depression

Slayerx

*hugs* I know how you feel I get like that sometime.

flis21

I just can't not do anything if you see what I mean. If i get time to think (like when sitting on a train) I fall apart. I have to keep my brain active on other things or else it all unravels. Hence the reason I am on here tonight instead of sitting watching tv. If I just sit there my mind will wander onto things I don't want to think about and I get all upset and that is no fun, particularly when I am here on my own.

Slayerx

I know what you mean, I think too much sometimes which ends upsetting me. It doesnt help that I have sleeping problems so I end up lying awake for hours thinking.

flis21

Know how you feel, I have terrible trouble sleeping. Alcohol can help me get off, but I wake up in the night. Nytol is the only thing guaranteed to give me a good nights sleep, but if I use it for more than 2 days in a row it stops working, so only use it twice a week. The rest of the time I just have to try and manage.

judi24

Hi all just checking in to see how you are all doing this evening. i have had enough of my dissertation for today. I'll just have to start again tomorrow. Can't think any more.
Had a wierd day OH is in terrible mood, all the kids in a terrible mood. Often if i'm stressed or down it has a huge effect on everyone else in the house. Why can't they get on with it without me constntly having to keep them together?

flis21

Is everyone on this thread older / with children? It scares me that I have this illness and I am only 27 and don't have children yet. Is this going to be a life long battle. Will I be able to have / cope with children if I am suffering from this? The thought of 40-50 years battling with depression is enough to make me want to give up now!

judi24

Children can be challenging when you are depressed, but at the same time they give so much pleasure and unconditional love that makes it all worth while. They also give you a reason to get up in the morning - all be it at 5:30!

Slayerx

Im 24 and single, kinda one of the reasons im down at the minute.

rose07

hi all

this gona be quick

god im not well for a few days come back and the thread has been highjeacked.
lol

TIFF thanks for your help, i willl look into the places that doing performing arts in my area, even beauty courses prob need photographs to show what they can do, prob is everything is digital now.??

hello to all the new peeps :hello:

well i have had an extremely hard week, relapsed, then thursday, had a job interview, turned the job down due to the fact i wouldnt have been able to cope with it. then on the way back was in a RTA. then after that find out i need an operation soo all over the place this week and to top it off its the time of the month, so thats just the icing on the cake.

hows ya dissertation going?
i did one of those back in april was hard but still passed uni, . .wooo hooo!
hope it goes ok.

slayerx i know whhat you mean, im 22, youngish, i guess, single and live in the middle of no where so dont get out too much, plus trying to get off the ground at the mo, as a photographer and film maker, hard stuff. lol

anyway hope everyone okish
i have realised alot this week and now am slightly strong for today after having an awful week

love and hugs all
chat soon
xxx

Daydream_Believer_5

Hi, I've only just signed up after months of lurking, but started reading this and wondered if anyone could give me any advice.

About 4 months ago I finally admitted to my self that I was depressed and went to the dr who put me on prozac. I had been back and forth to here for about a year with general feeling tired, no energy etc, but would not admit to anyone how down I was, not even myself.

Anyhow I now feel so much better, but in a couple of months will be going back to the drs and hoping to come off medcation, but tbh I am a bit worried that I will take a big step back and end up where I started.

Any advice you can offer me on coming off medication would be appreciated.