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- Thu Sep 24, 2009 9:42 am
- Forum: Living with Depression and other Related Health Concerns
- Topic: Despair
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4509
Despair
My morning is filled with despair. This depression is crushing the life out of me. I don't get any emotional support from my husband. I get support with making dinner and doing chores if I don't feel up to it but I don't get any hugs with him encouraging me to "hang on". The feelings of ho...
- Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:37 am
- Forum: Living with Depression and other Related Health Concerns
- Topic: Gone off of an anti-depressant
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3546
I am on Cymbalta right now and have been toying with the idea of going off it to see how much worse I am. I am not sure it is doing much for me now either. It seemed to help a lot in the beginning. Are you going to try another drug? Are you doing talk therapy as another way to combat your depression?
- Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:39 am
- Forum: Other Thoughts, Feelings and Messages
- Topic: The Darkness
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2554
The Darkness
The darkness is overwhelming today. I had a very tough therapy session yesterday that left me feeling full of shame and rage. I want to self harm so badly yet I know that is not a good solution. I just feel the need to act out on this extreme anger and hatred I feel for myself. The deep despair is p...
- Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:56 am
- Forum: Living with Depression and other Related Health Concerns
- Topic: It feels so hopeless
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11691
- Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:44 am
- Forum: Other Thoughts, Feelings and Messages
- Topic: Hypnosis - a clinical viewpoint
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2991
- Sun Sep 20, 2009 5:09 pm
- Forum: Living with Depression and other Related Health Concerns
- Topic: Mentally: A Little Better, Physically: Beat Up!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4092
- Sun Sep 20, 2009 2:23 pm
- Forum: Living with Depression and other Related Health Concerns
- Topic: Darkness Reigns
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1817
Darkness Reigns
Today is cloaked in darkness and my exhaustion is overwhelming. I have managed to have a shower this morning and ingest 2 bananas: one for breakfast and one for lunch. The need to disappear into nothing is very strong. The need to escape and separate from my life is also very strong. I am engulfed i...
- Sun Sep 20, 2009 2:09 pm
- Forum: Living with Depression and other Related Health Concerns
- Topic: It feels so hopeless
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11691
- Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:31 pm
- Forum: Living with Depression and other Related Health Concerns
- Topic: It feels so hopeless
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11691
It's now Saturday and nothing has changed as far as my state of despair. Nothing can pull me out. I took a few Ativans last night so I did sleep thankfully but today the same suffocating sadness is squeezing the life out of me. I am unable to shower or change clothes. I am unable to take anything in...
- Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:37 pm
- Forum: New Member Introductions
- Topic: I know its not just me, but I have had a bad few days
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4386
- Sat Sep 19, 2009 9:54 am
- Forum: New Member Introductions
- Topic: My firstest post
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1939
Hi - I am Mich (46) also in the grips of major depression. I am glad you got the courage up to join the board. I just joined yesterday. It is so hard to know how to keep going when the beast strikes. What has worked for you in the past? I wish I had a magic answer for you. I try like heck to distrac...
- Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:34 pm
- Forum: Living with Depression and other Related Health Concerns
- Topic: It feels so hopeless
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11691
It feels so hopeless
I just got back from my psychiatrist's office. He does my therapy as well as my meds and I wanted to explain to him how desperate and how bad I am feeling but I just couldn't get it to come out right. I can never adequately convey my suffering and that pains me greatly. I want someone to understand ...
- Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:56 am
- Forum: Profiles
- Topic: ECT was the last resort
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9056
Monty - thanks for posting your thoughts on ECT. I am just about at the end of my rope with meds and your post has given me the courage to explore the ECT option. All I know is I can't continue like this. I also appreciate you sharing your story. It takes courage to do that and I hope it has made yo...
- Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:41 am
- Forum: New Member Introductions
- Topic: Hi All
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2632
Hi All
I just joined the forum today. I am a 46 year old woman who was diagnosed with major depression 4.5 years ago. I am also in recovery from anorexia. I am having a particularly rough time right now with severe depression. I feel like I am going to be completely swallowed up by it. The darkness, hopele...