How Depressed are you?

I feel fine, I try and avoid the news and it is just bad news after bad news after bad news... Which is kinda boring for me, I like happy things, like rainbows, bunnies, and flowers!
 
Negative emotions of others give me power, its similar to a cocaine rush combined with a inspirational song mixed with techno/dnb and a massive glass of wisky.
 
All mint here , apart from having to download company of heroes again after spending 2+ hours doing it lastnight! and Steam fubar'ing the game up with CD keys! apart from that Rock On :)
 
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LOL what you mean she's mad? That's a great med in my experience and from what i've heard is liberating to people who suffer from depression and anxiety quote "gave me my life back" etc. Its supposed to be awful to come off though!

By the way you don't wanna take her pills they take about 5 weeks of hellish side effects to kick in ;) then you could decide if its worth it - imagine an ecstasy comedown lasting that long, and you're there!
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Depression and anxiety are what she's got. It's taken almost 7 months for her to get put on that medication. It has to be prescribed by a consultant psychiatrist now and until recently she's been doing the merry-go-round of various different medication until they decided to put her on this current stuff (which she used with success about 8 years ago). Why they couldn't just cut to the chase in the beginning I don't know :confused: New guidelines and all that, I suppose.
She's just reached the end of the side effects stage which, compared to the other meds she has tried recently, has not proved to be too unpleasant. With any luck in another 6 months or so she can go down to a maintenance dose, then stop taking them altogether.
As for 'sharing' her medication lol, after seeing what she has had to cope with side effect wise, on balance (and purely from a personal view) I'd not put myself through all that to make myself feel better. But that's just me ;)
I think we all have the capacity to overcome just about anything if we use will power and discipline and god knows she has enough of that given the effort she has put into her degree and masters and her career since. The main issue seems to be low self esteem though, so coupled with the medication, she is seeing a councillor and the head shrinker every 3-5 weeks or so.
On a more serious note, I'd just like her to get better and for her to rediscover the sunny, vivacious woman she was when we first met, so whatever it takes she has my full support.
 
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My son has been suffering lately from stress leading to anxiety neuroses...panic attacks, hypochondria etc.
He was prescribed anti-depressants but is reluctant to take them because of side effects.

Tomorrow he is starting a course of hypnotherapy and CBT.
I've discussed this thread with him and he is wondering if anybody here has any views on hypnotherapy.
 
Very atm, broke my leg last July and still cant walk properly. Stopped work for obvious reasons, ended up selling my gear (Photography) to support my family and now don't have the funds needed to get going again. Life is truly **** and kicks you hard when you're down.
 
VERY, but no more then usual... maybe even less, today seems to have gone quite smoothly really :eek:

its the same with friday 13th's i don't think i have ever had a bad/unlucky day on this day :) normally just every other day that kills me
 
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very, had heart attack, lost my job and now will have various people chasing money. Chance of getting another job thats stress free - easier than previous retail and an employer will actually want compared to the millions of others looking who are fit and younger = NIL
 
jumpy said:
Depression and anxiety are what she's got. It's taken almost 7 months for her to get put on that medication. It has to be prescribed by a consultant psychiatrist now and until recently she's been doing the merry-go-round of various different medication until they decided to put her on this current stuff (which she used with success about 8 years ago). Why they couldn't just cut to the chase in the beginning I don't know :confused: New guidelines and all that, I suppose.
She's just reached the end of the side effects stage which, compared to the other meds she has tried recently, has not proved to be too unpleasant. With any luck in another 6 months or so she can go down to a maintenance dose, then stop taking them altogether.
As for 'sharing' her medication lol, after seeing what she has had to cope with side effect wise, on balance (and purely from a personal view) I'd not put myself through all that to make myself feel better. But that's just me ;)
I think we all have the capacity to overcome just about anything if we use will power and discipline and god knows she has enough of that given the effort she has put into her degree and masters and her career since. The main issue seems to be low self esteem though, so coupled with the medication, she is seeing a councillor and the head shrinker every 3-5 weeks or so.
On a more serious note, I'd just like her to get better and for her to rediscover the sunny, vivacious woman she was when we first met, so whatever it takes she has my full support.
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I'm familiar with the med-go-round, no fun at all! I think if you're in such a bad state you are going to put yourself through those harsh few months even for a glimpse of feeling better. Unfortunately, not everyone is the same and drugs - specially phsyc have really varying effects on each individual.

Hope your wife gets better like, but If I was her, feeling better on the medication - i wouldnt be too quick to come off of it. Chances are it won't work again and if she relapses then its med go round all over again :(
 
Feeling absolutely crap atm, lots of dtuff been dumped on to me in the past two months.

And I can't weightlift at all for another month or so which is really crap, it's usually what makes me happy or forget about any **** going on in my life or around me :/

Because of the medication I'm on I can't drink either, so I've got a pretty boring life atm, nothing really to wake up for :/
 
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