Have You Ever Suffered From Depression?

[Gryphon]

Has anyone here suffered from depression? If you have, and if you dont mind, can you talk about it if it isnt too personal?

[Mike Pothier]

Most of my life. I went through hell in my younger years at school, and I never really got over it.

[Gryphon]

Most of my life. I went through hell in my younger years at school, and I never really got over it.

did you get any help?

[The Black Guardian]

It's been a continual presence in my life for 30 years. Never sought help for it (that's just another of my problems to deal with--social anxiety in situations like that). Just a lot of Sisyphus-like living. It is a lot better now than it was 15-20 years ago (back when I would seriously contemplate suicide daily).

[fly on the wall]

I'm bipolar. I go up and then down, mania and depression. My depressions are cyclical and when I recover from them I know they will re-occur. My depressions have gotten longer as I have gotten older. The last one lasted 4 years and was characterized with thousands of panic attacks along with depressions, mild hallucinations and suicidal thoughts. Also it wrecked my job and I had to get a new job.

I take three drugs in hopes of preventing the next depression but I'm realistic, nothing will stop the next depression. I also try to get lots of sleep and I do not drink caffiene. I'm always trying to come up with some new gimmick that will forestall depression.

Sometimes I have long manias. I'm very creative during mania but easily irritated. I became very popular on this board during my last extended mania, but that was long ago and now I'm just any other poster. Maybe it's better that way. I don't really like the manias because you become sex-obsessed and mania always means there is a big depression on the horizon.

[Mike Pothier]

did you get any help?

Somewhat. I've tried a few antidepressant pills in the past, but I hate the side effects they have, plus I don't want to be hooked on pills the rest of my life. I probably need some therapy.

[howyadoin]

Been dealing with it on a regular basis the past year or so.

[Puma]

Been dealing with it on a regular basis the past year or so.

Same here. Been trying to exercise regularly, sleep enough, and restrict alcohol consumption.

[Asmith]

About two years ago I was woefully and suicidally depressed. I sort help, used anti-depressants for only a couple of months, and came out the other side feeling pretty good. A result I wouldn't have believed possible at the start of it.

If this question of yours is comming from a personal place and you'd like to talk further and privately about it, feel free to PM me.

[Asmith]

Same here. Been trying to exercise regularly, sleep enough, and restrict alcohol consumption.

Three things that are very beneficial. Though often a new perspective or outlook is a great help as well.

[dupont2005]

i feel like i'm suffering from it right now. i don't feel sad, but i'm always tired, never hungry, and quit looking for a job a long time ago. i'm too lazy to fill out the paperwork i am supposed to mail off asap, i keep forgetting to call my former employer about a navigation system they owe me, which i need to get so i can gift it at christmas time......

i hope it turns around soon. i'm going to start a business as soon as my equipment arrives and i learn how to use it. i think it will be fun, but i am not terribly optimistic on the revenue aspect of it. i just need to do something that isn't flipping burgers and need to do it fast since my unemployment looks like it's going to run out in a month

[Puma]

Three things that are very beneficial. Though often a new perspective or outlook is a great help as well.

This is where I am having my greatest difficulty. It is very easy to go into a deep funk right now. I have been using a small dosage of welbutrin to try and counter the tendency while working on visualization techniques.

[Reptisaurus!]

I'm bipolar. I go up and then down, mania and depression. My depressions are cyclical and when I recover from them I know they will re-occur. My depressions have gotten longer as I have gotten older. The last one lasted 4 years and was characterized with thousands of panic attacks along with depressions, mild hallucinations and suicidal thoughts. Also it wrecked my job and I had to get a new job.

So you're not aborting rats anymore?

Shit, dude. That's horrible. I really feel for you.

[Justin K.]

I feel like it's something I can't talk about to anyone anymore, which in a sense, is pretty crummy. If it is family, usually to them, I'm just being melodramatic, and friends, well why I call them friends is beyond me, because it's all the same old from them, same advice from everyone when I have followed it without succession.

I have my highs and I have my lows. I'm not sure why I could be happy for a couple days, then be bad for a week, then be good again for a little bit, be bad again, rinse, repeat, and all that stuff. Some things set me off easier than others, though I hate to be the type that pities himself. I don't want to be that way, but at the same time, I want someone to talk to.

[Slugger]

I never had anything close to depression until this past few months. I finished college and couldn't find a job in my field, it was super frustrating.

I've kind of pulled out of it lately with my writing. It's kept me busy.