One of the side effects listed on Seroxat is 'may cause suicidal thoughts'
Excuse my language but how fucked up is that?
I've been on anti-depressants, it's like living your life through a smoke screen, like having your emotions behind a smoke glass window, I couldn't cope with them. But they do work for some people, don't dismis them out of hand, take all the help you can get and work out which is best for you.
H.x
Ive been on the pills - i think many times its mind over matter with them , they didnt work for me but i know they have worked with many others
I was having twice weekly councilling which i found helped the most,
what workes for one person wont work for the next you just have to keep on until youy find what works best for you as hard as it may seem.
Tan
dont know if its depression or heading that way but at the moment the main thing i feel is apathy, i simply cant be bothered with anything.
i have had a shit start to the year, i am on the sick with a bad back, i dont even want to go back to work, if it wasnt for the fact that ssp wont pay my bills, i wouldnt go.
but i dont think i am doing myself any favours being off cos i am just getting worse and worse and less interested in anything.
give your head a shake time i think
Earthy x
Yer local doctor probably didnt set his or her heart on being a GP when they started studying medicine.
As a result a lot of GPs (not all) arent very good. Heres a link to the national guidelines on how to treat depression.
If your doctor doesnt approach it this way they are probably extremely good or more often absolutely crap.
ive currently been signed off work with depression, and its nice to know im not on my own finding this site has made me realise that people out there do know and understand jus how i feel
i was at the funeral today of my beautiful friend who killed herself- she suffered from depression.....
:therethere: :therethere: :therethere: maz xxx
I'm a strong believer that talking can help depression. It can (for many) be all that is needed for someone with mild depression, and can significantly help moderate and maybe even severe depression.
I know that counselling is rarely the first thing offered by the doc - they often just reach for the 'scrip pad. But talking - sometimes to a friend but most often to a person who is trained to ask the right kinds of questions, and who knows not to tell someone what to do all the time - should be the first 'treatment', it should go on as long as necessary and drugs should be added to that - not the other way round.
I'm not saying drugs are no use by any means - but without being helped to deal with the feelings and thoughts by bringing them out into the open, the drugs are only part of the process of coming out of the dark.
I am not an expert in any way, by the way. But I have suffered from moderate depression in the past and by God I needed someone to talk to. My mind was killing me. And it's so hard to see your way out by yourself.
I have to say I agree with some of the posts here that I didn't know what depression really was. I perhaps thought in my immature naivety that it was people who used it as an excuse. And I am sure in some cases that is true, lets face it there are a lot of excuses that folk make to get out of work, and most of us will have used a few of them from time to time lol.
But depression of which ever severity is one of the most awful things to have to deal with and just as difficult for your family and friends too.
All I can say is my sympathies to anyone is going through depression. I would also urge anyone who feels depressed to seek help asap, as I feel the longer it is left the worse it can get and the longer it takes to get better. Sometimes the medical profession is unwilling to take depression seriously but i strongly urge anyone depressed to persist to get the help the need and deserve.
Some useful sites have already been mentioned but its worth mentioning about Samaritans, everyone knows them, but they can truly be a life saver!
Take care, be safe
Well it is something you have to take seriously. I myself am currently have depression, but I'm pleased to say that my suffering stage has lifted. And why, because of the pill's(i'm on Citalopram) and counselling.
Being able to tell people your depressed is the hardest. I found telling strangers and people you just met where the first people I told before close friends but I still have not told my family, although my g/f has supported me since Novemeber.
For me I also had stress two years ago at work, and stayed in my job until December 07, but now I'm on a 6 month career break to sort myself out.
I had a sneeky suspicion that it was my job that was killing me. So other than the pills and counselling, taking time off work was a massive release, and in the first weeks I was sleeping for 12-14 hours a night, catching up on 14 years of constant early starts. I realised I wanted to do a little travelling and I would recommend (after asking your doctor if they think your safe to do so) a little bit. I went for 4 weeks from Iceland to Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. When I got back things had changed, no more anxiety, and I had re-discovered my former self.
As a result, I'm now looking for a new job and only taking one that suits me, going to the Doctor's today to start coming off the pills and I have only one real side effect from my medication, which is in bed where I have gone from a two minute wonder to marathon man.
So having depression for me was just an opportunity to push the reset button, it just depends after that how long it takes to re-boot to an old programme that worked.
Both me and my house mates can go in to dark holes as we call them we both are ment to take tablets for this i dont see the point as I find ways to fight it i.e. making sure my work and home life isnt stress full.
I can become down very easy and when I do become down richard is great he helps stop me geting to down if you get what mean.
At the moment i'm on a high lol xx
I wanted to thank some of the people on here who have Pm me to offer support. My new meds are starting to help although not as effective as the doctor or myself would hope, and I have been offered more councelling which I will take. Hopefully things looking up, thanks again to all and I wish you all good health and happiness.
Shani x
nice try but erm.....no lmao
im also pleased that it seems people are taking depression seriously, and that it is being realised as an illness, rather then jus down in the dumps.....id also like to thank those who have pm'd me. still not there yet, back to docs tuesday so see what he says
Not sure if its been mentioned as I haven't read the whole thread but..
Living with someone who suffers from depression can be hell as well....
Depression is an ilness that requires proper treatment and its a good thing that so many people are seeking the help they need......It is nothing to be ashamed of....
I have experience of living with someone suffering from depression and there is little that can be done without proper measured medical assistance ......