Quote Originally Posted by Stagger View Post
I have been suffering for a number of years now and am struggling.
How do I beat it? I am on medication and I also have a shrink?
I need some motivation. Please HELP!
Firstly, how long have you been on medication? Has it been reviewed recently? If you've been on it long term but it's not working now you should go and see your doctor again.

I'm sure you know (or at least should have been told) that most anti-depressant medication takes a couple of weeks before it kicks in.

When I suffered from depression in my youth, I tried hard to concentrate on the idea that "things WILL get better". A bit like keeping your head up and concentrating on the horizon when running. You may feel crap during a race but the knowledge that things will improve helps to get you through.

I know it's hard to enumerate the positives in your life when you're feeling so low but make the most of those that you've got, a wife or family perhaps, good physical health, more arms and legs than most soldiers returning from Afghanistan etc.

Above all, hold on to the notion that IT WILL GET BETTER!

Hope you turn the corner soon.