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Bluelighter
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To those of you that have/had depression, what symptoms did you have and what drugs have you tried, and in turn what drugs have seemed to help which symptoms the most? Licit substances (preferably prescription substances) only please.
life story below, you can stop reading here if you just want to share your experience.
I'm getting tired of cycling between my life seeming good and then extremely poor and feeling hopeless, though I doubt it's bipolar because I'm never particularly manic. I'd like to get an idea of what to talk to a psychiatrist/doctor about before I go. My main problems are that I become extremely bored with things very fast, even things that I was ecstatic about to begin with. I can't be happy doing the same thing even for a couple months, like I couldn't imagine having the same job for more than 6 months. Also most days I feel unmotivated to just do anything at all other than sit here on my computer or sleep most of the day in bed. I've never had anything remotely resembling suicidal thoughts or felt particularly hopeless, just that there's no joy to be had in life. I also have anxiety sometimes but that's gone away slowly and is now generally pretty mild. I think an antidepressant script could help, but I'd like to narrow down my first choices rather than bounce around from script to script for years until I find a good one.
life story below, you can stop reading here if you just want to share your experience.
I'm getting tired of cycling between my life seeming good and then extremely poor and feeling hopeless, though I doubt it's bipolar because I'm never particularly manic. I'd like to get an idea of what to talk to a psychiatrist/doctor about before I go. My main problems are that I become extremely bored with things very fast, even things that I was ecstatic about to begin with. I can't be happy doing the same thing even for a couple months, like I couldn't imagine having the same job for more than 6 months. Also most days I feel unmotivated to just do anything at all other than sit here on my computer or sleep most of the day in bed. I've never had anything remotely resembling suicidal thoughts or felt particularly hopeless, just that there's no joy to be had in life. I also have anxiety sometimes but that's gone away slowly and is now generally pretty mild. I think an antidepressant script could help, but I'd like to narrow down my first choices rather than bounce around from script to script for years until I find a good one.