Joined: 05 Dec 2004 Posts: 51 Location: New Orleans
Just a Few Questions.... Posted: 01-05-05 14:29pm
Hey everyone, I am 19 years old and
depressed. I know that many people think
that 19 is too young of an age to be in a
depressed state. I do have a history of
depression/anger management. I have been
treated before but find that the meds.
Only make me sleep;and that's what I do
when i'm depressed anyways.
2 years ago my depression sort of
lingered on hold. I met my fiance and he
turned my world around. I had nothing to
be depressed about, or so I thought.
About 10 months ago I started to slip
back into it. You know how you just know?
Well...It was extreemely hard to go along
with everyday life when all I wanted to do
was sleep. Sleeping is my first red flag.
When the only interest I have is
sleep,i'm in trouble. I buckeled down and
finally told my my fiance' what was going
on with me and everything about my past
issues w/ depression. He claimed to
understand. For the next couple of weeks
he would gently encourage me to get up and
about and take my mind off of my problems.
It worked....For a bit.
In november I started to catch myself
making negative statements for no reason.
When I am depressed I am not the nicest of
people to get along with. Its to the
point where I am being forced to seek
medical attention by everyone around me.
:evil: I know that not everyone has or
suffers from depression, but I do know
that not everyone's brain is perfectly
balanced. I know that I need the meds.
But then there's that side of me who
refuses to take any because there is no
problem.
As you can probably read, I am not the
most descriptive of people :wink: . I
found a job and am happy with it...Just
not myself. I really wish I could
pinpoint the problem that i'm having.
It's just such a wide range of
difficulties. My upbringing was barely
minimum. I did recieve what many kids
don't have. A parent who loves them and
who would do everything for them. But
when it comes to being emotionially
detached from people at the age of 7,
something can't be right.
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mjk
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 8 Location: Baltimore
Something Cant Be Right Posted: 01-07-05 02:44am
Sweetie! You have good instincts, follow
them! :d sounds like you know something
is missing. Why don't you get yourself a
counselor who can talk to you and get the
support that you need? A counselor might
provide some insight. Also counseling
would take the pressure off your fiance,
and you could get someone objective to
help--someone from the outside of your
life who you can ''vent'' to without risk.
Depression is so common, and you are
lucky in that at your age you do have some
good insight into yourself--that gives you
a head start! Medication helps a lot of
people, but if it is not enough, try
acupuncture too--try to open to that
because for mood, it has proved very
effective. I suggest getting traditional
five element chinese acupuncture because
it treats your whole self, body and mind,
spirit. Maybe your fiance and you feel
''weighted''by this...I don't know. If
so, a counselor might take some ''weight''
off of the relationship! Trust that you
have healthy instincts and that something
healthy inside of you right now is
''raising her hand'' to get your
attention...Call on that bright young
woman! I have to give myself pep talks
sometimes to help me do what's healthy.
''health'' is a word that at your age
especially should be in our vocabularies
but usually isn't. You will feel better
but there is no ''magic''. Actually
there's you, which is better than magic,
because you are real. Lots of people
suffer from depression...It's good that
you reached out to a forum like
this...Let's all look for health in our
relationships, even with ourselves! I
need to try to follow my own advice too!
Good luck!
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jurplesman
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 139 Location: Sydney Australia
Posted: 01-18-05 02:19am
Hello unknowing girl.
I just read your post.
Please investigate the connection between
hypoglycemia and depression. I am sure
you can be helped without recourse to
drugs.
I have lupus and depression sometimes
comes along with. For years I researched
how to kill myself. I was actually
making plans. I have a great son and a
wonderful, understanding husband. I look
at myself and think I have no reason to be
depressed yet I am. So I went to the
doctor and got on effexor. I've been
taking it for years. I feel fine, and I
can hangle anything without loosing my
noodle.
As one gets older depression is typical.
And a couple of years ago I noticed my
husband always talking negatively about
everything. We have a great life, a
beautiful home, everything anybody would
want, yet he was depressed. So I took
him to our family doctor and got him a
script of effexor too. Now everything is
better.
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