I just finished posting a reply to someone who needed help. I thought to myself, forget your problems and give advice or comfort to someone else. I have suffered with depression all of my life and fought it all the way but I lose. I gave myself to Christ when I was 26 and it has been a struggle. I come from an abusive family and that was part of my problem. I have forgiven them but sometimes the pain creeps up on me and I explode. There is no reason for it sometimes, it just happens. I want to be a better mother and wife and I pray to the Lord to help me. I suffer from extreme headaches and neckpain and eat myself out my misery most days, so now I have a weight problem. I am so thankful for my salvation but the pain and suffering, which I know does not compare to Christ, feels to diificult to bare some days. I'm up, I'm down... a rollercoaster. i have seen doctors, therapists, etc. and I hate being on medicine. I want to overcome it spiritually. Today I made my family leave me as they went to church. My head was hurting so bad that I couldn't see or think. I even started crying, which I don't do. It hurts now but I don't have anywhere to go and I am hoping that venting will help. I know that this will all end one day but the here and now is hard. I have painkillers and all types of anti-depression medicine in my bathroom that I should be taking to "help" but they just make me feel more disconnected. I need your prayers. I want the pain to go away so I can help others more. Sorry for all of the complaining and God bless.
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I'm so sorry for how you're feeling, and I can empathize completely. I reached a point where I felt truly overwhelmed. Migraines and crying and just hopelessness. I know you say you don't want to go on meds, but for me, they've given me back my SELF. They are finding that depression is a physical ailment of the brain. It's not mental. It's a physical disease. If you had pneumonia, would you neglect to take your meds to clear up your lungs? When I take my antidepressants I can function. I feel like myself. It does occasionally make me a little dizzy or off balance, but I can paint, I can get out of bed, I don't cry over nothing. I feel like who I AM, not someone else, and not like I'm living in a fog. They REALLY help me.
If the meds make you feel bad, talk about getting on something else. There are many antidepressants and some work better for different people. Please take care of yourself. Prayer, meditation, love of family, all can help. But you may need more. And that's nothing to be ashamed of.
Hugs to you, and please take care of yourself.
If the meds make you feel bad, talk about getting on something else. There are many antidepressants and some work better for different people. Please take care of yourself. Prayer, meditation, love of family, all can help. But you may need more. And that's nothing to be ashamed of.
Hugs to you, and please take care of yourself.
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