depression

st4r · Fashionista Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Posts: 44 Smiles: 0 4

has anyone here been diagnosed with depression? or have any experience with it at all indirectly (like for instance, a friend or family member has depression)?
hoping i can PM someone, don't want to type out everything on the boards...
thanks.

china.doll · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:37 am Post subject:

My grandmother has depression.. Sad

but when we came to visit her (in Taiwan) she got better. Happy

If you want to talk, PM me anytime. Icon_hug

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alexisgeek · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:26 pm Post subject:

I was diagnosed with depression a long time ago (4 years ago), went through some counselling and came out better. The counsellor did recommend anti-depressants, but by the time I was better (or at least, less depressed), I didn't need them.

tropical_pink · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:42 pm Post subject:

One of my friends was diagnosed with deperession after I convinced her to talk to a guidance counselor and they gave her some anti-depressants and stuff.

pink · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:15 pm Post subject:

i know exersize is REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY good cause it realeses endorphins which makes you happy! Very Happy

try it
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Noir · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 7:39 pm Post subject:

Both of my parents do. My Dad is really struggling with it now.
I think I have depression too, so I know what you are going through (if thats what this thread is about...)
feel free to PM me anytime Happy

Lorie-A · Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:49 am Post subject:

I've recently been diagnosed with depression Sad

but i really hate how doctors are so quick to prescribe anti-depressants to everyone. Like depression is really common, and I know a few people who've been depressed too, and they're prescribed anti-depressants like on the first sign that they're sad. Like, "Ooh, you're upset with life? I think you should take anti-depressants!" Like there isn't any REAL therapy that you might have gone to the psychologist for. Where's all the "talking through the problems" that you come to expect from watching television shows like Frasier? lol

My cousin's a doctor and he says anti-depressants don't even work. Everyone I know who have taken anti-depressants say that they don't help and just make you addicted to them. Like you might as well take marijuana or heroin or something that makes you "happy" fast, rather than Paxil or whatever because they don't work or take forever to, or give you side effects.

Psychology seems more like an art than a science to me. I have trouble believing doctors because I have a few doctors in my family and they say the label "Dr." is abused all the time, like so-called doctors fudge numbers and lie about things or mis-diagnose and won't own up, and all that. Everyone's after money, pharmaceutical companies and that,
but I'm rambling! Icon_ups

I think just spending regular time in nature, like just taking a walk with friends or by yourself, just getting away from the things that bother you, that'll make you much less depressed. Neutral

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dwabba · Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 4:18 pm Post subject:

I was awhile ago :[ Well, more anxiety but at the time I had depression. I don't have to take the pills anymore cause things are good at the moment but I can't tell the future. It turns out I actually have it in my genetic make up and stuff, so if things ever get pretty hard I'm really prone to dipping into it again :[

I know what helped me get through it. Probably the oldest thing in the book, but whatever.

If you ever need to talk feel free to PM me.

alexisgeek · Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 1:00 pm Post subject:

^^Don't you mean psychiatry? Not psychology? Psychiatry is with the drugs. Psychology isn't.
Also, so what you're saying about the anti-depressants not having an effect on some patients, is that basically, the pills are placebos. It is possible, but I do believe the proper dosage is an important factor in a person's medication. Patients have to go through a few trial-and-error dosages before they find the right one. It's possible that all the patients that your doctor was talking about either didn't have the correct dosage, or the chemicals in the pills just weren't working on those people (since not all drugs actually work on everybody).

I recently read in the paper that people who identify as being queer (sexually or mentally or whatever) are more prone to having bouts of depression. Not sure where I was going with that... but there ya go.

dbee · Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 10:51 am Post subject:

i was depressed about 2 or 3 years ago, really depressed. i was seeing a pyschologist and she diagnosed me as being depressed and gave me anti depressants the whole shebang. i thought about it for a long while and i decided i didnt need drugs to get me better, i talked through a lot of my problems and stopped dealing with them destructively and in negative ways and my boyfriend helped me a lot, i got through it! i feel for you honey, if you need anything or any advice pleeeease dont hesitate to PM me!
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