Depression?
Question:
I'm on antidepressents and I am seeing a shrink,but I dont think its good enough. As I know I am getting worse what can I do. I need help but I am so scared to ask for it,but again I know if I dont all the thoughts I have running through my head will consume me into doing something I know is wrong. Like hurting myself.
Answers:
Your instincts are probably correct. If you feel the antidepressants and shrink is not working out especially after 5 years, then you should consider an alternative doctor such as a naturopathic or osteopathic doctor that will consider your entire metabolic system instead of only your symptoms. You can usually find these doctors in the yellow pages or internet. They can help you get off the drugs.
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Why are you scared to ask for more help?
You have already confided your problems and people are trying to help you, they can't be expected to just know that all their help is just not enough - you HAVE to tell them!
You have been brave enough to take the first steps and ask for the initial help - now just be a little braver and go back & tell them it isn't enough.
Go back to your doctor. it may be that the anti-depressant you are on is the wrong one for you or maybe you need a stronger dose of it.
Depression is a bit like a rollercoaster. You can have your periods where you are ok then periods where you really arent. Pills and counselling aren't a quick fix and it takes a long time to recover.
At the end of the day depression is an illness and at times you can't fight it. Just do your best to keep going and take it one day at a time.
Good Luck
I also suffer from depression and really feel for you as i know exactly what you are going through. Please talk to someone, anyone. My partner is a really good listener and it makes you realise whats going on is all inside your head. If your meds aren't working you need to go back to the shrink, its took me 6 meds to find the right one. Please talk to someone it can get better i promise.
Get a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist. Change your thoughts and your life will change. Good luck.
sorry to read your story one organisation that will help you hopefully get over your problems is the samaritans they have trained persons on hand 24 hours a day the web site is
http://www.samaritans.org/
hope thing turn round for you. fill your life with happy things
It can be very hard to tell someone you need more help. You could do it in writing first.
Do try to talk to someone about things, but if you find that you are putting it off you could print out your letter and show it to your psychiatrist. It will be very hard but you have been brave and sought help from us. You could take along copies of any of the replies that strike a chord with you and you can talk these through with the psychiatrist.
Good luck - like you i hope there is a way through.
Don't do anything about it. no escape, go right into it.
For just 30 seconds. Full, total, conscious suffering. feel it.
It is healing.
I think the best thing to do is to contact your doctor and let him or her know that your meds aren't working. Antidepressants are meant to alleviate depressive symptoms and it's obvious that they're not doing it. You may just need to be put on different meds. I tried about two or three different antidepressants until I found that Effexor works best for me. I've been on it for over three years and am happy with the results. However, each person responds differently to certain meds, so you wanna make sure you take ones that work for YOU.
depends why you got worse.
you see the thing is; everything we intentionally do to ourselves we can undo so much more easily than things we think we have no control over. that may seem like a weird thing to say, but ti makes sense when / if you answer the question!
Crying is good sometimes. I cry for no reason at times to the point of exhaustion I wake up and feel better. You should deffinately talk to you psych. again. There may be a reason behind the meds and the furthering of the depression. But talking to anyone who will listen is always a very good thing. I would never want to see anyone hurt themselves. You've climbed high in 5years im sure and positive you can keep on going. The key in any situation is communication in all aspects. Best of wishes
Please please don't loose hope. I suffered from clinical depression for 20 or so years. You will find your own key to opening the door to freedom, but not if you stop looking. Talk to your Dr. Be really truthful about how you feel. I used to sit in front of my shrink and say almost nothing, if she asked me a question I would tell her that things were OK and never tell her how I was really feeling, I didn't trust them not to lock me up and throw away the key. Part of me wanted to be looked after but I didn't trust anyone, (still have trouble with that one) I now rely on myself, I can't let me down. I never start something I don't see being achivable and I am now self employed and teach Reiki for horses. Don't give up. Our darkest hour comes just before dawn...
Maybe, if you've been on the same antidepressant for 5 years, it may be time for a medication change and if you don't feel that your therapist is helping you then maybe you should try to find another one with maybe a fresh treatment plan that may help you refocus and get to the core of what is making you feel this way.when the core problem is found then the true healing can begin.
You should seek professional help. This article contains further information on depression:
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I have said a few times,i lost my voice to the usual C.When i came back to the ward [ten hour op] it was hard to not speak. You open your mouth and nothing happens,disheartening.Then I thought of walking ten miles with an animal in desert terrain to get water To make it worse i gave myself aids,and slowly i began to feel sorry for that person Maybe i just needed to see things really could be a lot worse and my ten mile walk had began.When i slip a bit now i go back to that place and i will never let it become an eleven mile walk.Please focus on whats good and walk one of my miles with me.Eight today,seven tomorrow All the best of luck,your not alone
Smehea you need treatment from a top psychiatrist so get to your GP and tell him what you have posted here and he will do the rest Good Luck LOVEY your not alone
It is first worth noting that antidepressants, even though they can take away that immediate feeling of despair, never really take away that shroud that hangs over your mind. It is also worth noting that shrinks are full of ****.
I was in the same type of situation until recently. I know it sounds nuts but ever since i took LSD those feelings never came back to me. In all honesty I know what it's like - the life is not worth living thing. It feels fantastic to not have that anymore. What do you have to lose? Perhaps legal medicine only scratches the surface when your mind needs a total overhaul.
Dr. give you this medicine and most of it will make you worse off. You need to talk to your Dr. about it maybe and he probley put you on something else. Mine has tried to put me on several antidepressants but I have heard a lot of bad things about them so I stop taking them after maybe two days each time they give them to me. I take anxiety medicine and it makes you more depressed. I am trying to get off them. The medicine should come with a form that tells you what symptoms you might have with this medicine and one is getting worse and felling suicidal if so tell your Dr. It is very important to talk to your Dr. about it. Take care
Ask yourself what you are more afraid of, asking for help or. what you are going through.The key is going through,not over.
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