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depression is a nasty place:hopeless::hopeless::hopeless:

i had undiagnosed depression for 10 years along with ME – i stayed at home, didnt see people for days at a time, didnt eat for some of the time, cried a lot about stupid things and was generally miserable and had no idea what was wrong with me:hopeless:

eventually i went to see my GP because i couldnt sleep well anymore and he put me on antidepressants – we tried 4 different ones but when we found one that suited me i felt amazing
after about a year i came off them and i feel much much better now and i am so glad i got treatment for it [at first i didnt want to believe i was depressed – in my family you just grinned nd got on with it]

good diet with lots of b vitamins in it is good and helps a lot and so does fresh air and exercise
not caning it too much all the time also helps:wink:

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i had counselling for a couple of years – it does help:groucho:

just over in dorking for the next two weeks then im moving to winchester for a year. should be riveting.

as for treatment of depression, i felt like pills (e) had sent me into depression in a way so i didnt want other ones to get out, i had a point to prove to myself. it made it very hard on others around me, some of whom tried to get me to take the anti depressants. councelling was a complete saviour, and it was thru my gp that i was refered to a free counceller as i was unemployed at the time. every week for four months, and i think ill get some more when im a but more settled, cos its just great having someone so passive to bounce your ideas off. it makes clarity of my thoughts.

the dark thing was was when i was in bristol two year sago, and suffering chrocilly from depression and anxiety, i went to the doctor who said i couldnt get councelling because of lack of funding, so i went untreated for another year, which was not great at all. it was only because i moved back where there more money (the south east) that i was treated properly at all, and a lot of people dont have that option. it is fucked right up. i would say depression is the worst illness ive ever had, and there simply isnt adequate provisiona nd funding for its treatment. i think change is happening, at its usual british crawl.

no its not

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at the time when it was worst i had no one at all in my life and my family said i should pull myself together – not a place in my life i remember with any pleasure

no friends, no internet [how did i get by without it?:groucho:], no social activities and a family that kept telling me i just needed to get on with it when i did speak to them

[ i still hate speaking to them on the phone to this day – always wonder what i am going to get told i am not doing right and how its all my fault :you_crazy:you_crazy no one wants to be that ill mentally or physically – its is not enjoyable:you_crazy:you_crazy:you_crazy]

it will be, thats my neck of the woods and the winchester area has seen some decent parties this year.

millions of people are depressed or have been sometime in their lifes…talking to someone definatly helps but the biggest boost i think is excercise pure and simple , just walking for half hour,running,swimming ,the list is endless it blows away the cobwebs sets your heart beating pumps the blood thru releases endorphins that make you feel alive…if i m down i just get out of the house ,an do one of them tings…i love to get out to the peaks i love the fresh air….i myself have been depressed in the past an i helped myself thru it…i think sometimes we are too hard on ourselfs i try not to take life so serious now days….life can be hard we all know that ,but nowadays you can go to the docs an make a appointment to see a councillor if you need to talk,..whenever i get to thinking about stuff that makes me sad,like i wish i could afford this i wish i could move away….i always think theres someone in a lot worse situation….we take for granted the little things like running water from a tap in the kitchen…when in other countries they have to walk miles for mucky water…we have homes,electricity,food, and i cant complain…..that is my way of dealing with life……..it works for me…but most important move about do something …..peace an love xxxx