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Anybody suffered with this? I know a lot of people do, but not all go and get an appointment and relevent medication.
I suppose the real question i need answering is, are the drugs they prescribe actually all that?
Honestly think....no actually i KNOW, i suffer quite bad with it. I think i have now got to the stage where i can no longer put it off.
Thanks in advance.
I suppose the real question i need answering is, are the drugs they prescribe actually all that?
Honestly think....no actually i KNOW, i suffer quite bad with it. I think i have now got to the stage where i can no longer put it off.
Thanks in advance.
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Depression is a myth. People who feel down feel sorry for themselves, do the same things they usually do and feel depressed. If your life is getting you down then change it!! Don't repeat the same old drab existence that is 'depressing' you.
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treid it once, but felt let down by the whole thing.
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Think you've been a bit harsh there Cubanpete.Depression is a recognised illness.Millions of people suffer from it over the world.I dont think it's just a case of making a life adjustment and suddenly the world becomes all rosey.
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indeed ,it's the way the brain interprtes a given situation
cuban pete on a beach with a beer surrounded by brazillian beauties would be in his element , a depressed soul would still be depressed |
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Are depressed people teetotal homosexuals in disguise then?
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canaryboy is
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Have you heard about the AA man? He's heading for a breakdown .
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^ I wasn't depressed, but I am now
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Eeeyore 05 May 12 10:47
Have you heard about the AA man? He's heading for a breakdown . ___________  |
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boggle.....I was just about to post my harrowing story, but seeing yours I think better not, otherwise there
could be a mass suicide on here. |
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cubanpete is right. depressed people get on my t***
if they were on a beach theyd just complain about it being to hot |
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'if you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change'
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You cannot tell, just by looking at a man, where his shoes are pinching.
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this is why you get a lot of drunk depressives
its because their glass is always half empty |
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A lot of people who have suffered from depression are not noticeably complainers.
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You can never judge a book by it's cover
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Too many cooks spoil the broth!
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Many things said in jest
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Be serious please. The first you will hear about your your (male) friend's depression is when you hear that he jumped in front of a train. It's easy to mock, but if men were a bit better at recognising their weaknesses there would be fewer suicides.
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Man who have hole in pocket feel cocky all day.
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Always look on the bright side of life
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Every cloud has a silver lining
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I think that is a wee bit trite. Dementia and other forms of illness can suddenly hit a person, completely out of the blue and one of the most upsetting parts of it are a sense of powerlessness over it when formerly life was in the palm of one's hand.
Life hangs by the slenderest of threads. |
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so hold me close don't let me go
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One of the problems as Cubanpete fails to realise is that clinical depression is not the same as feeling depressed although we use the same word.
I know people with depression and when it hits them they are totally unable to function even to getting out of bed, changing their clothes and washing and doing the normal everyday things we all take for granted. When they are not suffering they can be perfectly normal and as optimistic and happy as the rest of us. But they still live in dread of waking up one morning and finding the "black dog's" got them again. Having depression is not the same as feeling depressed ie a bit down and sorry for yourself. Mental illness is as real as physical illness and fortunately although you wouldn't think it after reading some of the idiots on here it is slowly becoming more understood by the general public. For many sufferers it does seem to have a physical link brought on by the release of certain chemicals or hormones in the body and for some the drugs can have a life changing affect. |
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Cubanpete thinks Tottenham and Tottenham Court Road are the same kind of place, i wouldn't give too much credit to his words
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good post, bix.
"clinical depression is not the same as feeling depressed" i'd never really thought about it like that. |
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… and I will second bix's comments. We are all slaves to our physiology ~ in spite of popular twentieth century armchair psycho-babble (but many of you will take credit for more than I think you deserve).
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clinical depression is not the same as feeling depressed
Yup. I have a lot to say on this, but don't have the time at the mo. Will post later. |
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It's still all a myth. We live in a society where people seem to be happy if they have a condition or label they can attatch to themselves so they aren't to blame for their thoughts, words or actions. Man up and grow a pair is what I say.
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I'm sorry, I'm not having that Pete.
I know four people who've committed suicide - two are friend's parents. Both were millionaires (it would obviously have emerged in probate that they weren't, should it be otherwise). In fact one was making money hand over fist when he stepped in front of a car. I cannot think what possessed them, but obviously they were in a terrible place (mentally). It's not just a case of feeling sorry for yourself. |
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Witness Gary Speed........
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I'm sorry to hear that History Maker.
Money is no guarantee of happiness. Often those with little wealth and/or assets are the happiest. Those with money, often want more and more which leads to them chasing their tails and then wondering what the point to it is. |
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Sorry, I should probably have elaborated. Money def doesn't 'buy' you happiness but it makes life easier.
The reason that I mentioned the 'millionaire' thing is to emphasize that they were both successful, 'functioning in real life' people. Both self-made. You would never, in a million years, have guessed that either of these guys would top themselves. Well, I wouldn't anyway. |
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Cubanpete.
I do understand where you are coming from, however: just in case your sense of continuing and enduring control over your own mental health, immunity or invincibility fails to keep you hale and hearty, even in later life, when sudden onset of, for example, manic depression is not unknown, I hope that you will be treated with some compassion and understanding. |
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it's the mis-use of money - money in it's own right is fine .
just because you're a tr/b/m/illionaire ,why would that stop you from visiting the local pub or driving a battered car if that's what you so desire |
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or going on holiday to Blackpool ?
sorry ,thats going too far  |
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Spain is cheap enough
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Dont we all suffer from Depression,i do.
Medication?.....My Mother was on Medication and she was walking around like a Zombie most of the time. |