does anyone here struggle with anxiety / depression ??

[Gymgurl]

LOLOLOLOL.....I want a ball massage

 

[Raptorex]

what is a ball massage? can I buy them?

 

[LameArseWatcher]

Maybe you are just Bi-polar

 

[PICK3]

bump for a thread that might do some good

 

[needtogetaas]

I used to.

 

[PICK3]

I used to.

You use to what?

 

[H_T_]

being active in your own recovery is key. i've been completely med free for about 3 months now. i still feel the old feelings at times, but i've learned that nothing lasts forever, including misery....

 

[txbondsman]

It sucks, but man the fuck up.

obviously you speak from complete ignorance of depression, when one doesn't have a clue as to the subject matter and a right or wrong answer, that may be the thread you don't post in, fyi... If that worked for you, you didn't suffer from organic depression like this guy is asking help on...

 

[Nathan]

I wrote about my experiences a bunch on this thread:

http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/chat-conversation/bipolar-women-appreciation-thread-566796.html

I've talked about this stuff on here lots over the years. I'm the poster-child for mental illness. I've been diagnosed with four different ones over the years. YES. Revere me.

 

[Razorguns]

I have since i was 19 or so.. been on and off tons of meds since then. my most recent which i am currently on was 200mg of zoloft (yea i know, HIGH) along with 6mg klonopin/day, 60mg buspar, and 10mg ambien at night(for sleep.)

Over the course of 6 months, although it has caused me many days of not wanting to even get out of the bed and many nights of not sleeping I have cut back to 50mg of zoloft ED, 30mg of buspar ED and completely off the klon's, and ambien as needed. I am starting to come around and see things more clearly now but it is still hard as hell to do this. I am doing it under the supervision of a psychiatrist. I just wanted to know if anyone else out there has struggled with this sort of thing? I think the roughest part is over now... in the beginning there were times I would just start crying for no reason at all and at night I would lie awake sweating... i felt like a heroin addict or something. I do feel better now and more like myself but I still have bad bouts of depression and anxiety that just make me want to stay in the bed all day. I don't let it stop me from going to work, but I will admit that on the weekends I do alot of sleeping and laying around.

1) weed off the drugs
2) weed off the drugs
3) read #1

4) get out, clear your mind, focus what you want to do in life, relax, remember 90% of people are good, then go out and start that path to reaching those goals.

You don't need drugs. 99.9% do NOT have mental problems. Just stress of life.

When life got to me, i jumped in my car, and started driving across country. Stopping by little diners, bed & breakfasts, and cottages. Meeting all kinds of cool, fun people. Having dinners with them. Opening my mind to how my other fellow Americans lived. Saw lotsa cool monuments and rediscovered so much history.

If life sucks - then change direction, and kick-start it again. You're not 45 and preparing to grow old and die. You still have many years. It's up to YOU to make those years count. If you don't care about yourself - society won't give a shit about you either. Society respects people who do, not people who dream.

good luck.

oh and WEED off those drugs. Those drugs can fuck-up young developing minds big-time.