can really trust. It's better to talk things out even if talking about them hurts.

 

Please go and see someone though.

 

Take care,

 

Miya xx

[koolaidnovel]

Possible Symptoms of Depression:

You feel "down" and "tired" most days of the week... you don't feel much motivation to do anything... you're kind of antisocial... you tend to cry a lot about stupid little things... it's hard to say, because I honestly don't know what made me go to the psychiatrist in the first place for depression... and I still don't really believe I have it... but if you feel like something is "off"... like you aren't quite yourself... then you should go get checked out.

 

I'm on Zoloft now and what it has done is made me more talkative and less reactive to little things... a more positive attitude towards things... good stuff.

[laura_5000]

I feel down most of the time and cry a lot. I think the only days I am happy is when I am out on the weekend, the rest of the time I spend 'trying' to do assignments but don't usually get anywhere.

 

It's really getting to me now and I really don't want to go to a doctor and admit all of this.

[laura_5000]

Ok I have been very brief in my last posts on this topic so I am going to try and explain where all of this has developed from...

 

Firstly I have my first serious boyfriend for 3 years which ended when I was about 19. That tore me apart as I really did love him and I haven't met anyone I have cared about as much since this.

The reason we broke up was because he lied. He lied about so many things, most weren't that important but it still hurted when I found out things.

 

Next I find out I have a brother that I didn't even know exisited, and although I am happy to have him now, it was stressful finding this out at a later stage in life.

 

Thirdly I am at College and I have failed because I find it so hard to get on with things. I am a pefectionist so everything has to be up to a high standard.

 

So to round it up I have no boyfriend, I have failed college and I have problems at home which I wont go into. I'm not saying that everyone doesn't have problems as they do but it has all taken its toll now and I don't know what to do with myself.

 

How do people get through such stress/depression? I really don't know what to do!?

[Mysterious Gurl]

Wow, I'm so sorry to hear your having a rough time.

 

I still suggest you talk to someone though. A doctor or a councilor. I know that reflecting on things can hurt you more, but it's always good to talk/rant things out of your system.

 

I too suffer from depression. It's horrible. I know. I try to talk things out or make lists of things that make me smile and focus really hard on that.

 

I suggest you talk to someone. It might help, what is there to lose?

 

Miya xx

[akazie]

When I first started to feel depressed, I would cry for no reason at all, I wouldn't sleep much, I stopped communicating with people ( I withdraw from family and friends) and I stopped eating. I didn't want to go and see a doctor, I think it was from fear off being called a physco (sp?) and being looked down upon for having a mental disorder. I think back now and I see how stupid I was for not asking for help. My depression only got worse, I finally went to the doctor ( 7 years after first feeling depressed) because I was close to having a mental breakdown. Now I am fine and my depression has gone, please go and see a doctor because if left untreated, you ran the risk of the depression getting worse and having a breakdown.