Anyone here dealing with depression

[PineyWoods]

The drugs work. I also recently found out that lifelong ADHD has probably been a big contributor to my depressions. Those drugs seem to work, too most of the time. Wanna go ride bikes?

 

[Bungiex88]

I personally think depression is another way pharmaceutical companies to shove more unhealthy pills down the throat of willing patients. Everyday you wake up above ground no matter what you are dealing with you need to put your pants on and shoes and do what you need to do. Yes there things in people's life that get them sad and that's OK but you just need to keep trucking. One thing that improves sadness is eat healthy and quit watching TV especially the news and quit worrying about everything. Life is to short to give a darn

 

[Industrial Toys]

Depression isn't fun, but it's a powerfull learning situation. There are wonderfull books that address this. It should not be medicated away. I suffer from depression. It seems to come in cycles and I know it will pass. Today, I realized that getting something new or other mindless consumerism, just doesn't do it for me anymore. That in itself is depressing. Humans it seems are almost incapable of removing something from their lives without replacing it with something else. Otherwise it leaves a vacuume. A very unsettling vacuume.

I think if more people dared to see our world the way it really is, more people would be depressed. Better to stay with the program and keep their heads in the sand.

 

[aczlan]

I personally think depression is another way pharmaceutical companies to shove more unhealthy pills down the throat of willing patients. Everyday you wake up above ground no matter what you are dealing with you need to put your pants on and shoes and do what you need to do. Yes there things in people's life that get them sad and that's OK but you just need to keep trucking. One thing that improves sadness is eat healthy and quit watching TV especially the news and quit worrying about everything. Life is to short to give a darn

I would have to disagree for clinical depression. I have close family members who have it and without the right medication, it is impossible for them to "see the bright side".
There is a difference between feeling sad, having "temporary depression" due to a loss, etc and clinical depression. Clinical depression (currently) can be helped a little by having a positive attitude, but you also need to medication to help dampen mood swings and reduce the number of "down days" that a person has.

Aaron Z.

 

[PineyWoods]

I personally think depression is another way pharmaceutical companies to shove more unhealthy pills down the throat of willing patients. Everyday you wake up above ground no matter what you are dealing with you need to put your pants on and shoes and do what you need to do. Yes there things in people's life that get them sad and that's OK but you just need to keep trucking. One thing that improves sadness is eat healthy and quit watching TV especially the news and quit worrying about everything. Life is to short to give a darn

No offense but that is simply because of ignorance. There is a big difference between being sad and having a chemical imbalance in your brain. You can't imagine the struggles a person that suffers from clinical depression has to face every 5 to 10 minutes Keep On Truckin just doesn't cover it.

 

[ozley]

There has been some work in gene testing to find the right drugs for depression.Some Insurance Companies pay for it some say it's to soon Medicare will pay. GeneSight - Genetic Testing for Personalized Medicine Treatment. I know a few hoping it works because they have been chasing their tail for years.

 

[dickfoster]

I suffer from depression every time I turn the news on rather what passes for the news these days. Apparently both the media and the county have gone totally insane and have no standards or limits or the idiotic stuff they'll pull.

 

[roadhunter]

I personally think depression is another way pharmaceutical companies to shove more unhealthy pills down the throat of willing patients. Everyday you wake up above ground no matter what you are dealing with you need to put your pants on and shoes and do what you need to do. Yes there things in people's life that get them sad and that's OK but you just need to keep trucking. One thing that improves sadness is eat healthy and quit watching TV especially the news and quit worrying about everything. Life is to short to give a darn

I used to think this way about depression but have changed my mind over the years. Life can be really tough sometimes and a little understanding goes a long way.

 

[ozley]

I suffer from depression every time I turn the news on rather what passes for the news these days. Apparently both the media and the county have gone totally insane and have no standards or limits or the idiotic stuff they'll pull.

That would be a good thing if something that straight forward cause it.

 

[jerrybob]

The psychology professor was giving an oral test.
Speaking about manic depression, she asked, "How would you diagnose a patient who screaming at the top of his lungs one minute, then sits in a chair weeping uncontrollably the next?"
A sports-minded young man answered, "He's probably a basketball coach?"