I just wanted to thank all of those brave enough to post about there difficulties, and those who showed us support. I'm sure I speak for others when I say it helped a lot. So I wish you all a happy new year, and for those of us who had a tough one lets look forward to a better year in 2012! :thumbup:
If things are bad, they can only get better. Talk about it, fight it, never give up, force a smile and carry on. Happy 2012 to all:thumbup:Originally Posted by eavesy187
Keep on keeping on MerrySteve and eavesy!
Poacher turned game-keeper
I have lived with this for a long time, some times its not so easy to get out of bed in the mornings but the running sure helps. I joined a club because it helps to run with others, it also helps to motivate me into getting my arse into gear. Goal setting gives me something to aim for, a reason to run perhaps, but it works for me. i know the running helps so when i feel low i know i'm slacking, hence i go for a run - the worse i feel the longer i run.
I can't always figure why i feel low but i can be sure a good run will give me time to clear my head and point me in the right direction, its not a cure all but it helps me.
Happy new year to you all and good running.
To anyone suffering from depression,I would say Please don't give up,you will get better.I had the worst year of my life in 2008 when I had severe anxiety & depression.I felt totally isolated,frightened and devastated constantly. I saw a councellor and was prescribed Citalopram by my GP,which really helped me alot.I also kept running throughout.After 14 months I was able to gradually stop the tablets.I have the odd bad day,when I feel very low,but most of my days are good.
Just an echo to all that's gone before and to those still struggling with the suffering...I was put on Fluoxetine (prozac) 8 years ago now (and about 10 years later than I should have!!) - it helped me a lot, though it took some time before I really knew this.
This time last year I was on 40mg a day.
Today I'm down to 20mg every 2 days and winding it down to the point where I'll be anti-depressant free...a point I'm really really looking forward to.
Life hasn't changed all that much, but the way I deal with it has. Prozac gave me a place to 'step back to' and allowed me the space to develop a different way of looking at things.
Something that occurs to me on a daily basis is that depression is depressingly common amongst the section of humanity that thinks about things. This suggests to me that while the problem ends up 'within' it possibly starts from living in a world that needs some serious readjustment.
People deal with this in different ways, but frankly? Depression seems a very very rational response to the way things are....
Good luck all on this.
A short spell on anti depressants a number of years ago virtually cured me for life (touch wood).
I reckoned that if a chemical could make me feel better about my life, then the problem wasn't really my life, but rather my response to it. Or rather, a chemical problem in my brain that was making me respond in a certain way. Now low periods don't disturb me and I don't get sucked into a downward spiral - I just witness them for what they are and let them pass. Just like a bout of tiredness and far less debilitating than a common cold.
Nail on the head i reckon, i have good days and bad, sometimes on a bad day things don't get to me and it turns into a good day. In fact, the worse the day, the greater the sense of achievement is in getting through it. It's the way you tackle things, everyone needs help on getting reset sometimes though.
Just come across this thread. Excellent. Respect to all those posting. Has anyone tried hypnosis? cognitive therapy seems to work for a while but with fairly regular relapses and totally against taking any drugs.
You have it bang onI reckoned that if a chemical could make me feel better about my life, then the problem wasn't really my life, but rather my response to it. Or rather, a chemical problem in my brain that was making me respond in a certain way.
You cannot help the way your brain responds and it seems perfectly natural at the time,Its only a few days later that you realize you were not thinking rationally
There is the physical side too
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