Support for people with Depression

LameWolf

Hang on in there catkins. Sorry, can't type a long message, got both wrists in splints & v painful; but know that I'm behind you 100%, my friend.:o

joyfull

Sorry things are rough catkins. Just wanted u to know there are peeps out here thinking of u and wishung u well.

During my v low physical and mental times I remember that we are never given more than we can handle. And, this too shall pass.......

Lavender_Rose

Hello Catkins,

How are you now? I can identify totally with all the feelings you have described. I suffer from anxiety and depression (since I was a child). It comes and goes....but it never really completely goes. I have taken the usual anti-depressants and eventually the depression subsides enough for me to come off them.

I worry alot about stuff, mostly about the people I love. I'm terrified of losing my partner, my only child or my mother. They are the only people I really have, I've avoided having friends for some reason:o....perhaps it's my chronic shyness.

catkins

Hi Lavender Rose,

I'm not too bad today - have good and bad days, but as you say, even on good days the depression is still there though not as bad. I don't know if the tablets are doing me any good or not although it's early days I know. I still keep feeling sick, can't sleep and having panic attacks which I hate. I have an appointment at the dr this week so will tell him how I feel and see what he says. I also get migraines regularly so on those days I can't take the tablets as I can't keep anything down.

I too worry about everything. I worry about my parents dying, my siblings and my OH. Like you, I have no real friends. I am very shy and don't do well in social situations. I seem to see the worst scenario that could possibly happen even though I try not to. My latest worry, because of all the horrible stories about hospitals, is worrying about one of my family or even myself being in that situation. I have no children and I worry if OH dies before me I will be alone.

Lavender_Rose

I hope the dr manages to help sort the meds for you. Side effects can be horrid, but they should fade as your body adjusts.

catkins

Saw the Dr this morning. I told him about the side effects which have not got any better - literally permanent panic and anxiety and last night I never slept any longer than an hour - kept waking up, sweating like crazy, feeling sick and panicky. The Dr said he didn't see that it could be the tablets causing this and is sending me for a blood test. He said anti depressants normally make you sleep more not less.

I explained to him that my dad is on the same tablets (only just found this out) and he has been complaining of not being able to sleep and having panic attacks. I purposely didn't read the leaflet in the pack so I wouldn't imagine having any of the side effects but once I started feeling so awful I started reading about the tablets online and read loads of stories of people saying how they were being sick or feeling really sick. Also panic attacks seemed really common as did not being able to sleep.

Anway the Dr has now changed the tablets so hopefully I will get on better with these. I have had anti depressants many times in the past unfortunately and I know they can make you feel worse before you feel better but I really could not cope with the way they were making me feel. Constantly feeling scared and panicky even through the night was just awful.

divadee

Thought I would do an update on me. I have finished my one to one counselling with cruse. They have literally given me my life back. I can't praise them highly enough.

I am in a good place finally and have come to terms with my dads death.

Thank you everyone on this thread for the help and support they have given me. It really means a lot. Xxxxx

GabriellPoll

Hi everyone,

I'm new to these forums but thought that it would help to talk to other people in the same situation.

I have hidden from having clinical depression and kept it quiet for a long time but why should people have to do this when we are trying to overcome something which is insanely difficult.

I've decided that I want to try and achieve something positive and productive out of this illness which is why I'm starting a degree in psychology in September and have started an online petition to abolish prescription charges for antidepressants which has just been accepted and published. I have done this as I want to help people who have experienced the lows that I have had to deal with. So many other prescriptions are paid for by the NHS for illness' and antidepressants should be no different. Why is it fair that just because it can't be seen we have to pay for a condition which we have no control over?

It is hard enough to admit to having depression with the stigma that is attached to it. I have hit rock bottom and it is honestly the hardest thing to experience, but, now I feel stronger than ever, I have left the people behind who aren't supportive and judgemental and I am now doing things for myself.

I would really appreciate it if you would take a few moments to sign this petition if you agree with what I'm doing as depression is an illness that affects many people. I need 100,000 signatures before this will be debated in the House of Commons but I am positive that I can reach this with the amount of people who suffer from this illness. I am not just doing this for myself but everyone else out there who has had to struggle.

Thank you all for your time.

Gabrielle

epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/46606

it's called 'Petition to abolish prescription charges for antidepressants'

GeeBee38

GabriellPoll wrote: »

Hi everyone,

I'm new to these forums but thought that it would help to talk to other people in the same situation.

I have hidden from having clinical depression and kept it quiet for a long time but why should people have to do this when we are trying to overcome something which is insanely difficult.

I've decided that I want to try and achieve something positive and productive out of this illness which is why I'm starting a degree in psychology in September and have started an online petition to abolish prescription charges for antidepressants which has just been accepted and published. I have done this as I want to help people who have experienced the lows that I have had to deal with. So many other prescriptions are paid for by the NHS for illness' and antidepressants should be no different. Why is it fair that just because it can't be seen we have to pay for a condition which we have no control over?

It is hard enough to admit to having depression with the stigma that is attached to it. I have hit rock bottom and it is honestly the hardest thing to experience, but, now I feel stronger than ever, I have left the people behind who aren't supportive and judgemental and I am now doing things for myself.

I would really appreciate it if you would take a few moments to sign this petition if you agree with what I'm doing as depression is an illness that affects many people. I need 100,000 signatures before this will be debated in the House of Commons but I am positive that I can reach this with the amount of people who suffer from this illness. I am not just doing this for myself but everyone else out there who has had to struggle.

Thank you all for your time.

Gabrielle

epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/46606

it's called 'Petition to abolish prescription charges for antidepressants'

I have suffered with this illness on and off for years

I have signed

Good Luck

LadyMorticia

Hey everyone. Remember me?!

Just thought I'd update things.

I'm still under the care of the mental health team. I have a lovely CPN and fantastic psychiatrist. I've just started on Pregabalin for my anxiety and also as an additional pain med to my Tramadol.

I have now been married to DH for 2 and a half years and we have a 14 week old. He's incredibly cute but growing so quickly!

Is Tiff still around? I miss her Tiff chronicles.