Depression

[roy.or.r]

I am so sorry for the people who suffer from clinical depression. I know how it is. I don’t suffer but I have my days sometimes. I had a friend from the university who used to suffer from it and he never let us know. We didn’t see any signs either and one day he ended up taking his life. I still feel me or my other friends close to him should have been a bit more vigilant.

 

[brooklandsblue2.0]

Thankfully I’ve never suffered from depression or anxiety it sounds awful and can’t imagine what it’s like feeling like that everyday.

One thing I think we have to be careful of, particularly in younger people is how we label things. For example my best mate said a few weeks ago that his child has “exam anxiety” (in front of the kid) and I was thinking I used to get nervous at school at exam times (didn’t we all?!) and labelling it as “anxiety” when there’s loads of stuff all over the media about this disorder could potentially lead to the kid thinking a perfectly normal feeling is something more sinister?

 

[BrianW]

Clinical depression is horrible, trust me, been there, done that, got the tee-shirt. Took me about 10 years to really come round, the right drugs helped, as did (eventually) getting to see a shrink who knew what the crack was. 9/10 GPs haven't a scooby.

I have a young cousin-by-marriage who has tried to kill himself about three times. Lovely lad. The sort you might want your daughter to marry if you knew him. But he's there at the back of my mind all the time, because I know that one day he might just succeed. What it must be like to be his Mum, Dad or girlfriend I shudder to think. I'd not be able to sleep.

A lot of people think depression is just like feeling low - as everyone in the world is some of the time. It's not. It's multiple times worse, and very hard to explain to anyone who hasn't experienced it.

So if you think you are depressed - don't shrug it off. Get help ASAP. The quicker it is sorted, the smaller the hassle and the danger.

 

[peoffrey]

The problem is that GP's have to have a good all round knowledge of all health ailments. It's the specialists who will really help you. There's not enough funding in the NHS for everyone to see good psychiatrists. Privately I imagine they charge £50 an hour.

Mental health and anxiety will get worse when so many abuse their bodies with drink and drugs. There's an entire generation using cocaine socially now which wasn't the case when I was young. They're reliant on it to help them fit in. You shouldn't always socialise via a smartphone...

 

[Holcombe bloo]

It's important for you to know, whether they expresses it or not, having a family member look out for them is their anchor to existence. It's validation and forgiveness for their perception of being a fuck up.

I'm really happy for her, strange as that sounds, that she has someone to catch her.

You're good people and a very small percentage fall into that category.

Thanks pal She knows and tells us all, we are A close family. She is booked into see a private consultant after quarantining as she has been in contact with me and I have Covid symptoms and positive. So hopefully we can turn a corner soon. I hope you have somebody to fall back on pal and if not drop me a pm anytime bud.

 

[Bigga]

Huge fucking downturn today. Almost as low as I felt 3 weeks ago when I was tempted. Hate these cycles.

Watched footy but it's not cheered me up.

I feel like if I could up and leave I would save my own life. It's probably just the way I feel in this funk, but fuck this pandemic for stopping me.

I was doing so well by ignoring everything, but not everything ignores you.

I wonder if anyone can tell me how easy it is to just start elsewhere and leave everything behind?

It'll give me something to look to.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Huge fucking downturn today. Almost as low as I felt 3 weeks ago when I was tempted. Hate these cycles.

Watched footy but it's not cheered me up.

I feel like if I could up and leave I would save my own life. It's probably just the way I feel in this funk, but fuck this pandemic for stopping me.

I was doing so well by ignoring everything, but not everything ignores you.

I wonder if anyone can tell me how easy it is to just start elsewhere and leave everything behind?

It'll give me something to look to.

Don't have any answers mate, but see it as you say for what it is - a cycle. Toxic combo of the pandemic/lockdown, shorter / darker days ect.

 

[justsaying]

Thanks for responses, it’s quite extreme depression and resistant to even large doses of anti depressants and just about every alternative treatment has been tried. We are quite desperate as alongside serious other physical medical condition another 20 years of this level of depression Doesn’t bare thinking about. I have doubts we’d get through another two.

Sometimes more than one antidepressant is required, psychology along with meds is a must. for treatment resistant other option includes ECT and TMS ( Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation ).

 

[Bigga]

Don't have any answers mate, but see it as you say for what it is - a cycle. Toxic combo of the pandemic/lockdown, shorter / darker days ect.

It's really mentally tough today I, actually, don't want to sleep and dreading the night for some reason.

Sometimes more than one antidepressant is required, psychology along with meds is a must. for treatment resistant other option includes ECT and TMS ( Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation ).

I'm on course to be doing a psych sess with new meds.

It's difficult waiting to be seen when the cycles start for me.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Huge fucking downturn today. Almost as low as I felt 3 weeks ago when I was tempted. Hate these cycles.

Watched footy but it's not cheered me up.

I feel like if I could up and leave I would save my own life. It's probably just the way I feel in this funk, but fuck this pandemic for stopping me.

I was doing so well by ignoring everything, but not everything ignores you.

I wonder if anyone can tell me how easy it is to just start elsewhere and leave everything behind?

It'll give me something to look to.

Take care Bigga. I’ve had some bad times in the last 10 years and wanted to run away and actually thought about living on the streets once just to escape. Keep fighting it man because next week might be a good one. CBT was my saviour. I walked in and my therapist was about 30 years old. My initial reaction was “what the fuck would someone your age know about me and my thoughts”. She was an absolute star and got me to start thinking about things differently. I had anxiety that bad at one point, I thought it was going to kill me. She and the drugs helped tremendously. Four years on and I don’t take them anymore. I still have lots of moments and bad thoughts now and again but not as bad. It can get better however down you feel.