Antidepressant

[Krissy Cakes]

I would try something natural like St. John's Wort and SAM-E. Just my opinion as some antidepressants have side affect.

God Bless you

 

[KnowHisJoy77]

Eat healthy, no sugar or processed food is a great start. Sugar for me is a poison and messes up my mood big time. Lots of water and exercise daily! I know, I know depressed people have no desire to exercise but force it and do it, tell friends to help and drag you out in the open to hike, swimm, take dance classes, just keep moving in a good pace..and of course, feed upon the Word, pray, play worship praises songs, be part of a community of faith, do not isolate yourself.

GOD BLESS YOU!

 

[Rebecca Sue]

Just wanted to add I worked in nutrition for years and SAM-e can be helpful as can St Johns Wort, but be sure and check side effects on both. I know St Johns Wort can make birth control pills not work as well as they should. Just wanted to add this, hope you feel better soon. Said a prayer for you.

 

[mimibeloved]

Thank you dear sister and brother. I am reading up on all of this and will try whatever will work. I have a healthy lifestyle and have even dragged myself out of bed every weekend to go walk over the mountain. Maybe without that I would have been worse. Otherwise I just seem to head for bed all the time, just lying there. What a no-life. Depression steals your life.

 

[ToBeBlessed]

Otherwise I just seem to head for bed all the time, just lying there. What a no-life. Depression steals your life.

So true. People without a mental illness have no idea.

 

[Geforcefly1]

I apologize in advance if this is a long message, but I thought I'd get it out of my system instead of it building up and blowing up in my face.

Depression and anxiety have been ugly things for many years. When I'm functioning normally, I would be one of the nicest guys one could ever meet.

The first major ugly thing happened 16 years ago when my first GF dumped me when I was 16 (I didn't know better not to also date her friends. Seriously, nobody told me this). It took me a year to get over and there were times where I was SO lonely that I felt as though no one cared about me. That was a life-changing time, and not for the better. To help ease the pain I would try to hug (seemingly, not literally) just about any girl/lady if at all possible for comfort. I wanted a shoulder to cry on. It didn't work out too well as others looked at me negatively towards hugging for the most part. I didn't know what the rules were or anything like that. I was completely broken inside. This also started what I would call "highly allergic to being single."

I started to go to church on a regular basis at age 17.

Not long after I was put on the generic equivalents of Zoloft and Klonopin to help control this. Unfortunately, these drugs, although they help with my anxiety and depression, allowing me to function properly, are addictive and can't go without taking them without bad withdrawal symptoms.

Living with my grandmother for 7 years also didn't help much. I felt I was treated like a child, not a grown young man. My depression would be so bad at times that I would try to hurt myself (and think of suicidal thoughts). When I met an ex-GF at a church in 2008, things seemed to be a WHOLE lot better. I was in a relationship (which made me happy and I felt wanted and cared for, but it lasted 7 months and then I was miserable again), and encouraged me to move out of my grandmother's and into my Mom's house. It was so much better there.

The bad depression would kick in a lot as I tried searching high and low for single women who would ignore my presence (and it wasn't like I was an ugly man). The main reason for the depression was that everyone I knew were either in a relationship or married (and I was not). That made me feel so lonely. I could be in a huge crowd and I would be invisible. Really, the only single person I knew was my mother. Sometimes the depression would interfere with my normal function.

I would constantly pray (and be prayed for) that I would meet my soulmate.

But then in 2010, I met my current GF through a mutual friend, and declared the relationship official on August 10, 2010. Ever since then, even though this is a long-distance relationship that has me seeing her 4-5 times a year for 2 weeks at a time, these have been the happiest years of my life. Instead of me feeling lonely, my heart grows fonder for her as the time passes between her and I seeing each other. I love this woman very much and there are times that marriage is brought up. I thank God that she is in my life, and if, for whatever reason, it ultimately doesn't work out, her and I will be friends, unlike all my other ex's who I never see again.

I tried to wean myself off the meds to no avail, mainly due to higher irritability and poor stress management.

 

[mimibeloved]

I wonder if feeling depressed due to being lonely is not actually grief instead. After losing my two loved ones, I've been deeply depressed but no anxiety at all.
Anyway, I finally went onto citalopram for a couple of weeks and it really works, starting to work after only a few days. Side effects are unfortunately a lot of yawning and inability to wake up in the morning which was fine while I was on leave but there is no way I will cope with work as from monday. So I went off the pills yesterday. I know I shouldn't but I don't know what else to do. I have some SJW in the fridge but have not tried it yet because it affects hrt.