Facts on Depression

Ah-h I wish it was as simple as that. Many depressed people deny they are depressed seeing it as a weakness or character flaw. They often will not take prescribed medication or the medication prescribed is not helpful. They often will not take the steps they need to fight their depression, and well meaning friends and family get burned out and disillusioned with trying to help.

how about you save my life hmm....interesting thing is when you get there and death is breathing down your neck you realise you dont want to die either you appreciate life or you come to the conclusion that your a stinking coward,so either way you feel screwed and less inclined to get help what would you do if it were you i wont assume you have never been there or that you have but what would you do?i await you answer with bated breath.

You make it sound so simple. I have been fighting depression for 10 years now. I have been through all of the medications to no avail. Although it is easy to give advice. It is up to the depressed person to learn how to cope with your feelings of depression.

Thanks for the info. However, I know all of this and yet the intense feelings have never left for me. I guess if I had to break it down, I have been severely depressed since I was twelve or thirteen. And that was ten years ago. Going to school (or in my case, not really showing up) was hard and I'm surprised I graduated on time. The meds that I was on just made me paranoid and jittery all the time. Now I just take a day at a time to focus on what needs to be done. And since I'm constantly being hassled about going to college isn't helping either. That just doubles the stress, so I can't even imagine how I'll feel once I'm actually taking courses. I honestly don't know what to do anymore, but I'll figure something out.

I have read this before and I totally agree with it.

What was posted is the book version of depression. In real life, depression is very complicated. It's not enough to realize that there's something wrong (I think we all can recognize that in ourselves). We actually have to want to make changes. But just because we want to make changes, doesn't mean that we feel like we can.

Right now I know I'm depressed. I also know the meds aren't working. But then again, I also know from experience (and from my doctor and other research), that if I would just get off my*** and go out for walks, I would feel better too; if I would eat more fruits and vegetables and less carbs, I'd feel awesome. But even with all of this knowledge, I don't do it.

So instead, I look at a person who's gained about 40 pounds in the last year. I hate the way I look (though my husband says I'm beautiful as ever) and prefer to sit around. As a teacher, I don't have to work during the summer, so I can really just sit...and visit the kitchen.

I know meds aren't the answer, as they alone cannot make me feel better; I have to do more than just pop pills. But of all the meds, I think Cymbalta was the best since it works to help both the emotional and physical. However, since there's not enough research on it yet, my doctor took me off it because my husband and I want to have a baby. I'm now on generic Zoloft and don't think it's working as well as Cymbalta. However, maybe it's just my not helping? Because when I ran out of my meds for awhile, within a week I was a sobbing wreck.

Depression is not simple; you cannot just read a book a say you know what it's like.