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depression, does it get any better?

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    #32
    Jumpy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭Jumpy


    Can I recommend this be transferred to Personal Issues? There will be a much bigger response for him.


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    #33
    nesf
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    Jumpy wrote: »
    Can I recommend this be transferred to Personal Issues? There will be a much bigger response for him.

    Quality of replies is more important than volume imho.


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    tbh
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    the op started the thread here, so I'll leave it here, but yeah - op, if you do want me to move it, just let me know.


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    LegacyUser
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    I have been depressed on and off for about 17 years, and when the need arises I go back on Prozac, I have finally come to the conclusion that I will be taking prozac on and off for the rest of my life . . . . and hey so what . . . if it helps me cope and live a normal life . . . what ever normal is . I really hated myself and was in to self mutalation . . . but seeing a very good psychologist helped and he gave me tools to deal with life . . . . but sometimes things just get you so far down it's hard to come back up to the surface . . . and it's recognising this that helps me . . . and I hit the prozac again . . . . I'm thinking of building a shrine to prozac . . . when I'm on it everyday's a sunshine day. When i feel the depression decending I have morbid thoughts and thoughts run around and around in my head, I'm very snappy, tired but stil unable to sleep at night waking around 3 in the morning. The underlying problem needs to be dealt with and you definately need professional help . . . panic attacks are dreadful . . . but i've learned to control them . . . and not let them get all out of hand . . . . the ones in the middle of the night are the worst . . . it's a shame there's such a stigma attached to depression because I think if people were more open we would all be surprised by who suffers from depression. and you should never be ashamed of how you're feeling . . . . they're your feelings and you own them nobody else can feel your pain or suffering, so you need to get to a doctor and get yourself on some anti depressants, and if they're not working within a month go back and get the script change til you find something that does work . . . believe me you will feel much better taking something . . . and as for getting some therapy . . as bad and all as you feel now you'll feel 10 times worse when going through your therapy . . . cause everything you've blocked or hidden away comes out and has to be dealt with and with that comes a lot of emotion but you will wake up one morning and you will realise you don't feel as bad as you did. As for suicide attempts . . . yes i've tried . . . and you know I dont' feel ashamed . . . because I can look back down that well and see how low I felt . . . I hope you get the help you need because life can be good . . . and stop feeling ashamed of your depression . . . you have to forgive people for their ignorance


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