Who here suffers from depression

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i used to,it was a curse

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I have seasonal depression.
It was really bad when I lived above the Arctic Circle, where in the winter, the daylight was more or less non-existent in the winter time.

It’s not so bad here in Denmark.

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I was even hospitalized with depression before sz because I wanted to commit suicide

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I suffer with bipolar depression but Depakote has basically taken care of it.

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Yepz, depression.

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Me. Major depression

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I get depressed now and then. Get awfully suicidal when I get depressed.

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Poster child for depression here. :stuck_out_tongue:
My only reprieve is sleep.

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Yes I have depression
It’s a sheit thing

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I sometimes feel pretty darn depressed, like at this time.

mine is partly due to loneliness, partly due to a lack of support while I am going through cancer treatment besides the sz and all that entails…

judy

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I’ve had a few episodes of depression. You’re right it certainly felt like a curse

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I too, suffer from depression. I do not like my depression as it keeps me from being happy.

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I get depressed due to being lonely and with the symptoms of schizophrenia that I have to deal with

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I visited blackpool years ago i love that place

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When I was twenty three dam tire several times

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I’ve had severe depression.

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Sometimes I feel depressed, then I realize all bad stuff in my life is not my fault and I feel OK, when you are fighting against something you don’t feel depressed, then I find something to do

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i do, i tried to go without antidepressants for a while but i gave in and now im back on them

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Lucky you. I don’t get to be helped by antidepressants, I tried and I was hospitalised for a severe manic episode caused by prescribed SSRIs . So I have to simply hang on there and wait for it to pass. It does pass eventually, as I am cycling through moods, so it’s fine.

Mood stabilisers would be a solution, but it’s a no can do ATM, as my pdoc is on maternity leave and the replacement ■■■■■ told me “they cannot prescribe Sodium Valproate to young women” when I asked why, she said I might have a baby at some point. I pointed out I had two kids and a pair of tied fallopian tubes, and she mumbled something about evidence of that, implying that if it wasn’t a Northern Ireland doctor who did it, it never happened.

To put things in context, with Ireland having legalised abortion, Northern Ireland is the only “country” in A Europe that still forbids it by law. So officially, if I would become pregnant on Sodium Valproate then I would have a debilitated baby to raise.

I also have severe thyroid problems in my family and prefer staying without a mood stabiliser than going on Lithium and bearing the consequences on my Thyroid and kidneys.

So, there you are. Full blown depression for most of the year round.

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sorry bout ur situation bud, have you considered ect?