I'm starting to think medication is pretty much just placebo. Months and years of medication to end up with concentration and memory problems, no libido and weight gain. The intense depression, nightmares and suicidal ideation are still there. The suicidal hotlines are a joke, the NHS mental health service is slow, careless and out of touch with reality. Can't imagine what inpatient care must be, don't want to find out. Where do you go when you're so different from everyone else, when you're in such a deep state of loneliness that seeing someone smile makes you cry. Where do you go when you don't have enough in your life to keep you going. There is no support out there and whoever thinks otherwise clearly hasn't used the services available.

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James

3mo

INFP

Aries

Not sure how much the Venlafaxine is helping but there's no good alternative right now. If you decide to change maybe try chatting with a psychologist or preferably a psychiatrist first. I found my Gp pretty clueless.

Mimi Mauro

3mo

INFP

Aquarius

same. i got so bad i used to look at the wheels oh passing trucks with lust "yeah i bet that one would off me instantly if i were to just 'fall' in front of it while moving. went to get help and the psychologist and the psychiatrist both basically told me i need to pull myself out of the hole i find myself and find a circle of people to support me. well thanks bro, but thats like telling a car with no gas to drive itself to the nearest gas station. i found it amazing, finally got enough strength to yell for help and the answer i got was "help yourself"

Micah

3mo

INFJ

Cancer

I was on meds for bipolar 2 in and out of 3 psych wards for like a month or so honestly can't tell the meds only worked in the wards amd I had memory issues and would get confused as well. Then I just ended up with like a deep numbness and didn't do anything for a while and the side affects of a mood stabilizer made sleep so difficult and I would have tremors and uncontrollably shake. Cops did not help that for sure and I eventually stopped taking meds and am back to functioning at least. I'm glad meds work for some but it seems to me they are so wide and broad in use it's difficult to know what will help and if the diagnosis is accurate with that as well. People often have difficulty understanding and having compassion for those that aren't nuerotypical and can't empathically understand why people logically have suicidal idealtion either. It's quite tragic how they want to help people so much at the start and then end up on auto pilot or can at least. And it just becomes a job and get overloaded emotionally, especially nurses, forgetting sometimes to be human.

FutureNostalgia

3mo

ENTJ

Capricorn

Daniela, I want to thank you for posting here. This topic is so close to my heart. I've dealt with depression, severe abandonment issues and lack of self worth personally for over 7 years and still I can probably only understand partly of how under you must be. There is this theory of the mean world syndrome. Start looking a the all the bad things in the world and the world will just look like a bad place. The truth is there is still sunshine, there is wind blowing in the right direction, puppies still filling hearts. People helping people. Its just as true. Please know that, Help is Always out there. It comes sometimes from the most unexpected people and sources. 1. Recognise that there is no one coming to help. No body is obligated to help us. Help is a blessing and we should learn to appreciate it rather demand it or be upset when it doesnt. 2. Invest your time and energy in working out. Get a physical activity to get to daily. Every single day. The kind of change this brings in a person is absolutely immaculate. 3. Find a spiritual practice. 4. Spend time in greatfulness. Maintain a journal, make a short video, anything to remind you of the 1 good thing that happened that day. 5. Make Meaningful connections. Your environment, the people you interact with play a major role in shaping your mental health. Loose those friends you know you have to. Better to cut ties than hold on to something thats hurting you. God helps, He will send the right people to your space. Search for a mentor. He/She will be accountability partner, helper, motivator, guide. Life will get better. This is what helped me.. 9 months later... Im in a much better place. Hope this helps you too. Praying for you. Cheers.

Miguel

3mo

ISTJ

Capricorn

Depression is Evil 💯 👉🍄❔

Kal

3mo

INTP

Would you like to have a conversation sometime?

Eddie

3mo

INFJ

Virgo

Have you tried connecting with music like learning an instrument. Like playing the piano or guitar. Maybe getting a coach to help you learn the instrument or a vocal coach? Something that you can do and try. Thats different from what youve previously done. That might spark that passion inside. Usually when I see people depressed, its because theyre missing something meaningful in their lives that gives them a sense of purpose or belonging. To find that thing that makes us feel most alive can be just what we need.

Taylor

3mo

INTP

Gemini

Have you tried talking to a therapist?

Riki

3mo

INTP

Capricorn

Meds are just like bike stabilisers, yes they can help but when they are gone it's all upto you, this life really does give us our different situations that make us who we are but learning not to give up and enjoy ur own company depending on no one and nothing can really change things, it's not easy but far from impossible, I hope u find ur way

Micah

3mo

INFJ

Cancer

Metta meditation helps me immensely and learning to be content with what is and to endure what is difficult. Someday it's just a cup of coffee, a nice cloud a new smell. I have to remember to breath deeply a lot and the weight is still there but I have felt relief before just from breathing so I strive to live a life that is bearable and be kind to who I can.

Dandy

3mo

INFP

Aquarius

Im with you, if you want to talk im all ears, uhmm and i wouldnt take those pills, what helps me is to find ways to occupy my head like games or hobbies that takes my full attention away

Krystof

3mo

INTJ

Capricorn

It is I. Over 27 years of my personal hell. Now I am living proof that it can be dealt with. Love never changes, yet never stays the same <3

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No one truly cares

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Anyone one want share thought

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Everyone has their demons

Truth

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I get looked at; not seen.

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Taurus

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Alone

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10d

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Leo

Everything is okay 👍🏻

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12d

ESFP

Aries

I have spent 24 years of my life at war with myself and I’m finally healing now…🫶…

#life

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ENTP

Sagittarius

Sigh ain't that the truth

#meme #memes #depression

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INTP

Virgo

Not sure I can ever get used to being not enough for love.

Watching interest come and go with a little bit more of a dejected heart from rejection and no reciprocated interest. It only gets harder the more time I spend alone and not being enough for anyone to love.

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29d

ISFP

Virgo

1 Award

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Walking away even If it's painful and you want that person back (edited)

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Libra

1 Award

Nothing duct tape can’t fix…

#mood #depression

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Libra

Does depression ever go away?

Does depression ever go away or you just learn how to deal with it in a healthier way…?

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Joey

10d

INFP

Aries

I wished anyone cared.

I've thought about it all more times in the last week than I had my entire life. Noones there, no one actually cares.

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Alejandro

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Libra

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Having a rough night

Not much else to say but I'm just having a rough night. I just want to be held by a sweet and caring woman, cry in their arms, and have them tell me it'll be ok and I deserve to be happy and that it'll be ok 😥😓

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ENTP

Sagittarius

Currently feeling

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18d

ESFJ

Libra

Dog love

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INFP

Sagittarius

What percentage are you now?? Ya don't have to say why...

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ISTP

Libra

Just hanging in there 😞

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Dave

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INFJ

Virgo

Anyone else have a really tough time when you're off work and not occupied?

It makes me absolutely miserable and so lonely.

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Aquarius

some people thinks im super selfish, self-centered, arrogant and rude when they talked to me in their full interest as if im draining them. please, im drained, depressed and 100% dont know what to reply.

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Virgo

Current Mood

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24d

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Libra

1 Award

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Sagittarius

Those of you who conquered depression; what loot does it drop?

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Aquarius

Feeling alone

I am physically alone and feel emotionally alone. J just want someone to come over and spend time with me 🫠😫

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INFJ

Pain in my eyes

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Liam

13d

INTP

Virgo

Use 50 coins to send a message request to someone..

Come back an hour ish later to see if I have any response just to find they have unadded me, ugliness is some real hard to deal with state to be in 😅🙃

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Dinu

20d

INFJ

Sagittarius

Isn’t it weird when you have to

Seek comfort from strangers because your own people don’t give a damn about your feelings

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INFJ

Taurus

In all the prisons I lived in, I always had the key...

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Michael

ISTP

Libra

😔

#photography

Nate

19d

INFJ

Libra

Hang in there

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INFJ

One day

One day it's going to kill me and my only regret is not finishing my stories.

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14d

INFJ

Leo

Every single day

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Ger

10d

INTJ

Virgo

Does anyone else have all the reasons for being worthless listed on a paper?

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Tomomi

16d

INFP

Pisces

How do you cope with insomnia?

Since I got trauma, even though I drunk a lot and had fun with friends, I come back to my home my brain still AWAKE. can’t just fall asleep. I need a button to shut down my brain. I take pill, but I still can’t stop thinking.

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11d

INTP

Taurus

Hang in there

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Scorpio

Round 3

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15d

ENFP

Virgo

😞

I'm not ok

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12d

INTP

Gemini

🤫

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13d

INTJ

Gemini

Out of psych meds, as broken as ever

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Not sure how much the Venlafaxine is helping but there's no good alternative right now. If you decide to change maybe try chatting with a psychologist or preferably a psychiatrist first. I found my Gp pretty clueless.

Depression is Evil 💯 👉🍄❔

Would you like to have a conversation sometime?

Have you tried talking to a therapist?

Im with you, if you want to talk im all ears, uhmm and i wouldnt take those pills, what helps me is to find ways to occupy my head like games or hobbies that takes my full attention away

It is I. Over 27 years of my personal hell. Now I am living proof that it can be dealt with. Love never changes, yet never stays the same <3

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