I'm actually going to see a psychiatrist this time. [please give me your best advice]

[Allein]

^^ Guys let be honest with ourselves here.. EVERY HUMAN BEING ON EARTH gets "Major Depression" or "Anxiety" at sometimes in our lives... Is it like for you guys that you are feeling depressed like 100% of the day or something? I'm just trying to understand... I know manic people go from like one extreme to the other really quick right?

It may be that our understanding of the terms you are using are not the same, but I completely disagree with your statement.

Clearly everyone goes through hard times, bereavements, relationship problems or just plain life can get us all down from time to time, suggesting these feelings are the same as those that suffer from a mental health issue shows a lack of understanding that is unfortunately far from uncommon.

Depression, like all mental health issues can't be summed up in a few lines, it covers a wide range of symptoms and varying levels but IME 'every human being on earth' does not go through months or years living everyday with thoughts of suicide, hopelessness and desperate isolation. Whilst life events may be a contributing factor often these symptoms seem unrelated to the current situation, good things tend not to be recognised as such by someone who suffers from such things.

I'm not big on editing peoples posts but you might try and be a little more sensitive about your approach, your post came over as quite judgemental whilst at the same time proclaiming ignorance on the subject.

 

[a3therium]

@ghostman and for manic depression, which I have a family history of - I could be having a great day to begin with and then a switch flips and I could feel like bursting into tears; I could go from being in a bad mood to feeling on top of the world. I feel so happy I could float away and drift into my own sea of mania - thinking everything is golden; I could think that everyone actually hates me and feel as though my life is going nowhere. It's a little different between person to person. I'm just up and down, but there's a lot I do to not go from THOSE extremes although, there's always the inevitable pitfall as well as the total elation at the wrong, yet always appreciated time. It's hard to describe - and those are like the swings on a normal day, yet when you factor in my "triggers" and factor in situational triggers, well, I hope you understand!

 

[.::slow.cheetah::.]

@ghostman and for manic depression, which I have a family history of - I could be having a great day to begin with and then a switch flips and I could feel like bursting into tears; I could go from being in a bad mood to feeling on top of the world. I feel so happy I could float away and drift into my own sea of mania - thinking everything is golden; I could think that everyone actually hates me and feel as though my life is going nowhere. It's a little different between person to person. I'm just up and down, but there's a lot I do to not go from THOSE extremes although, there's always the inevitable pitfall as well as the total elation at the wrong, yet always appreciated time. It's hard to describe - and those are like the swings on a normal day, yet when you factor in my "triggers" and factor in situational triggers, well, I hope you understand!

I experience this daily... depression is nothing to be taken lightly. It can actually be 100% debilitating, the next day, for no reason, it is non existent. I really hope you find a good psychiatrist. It may take a while. I never had any luck with mine, unfortunately. Good for you for seeking help!

 

[gh0stmAn]

Hey guys yeah I admit its hard for someone like me that doesn't experience that kind of 'clinical' depression so I am just really trying to understand but after reading your guys posts It puts it in terms that now make sense to me and i have a better idea of just what your going through...

@a3therium - I tried to PM you man but you need to delete your inbox as you have exceeded your maximum storage, so basically i can't reply to you until you erase your inbox/sent messages folders.

 

[a3therium]

@slowcheetah I wish you well in your pursuit of happiness! I'm sorry to hear about your endeavors so far.

@ghostman It's a touchy thing! I didn't figure you meant to undermine it. and that's stupid lol I have 3 messages - lemme delete them. Everyone does experience bouts of depression; I'm sure that's what you meant although there's not really quite rhyme or reason to clinical depression / clinical disorders - it's just there and you have to work it out in a way that works for you.

 

[Allein]

Hey guys yeah I admit its hard for someone like me that doesn't experience that kind of 'clinical' depression so I am just really trying to understand but after reading your guys posts It puts it in terms that now make sense to me and i have a better idea of just what your going through...

@a3therium - I tried to PM you man but you need to delete your inbox as you have exceeded your maximum storage, so basically i can't reply to you until you erase your inbox/sent messages folders.

No problem, you were just asking and I didn't think you intended offence. I'm sure you have encountered people who use the term 'depression' to mean a wide range of things.

The clinical condition, IME is nothing like just feeling a bit down. I can best describe the feeling as falling down a dark well, you fall into the darkness believing that you will find the bottom and be able to start making you way back up and out. But you find yourself in darkness unable to see the light at all, there seems no hope of ever finding your way out. The constant feeling of impending doom the fatigue and the self loathing for being so weak. Snapping out of it just isnt going to happen and often it can be a long journey to get to grips with your own emotions and start rebuilding the very fabric of your life.

Everyone is different so my experience and views arent going to even start to cover the umbrella term of depression but it is a very real mental health issue that many suffer from at some stage in their lives.

 

[SaciPerere]

@SaciPerere I have several friends on Concerta and I've "sampled" it, but I don't really like it honestly - it makes me grind my teeth and get too anxious; the most unappealing part is all of my friends on it said it really messed with their teeth and yellowed / dulled them as well as they began grinding their teeth on top of it. It makes me feel pretty crumby, one of the ones I actually do get a crash from and it makes my appetite go away completely where as most stims i can manage to eat normally just have to have smaller meals instead of the average three large meals.
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If you have ADD of the REAL, SEVERE type like I do, I would definatly recommend you take some stim or other on a daily basis, Methylphenidate is what carried me through high school, college and law school. You need to have real ADD for them to work though, not the phony type that everyone gets to get diagnosed with these days.

Try this quiz http://psychcentral.com/addquiz.htm