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I'm on my third or fourth depression medication. I'm currently on 187.5 mg of Venlafaxine/Effexor. I feel like everytime they increase my dose, for a few days I get very emotionally detached, want to SH like crazy and make impulse buys. Then a few days later my depression gets more severe and I feel...

me and my mother don't get on too well. (well at all) sometimes i hear her calling me in a loud voice- like you say, only in my head.. i could be in a totally diffrent location to her and when i hear it i have to stop what i'm doing and i get the shivers. do you think that your boss has caused you ...

I know this most likely happens to everyone once in a while, when you think someone calls you. But lately it happens a lot, I clearly hear as if someone calls or yells my name. One time it happened at work, I thought my boss yelled my name (but I'm 100% he didn't) and I went looking around.. Then re...

For a long time I felt as if depression was keeping me from doing a lot of things, like not being able to have a proper job after graduating. Now that I somehow achieved that, I feel like I should be happy, but I'm not! I feel that I couldn't do this forever because it's so mentally exhausting. I ha...

Hi there, my first time doing a more or less proper introduction to any forum. I've been on and off on the depression chat and decided maybe I can get and give more help being on the depression forum.