Your depression treatment

[proctorninja2]

go see my girlfriend when im with her i know everything is going to be all right

 

[rokkolpo]

Friends all the way.

if that fails, I just do something to get my mind out of it.
gaming, reading, 5 million other personal options.

 

[schrodingerscat]

Stay up all night watching a TV show. Most recent binge was 'Weeds'.

 

[VaderMan92]

I just man up and crack open another beer

 

[Xojins]

Watching some stand-up comedy, hanging out with my friends, smoking a bowl. Preferably all at the same time.

 

[ZephrC]

Generally I do something stupid.

Seriously. It works too.

Oh, you want something more specific than that? I do something really stupid. Like join the army or quit my job or use all my vacation time to go meet some chick from Kansas that I met online or I dunno, something stupid like that. It leaves me with no choice but to get off my ass and get my life sorted back out again, which is the part that actually cures my depression I think.

I mean sure, it's nice to say that exercise or whatever will help with depression, and it's absolutely true, but I don't give a shit about little things like that while I'm depressed. I'll know what to do and just not do it. It takes something huge to pull me out of that, and so what I have to do is something colossally stupid. Then I'm okay.

 

[Kortney]

I've never been depressed in my life.

When I'm sad I'll talk to people.

 

[bulbasaur765]

Accept it as a part of life and continue living. Eventually I forget I'm depressed and I'm back to normal.

 

[Christopher Roberts]

Listen to "All you need is love" by The Beatles and shoot mutha ucka's in the face on Call of Duty.

 

[smithy_2045]

I mitigate the effects of depression by distracting myself from the shit aspects of my life.

 

[II2]

I use to take Paxil, but then I switched to Lexapro, then I just stop taking my medicine all together. The Lexapro did help a little with my social anxiety disorder, but it had a side-effect that I just couldn't stand. When I was on it, I always felt that part of me was floating behind me, that the person doing the things I was doing when on it, wasn't me.

I'll be happy when they create a drug that helps, but doesn't make me feel different.

For the people that don't know what social anxiety disorder is:

Interacting with people face to face, even talking on the phone, scares the fuck out of me. Once I'm friends with and familiar with a person, I feel fine around them.

I do think the medicine did partly make some fears less worse. I hate going to get groceries at Wal-Mart alone, but I do do it now. Though I do have to say, no matter how big the store, it always seems like it is still too small for how many people are in it. Also, people need to learn how to speed shop, they take too much time. I can get through shopping for groceries in about 15 minutes maybe a little more, but it would be less if people would just move. My strategy is, which I think more people should follow, grab and go. I tried so many different brands of the same kind of food to know that there isn't a difference. There is no difference between Eggo Waffles and Great Value Waffles, you are really just paying more for Eggo because of the name.

Sorry got off track. But yeah, medicine works, but drug companies really need to work on how it makes people feel, beyond helping with the problem it was made for.

Yep, I'm on Welbutrin as well, with a little Celexa in there as well. I don't think it really helps, but I never thought I was depressed.

Aye, aye. Glad I'm not the only medicated weirdo on here... sort of?

There's a lot of misconceptions regarding both depression and it's treatment. First off, depression =/= depression, as the word is commonly used to describe feeling glum, but rather a neurological disorder causing serotonin deficiency (very simply put). Normal "blues" last up to a few weeks, usually surrounding an event which is subjectively stressful for person experiencing, whereas clinical depression can last years, with or without triggers.

To my experience, depression is not sadness, but a numb, mindless, lethargic apathy. It is a thick fog obscuring reason and desire. As to the efficacy of the patent molecules synthesized as treatment for it - I think their highly subjective track record should warrant a cautionary skepticism. Of course, I'm just preaching to the choir for you two, but as a general tid-bit for the reading body, there you all have it.

It would be a disservice to all the hardworking neurologists and biochemists and psychiatrists to say that psychiatry is still a medical science in its infancy, but it wouldn't be inaccurate to say that it's still a stumbling toddler. I've no doubt it will grow substantially during all of our lifetimes.

At least, for the love of god, they're not still doodling out phrenology maps and sizing trepanation nails.

 

[Snake Plissken]

I remind myself that

Spoiler: this guy

Sertraline (Zoloft) - 200mg/d
Trazadone (Desyrel) - 50mg/d
Clonazepam (Klonopin) - 4mg/d
Vitamin D - 2000ug/d

Currently; effective combination.

Been a psychiatric patient for over a decade. Used to be on, at various points / in different combinations:

- Quetiapine (Seroquel)
- Rispiridone (Respiridal)
- Fluoxetine (Prozac)
- Paroxetine (Paxil)
- Venlafaxine (Effexor)
- Diazepam (Valium)
- Lorazepam (Ativan)
- Neurontin (Gabapentin)
- Bupropion (Wellbutrin)

is probably a lot worse off than I am (no offense intended) and snap the fuck out of it. Oh yeah, cigarettes help. But what don't they help? (Aside from bad breath, yellow teeth, lung cancer, the wallet, breathing problems, etc.)

 

[II2]

I remind myself that

Spoiler: this guy

Sertraline (Zoloft) - 200mg/d
Trazadone (Desyrel) - 50mg/d
Clonazepam (Klonopin) - 4mg/d
Vitamin D - 2000ug/d

Currently; effective combination.

Been a psychiatric patient for over a decade. Used to be on, at various points / in different combinations:

- Quetiapine (Seroquel)
- Rispiridone (Respiridal)
- Fluoxetine (Prozac)
- Paroxetine (Paxil)
- Venlafaxine (Effexor)
- Diazepam (Valium)
- Lorazepam (Ativan)
- Neurontin (Gabapentin)
- Bupropion (Wellbutrin)

is probably a lot worse off than I am (no offense intended) and snap the fuck out of it. Oh yeah, cigarettes help. But what don't they help? (Aside from bad breath, yellow teeth, lung cancer, the wallet, breathing problems, etc.)

Haha, none taken.

Ahh, shucks - I dunno... I've had some pretty rough challenges, but everyone has to run their own obstacle course, you know? These days I'm happy with myself, my life, etc etc... but, you know:

"When you got a condition, it's bad to forget your medicine."
- Marv, Sin City

 

[Christopher Roberts]

Listen to anything by Ronald Jenkees. Seriously, the guy knows something serious about feeling alright and having fun.

I don't know about Ronald Jenkees, but metal-looking chesticles are always a plus.

 

[likalaruku]

I'm not sure I'm familiar with that emotion. Is it closer to extreme boredom or mild anxiety?

 

[yoz13]

Either watch some anime, play games(preferbly an RPG) or listen to hatsune miku....Maybe I should combine them...


Nah that won't work

 

[Madara XIII]

Good morning/afternoon/evening to everyone. The point of this thread is to discuss what you do when you are depressed to take your minds off things.
I listen to Greenday (those songs actually make me feel better) and play shooting games.

What do you do?

Retreat within the darkest corners of my mind. Weird people out and start talking about the necessessity of chaos and horror and how it all has the greatest artistic merit. Do what I can to give a cry for help to people because deep down I'm afraid of not only being alone, but myself as well.

Best thing to do honestly is if you can't find anyone to listen or understand you then Beethoven usually helps along with a prayer.

 

[Kasper Gundersen]

Mindless killings... eehhh, in games of course!

 

[Death916]

I listen to some Tech N9ne Young jeezy smoke a blunt and drink some 4 LOKOS. you cnt be depressed after that.

 

[Ashcrexl]

all your solutions are too temporary (or stupid)! do you have any tips that will stave off depression for days at a time?