Originally posted by leonheartmm
nellinater, shud sum1 be worried much if the lows becoming periodic and not directly related to any direct events in life{i.e. u can definately get lows if sumthing bad happens, but fairly uniformly periodically, u get extreme lows even without such stimulus?}, when they werent necessarily before?
Yes. I know you didn't ask me, but I have experience with that. Yes, you should be worried if something like that happens, because that's a fairly reliable sign of severe depression.
Originally posted by Shinde Imasu
Yes. I know you didn't ask me, but I have experience with that. Yes, you should be worried if something like that happens, because that's a fairly reliable sign of severe depression.
It's also a sign that you're not getting enough sleep. Jumping to the worst conclusion probably isn't a good idea.
Originally posted by Shinde Imasu
Yes. I know you didn't ask me, but I have experience with that. Yes, you should be worried if something like that happens, because that's a fairly reliable sign of severe depression.
Personal experience really cannot be used to diagnose someone else's condition. Especially when it's the experience of an unqualified fifteen year old.
Originally posted by Shinde Imasu
Yes. I know you didn't ask me, but I have experience with that. Yes, you should be worried if something like that happens, because that's a fairly reliable sign of severe depression.
I used to get that when I was overweight. I think a lot of emotion is from your diet.
If you eat lots of fresh fruit and vegetables and don't eat too much red meat or processed foods, you will notice a HUGE difference in the way you feel.
Also, avoiding refined sugar makes a gigantic difference. Now if I drink a real coke I feel terrible because my body isn't used to so much sugar, and if I eat fast food, I get hyper-aggressive afterwards and freak out when someone does something even slightly annoying.
I'm sure part of it is feeling more confident because I am a healthy weight and I look much better, but I think it's mainly a chemical thing in your blood from your diet.
Originally posted by leonheartmmThat would be a cause for concern, yes, though not not nearly enough to give any sort of diagnosis. PM about if you want.
nellinater, shud sum1 be worried much if the lows becoming periodic and not directly related to any direct events in life{i.e. u can definately get lows if sumthing bad happens, but fairly uniformly periodically, u get extreme lows even without such stimulus?}, when they werent necessarily before?
Bump.
I, along with my mother, suffer from clinical depression, and let me tell you it's pretty difficult.
Professional help didn't really work, I've never been given drugs to help sooth it, and I've never been able to bring myself to suicide, even though having tried it 4 times.
Sometimes I'm fine, sometimes I just feel exhausted [which could be the side-effects of my seizure medication] but I'm almost always feeling down, regardless.
Nothing works for me. Being talked to by a professional doesn't do shit, as I know they can't help me. If I was born with it, it's not something they can cure.
I've always viewed depression as a state of mind, and guess what? It is... so when I feel this way I just change my mind. I know that seems too easy or simple for many, but I just tell myself to get over it, whatever "it" may be. Then again that's just me for you.
Once I was unemployed for over an entire year, and fell into a depression, but didn't realize it. My cousin suggested that perhaps I was clinically depressed, and the moment he said that I began fighting against it within myself, reaffiming that there are people out there in much worse shape than I was at the time, and I somehow got over the bump.
Like I said though it's just how I deal with things.
its not always the case for most people.
At the moment I seem to be having a cycle of 6 months or longer on meds and then 6 months off them.
I came off my last lot of meds in feb just before I started my new job. how ever 6 months down the line i'm at the start of a relapse. I try and ride it out for a while once I notice my mood dropping before making an oppointment with my doctor just to see if it'll pass.
I noticed my mood drop quite considerably around my brithday back in july, I'm giving myself anoth two weeks and then I'm going to see the doctor.
Alot of the time, I cant pin point a cause, I have too much going on around my, so I say that I either dont know or its a mix of every thing. I eat well and exercise regularly, I make sure I socialise and keep myself busy but it still doesnt stop the poison seeping in. I just notice it more, and all I crave it time alone, just to crawl back under my rock again 😂