Diagnosed...

[idNut]

I was just diagnosed yesterday with severe depression . I have numerous things about this. I'm 16, going to be 17 in October and with this depression I don't know if I should work or not. I mean, I need money to buy stuff to make me feel better and I hate being a goldbricker but if I work I get very stressed out and I just need to be alone. I've heard if you're diagnosed with this you can't drive and could go on disability (not yet for me though). I don't know what to do, any advice as to the job issue?

 

[LordMaul]

Play some Quake and have some MT Dew. Life will be better.

 

[iamme]

what's a goldbricker?

 

[idNut]

To avoid working with excuses.

 

[iamme]

are you in school?

 

[AmazonRasta]

You could always take some E. From four to six hours you will feel better than you've ever felt in your life. Be aware though, your depression could increase tenfold when you are coming down.

Or, you could always get legal medication, like Prozac, to help your depression. If you were diagnosed with depression, didn't your doctor prescribe you some medication?

 

[idNut]

Yeah, high school, took a class at my community college for C++ so I'm by no means lazy I just think I have a really big handicap. My depression also really affects my learning too.

 

[idNut]

I've been on medication and it doesn't do anything. Zoloft and Wellbutrin didn't do a damn thing.

 

[iamme]

have you thought about counselling or talking to a psychologist? it might be good to have someone to talk about things. (besides ATOT )

 

[idNut]

I have a psychologist and a psychiatrist (doesn't do jack anymore since I stopped the medication) and that's it. I meet with the psychologist as much as possible but it may be weeks at a time and I don't talk to anyone but him.

 

[iamme]

Do you have a close circle of friends? Are you close to your family?

By the way, I don't have any experience w/ severe depression, so I'm in no way an expert. Just trying to help

 

[PsychoAndy]

Originally posted by: AmazonRasta
You could always take some E.

You're reccomending MDMA? What are you, high? Dont answer that.

-PAB

 

[idNut]

I really don't like my friends anymore. I like my family but I can't discuss anything with them. I'm all fvcked up right now though, don't know what's going through my head except a lot of ardor.

 

[Viper GTS]

If you've been properly diagnosed, and the drugs you were given didn't do anything, get a new doctor.

Given the medicinal arsenal with which physicians are able to combat depression, odds are excellent there will be something that will work well for you.

Keep in mind they aren't quick fixes, some require weeks to take effect.

Viper GTS

 

[LordMaul]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
If you've been properly diagnosed, and the drugs you were given didn't do anything, get a new doctor.

Given the medicinal arsenal with which physicians are able to combat depression, odds are excellent there will be something that will work well for you.

Keep in mind they aren't quick fixes, some require weeks to take effect.

Viper GTS

Oh yeah, and one more thing idnut...don't read Viper's sig.

 

[shiner]

need money to buy stuff to make me feel better

Buying things will not make you feel better. Unless of course you are a shallow waste of a human being.

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: LordMaul

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
If you've been properly diagnosed, and the drugs you were given didn't do anything, get a new doctor.

Given the medicinal arsenal with which physicians are able to combat depression, odds are excellent there will be something that will work well for you.

Keep in mind they aren't quick fixes, some require weeks to take effect.

Viper GTS

Oh yeah, and one more thing idnut...don't read Viper's sig.

No, it still holds true.

One of the things that is important to realize is that it's not everyone around you that has a problem - it is you.

You have to take control. You run it, it doesn't run you.

Viper GTS

 

[UglyCasanova]

Just take a while and chill out, read a good book, listen to some good music, and realize that the world is not always a pep rally, nor should it be. I have been depressed, I still am in a way, and I know how it is. I don't know how severe yours is, or even what a severe depression is. All I know is that downer music and starring at cold, gray pictures gives me some sort of religious sensation that nothing else can. People ask me why I like things that are so bleak. I'm not sure if I can even answer that. I don't listen to all of that death rock (or whatever the hell pigeon hole you want to call it) or look at morbid things like dead dogs and stuff, I'm just not really into being pepped up all of the time.

As far as the work thing goes, get a job. I didn't have the great experience of HS that most people fall in love with. I just went, did my thing, and left. I had friends up there, but none that I would consider close by any means. For I while I didn't associate with anyone my age outside of school hardly. The job helped a bunch. I became really close to everyone up there, and I have to quit in a week which will be really hard. I got to reinvent myself up there, so now I do go to parties sometimes. This doesn't mean I don't some sort of cold feeling about the world, I just have fun too.

I guess I'm just trying to say that I wouldn't really consider depression to be a bad thing, just don't let it control you like it did me. Life is what you make of it. Force yourself to associate with people, and speak with as many different people as you can.

 

[PistachioByAzul]

Buying stuff will not make you feel better.....yeah, right. Work-home-shop-home, the American way.

 

[LordMaul]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: LordMaul

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
If you've been properly diagnosed, and the drugs you were given didn't do anything, get a new doctor.

Given the medicinal arsenal with which physicians are able to combat depression, odds are excellent there will be something that will work well for you.

Keep in mind they aren't quick fixes, some require weeks to take effect.

Viper GTS

Oh yeah, and one more thing idnut...don't read Viper's sig.

No, it still holds true.

One of the things that is important to realize is that it's not everyone around you that has a problem - it is you.

You have to take control. You run it, it doesn't run you.

Viper GTS

*smirk*

/me points at Viper

You really think you're somethin', don'cha?

huh huh huh huh ...*wipes drool off chin*

 

[RGN]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: LordMaul

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
If you've been properly diagnosed, and the drugs you were given didn't do anything, get a new doctor.

Given the medicinal arsenal with which physicians are able to combat depression, odds are excellent there will be something that will work well for you.

Keep in mind they aren't quick fixes, some require weeks to take effect.

Viper GTS

Oh yeah, and one more thing idnut...don't read Viper's sig.

No, it still holds true.

One of the things that is important to realize is that it's not everyone around you that has a problem - it is you.

You have to take control. You run it, it doesn't run you.

Viper GTS

I agree. Life is what you make of it. Circumstances only give you choices, you still need to make decisions.

 

[LordMaul]

Originally posted by: RGN

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: LordMaul

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
If you've been properly diagnosed, and the drugs you were given didn't do anything, get a new doctor.

Given the medicinal arsenal with which physicians are able to combat depression, odds are excellent there will be something that will work well for you.

Keep in mind they aren't quick fixes, some require weeks to take effect.

Viper GTS

Oh yeah, and one more thing idnut...don't read Viper's sig.

No, it still holds true.

One of the things that is important to realize is that it's not everyone around you that has a problem - it is you.

You have to take control. You run it, it doesn't run you.

Viper GTS

I agree. Life is what you make of it. Circumstances only give you choices, you still need to make decisions.

Yeesh. You always get like this after a couple beers...

 

[RGN]

Originally posted by: LordMaul

Originally posted by: RGN

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: LordMaul

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
If you've been properly diagnosed, and the drugs you were given didn't do anything, get a new doctor.

Given the medicinal arsenal with which physicians are able to combat depression, odds are excellent there will be something that will work well for you.

Keep in mind they aren't quick fixes, some require weeks to take effect.

Viper GTS

Oh yeah, and one more thing idnut...don't read Viper's sig.

No, it still holds true.

One of the things that is important to realize is that it's not everyone around you that has a problem - it is you.

You have to take control. You run it, it doesn't run you.

Viper GTS

I agree. Life is what you make of it. Circumstances only give you choices, you still need to make decisions.

Yeesh. You always get like this after a couple beers...

jeez, I'm not even half way through one.

 

[PistachioByAzul]

Depression is a lie, the people who came up with it are too feeble to understand that what they call "depression" and treat like some kind of biological defect, is really a symptom of how toxic our consumer culture has become. Money, stuff, they provide false security, momentarily filling the void that gets bigger and bigger the more detached from nature we become. Simplify, spend more time doing things outside. Kill your TV. If you can, kill your computer.

 

[shiner]

Depression is a lie, the people who came up with it are too feeble to understand that what they call "depression" and treat like some kind of biological defect, is really a symptom of how toxic our consumer culture has become

Sorry, wrong. I have a very good friend who suffers from depression due to a chemical imbalance.