depression

I take mood enhancers, I could deal without them, but they help remove stress and make me more relaxed

Feeling crap today I think it might be a sunlight issue but whats really frustrating is that I love this time of the year and hate summer with a passion but it seems my brain disagrees. This episode started around this time of year a few years ago and it seems to flare up about nowish and its certainly doing that at the mo and I feel thoroughly shite.

hug, you know my depression got better after I dummped my ex

hey everybody, i didn't read all 5 pages but I just wanted to suggest taking omega 3. i take 4 fish oil tablets a day and it's been a really good addition to my depression medication (i'm on celexa) i keep mine in the refrigerator so I don't get that nasty fish aftertaste. anyway just an all natural suggestion! i'm thinking about getting one of those sun lamps for this winter because my depression usually gets worse with less sun

Fish oil is a good idea, especially as I get problems with my knees too. I'm a bit crap at remembering to take pills tho so I have a doset box but I think a fish pill will be too big to fit in. I'll have to find another way to remember . A lamp might be a good investment too. I'll have to have a look around and check prices out.

I am on celexa too!! and I was looking into a sun lamp too

do you have side effects from the celexa? just wondering because everytime i go see my doc she always asked me at least twice to make sure i don't have any. but it works great for me, it just makes me wonder what it does to some people that she would asks so repeatedly. i've been on other meds too but they made me into a crazy insomniac, after about 2 weeks of that i went in to get on something else and my doc said that some depression meds can make the brain too active- ugghhh i'll NEVER go on zoloft again!

and about the fish oil and remembering to take it- i'm bad a remembering to take pills too so i have to have them right in my face- my depression meds and vitamins are on the window sill by the sink so i see it every morning when i make me tea and the fish oil is by the milk so i see it all the time. i take fish oil with my meals- ii just say to myself, "it's not a meal without fish oil" hahahaha it's silly but it helps me remember

umm no peoblems here, I am going off them, so I am getting a bit dizzy

Does Celexa go by any other name? I'm on Venlafaxine, I was also on Mertazapine but I didn't like taking it and it scared me cos I had some horrible thoughts about ODing on it as it feels really powerful and the tablets are really tiny. I have also been on Fluoxitine too but that didn't really touch the sides.

there are a few other names for celexa i wiki'ed it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citalopram
well i guess i DO experience a side effect with celexa but it's very manageable- i just can't take it on an empty stomach or i throw up- but besides that it's all good- i hate the fact that i need to be on meds but i feel so much better when i am on them

well I am going off them, I think my relationship with my ex and graduation from school really made my depression worst

i dont have depression, but i do have the anxiety part, i take some meds for that (buspar) but it doesnt seem to help too much, but like you it acts up worse in the winter, it sucks, i feel for you.

I suffered from depression coupled with anxiety for years and a year and a half ago, through a referral to a psych hospital from my family doctor, I got into an intensive six-week group therapy program with a focus on cognitive behavioural therapy. I started antidepressants around the same time (Cipralex/escitalopram -- a newer version of Celexa that is supposed to have fewer side effects) and through the combination of CBT and medication I have made a nearly complete recovery. I'm back at work; my relationships have improved dramatically; I sleep and eat less; I'm exercising again. I can't express to you how amazing, wonderful, astonishing it is to have my life -- and the ability to live and enjoy it -- back. But I can tell you that you can get through this, and over it, and be a stronger person because of it. Because I was 28 last year too and was barely able to get out of bed. I was working as an editor, but couldn't focus long enough on a page to do my job. I felt like my life was over. But I got it back -- and I promise you that you can too.
I learned a lot about how to be in control of my reactions to negative situations and thoughts through the therapy and homework. You mentioned you beat yourself up a lot over small things -- have you looked into CBT at all? It can really change your life; it has certainly changed mine. I think CBT should be taught in schools, frankly -- I don't know anyone who wouldn't benefit from it. If you can't get in to see a therapist or into a group therapy program, there is a book that is basically a do-it-yourself CBT course: The Feeling Good Handbook by Dr. David Burns. Believe me, I know it's hard to even consider doing homework when you are depressed. It feels like it's too hard even to get out of bed, let alone open a book. But there is so much hope for getting out of this depression and putting it behind you! You can get the book for twenty bucks on Amazon (don't buy it used, because you write in it), and it's a big fat book that looks intimidating, but once you read Chapter 1, you'll realize that this guy knows you, knows what you're thinking, and knows how to help.
Sorry for the long post. Message me if you have any questions. But please believe me when I say that this doesn't have to be how your life is.

I'm doing CBT at the moment and thats been brilliant and has helped a lot. Unfortunately I'm near the end (I've got 2 sessions left) but I do my homework religiously and on a good day I do believe it will work and can see the difference it makes. Thankfully I've able to work for most of this episode. I had 6 weeks off at the beginning and a week about 6 months ago when I got really bad again. I was seeing the Crisis team then though.
It's great to hear that you have overcome yours. Sometimes I think its something that does eventually go but you just have to live through it the best you can. I went through it about 3 times before and didn't take medication then or have any treatment and I was really unwell on at least 2 of those occasions. I think I was luck y then tho as I wasn't working then, I was still studying. I think working is much harder as you need to earn money and once you give up a job it can be really hard to get back.

I have done a program like that, and I have to say cuttibg the negitive from my life is good.

But I am weaning myself off my meds and going to try more holistic style of treatment, to calm myself. I am going to try to surrond myself with positive and happy things.

I am thinking green tea greens and muted yellows, they make me happy. Oranges and lime colour, turtles and kawai