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Have any of you guys gone through depression? |
I'm 14 going on 15, and i've been having depression for about a few months. I know that coping with depression is not easy. If you could, please share with me about your life story, it would be good. :) thanks so so much :) i sleep a lot. i drink. i do drugs. i avoid friends and family. i feel like s.hit. the really sad part is that i am married to someone who deserves better. Yes!!! It can be terrible! depression is natural, but if it gets to where you can't cope with it you need medicine. Depression is where your chemical in your head are not balanced correctly. If you constatly worry, your sad, you sleep a lot, or you are always stressed you could have a problem. You can see a doctor, but they don't like to prescribe drugs for kids your age, but if it is needed they will. ICanRunVeryFast I really did think that wasn't any help at all. And yes we know depression is not a bit easy! I've been in Depression for about 6 months before, When I lost 2 Very big relationships in the same month. It was about 1 1/2 years ago, When my girlfriend which I have been dating for about 2 years, Broke up, and my Great uncle suffered from a heart attack. It was a terrible month, :'(. But I gave myself all the confidence I had to get through the tough times and it's working! But I may ask you, Please don't be another teenager who goes out and does those terrible drugs to solve depression, It hurts everyone to see someone hurt there self like that! Hope this have helped you a bit my friend. - iGeeks Electronics When I was 16, I had my first real bout of severe depression. I had just come to terms with the feeling of doom and thought I was dying. I didn't care, and I was going to lie in bed untill it happened. At the time I was on some diet pills, and not eating. I was a teen and that alone is stressful. Somehow, I managed and got through that time. Quit the pills, started eating. This was 1980 and depression was not a well known topic as it is today. Years later in nursing school we learned about depression. There was a lot of talk about Prozac and certain bad side effects. That summer, following a rough sememster in school, I fell into that same deep depression. I remember feeling like I was just spiraling downward and was scared, because I remember that darkness I felt as a teen. I shared this with my doc and she prescribed Prozac...OMG, I freaked out. I was shocked that she felt I needed something so terrible with such bad side effects. She assured me and convinced me to try it. Took awhile, but I eventually got to be myself again. I felt clear, and happy. I was focused, and able to take care of my family without falling apart. The side effects were minimal, mostly just felt the need to sleep a lot for the first few weeks. I returned to school, and did better. I managed the semester better as well. Eventually, I did go off, but when I feel that downward spiral, I'll go back on for a few months. I actually did very well, and was off for several years untill my dad died, then my MD made me take the meds, because I was really fighting the grieving process. I'm 42 now, and things are much better for me. I know that there are many many anti depressants out there, but the Prozac seems to be what works best for me. Do talk about your depression to your family and seek help. Being a teen is hard enough. As I look back, I think I was depressed way before turning 16. It was a way of life for me though, I just didn't know better. You have an advatage, you know what it is, and you have the sense to follow through. yea i have been dealing with depression for awhile now. Its been pretty severe this year since I have been in the hospital 4 times all psych related. I overdosed one of the times and that was the last time i was in. I have a doc and therapist and my diagnosis is bipolar. Lately my main problem is not sleeping and trying on several different meds. In the past I have gotten Electroconvulsive Therapy(ECT) which robbed me of some of my memories. Basically its all about trying to take care of yourself and knowing the signs that you are crashing. Also having a support system so when things are getting a little crazy you have someone to call. same here Mike Hawk....except for the drugs.....my wife is a angel....she deserves more than me.....My company got bought out and the new owners laid off all management (of course I was one of them). I have nothing else to do, so much time on my hands.......in the past year have lost 2 dogs and 2 cats. Almost lost another dog 4 days ago, got into a fight with a racoon, blood was everywhere I'm 22 and from the ages of about 18 to 20 I was severely depressed. I hardly moved. I hardly talked. I hardly did anything. I slept over 12 hours a day and enjoyed nothing. How I made it through school (both HS and College) I've still yet to figure. To this day I've never really been the same. What I learned from such said depression is that you cannot expect the world to do anything for you. You will never be able to allow another person into your mind through anything more than your own voice. They can never understand completely, nor can you completely convey yourself to them entirely. The bleakness of depression comes from this realization, the disconnect we have from all others, and that we cannot do anything about it but work with the mediums we have. You also have to just learn to accept yourself. You were born you and no one else. You control your reality and though limited we all are in scope and ability, there is so much you can do. Being so young, you are just beginning to be, not ending. I still don't even know what I want to do, but I know now that I will find something, trivial or meaningful, that will make my existence worthwhile. Plus, you only get to exist once. That's usually the ultimate deciding factor. I also learned that alcohol and chronic, not to mention vicodin and valium, make you feel a LOT better, but they are just band-aids. They cannot ever heal or remove the pain, just make you forget about it for a day. Definitely avoid them at all costs until you are well again. Depression and substances is the formula for addiction. |
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