How do you actually know if you are depressed.?
Question:
Now i have suddenly (over a month due to illness) lost my hearing and become deaf (im 33) i feel isolated and horrible. Am i just upset about it or am i depressed again? Do i need rehabilitation or anti depressants?
I just cant accept that i will never hear my husbands or childrens voices ever again. I think im in shock.
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When something bad happens in your life it's quite normal to feel upset. Your GP's natural reaction would be to want to help and they might well want to prescribe antidepressants for want of anything better. But I doubt they would help longterm and I agree with the first answer that seeing a counsellor could help you come to terms with your recent disability.
wow that must be very difficult for you
its hard to self-diagnose so i would talk to your GP and tell him exactly how you feel
maybe a weekly appointment with a counsellor - someone who's trained to listen - would help you come to terms with things
there are different kinds of depression
one kind is reactionary depression, which is depression brought on by a specific event ie a death.
to lose your hearing must be a massive shock and i'd be more worried about you if it wasn't affecting you emotionally in some way. go to your doctor. there must be some kind of help and support there that you can tap into. anti-depressants as a short ter method might be useful.
i wish you all the luck in the world as you come to terms with this.
I would have been surprised if you didn't get depressed after such devastating news. You need people to support you in this. Try and speak to a councelor - I know it might be difficult with your problem. You will also have to work with an audiologist to help you cope with your hearing problem in the real world. Speak to your doctor about anti-depressants.
u feel useles,not feeling hungry,getting scared of evry thing,feeling lazy ,not feeling confidant,not feel like doing ant thing.continue ur medication.if u dont take the medicine properly you may get relapse.dont worry you will be ok.u will hear all the sounds around you. go to a docter check. ok will pray for you. all the best da.
No you don't have a right to be depressed until you get really issed (p) and beat the ell (h) out of something. I'm not kidding after we lost our first child a psychiatrist gave me two sponge rubber clubs. It took about a week to convince my wife but we had a fight with them beating each other as hard as one can with sponge rubber. It worked our anger out and helped with the grief.
See your doctor as soon as you can. Get back on medication because your children need you to there for them, and they will need to be there for you. Take signing lessons along with your kids and husband so you can be a mother to your kids and be able to argue with your husband. There is one sign he might already know, its the middle finger-----Sorry that's against Yahoo policy. I hope things go good for you.
I think it would probably be enough to make anyone depressed, and the rest, angry, sad, cheated, why me?
I hope the fact you still have your husband and your children to stick by you and love you will help you over come all your negative, although natural feelings. I hope you can find a cure for the cause, smile and laugh every day its the best at keeping depression at bay, I wish you good luck.
bless you!
I woke up one morning and thought i was depressed,
, but it was only the dog sitting on me.
Wow, what a blow, losing your hearing.Studies show that if a woman suffers PND she is VERY likely to suffer depression later in life then to suffer a physical disability as you have it makes it that much easier to become depressed. It sounds like you may need both rehabilitation and antidepressants. Learn to use American Sign Language, try to learn some lip reading and take your antidepressant then get involved with a group or individual that have been in your situation...find you another deaf friend and you may find that you have a lot in common and that friend can help you get on the road to recovery from the depression.
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