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EchosOfLife

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Posted: 02-26-07 05:43am

I know my problems probably don't compare to most of the people who post here. but i have absolutely no one to talk to atm.

The last 4 years of my life have just completely messed me up mentally and physically.

I lost my dad at the start of my junior year to a pulminary embelis at home. Watching my dad stop breathing wrecked me. Then after that everything just kept spiralling. I lost my virginity later that school year (i don't even know why, i was really adament about waiting till marriage) which led to another series of problems i.e. the girl faking a pregnancy on me (gaining weight and wearing sweats to school, the whole 9 yards). a year later she finally told me that she had gotten her period 2 weeks late and was afraid to tell me after she had said she was pregnant. i understand that its somthing that happens when you are sexually active. but my mom is an OBGYN and my dad was the parent i confided in so i wasn't left with anyone to go to (in my mind). My junior year i was lucky if i slept an hour a night. I'd lay down and try to sleep and my mind would just race for hours and hours and then it'd be time to go to school. Turns out i was lucky enough to pick a sociopath to share my first experience with as it really didn't stop w/ the preg. thing, then it turned into 'u need to go get checked' etc etc

i know this a lot of explanation for a few things but bare with me its pretty much what messed up everything else.

Coming into this whole thing i was a 4.0 student who excelled musically on several instruments. I managed to hold my 4.0 junior year, but things started slipping hard as i turned to downers to get away from everything. Even though i almost dropped the ball my senior year i ended up a National Merit Finalist which landed me a full ride for college. which i then blew like an fool when i got really depressed at school adn started sleeping through classes and becoming a recluse. I then proceeded to repeat teh process at another school which now means i cant get gov loans for school, which doesn't really matter i guess considering most colleges will look at my previous performance and assume that i am incompetent. In the middle of this i managed to get myself tied to someone who was very emotionally abusive towards me. I was so stupid looking back. I was pretty much used for 2 years or the 2 and a half. The sad thing about it is i was so 'in love' (or so i thought) that i woudl have married her. I changed a lot about hwo i was for her and that combined with me letting my future slip through my fingers haunts me. There is a lot of other caca im leaving out but i'll just cut to the summary.

I just feel so useless anymore. Nothing is fun. Not even music is fun for me anymore. Hanging out with friends is just a chore. I have a hopeless romantic desire to be with someone. but at the same time i hate people w/ a passion. No one is real with anyone it seems. Everything is a veil of lies (and i know what ur thinking 'welcome to life') I've had suicidal thoughts from time to time over the last few years, unfortunately quite a bit recently. it scares me to be able to play otu killing myself in my head w/ a hint of feeling wrong. But at teh same time I have literally thrown my life down the drain. I should be almost out of college on the way to grad school but im a doing it dead beat with a dead end job and no hopes of changing anything. My existance really isn't worth anything to me adn i can't seem to shake myself of it.

I'm not putting this out here as a sob story which is probably what it looks like. I just don't get anything out of life anymore and I have no idea how to change it. I mean if nothing is exciting or fun what reason do we have to live?

[[on a side note, i haven't talked to anyone about some of this so be gentle]]
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tinkinpink84

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Posted: 02-26-07 05:51am

crazy , ive been there and went through some of that. I would probably try and seek counceling of some sort, especially before you get into any relationships with anyone in the future. You may not see it right now because you are too depressed but once you are mentally and physically better you will see the reasons to live, Its not normal to have thoughts of suicide either , that should be a red flag to seek counceling. Losing loved ones is the hardest , i can see how it affected you so much sicne you pretty much watched them die. I was in the same boat with my grandfather. Signs of depression are , no longer enjoying things u used to enjoy, changes in apetite and sleep patterns. suicidial thoughts, weight loss or gain etc there are a bunch more but to me it sounds like youve gone down the path of depression and medication and counceling can help you out alot. but you definately have to stick with seeing a counseler to benefit from it 100%
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imaginary

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Posted: 02-26-07 06:11am

Yah!I too think that you must go for counselling..
Nothing is impossible in our life.You dont feel that you are lost..I could find that you are really depressed..Even if we say anything also..it wont go into ur mind..So I plea U to better go for a counselling..
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catswold

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Posted: 02-28-07 13:05pm

Hi Echos....
I'm not a doctor, but it really appears to me that your father's death affected you much more so than you may think. I would say you seem depressed, as the others said. Depression is a chemical change in your body. The changes probably occurred when your father died. Since you lost your confidant with his death, I believe you need to talk with either a doctor, counselor or pastor. Someone you feel comfortable with. If you don't like the first person you try, don't give up. Keep trying until you find the right confidant for you. Either this doctor or your family doctor might consider prescribing an anti-depressant to correct your chemical imbalance. There are so many different kinds of medications out there that you, again, can't give up if the first one doesn't seem to work.

I'm hearing good things about the new anti-d called Cymbalta. I may be trying it myself. I currently take Prozac for pain relief and depression. I've been very happy with it, but it just doesn't seem to work as well anymore.

Life can be very confusing and interesting. You are too young to think that you have messed up your life. So life didn't go the way you thought it would right after high school. Accept that and now get to work on "fixing" what you feel is wrong. That is actually what life is. We are constantly having to "fix" things. That makes life interesting (and so very frustrating and irritating too).

I understand your hate feelings towards people. This is something I struggle with. But in your case the chemical imbalance may be the main problem. Work with the medications and see how that helps.

Please take care of yourself. Internet support sites can be a great resource for support, so it is good that you wrote. I hope to hear from you again.

God bless...
Carol
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