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When you get depressed, what helps YOU?
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natedogg03
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nevertoobig
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I suppose the only thing I can think of is identifying the problem and dealing with it.
When you have no power over the problem it's a bit more tricky. Just keep telling yourself that you'll get through it easily enough and you will.
Relaxing stuff can help too...Yoga, self-hypnosis, cheerful music.
When you have no power over the problem it's a bit more tricky. Just keep telling yourself that you'll get through it easily enough and you will.
Relaxing stuff can help too...Yoga, self-hypnosis, cheerful music.
casavant
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I used to try to do different things. Working out was one of the main ones. One Sunday night when I was 17, I had been really depressed the whole weekend, so I said fuck it and went for a ten mile jog. I never jogged, but it helped a lot. Unfortunately, nothing I have done has worked consistently, so now I'm on Wellbutrin and adderall. Medication works.
If Warik posts on this, please know that he is full of shit on this subject and has no experience. In fact, although Warik is an impressively smart fellow, I would venture to say that he has little life experience in general. Anyway, don't listen to him.
However, if you just feel down once in a while, don't go the med route. Just do something you love. Working out has always been one of my favorites. Good music or good company is nice. Sex, if it can be had, is most excellent as well.
If Warik posts on this, please know that he is full of shit on this subject and has no experience. In fact, although Warik is an impressively smart fellow, I would venture to say that he has little life experience in general. Anyway, don't listen to him.
However, if you just feel down once in a while, don't go the med route. Just do something you love. Working out has always been one of my favorites. Good music or good company is nice. Sex, if it can be had, is most excellent as well.
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naturally anabolic
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usually talking to people who care and understand what im going thru.
Norman Bates
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I throw things against the wall. That´s why i don´t have real dishes, only wooden plates 
nevertoobig
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Like some others said, going for a run is good too.
The pain of running is kind of like self-harm in a way, only you get something good out of it. Also, I always think things over more logically when i run.
Weird.
The pain of running is kind of like self-harm in a way, only you get something good out of it. Also, I always think things over more logically when i run.
Weird.
casavant
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curling said:
My arraignment was yesterday and my lawyer entered a not guilty plea on my behalf so I won't have a trial until early Sep. He'll probably work out a deal with the prosecutor before that. It's going to cost me a lot of $$ either way. I'm not going to be able to drive in thirteen days.
Im feeling depressed at the moment and keeping busy is the best way i can deal with it, in the evening i work out, weekends are what get me down the most if im depressed.
I think youve got to look on the bright side and think how lucky you are, think of your good points and how things could be a lot worse no matter how bad they are.
I think youve got to look on the bright side and think how lucky you are, think of your good points and how things could be a lot worse no matter how bad they are.
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Warik
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casavant said:
lol... tell that to all the guys currently on meds making 10 posts a day about how they're not feeling well.
"It's my job to cure these people."
"Then why are they still sick?"
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nevertoobig
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Warik said:
lol
I think you might be forgetting quite a few people that medication works etxremely well for, making life much more bearable and most likely saving their lives.
You obviously wont see any differently until you know someone who suffers from depression or suffer fro it badly yourself. Only then will you learn that a chemical imbalance causing depression can't be overcome by watching a comdey on the tv.
i either work out,
go to sleep and when i wake up feel better,
or drive. one night i drove a couple hundred miles at 3 in the morning and watched the sun come up. by then i couldn't remember what was bothering me.
for more serious troubles/depression, look into some sort of anti anxiety drug.
go to sleep and when i wake up feel better,
or drive. one night i drove a couple hundred miles at 3 in the morning and watched the sun come up. by then i couldn't remember what was bothering me.
for more serious troubles/depression, look into some sort of anti anxiety drug.
Puc
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casavant said:
lol... i give that kid so much crap because he reminds me of me 5 years ago.... then i went to grad school and was forced to compete with foreign students who were more acute and better prepared than myself. My arrogance was a product of my environment (a school where i was clearly smarter than everyone else), just like his.... he will learn, in time...
I am on a megadose of effexor xr. i don't know what i would do without it. But, my problem was clearly chemical and considering the eating disorders i was experiencing were beyond my control, medication was the best bet.
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Warik
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Puc said:
The fact that there is someone "out there" who is more acute than myself does not effect the validity of my response. Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, or Mr. Data, all of whom I would not even pretend to be more acute, could say that 2 + 2 = 3 and that wouldn't make me incorrect when I say that 2 + 2 = 4.
So there.
-Warik
circusgirl
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The whole problem here in the Warik v. the Pharmacy debate is that both are right.
Clinical depression, if it is bad enough, needs meds to kick-start your recovery. Your brain isn't producing enough serotonin, which is why the usual stuff (do something you like, rnt a movie, get a pizza, go fishing) don't work. Plus, depression is NOT just being unhappy. That's one symptom - but there are loads of others - no concentration (I'm talking not being able to read the headline in the newspaper, maintain a conversation, remember how to write your name etc - yes this was me), inability to sleep although extremely lethargic, incredible guilt for anything and everything, a sense of mental pain like grief that won't go away, paranoia, distorted thinking and ideas, etc.
The severely depressed person is just as crazy as the schizophrenic who thinks aliens are beaming in messages to him, it just LOOKS less weird on the surface.
On the other hand, once the meds are healing THIS episode, yuo need to look at not relapsing in the future. Kinda like a heart attack patient eatnig healthier and exercising.This is where positive thinking (cognitive therapy, in a non-confrontational setting), doing stuff to help your self-esteem, especially sports and exercise, eating well, getting enough sleep, reducing stress and giving people who are bad for you or abusnig you the boot, come in for improving your health for the future.
I had 3 episodes before I recovered. One was triggered by getting the chicken pox in 1999 (no it's NOT funny as an adult), which left me weak, and silly me went straight back into iong my thesis instead of taking 3 weeks to recover, hey prsto, meds stopped working and I went crazy again.
Because depression brings a RIDICULOUS level of sensitivity and reading negative shit they never meant into people's words, you have to be REAL careful how you phrase things. Also, the weird way of thinking you end up with and the strange world view do not go away with teh pills - this is where cognitive therapy comes in.
Yes, take the meds, but also - clean up your diet, get plenty sleep, get lots of cardio to release those endorphins, LIFT LIFT LIFT LIFT LIFT....
Clinical depression, if it is bad enough, needs meds to kick-start your recovery. Your brain isn't producing enough serotonin, which is why the usual stuff (do something you like, rnt a movie, get a pizza, go fishing) don't work. Plus, depression is NOT just being unhappy. That's one symptom - but there are loads of others - no concentration (I'm talking not being able to read the headline in the newspaper, maintain a conversation, remember how to write your name etc - yes this was me), inability to sleep although extremely lethargic, incredible guilt for anything and everything, a sense of mental pain like grief that won't go away, paranoia, distorted thinking and ideas, etc.
The severely depressed person is just as crazy as the schizophrenic who thinks aliens are beaming in messages to him, it just LOOKS less weird on the surface.
On the other hand, once the meds are healing THIS episode, yuo need to look at not relapsing in the future. Kinda like a heart attack patient eatnig healthier and exercising.This is where positive thinking (cognitive therapy, in a non-confrontational setting), doing stuff to help your self-esteem, especially sports and exercise, eating well, getting enough sleep, reducing stress and giving people who are bad for you or abusnig you the boot, come in for improving your health for the future.
I had 3 episodes before I recovered. One was triggered by getting the chicken pox in 1999 (no it's NOT funny as an adult), which left me weak, and silly me went straight back into iong my thesis instead of taking 3 weeks to recover, hey prsto, meds stopped working and I went crazy again.
Because depression brings a RIDICULOUS level of sensitivity and reading negative shit they never meant into people's words, you have to be REAL careful how you phrase things. Also, the weird way of thinking you end up with and the strange world view do not go away with teh pills - this is where cognitive therapy comes in.
Yes, take the meds, but also - clean up your diet, get plenty sleep, get lots of cardio to release those endorphins, LIFT LIFT LIFT LIFT LIFT....
casavant
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Good post, circusgirl. That sounds like some pretty severe depression you had.
What makes Warik so wrong on this subject is that he seems to write off medication altogether, whereas myself and others don't write off the fact that other action besides medication is required to really solve the problem. It's a combination of both, but meds can play a major role.
What makes Warik so wrong on this subject is that he seems to write off medication altogether, whereas myself and others don't write off the fact that other action besides medication is required to really solve the problem. It's a combination of both, but meds can play a major role.
circusgirl,
Man, your post brings back memories of my clinical depressions they sucked. Man, I hated life and had absolutely no joy. All I looked forward to was sleeping. I couldn't concentrate and I was fearing I was going to lose my business and me and my family were going to be homeless living under a bridge somewhere. I mean I was so bad I thought I couldn't even toss burgers at McDonalds. It was horrible.
I have had three episodes too. The first when my parents divorced(right when I was in process of getting married) Oh man, I almost skitzo then. Then I went on vacation to colorado(snow skiing) and got over it. Then later in life I went through it two more times each lasting about 4 to 5 months and each time went I went on vacation I got over it. You have to go to some place pretty(nature wise) to see life can be fulfulling again.
Shrinks and meds always scared me while I was depressed. I thought they were going to commit me which made me more depressed so I never went to them. I also found alot of peace by reading Psalms in the Bible when David was depressed.
Anyway that was a very good post and VERY accurate. Did you almost bite a bullit when you were down?
Man, your post brings back memories of my clinical depressions they sucked. Man, I hated life and had absolutely no joy. All I looked forward to was sleeping. I couldn't concentrate and I was fearing I was going to lose my business and me and my family were going to be homeless living under a bridge somewhere. I mean I was so bad I thought I couldn't even toss burgers at McDonalds. It was horrible.
I have had three episodes too. The first when my parents divorced(right when I was in process of getting married) Oh man, I almost skitzo then. Then I went on vacation to colorado(snow skiing) and got over it. Then later in life I went through it two more times each lasting about 4 to 5 months and each time went I went on vacation I got over it. You have to go to some place pretty(nature wise) to see life can be fulfulling again.
Shrinks and meds always scared me while I was depressed. I thought they were going to commit me which made me more depressed so I never went to them. I also found alot of peace by reading Psalms in the Bible when David was depressed.
Anyway that was a very good post and VERY accurate. Did you almost bite a bullit when you were down?
plornive
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1.
Go outside in the morning in the sunlight. Run several miles, walk a few or bike. Reset your internal clock and absorb the benefits of sunlight.
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Go out to an insanely busy place. Play video games in a loud and busy arcade. Go to a damn loud restaurant, street, amusement park, etc. with a good and trusted friend. Do something busy and exciting and fun.
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Wear your best clothes and keep yourself clean and under control. Don't overeat or undereat. *force* yourself to eat clean and exercise with *extreme* intensity even if it is practically impossible to get yourself to do this --- behavioral treatment.
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Have sex. Masturbate.
Go outside in the morning in the sunlight. Run several miles, walk a few or bike. Reset your internal clock and absorb the benefits of sunlight.
2.
Go out to an insanely busy place. Play video games in a loud and busy arcade. Go to a damn loud restaurant, street, amusement park, etc. with a good and trusted friend. Do something busy and exciting and fun.
3.
Wear your best clothes and keep yourself clean and under control. Don't overeat or undereat. *force* yourself to eat clean and exercise with *extreme* intensity even if it is practically impossible to get yourself to do this --- behavioral treatment.
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Have sex. Masturbate.
I TAKE NUBAIN WHICH DULLS SHUTS MY FEELINGS OFF OR SOME SORT OF MUSCLE RELAXER MOST THE TIME ITS SO I DON'T LOSE CONTROL AND BEAT SOME ONE TO DEATH GHB USED TO WORK NOW IT JUST MAKES ME MORE ROUDY AND READY TO BRAWL I ALMOST TOOK ON 4 BOUNCERS THE OTHER NIGHT AT A CLUB BUT FOR SOME STRANGE REASON THEY WOULD NOT COME OVER TO ME WHEN I TOLD THEM TO COME MAKE ME LEAVE. I WAS REALLY OUT OF CONTROL THAT NIGHT. GIRL DRAMA YOU KNOW HOW THAT SHIT GOES.
circusgirl
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curling said:
thanks. Yup, swallowed a bunch of lithium tablets one night, I was in a delusional state and I thought I was evil and should die. My mom (poor lady has put up with a lot of insane shit from me)brought me to the ER. Luckily for me I seem to have bionic liver + kidneys because there wasn't even a hint of damage. Anyway they shoved a tube down my throat and most of the lithium came back up again.
Lots of folks in hospital (psych hospital) who had damaged their hearts, livers and kidneys with tylenol overdoses. Tylenol is nasty shit, AND IT'S EASY TO ACCIDENTALLY TAKE TOO MANY. If you take, say, 10 Tylenol over 24 hours, and do this for a few days, on an unfortunate few this can result in Tylenol OD, which means death through liver failure. A lot of folks with chronic pain end up dying of Tylenol OD here in the UK every year because they don't know that taking a few extra a day over a long period can kill you
. OTC != harmless....
38DoubleDamnGood
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Re: Depressed friends helping each other...how do we do this???
All you have to do is ask....I am so sorry for not giving you the space you need....I just care about you so much and I want to be there if you need me...I love you sweetie and I am here when and if you need me...
MrsPuddlesFL said:
All you have to do is ask....I am so sorry for not giving you the space you need....I just care about you so much and I want to be there if you need me...I love you sweetie and I am here when and if you need me...
