Poll: Do you get depressed frequently?

Is depression an ongoing frequent occurrence with you?
I’m not talking about occasionally feeling blue.

Do you get depressed frequently?

I’m talking about major depressive episodes here.

  • Yes I have depression
  • No I don’t have depression

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I’m the happiest I’ve ever been in my life, having finally found peace with myself. Acceptance is an amazing asset.

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Are you saying that major depression is a psychological condition?

Because I accept who I am and still experience depression.

I was taught that my condition has a biological basis to it. @fractaled

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I do get depressed pretty often, and there’s nothing that can help me when I do, unfortunately, except for the act of bracing myself and waiting for time to take care of the problem.

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Me too, I spent over a decade deeply depressed, but one day (maybe 4 years ago or so) it just started to fade away on its own, and I quit my antidepressant.

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I have seasonal depression. It’s not the season to be miserable rn.

Rn I’m doing amazing in mood

Thanks to all my medications and less pressure in life

My parents always wanted me to live on my own. Put me up in an apartment, live by myself. I was stressed out at times. It made me have depression more often. Especially feeling very lonely.

Now fortunately they’ve accepted me back and I live with them and I no longer have depression

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I wake up depressed in the morning but due to the day’s activities, it is overcome.

I think that I wasn’t clear enough.
When I say depression, I’m talking about major depression, the kind where medication is needed many times.

I am not talking about the kind of depression that arises in life once in a while from shitty life experiences.

Sorry for the confusion

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I’ve been diagnosed with depression and take Cipralex for it. My symptoms are: Feeling hopeless, lack of motivation (hygeine) feeling sad, memory issues, weight gain, sleeping a lot.

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Mine started to fade around the same time.

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Is there a kind of depression which society doesn’t want medicated?

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Ketamine is the best medication I’ve tried for my depression.

I know many doctors say this too but it’s really a fool-proof kinda thing.

My depression is better because I do ketamine once per month. That’s a medication imo. Just because it’s both illegal and legal doesnt make it a non-medication imo.

I self medicate with it myself

But it turned around my constant suicidal ideation I had….4 years ago.

Not recommending anyone to seek it illegally. But it’s really the best anti depressant out there imo

I don’t think it harms Sz. Definitely not at the doses they give it at medically

Truly a wonder drug. Just has a stigma. Which it shouldn’t. It’s safe.

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If I’m not properly medicated I start having suicidal thoughts.

Which is why I decided to find out why, instead of covering it up with medication.

Depression goes hand in hand with brain chemistry and shitty life circumstances, or better called, perspective.

Just because someone has gotten out of it does not mean their depression was less significant to them. All depression has its depths.

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Glad that taking the no med route is working for you.

With that said, I have to be on medication.

Tried the no medication route and it nearly got me killed.

No thanks

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I’m sza. I have had severe depression. I’m always depressed.

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You are very condescending to those of us on medication.

In this thread and others.

If not taking meds is working for you,

Great!

However,

There’s no shame in taking medication if you need it.

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i am depressed in january february and sometimes march depending on weather. then just random bouts of depression the rest of the year that come out of the blue.

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My depression seems to be treatment resistant. I’m glad the same can’t be said for everyone. I can understand choosing a treatment path of not medicating; I’m pretty disgusted by “big psychiatry” lol. Something to take the edge off can be what some need to begin to process their depression, though.

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I think I’ve had chronic low grade depression ever since I lost my childhood best friend.

But it’s finally making miniscule progress. I think

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