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Haven't been able to find medical assistance (GPs I've tried didn't seem interested in helping) and I'm at a point where I just can't be bothered trying to help myself. I can't remember how many years it has been going on for, at least since my very late teens (which you'd assume was just childish hormones) to now at 27 uninterupted.

Makes me wonder how people cope with it when they react like I do for only a few weeks/months of it.

I feel to be taken seriously with depression also includes the ability to explain yourself/your issues/general feeling properly, which I can't do, thus doctors just fob me off.
I can't put into words anymore, it's has been almost a decade of this which have now skewed itself into pure lethargy. I've never been vocal, I keep everything to myself not by choice, I just can't make another person understand how I feel without making it sound stupid.

You also can't just make a short story from a decade worth of experiences, some of which I'm sure I buried for good reasons.

Sometimes I think to myself "There's worse off people out there" but then again, reality comes crashing down and it doesn't matter about then, I can't change how I feel with a few witty proverbs or motivational speeches, I don't think talking can help at all.

I should probably find a doctor to put me on some medication but I'm at the point where I can't even bring myself to deal with another doctor saying "Well you don't seem depressed" because I couldn't explain myself. Because it really puts me down when that happens.

Ah well, suck it up boy! If it wasn't for my few friends and the wonderful world of gaming and the internet I'd be worse off D:
 
koolpc said:
I have had it, been through some bad times. Still on meds, 7 yrs later!
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I'm the same but with the added bonus of aniexty. I've only tried Citalopram, Fluoxetine and Venlafaxine in that seven year period. Out of those three I've had the best response to Venlafaxine, since being on it I've had no recurring panic attacks or overpowering bouts of depression :).
 
kylew said:
With respect to Anuraj, depression isn't something that hits you for 3-5 days like the way he described. I'm not saying what he felt wasn't real or bad, but it's not depression. Do you feel like I'm taking away from the importance by saying it's not depression?
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Don't need to respect me man. I'm just 12. Thanks for respecting me though, feels nice in a way to be respected.
 
anuraj said:
Don't need to respect me man. I'm just 12. Thanks for respecting me though, feels nice in a way to be respected.
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Oh dear, have you not heard of the term "with respect to" or "respectively"

He doesn't mean ali g restecp.

Seems like there a lot of people on here who have had depression. :(
 
flibbage0 said:
Surely depression can be overcome without medication?
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Surely cancer can be overcome without medication?


It's probbaly a fairly equally diverse field with so many differing types causes and solutions that yeah in some cases it can be overcome without meds, some it can't be without and some it can't be at all.
 
I watched that video lecture that was linked on page 1. Very informative, easy to understand.

The guy reckons that depression is/will be the 2nd most important disease after obesity/diabetic type 2 related things...

Purely scientific point of view its all chemical imbalance and over/under reaction of parts of the higher part of the brain. Controllable by 3 or 4 types of drugs.
 
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I know this sounds really stupid but isn't it hard to diagnose depression?

Surely everyone has their downs.

What are the symptoms that some of you have had?

I don't know if I'm depressed, probably not, possibly social anxiety.
 
It's incredibly hard to diagnose, which is why lots of sad people get diagnosed as depressed and loads of depressed people get told they're just sad.

Depression is an incredibly broad spectrum of disease, so it's very hard for your average GP to diagnose the specific type in the time available. As I said, I've been treated for depression before, but I think what I actually suffer from is dysthymia. The distinction is subtle, and I only learnt about the latter condition by accident while reading about something else, and short of my GP being a psychologist, I wouldn't expect him to spot it. Give a doctor 10 minutes with a patient saying they're "depressed", do the little 10 question test they give you, get them diagnosed with some general catch-all depressive disorder, prescribe SSRIs and perhaps some counselling, hope for the best. What else can a doctor with limited knowledge do in the time available to him?
 
OP do you have itunes?
go to the itunes u section. there is an interesting series (free) on happiness at the moment. its the one with about 6 episodes. search for it and have a listen.
 
Elixir said:
Personal use, i.e. spend almost all of their time inside rather than going out to do things, which I'm sure is quite common or has been in the past for a lot of people on this forum.
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then yeah there's probbaly a link that depressed people often isolate themselves.

But I feel you're rather desperately reaching for the idea the computer use causes the depression?

So who's using the pc too much, you or someone you know?
 
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