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03-06-2009, 15:47
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Re: Managing Depression - Any Advice????
dip into that loot you were talking about giving away and spend the summer driving through europe
and bring me back some rolling tobbacco if you take the advice
seriously why hang around here been depressed when you have the resources to get away from here and spend a few weeks or months even travelling and meeting new people
not going to go into my personal details but if i had the cash i would be long gone, i went away after my surgery a few years ago and just been away from the doctors, specialists , the ex woman etc for just a few days made a whole load of difference
teh problems were still here when i got back but i found it easier to cope with them after a bit of sunshine and nice scenery
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ive just started a relationship with a blind woman !Its quite rewarding but quite challenging ! it took me ages to get her husbands voice right
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03-06-2009, 15:51
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Re: Managing Depression - Any Advice????
well said mate
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03-06-2009, 15:58
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Re: Managing Depression - Any Advice????
Its a sound plan, just waiting for my house purchase to complete and maybe a holiday would be a good idea.
Somtimes are harder than others, today i feel alright, but thursday could be different.
I guess its life.
But thankyou.
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03-06-2009, 16:05
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Re: Managing Depression - Any Advice????
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Originally Posted by TJH
Its a sound plan, just waiting for my house purchase to complete and maybe a holiday would be a good idea.
Somtimes are harder than others, today i feel alright, but thursday could be different.
I guess its life.
But thankyou.
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well like otehrs have said including me , keep your loot for now and spend it puting yourself right before you try fixing other peoples problems
it may sound selfish but only 1 person in this world will look out for you and thats yourself
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ive just started a relationship with a blind woman !Its quite rewarding but quite challenging ! it took me ages to get her husbands voice right
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03-06-2009, 16:22
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Re: Managing Depression - Any Advice????
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Originally Posted by TJH
Its a sound plan, just waiting for my house purchase to complete and maybe a holiday would be a good idea.
Sometimes are harder than others, today i feel alright, but thursday could be different.
I guess its life.
But thankyou.
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Maybe one thing you could do is the first thing tomorrow, look at yourself in the mirror and just say today is the first day of the rest of my life, forget the past just look to the future and always remember your glass is always half full not half empty. I did just that nearly 30 years ago and although things haven't always gone swimmingly I just kept focussed on the future and looked on the bright side of life. Always managing to smile and remember laugh and the world laughs with you cry and you cry alone
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03-06-2009, 16:28
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Re: Managing Depression - Any Advice????
So anyway, you said last night you were going the Doctor's today, did you? or did you just roll over in bed thinking someone else will sort it?
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03-06-2009, 16:51
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Re: Managing Depression - Any Advice????
well Less, i dont tend to work on the basis that someone else will sort it.
But yes i got to the doctors, spoke to a doctor ive never met before, he has advised me on medication and a 14 day 'loading' period before it works and the use of counciling is advised.
Lots for me to think about and i feel its a positive step forward.
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03-06-2009, 16:52
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Re: Managing Depression - Any Advice????
Good Luck
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03-06-2009, 16:59
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Re: Managing Depression - Any Advice????
Good luck hope all goes well with your treatment
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03-06-2009, 17:27
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Re: Managing Depression - Any Advice????
I don't think there is a real solution to depression. I have counselling on a regular basis. I personally don't think medication is a solution to such a problem in the long term, though it clearly does work for some people and it IS necessary is some cases, but I'm very aware of how readily some doctors are to prescribe medication so you need to make that judgement based on your own feelings.
I'm generally pretty safe but some days I know I have to stay indoors and distract myself with the internet to avoid the realities of how I am feeling, until it subsides.
I can understand why you'd ask other people, as the doctor isn't always successful in helping you, but if you haven't tried that yet then you should.
I wish you the best of luck, but maybe you'll end up just being like me and living with your problem as best you can. Not all mental health problems are 'curable'
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03-06-2009, 17:39
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Re: Managing Depression - Any Advice????
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I don't think there is a real solution to depression. I have counselling on a regular basis. I personally don't think medication is a solution to such a problem in the long term, though it clearly does work for some people and it IS necessary is some cases, but I'm very aware of how readily some doctors are to prescribe medication so you need to make that judgement based on your own feelings.
I'm generally pretty safe but some days I know I have to stay indoors and distract myself with the internet to avoid the realities of how I am feeling, until it subsides.
I can understand why you'd ask other people, as the doctor isn't always successful in helping you, but if you haven't tried that yet then you should.
I wish you the best of luck, but maybe you'll end up just being like me and living with your problem as best you can. Not all mental health problems are 'curable'
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Some medication during teenage years can actually make the depression worse - there is a drug which I can't remember which has been linked to suicide in teenagers.
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03-06-2009, 17:47
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Re: Managing Depression - Any Advice????
I have a fantastic GP here in France - i go for a renewal prescription every 6 months and that results in a full medical exam, usually I am in his office for at least 30 minutes.
He diagnosed clinical depression last October, - it was approaching my late wife's 70th birthday, 3 years after loosing her and the approach of what would have been our Golden Wedding. I was seriously contemplating suicide.
He tried me on Prozac - after 2 weeks i went back to him and told him I felt even worse, so he prescribed Seruplex - a milder form.
I decided that I should allow the Prozac to clear my system , but in doing so realised that if depression medication meant feeling that bad then I was not going to be depressed - clinically, or otherwise - I did not take the Seruplex. I made sure that I kept myself busy and did not mope around. Now I am fine, but each one to their own. Please get medical help and talk it through - but then examine yourself. There is no single cure, each person requires a different solution _ TG I found mine. Good luck and best wishes to any and all of you.
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03-06-2009, 17:48
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Re: Managing Depression - Any Advice????
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Some medication during teenage years can actually make the depression worse - there is a drug which I can't remember which has been linked to suicide in teenagers.
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Dependency on any medication is bad in my opinion and it doesn't surprise me that there would be implications like that with drugs for depression.
If you're sad, try doing something to channel it. I draw, I sing, I play my bass guitar, I write poetry. Sometimes these don't help of course, you can end up just being even more unhappy, but that is just the nature of the state you are in.
It is worse when people don't appreciate the state you are in and think it is as simple as being unhappy, or think depression is just when you are unhappy. It's much more serious than that and can have some terrible implications.
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03-06-2009, 17:55
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Re: Managing Depression - Any Advice????
I think I need to see the doc for depression too
being stuck at home alone most of the day does not help, getting out & interacting with others
helps stave it off better.
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03-06-2009, 18:04
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Re: Managing Depression - Any Advice????
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I think I need to see the doc for depression too
being stuck at home alone most of the day does not help, getting out & interacting with others
helps stave it off better.
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See I'm the opposite, I'm worse around people. I love my room
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