Cures for Depression

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since my dad passed away last year ive noticed there are loong periods of time when im just down. i did a bit of googling but i just wanna know what kind of questions the doctors ask. i realy wanna get treatment coz i can see my moods are getting my family down and i feel like im losing my friends.
i also have a thing about talking bout my feelings when it comes to talking im rediculously staunch. if i start talking about them i just get reeeally anxious nervous im a mess!

Just come straight out and ask them if they have a treatment..and tell them why you feel depressed..they might give you a treatment they might not. you might wanna consider counseling/therapy it could help. just talk to someone about it

since my dad passed away last year ive noticed there are loong periods of time when im just down. i did a bit of googling but i just wanna know what kind of questions the doctors ask. i realy wanna get treatment coz i can see my moods are getting my family down and i feel like im losing my friends.
i also have a thing about talking bout my feelings when it comes to talking im rediculously staunch. if i start talking about them i just get reeeally anxious nervous im a mess!

Just come straight out and ask them if they have a treatment..and tell them why you feel depressed..they might give you a treatment they might not. you might wanna consider counseling/therapy it could help. just talk to someone about it

I suffer badly from clinical depression, I am totally numb to everything,no concentration,cannot watch tv, read papers, hold conversation, no retention,hard to understand anything, no emotions for my wife, children or 2 grandchildren. I just feel apathy towards everything and do not think i can survive this torment much longer

Depression
Depression is very common and everyone feels fed up, sad, unhappy, miserable at times. Sometimes we know that there is a cause for our depression – maybe we have just broken up from a relationship, maybe someone we were close to has died, we may have failed exams, we may be ill – but other times there doesn’t seem to be one cause – it may be a build up of problems, feeling unable to cope with life and we are not really sure why.

When depression is very severe some people can feel that life isn’t worth living, they want to die. When depression doesn’t go away it is important to ask for help. It is not a sign of weakness to ask for help but a sign of strength to recognise that you have these feelings and are unable to cope. Many people find at some stage in their life that it is hard to cope as well as they used to. You don’t have to be strong all the time – recognise when you are finding it difficult to cope and need support.

People can get a variety of symptoms when they feel very depressed.

General feelings of unhappiness which don’t go away.

Having no interest in life.

Finding it difficult to concentrate and make even easy decisions.

Having no feeling of enjoyment in life.

Not wanting to go out or mix with people but spending a lot of time on your own.

Feeling very tired and having no energy.

Finding it difficult to sleep and waking up frequently during the night.

Having no appetite and eating very little

Losing self confidence and feeling worthless.

Being very irritable, anxious, impatient.

Feeling very negative about life.

Having suicidal thoughts.

If you are depressed don’t bottle it up – it is important you talk to someone – family, friend, teacher, youth leader, GP, organisation, helpline etc. – anyone you feel you can trust If you don’t share how you are feeling you may find yourself using unhealthy coping strategies which will in the long run only add to your problems and make you feel worse – some people may start drinking alcohol more, may take drugs, may start self harming and cutting themselves, may stop eating or binge eating and making themselves sick.

You may find that counselling will help you as this will give you a safe space to talk to someone who is especially trained. This will help you to say how you really feel inside and the counsellor will work with you to help you find solutions and healthy coping strategies and to look at the reasons behind your depression. This will give you a better understanding of your feelings and some support in working through anything which is troubling you. If you find that counselling doesn’t work for you then it would be an idea to see your GP and discuss with him other ways of helping you with your depression.

Talking to others and counselling and therapy can help but to pull yourself out of a depression you need to do a lot of work yourself. When you are depressed you may feel you have no control over your life but you do still have choices. You can choose to stay depressed and not eat properly, not exercise, stay in bed all day, etc. or you can choose to try and help yourself to get out of the depression . If you take care of yourself physically it will help you to feel stronger emotionally and to cope more easily with life. Just as a car needs petrol to work properly so does your body need nutrients from food so although you may not feel like eating please try and eat healthily and drink plenty of water.

Sometimes when we are depressed life can seem very negative and black – it can be easy to forget that there are beautiful things in the world surrounding us. Try and get out each day into an open space, park, forest, lake etc. and just take in the beauty of your surroundings, and try and be at one with nature. This can help keep things in perspective and lift your mood.

Set yourself small goals – maybe each day try and write down something you want to do the following day and try and follow this through. The more active you are the less time you will have to focus on your depression. Try and interact with other people when you can as if you totally isolate yourself and cut yourself off from the outside world you could find your depression gets more severe.

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What Can I do To Help Myself
Don’t bottle things up – find someone to talk to about how you are feeling.
Make sure you get plenty of exercise and plenty of fresh air. You will find that even if you do a quick walk every day and a short period of other exercise each day you will start to feel physically and emotionally stronger and more able to cope.
Make sure you eat a healthy balanced diet – eat little and often and don’t skip meals. If you are not eating properly you will feel more depressed and listless.
Try and keep busy – to keep your mind occupied.
Do things you enjoy to relax, treat yourself and take care of yourself.
Try and get to bed at a regular time. If you find it difficult to sleep listen to the radio/TV/read and you may find you drop off to sleep more easily.
Don’t resort to unhealthy ways of dealing with your problems like drinking, taking drugs, cutting, eating disorders.
Ask for help when you need it.
Try to stop thinking in a negative way – when you think a negative thought try and replace it with a positive one.
If you need a hug ask someone you trust – this can make you feel that someone really does care how you are feeling.
Remember depression is very common – you will not always feel like this – you will come out of it and be able to enjoy life.

If your depression is severe and you are having thoughts about harming yourself or ending your life it is important you talk to someone immediately about how you are feeling. If you are a child or young person speak to your parents about how you are feeling. They would want to know how you feel and to support you and look at ways of helping. Talk to your GP and make him aware of what is going on for you. It is very difficult to deal with severe depression on your own – you need help and support and in some cases your GP may advise medication.

ENDING YOUR LIFE AND HARMING YOURSELF IS NEVER THE ANSWER. YOU HAVE YOUR WHOLE LIFE AHEAD OF YOU AND WILL NOT ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THIS.

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Agencies which offer support and information
SupportLine Telephone Helpline: 020 8554 9004 (Helpline), email info@supportline.org.uk – Confidential emotional support to Children Young People and Adults. Also keeps details of agencies, support groups and counsellors throughout UK.

Association for Post Natal Illness: 020 7386 0868, www.apni.org, emailinfo@apni.org – To advise and support women suffering from post natal illness. Running a network of volunteers to support sufferers throughout the UK.

Aware Defeat Depression: 08451 202961, email help@aware-ni.org – Support, information or a listening ear for all those affected by depressive illnesses.

Breathing Space: 0800 83 85 87 (Area served SCOTLAND), www.breathingspacescotland.co.uk – Helpline for young men 12-40 years who are experiencing difficulties and unhappiness in their lives and for their friends and family.

CALL Community Advice and Listening Line (Wales): 0800 132737, www.callhelpline.org.uk – Mental health helpline for Wales providing confidential listening support service.

Childline: 0800 1111, www.childline.org.uk.

Crossline Central: 0845 658 0045 (Area served SCOTLAND) – Christian based helpline and counselling service for the general public and people in crisis.

DABS Mail-Order Book Catalogue: 01709 860023 – Wide range of books including those on depression, self esteem assertiveness, self harm, child abuse.

Depression Alliance: 0845 123 2320, email information@depressionalliance.org, www.depressionalliance.org – Confidential listening and support service. Also offer a range of information on depression and treatment options. National network of self help groups for people experiencing depression. National pen friend scheme offering support and fellowship to people with depression and their carers. Quarterly newsletter, booklets and leaflets on depression.

Depression Alliance Scotland: 0845 123 2320 (Area served SCOTLAND), www.depressionalliance.org – Telephone information and other support for people affected by depression. Information about symptoms and treatment, listening support and signposting to other agencies.

Depression Support Group Association ( London based): 020 7328 8391, www.depressionalternatives.co.uk – Helping people whose lives have been distorted by insecurity, loneliness, shyness, unsatisfactory relationships to find alternatives to depression. Groups in London convened by professional counsellors/psychotherapists. Meet in a friendly, sociable environment and offer members route to a more fulfilling life, develop self esteem and confidence and learn how their emotional needs can be met more fully. Fee £15 per week, concessions students/unemployed. Also run Shyness & Social Anxiety Programme and Personal Relationships programme, Men’s Group to strengthen men’s sense of themselves. Also individual therapy.

Fellowship of Depressives Anonymous (FDA): 01702 433838, PO Box FDA, Self Help Nottingham, Ormiston House, 32-36 Pelham Street, Nottingham NG1 2EG UK wide self help organisation made up of individual members and groups which meet locally on a regular basis for mutual support. £10 yearly membership (reductions for those who cannot afford that amount).

Get Connected: 0808 800 4994, email help@getconnected.org.uk, www.getconnected.org.uk – Free telephone and email helpline finding young people the best help whatever the problem. Can connect a child or young person to any UK helpline where appropriate.

Hope in Crisis Telephone Line: 028 9446 9990 (Area served NORTHERN IRELAND) – Christian based organisation offering listening support and ministry for anyone in crisis.

The London Shyness Clinic: 020 7289 4317, www.shyness.co.uk – Therapy and counselling to overcome shyness and gain confidence.

Manic Depression Fellowship: 0845 634 0540, email mdf@mdf.org.uk, www.mdf.org.uk – Advice and information for people with manic depression and their families, carers and mental health professionals. Supply a range of information leaflets, books and tapes. Network of self help groups for people with manic depression, relatives and friends. Self management training programme.

The Maytree: 020 7263 7070 – Sanctuary for the suicidal offering befriending and support (based in N.London).

The Mental Health Foundation: 020 7803 1100, email mhf@mhf.orgl.uk, www.mhf.org.uk – Publish a booklet ‘Understanding Depression’.

Meet A Mum Association: (MAMA) 0845 120 6162, www.mama.org.uk, email Meet-A-Mum.assoc@blueyonder.co.uk – To support mothers and mothers to be by putting them in touch with other mothers living nearby. Also provide one to one support and social activities.

Mind (National Association for Mental Health): 0845 766 0163, email contact@mind.org.uk, www.mind.org.uk – Publish booklets relating to Depression.

Muslim Youth Helpline: 0808 808 2008, email help@myh.org.uk, www.myh.org.uk (Area served London). Helpline providing culturally sensitive support to Muslim youth under the age of 25. Outreach services including family mediation, face to face counselling and befriending.

National Youth Advocacy Service: 0800 616101, email help@nyas.net, www.nyas.net – Provides information, advice, advocacy and legal representation to young people up to the age of 25 through a network of advocates throughout England and Wales.

Premier Lifeline: 0845 345 0707, email lifeline@premier.org.uk, www.premier.org.uk/lifeline – Christian run helpline offering information and a listening ear to the general public on a range of emotional and spiritual issues.

SAD Association: 01903 814 942, www.sada.org.uk – To inform the public about seasonal affective disorder. To support and advise sufferers of the illness. Limited light box hire scheme. Supply contacts list for members.

Samaritans:0845 790 90 90, email jo@samaritans.org, www.samaritans.org.

Self Help Services: (Manchester area) 0161 226 5412, email info@selfhelpservices.org.uk, www.selfhelpservices.org.uk – Run over thirty support groups for people with mental health problems or are in need of emotional support, including groups relating to depression.

Stress Anxiety Depression – Confidential Helpline: 01622 717656 – Advice, information on self help strategies, relaxation, exercise, nutrition, cognitive therapy etc.

Voice for the Child In Care: 0808 800 5792, email help@vcc-uk.org, www.vcc-uk.org – Telephone advice, information and advocacy services for children in care. Helpline for care leavers – 0808 100 3224. Visiting advocacy service for children in secure units and other residential homes.

Who Cares? Linkline: 0500 564 570, email mailbox@thewhocarestrust.org.uk, www.thewhocarestrust.org.uk – Helpline offering information and support for young people who are or have been in care.

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Useful websites
www.channel4.com/health – information on depression, anxiety, mental health etc

www.depressioninteenagers.co.uk – An interactive site with resources for young people with depression, using self help ideas and relaxation techniques

www.foodandmood.org – a site which explores the relationship of what you eat and how you feel

www.healthyplace.com – information and support for those suffering from depression (American site)

www.netdoctor.co.uk – lots of useful information

www.patient.co.uk – self help guides under mental health leaflets on depression

www.pendulum.org (American site) – online support group for people with manic depression (bipolar disorder)

www.pni.org.uk – website set up by women who are suffering or have suffered with post natal illness, information, email support partner, chatroom

www.surgerydoor.co.uk – click on ‘medical conditions’, click on ‘mental health’, then ‘depression’ for information

www.theblackdog.net – supportive site for men who suffer from depression and/or suicidal thoughts

www.There4me.com – website for 12-16 year olds, confidential online advice

www.www.touchingminds.org – peer support for those who suffer from mood disorders, depression, anxiety

www.worriedneed2talk.org.uk – website for young people

I have anxiety and depression. I’ve been taking Wellbutrin, Effexor, and Invega for treatment. I’m really pleased with the results. I feel so much better and am getting back to my normal self again. However, I don’t understand what Invega is used for. I googled it and it said it was a anti-psychotic used for the treatment of psychizophrenia. I’m pretty sure I’m not psychotic, and I don’t have psychizophrenia. So, why was I prescribed this medication?

Invega is used for the treatment of Schizophrenia, but it can also be used to control Anxiety, Depression, and the mood swings of bipolar disorder.

Anti psychotics such as invega seroquel and others sedate teh individual among other things. This sedating effect can calm down the mind to where the person does not feel anxious anymore. Combined with other medications it creates a great balance to help.

There are lots of meds psychiatric and not, that are used for an illness or disorder that they weren’t made for at first. Good luck with the meds

I read that oxytocin is a naturally produced hormone. It improves relations with others. For this reason it is used in treatment for autism and social phobia. I would like to know if oxytocin also works for depression and what brands are out there in the market??

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Good luck.

So I attempted suicide and now I have to go to therapy weekly and take meds. I know it’s supposed to help but I just feel overwhelmed. I work full time and go to graduate school. I am just so overwhelmed…Is it because I am just starting treatment? Will it get better?

Therapy is very difficult and it is emotionally draining. Most people leave their office and go home to sleep. I did too. Recovery from anything takes weeks, months and for those that have been abused for years, it can takes years to heal. We did not get this way overnight and it is sure that we will not heal overnight either. Some get frustrated and quit to soon and this is not a good idea. Be patient with yourself and try to plan your appointments late in the day, so you can rest afterword. I applaud your courage for doing this. Hang in there, it will get better and you will too. Good mental health

Like, would you need to go if you just have it a bit worse than others, or does there need to be certain criteria for you to go, such as self-harm etc?

The best bet is seeing a psychiatrist for a proper diagnostic and treatment. If for some reason that’s not an option or if you cannot afford therapy, read http://tiny.cc/wmis4/
In many cases depression will respond quickly to the use of this treatments (within a few weeks), but if this still doesn’t work, see a psychiatrist; psychiatric treatment for depression involves antidepressants and usually but not always, therapy. In either case, psychiatric treatment for depression is a long-time, continuous one, it isn’t like an aspirin when your head hurts.
If you are clinically depressed, you can’t be successful by your self.

Hope this helps.

I’ve read online about treating depression (haha go figure) before and remember some instances of reading that a doctor might prescribe prozac + adderall to treat depression which I suppose prozac is to treat the depression and adderall to help boost the patients motivation/ability to get things done which they didn’t have enough from the depression.

It’s not unreasonable, exactly for the reasons you just noted – the prozac will take at least a month to kick into effect, and in the meantime, fast acting adderall can improve energy/motivation and get patients started on treatment (like going to therapy).

When i was was reading about depression (Don’t need to mention why) it says on most pages on the diagnoses the child will be Evaluated? What does this mean what will they do?

An evaluation can take a day, a month or years. People (professionals) will watch your behaviour, listen to what you say, which is very intrusive at times, and overseer how you communicate and socialize with others. When depression is the topic for a child, it means not only will the child be interviewed and watched, but so will his/her family surroundings come under scrutiny because a proper diagnosis must be made before treatment is given. It can be a rather unnerving situation to go through, having very personal questions asked. If a child is very young without conversation, then they are placed in a room either alone or with someone,(with alot of toys) and just watched. Behaviour can speak a thousand words to someone who is trained to understand it. Hope this helps and good mental health

Depression runs in my family. I can not afford to go to the doctor, but I need help. What are natural remedies that have worked for others?

see if your area has what is known as "community mental health" run by the county or the state. There might be help there maybe.