| Ways to cope with Depression.
Posted: 4/27/2006 12:10:20 PM | I agree that with your post OP, and I think it just takes ALOT of patience and looking FORWARD , NOT BACK, and just keep being posotive. I liek to do alot of meditation and just get intouch with myself andmy feelings and emotions. I like to ask myself why I do some of the things I do and think some of the ways I think and feel soem of the ways I feel, and it really comes down to keeping yourself on a firm level and just make the most out of every moment and there IS alo to be happy about and thankful for. Family and friends are always helpful and one should be thankful for having them.
People should just keep their heads up and be strong and be whole and be at peace with themselves and things will eventually clear up. It is good to understand what you have and why you feel liek that, but also understand that it IS curable and one CAN overcome it. | |
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| Ways to cope with Depression.
Posted: 4/28/2006 7:43:20 PM | 1964,Ways to cope with depression...I think your post is Very! informative.I wonder if you might be able to offer me any opinions on BPD disorder? So my question is how does anyone deal with depression ? I deal with my depression by going for a long fast walk in the country.Listening to the frogs chirping.I think depression is able to be coped with eventually .  I was finally diagnosed in 1998.I have suffered from anxiety attacks & depression since I was 15.
I guess it also has a little to do with resently meeting a new friend that is giving me a difficult time.How do you explain your energy ups and downs to a new person?Than they gave me a few nasty comments about , Did your med's kick in ? Any suggestions with this ???the person was of the opposite sex, a date ? I found your part on the distrust,confusion, and dissorganization really hit home in section one.I am on wellbutrin max dosage now and just added paxil a mnth ago.Just to get me over a deep slump ?? It doesnt seem to be working, I am going to try to take it at Bedtime now! I seem tooo tired all day, no energy.The Wellbutrin is to give you energy I know, I have used it for yrs with Great results..I have tried over the past yrs all the various antidepressants.I also find attending ACOA,helpfull I think I might restart this again It was so helpfull. Neaver really gave this one a fair try yet.I also dont like dealing with the weight gain from either Paxil,zoloft & Trazadone than for sleep works great.
I dont really understand your section eight? The lying in bed for 1 1/2 hrs before I can drag myself out of there yet I was wide awake prior.Just no energy, dont have any reason to get out of there I guess. No pride left one suggested I dont get my place cleaned up daily.Until I get a burst of energy, late at night usually i even force myself to eat earlier in the day.Than your section number Eleven, dismantling our (self defeating )coping patterns.I have found your post a refueling station, on my jouney of Life... | |
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| Ways to cope with Depression.
Posted: 5/23/2006 12:32:25 PM | i have started going to the gym and it is working
i feel better and sleeping better to so it works for me | |
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| Ways to cope with Depression.
Posted: 5/26/2006 2:34:20 PM | "I am on wellbutrin max dosage now and just added paxil a mnth ago.Just to get me over a deep slump ?? It doesnt seem to be working, I am going to try to take it at Bedtime now! I seem tooo tired all day, no energy.The Wellbutrin is to give you energy I know, I have used it for yrs with Great results..I have tried over the past yrs all the various antidepressants.I also find attending ACOA,helpfull I think I might restart this again It was so helpfull. Neaver really gave this one a fair try yet.I also dont like dealing with the weight gain from either Paxil,zoloft & Trazadone than for sleep works great....Just no energy, dont have any reason to get out of there I guess. No pride left ...I dont get my place cleaned up daily.."
Sass, sometimes the medication is what makes you tired. Upping and upping the dose, and adding paxil, may not be the answer. Your doc's the best person to talk to, but my guess is you're taking too much.
As for when you take the paxil, it shouldn't make alot of difference if you take it at night or in the morning. Just get off it. It's a nasty drug for side effects. You may feel less tired without it. Trazadone is good for bedtime if you have trouble sleeping. Try taking a break or weaning down from all the medication for a while - you may actually feel your energy increase!
A medication that can be added to combat the side effect of weight gain is topamax. It's an anticonvulsant that actually decreases your appetite and is supposed to increase your energy.
Exercise is one of the best ways to deal with depression but you have to force yourself to do it. And it appears that the OP is no longer here, and I can't see the post you are referring to. But I've been there with depression, gone from couch to bed to couch all day, too tired to even bother to eat.
Counselling combined with drug therapy is supposed to be the most effective treatment. | |
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| Ways to cope with Depression.
Posted: 5/26/2006 7:55:04 PM | | One possible side effect of Wellbutrin is seizures. Lovely huh? I'm on a 300 mg. a day doasage and it doesn't seem to be working. Sometimes it causes me to lose my appetite which isn't a bad thing at all.. but then I break down anyway. I can't believe my happiness or lack there of depends on a tiny pill. I exercise and sometimes it makes me feel better but only for a few hours after. Just talking to somebody or writing it down can help immensely. Animals also help me deal. Depression is a ****. | |
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Posted: 5/26/2006 9:00:55 PM | Ya, it sure sucks doesn't it? I'm on 10mg of Paxil. Just came down a bit cause the sedation was really bumming me out. It does make me severely tired so that sucks, but it helps with the anxiety so it's a bit of a balancing game. I hope to get a smidge better with time and I hope to get all out of it at some point!
Good luck to all of you that know depression, it sucks the big one. | |
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Posted: 5/26/2006 9:26:56 PM | i'd keep away from drugs and anti depressants personally. meditate. yoga. eat healthy. exercise. meditate. yoga. eat healthy.(stabilises mood) yoga. discontinue relationships that are toxic and damaging to your self esteem and seek new connections where people are supportive. don't try to over analyse things. meditate. (brings you to the present moment..rids your mind of thoughts/feelings as you focus on your breather..it works wonders)yoga.(very relaxing and calming) meditate. exercise (releases endorphins)
if is is very strong depression don't hesitate to seek counselling. | |
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Posted: 5/27/2006 3:31:54 AM | | Counseling was such a joke for me. All four of the therapists I had dwelled on my parent's divorce when I was younger. Everything went back to that.. or so they did. Also, I found it odd how somebody who had never gone through anything like me (and I asked them) i.e. anorexia, bulimia, depression, anxiety disorder etc. was attempting to "fix" me. They all told me to think positively.. lol well that's a no brainer. It didn't seem like they understood or were even listening so I gave it up. I'm sure it works for some people.. Freud wasn't a complete fool after all. | |
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Posted: 5/27/2006 1:51:38 PM | | Working out at the gym is a great way to help depression! Lifting weights releases endorphins and gives you that 'good feeling', probably why its now a addiction for me..lol | |
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Posted: 6/11/2006 12:19:45 AM | | I have to agree with what I love canada said about staying away from drugs. I have had depression and social anxiety since I was a teenager and been through all kinds of therapy for it over the years. I tried several types of prescription drugs and the side effects with most of them were often worse than the depression itself and they didn't seem to help either. I have decided to look for other solutions besides drugs such as finding out if I have a hormonal imbalance (and turns out I had close to double normal levels of cortisol which I read can be a factor in depression and detrimental to someone wanting to gain muscle and strength and lose fat through working out). I am also looking into whether mercury exposure can cause pyschological problems(depression and social anxiety among other things)and there seems to be some reports that in addition to physical problems, it can cause psychological problems too and I do have several mercury amalgam fillings which are quite old(though there is disagreement whether they are sufficient cause for concern, but I feel they are, especially when you brush your teeth and eat hot foods, and want to have them removed using the huggins protocol and replaced with diamond crown fillings, any suggestion on a good dentist to go to which could offer all that isn't too far away from kentucky?). | |
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Posted: 6/25/2006 12:42:42 AM | thank you for understanding and accepting and agreeing with my advice gentlegiant (i am i love canada :)
i know that fosucing on your breathe just through out the day helps.
i know that drugs are chemicals and you don't know EXACTLY what it is doing to the body..
and i also don't like the way they affect people so much/or not at all...and they are very expensive and i just don't trust them and so forth..
i think that there are many alternatives..but everybody is different and everybody responds and reacts to things differently...
so there is no one perfect way there are many ways...and all of the above would be good for different people... | |
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| Ways to cope with Depression.
Posted: 6/25/2006 10:28:24 AM | I had/have major anxiety and a little ocd. I went to a docter to get some medication which only really allows you to grab the steering wheel of your mind. Still can have bad ups and downs but as along as I think positive and stop myself from dwelling on woulda shoulda coulda, I'm fine.
With that I also workout 5-6 times a week now so I keep myself busy. 11pm-7:30am I work by 8am I'm at the gym I workout till 11am and then come home relax grab a bite to eat. Then goto bed and repeat the process. Being in the middle of rebuilding my life this schedule fits me great and allows me to save up and buy things I need.
Oh and always having a friend to talk too when your down works wonders in boosting yourself back up.
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Posted: 7/15/2006 11:43:02 PM | | Does anyone else find it irritiating when antidepressants are referred to as "your happy pills"? In no way would I use pills to make me "happy". I am just trying to get out of bed and focus long enough to appear normal...:) | |
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| Ways to cope with Depression.
Posted: 8/10/2006 11:27:08 PM | | why do they prescribe more than one antidepressant? I to was on elavil and paxil, then elavil and effexor. I don't see the logic in giving 2 pills that are meant to treat one illness, its not good for you. | |
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Posted: 8/10/2006 11:29:03 PM | WOw, finally people talking about depression. I have depression on and off. During my worst time of depression, I sleep a lot. It's like, I can't get enough sleep! I remember once, I slept for 25 hrs (give and take), only waking up to go to the bathroom and drink water. Is that depression ?
I don't believe in taking medication to help with depression. I like to battle my mind with my knowledge and whatever I have to help me. Sometimes, I feel in control and able to take care of myself. Other times, its hard, but I still try.
I have sort of isolate myself from my old friends, and I'm very cautious with new ones. I think my lack of trust in people constribute to my loneliness, and thurs, makes me depress...
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Posted: 8/11/2006 3:49:24 AM | tlkarin, I couldn't agree with you more...... happy pills? They are my able to function in my life pills.
How do I cope? I am very aware of my moods and it's become second nature to monitor them. I know that every fall when the time changes that I will experience a slight down until my system adjusts. Knowing what is happening goes a long way in helping it not get out of control. I scale back on my activities and what I take on. My friends know this is a bad time for me, so they understand when I'm not as available as I usually am. They understand also that while I may make plans, the day of I may not be up to keeping the plans. They have learned that it has nothing to do with them or me not wanting to see them.
I have learned also what limitations that my depression imposes and I've learned not to push past those limitations. I am also very quick to see my Dr whenever the symptoms get beyond what I can handle with the current dose of meds. It took me a long time to get that my meds were necessary no matter how I feel. I need to stay on them and not mess about with the dosage and I'm very vigilant about taking them every day.
And during those times when my judgement is impaired by the depression, I rely on those who support and love me. Should it creep up on me and I don't notice it, when they tell me I'm getting down again, I listen to them and take appropriate actions. Thankfully, this doesn't happen very often any more as I'm more aware of my moods.
And I always try to remember that while it may seem so, I won't feel like this forever. | |
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Posted: 8/11/2006 9:12:05 PM | As far as why more than one antidepressant is used, elavil is a different class of medication than Paxil (paroxetine), Effexor, Celexa (citalopram) or sertraline (Zoloft). Elavil is a tricyclic antidepressant and the others are serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
Elavil is older, and probably cheaper if you don't have a drug plan. The SSRIs work on anxiety and OCD as well as depression. In high doses they actually are used for decreasing libido in sexual predators.
I'd wonder about the dosing, too, whether you are on the maximum dose of elavil or SSRI. Your doctor should answer your questions about that.
Exercise is definitely a good thing for depression! Running is apparently one of the best forms of exercise for depression. I'm not sure why, I just heard this from someone with depression.
You can keep a mood chart, and note what kinds of things affect your mood, like whether you've drank any alcohol, did you sleep okay, any stressors such as finances, did you eat well, did you exercise that day. And then you rate your mood on a scale of 1-10. Then you can look back and check for patterns.
I have a booklet made by one of the drug companies that has the mood charts. Yeah, I should be using it. Gotta stop procrastinating ..... | |
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Posted: 8/13/2006 1:27:40 PM | Well, I was feeling depressed and I read this thread and it made me feel better.
Anybody else get the feeling that if only they could fix the circumstances of their life, it would make them feel better? I've had some massive derailments of my dreams and the unfairness of it all just erodes me sometimes. | |
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Posted: 8/13/2006 2:04:29 PM | | I was on Anti Depressants for a yr didnt do anything for me i was changed to higher g's and in the end i was like a zombie so i just stopped taking them. people on here mention meditate how does this work? maybe this could work for me as im a very stressful person. | |
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Posted: 8/19/2006 8:41:18 AM | If your saying that u were taking two different kinds of depression pills i tcould be because maybe just taking ONE of them wasnt working for u, sometimes when u combine two meds together, its the combination of them both that works. my son takes meds for seizures and its starting to work whihc is good but the dr told me that sometiems when u take two meds taht treat teh same issue, its the combining of the two that creates what one really needs in ONE pill that helps...(if that made any sense ha ha) | |
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Posted: 2/24/2007 5:42:51 AM | I have it on/off also. During my worst of times I find other things to do, sleep is one of them. Although if I find something to do like putting models together, re-wiring/re-organizing my place, sometimes I just get in my car and go for a drive, used to do that when gas prices weren't so high(when it is I don't want to drive-hence depression). I remember one time being awake for 38hrs straight w/contacts in but that was long ago. I don't believe in medication either. I have been on it before and all it does is make me someone else or make me sick. Or I write, go figure. I like to speak my mind here and on my 360pg or e-mail. I hear ya on the "battle of your mind" bit. Feel more control when medication isn't the one in control. Have somewhat isolated myself from old friends cautious about new ones. Lack of trust again hear ya there also.
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