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Lately I have been taking medications and they don't seem to work :(

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Atlantean

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Well maybe it hasn't been long enough, but I have been taking zoloft for the past two weeks, and I am finding that nothing is different, I still wake up every morning wanting to kill myself, or wanting to die, and I keep doing other strange things that I probably shouldn't be doing. I even have a date and time picked out... but its not for a month or so, so if nothing is better by then then I guess it is goodbye for me.
 
Talk to your doctor and get something else, sometimes depression medications dont work on some people but then some other work.

I´v been going through the same for quite some time now and all I can say is hang in there 🙂
 
I have been depressed for probably around two years now. I was told by some friends that I should go to see a doctor, so that is the only reason I am taking that stuff. Do you tell your doctor everything? Cause there are a few things that I can't bring myself to tell her.
 
In addition to just taking Zoloft and hoping for the best, try talking to someone (your doctor, a psychologist, psychiatrist, a volunteer, a priest, someone) to try to find out why you feel this way, and to find out what you can do to combat it. These feelings usually don't come out of the blue, they usually have a root cause, and sometimes something can be done about that cause.

I hope you can work your way through this 🙂
 


<< I have been depressed for probably around two years now. I was told by some friends that I should go to see a doctor, so that is the only reason I am taking that stuff. Do you tell your doctor everything? Cause there are a few things that I can't bring myself to tell her. >>


Right now I´m not seeing a doctor right now and I know that there are things I wouldnt tell anyone right away. Try talking to a shrink, not sure if thats any better but I do know that talking is one of the best things a depression patient can do.
 
A few things here. Zoloft needs 2 weeks to START working. It could be that

It needs a while longer to work (week or two)
Dose MAY be too low.
Might need another SSRI- or a slightly different type of med.

Do talk to the doc though. You want to give them feedback.
 
Many of the anti-depressant meds take several weeks to work. If you are feeling this acutely depressed you need to get in touch with your prescribing Doctor roght away and/or go talk to your parents !!!
 
well like there are some things that I have to hide from people I guess otherwise they will look at me weird, so I usually try to cover it up. And I am finding that I have to lie to people when they ask me about certain things like marks on my arm or that type of thing you know what I mean?
 
I tend to think that psychological drugs are not the answer and just pave over the real cause. Generally when you suffer depression, there is a real, tangible cause. Drugs can't eliminate the cause...they just temper the symptoms. Any relief would likely come from overcoming the cause, if it is possible (in some cases, it is not).

I've suffered depression on-and-off for many years but have never taken any medication. I view it as a quick fix, like drinking alcohol. The pain may subside temporarily, but it often comes back and with side-effects. I think personal psychological treatment with a professional is a better route, though it is more complicated and expensive.
 


<< I have been depressed for probably around two years now. I was told by some friends that I should go to see a doctor, so that is the only reason I am taking that stuff. Do you tell your doctor everything? Cause there are a few things that I can't bring myself to tell her. >>

Hmm, if you cannot be completely candid with your pdoc, then I think it's time to find another one. Keep looking until you find one that you can be open with. As with any other profession, some therapists are better than others.

As for the meds, I think your psychiatrist is supposed to monitor your progress and if one med doesn't work, s/he is supposed to try others or combinations of others until s/he finds the one that works for you. Kinda weird that psychiatry is so vague and trial-and-error like that, but I think that's how it works.

If it is indeed a chemical imbalance you suffer from, take heart there is a med out there that can help you. If it isn't chemical, then your pdoc should be able to determine that as well. Best of luck. 🙂
 
Atlantean: Give it some more time. From what I understand, some medications can take up to 6 weeks before the effects are noticeable. Something else you may want to try is regular exercise. I read somewhere that the natural "exercise high" can help greatly. Try a healthy diet in addition to that.



<< Do you tell your doctor everything? >>


Not everyone feels comfortable around doctors, but you need to tell your doctor everything. A lot of diagnostics is done based on patient description of symptoms. If you're leaving something out, you need to carefuly consider the ramifications of this.

Also, medicines can be very effective treatments, but I'd also recommend counseling. If you'd like, pm me (or email) and we can just chat about whatever you feel comfortable talking about.

Hang in there.
 


<< Well maybe it hasn't been long enough, but I have been taking zoloft for the past two weeks, and I am finding that nothing is different, I still wake up every morning wanting to kill myself, or wanting to die, and I keep doing other strange things that I probably shouldn't be doing. I even have a date and time picked out... but its not for a month or so, so if nothing is better by then then I guess it is goodbye for me. >>



Try this:

1. Stop eating sugar and starchy foods (potatos, pasta, rice)

2. Don't drink soda, coffee, or milk. Just drink water and 100% fruit juice.

3. Get yourself a multivitamin with extra Vitamin C.

4. Do at least 20 pushups when you wake up in the morning. Do some stretches, and crunches.

5. Stop watching TV or movies if you are.

6. Take a walk for at least 30 minutes a day, somewhere peaceful with trees and grass, etc.

7. Stop taking doctor given medications. Those are bad.

8. Set an early time to get up in the morning. Get up even if you don't want to. Go to bed the same time each night, not too late.

9. Pick up some herbs: Maca and Vitex. Take one of each in the morning and then again at night.

10. During this time, stay away from the internet for at least 2 weeks. Find somebody in person to talk to, even if there isn't anything important to say.


You do these 10 steps, for 2 weeks, you're going to feel better. TRUST ME 😉
 


<< Do you tell your doctor everything? Cause there are a few things that I can't bring myself to tell her...well like there are some things that I have to hide from people I guess otherwise they will look at me weird, so I usually try to cover it up. And I am finding that I have to lie to people when they ask me about certain things like marks on my arm or that type of thing you know what I mean? >>


This is why I don't think drugs are going to be effective. It appears that you have some characteristic - be it physical, mental, sexual, psychological, etc. - that you are having problems dealing with. You will have to candidly discuss this trait with a professional if you want effective help. I almost have a hunch about what your problem really is, but I will not discuss it here in case I am wrong.
 
If you're cutting, you don't need to feel ashamed. Such behavior is more common than you think. But, like others have said, you should get in touch with a psychiatrist. There's only so much that a GP can do. Look in the phone book if you don't want to go to your parents about it. There are people out there who would just love to help you.

I just want to say a couple of things though:

- I know what depression feels like. I disagree with mithrandir in that I feel that the cause can be either experiential (some event or series of events in your life, abuse, emotional trauma, etc.) or it can be chemical. My brother-in-law has suffered from chemical manic depression his whole life, and only recently has he sought the assistance of medication to improve his quality of life. I think he would have been suicidal if he didn't have a wife and two children to constantly remind him that he is loved. In his case, an SRI really helped give him the push he needed to beat it.

- I know this gets said a lot, but I hope you don't see it as a cop-out... suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Killing yourself leaves you no way out, no turning back. You have a full lifetime ahead of you, and ending it before it's hardly begun would be a shame. IIRC you're in your late teens/early 20s, and I have to say that those years can be awfully tough. But things get so much better once you're in your mid-twenties. I'm 24, and the problems I had as a teenager that seemed so huge are but distant memories now.

- Mithrandir does have a point though in that medications aren't a panacea. You've got to want to feel better, want to change for any solution to work. Zoloft or any other SRI can help you overcome what may be insurmountable otherwise, but the first step is loving yourself enough to want to get better. So, that's what you need to work on. You may think that no one cares about you, but that simply isn't true. It's just that without enough love for yourself, it's difficult (if not impossible) for you to perceive love from anyone else.

This world can be an incredibly cruel place, but there are good people out there who really make the rest of it bearable. They are difficult to find sometimes, but you have an entire lifetime ahead of you to find them, and you will find them if you try.

Your life is precious... the sooner you allow yourself to realize that the sooner you'll be on the road to recovery. You can overcome this--trust me.

Please IM or PM me if you ever want to talk... anytime.

P.S. If you aren't comfortable with talking to a counselor/Dr. right now, PLEASE go to a bookstore or library and find the book "The Road Less Travelled" by M. Scott Peck, M.D. I'm not into most books in the "self-help" category, but this book honestly changed my life. It took ideas that had been rattling around in my head my whole life and made sense out of them. I know trusting in someone else's book recommendations isn't always the best way to go, but if any book can help you this one can.
 
Not to sound callous or anything, but whenever someone says they are going to kill themselves, I always click to see what kinda computer they have. So if they die, I can make a request for their rig.

I actually knew someone that was going to do that and made proper arrangements. He changed his mind, so i ended up buying a system instead.
 
sorry, my rig has been earmarked for someone else, or I might sell it and go somewhere nice to die. I guess I will have to see when a month is up.
 
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