Think I may be suffering from Adolescent Depression?!
Question: Think I may be suffering from Adolescent Depression.?
I've got all the main symptoms. Including... sadness and feeling hopeless, irritable, frequently crying, straying away from family and friends, changed my eating habits, having trouble sleeping, and staying up until 1 or 2 in the morning, having difficulty concentrating...
I really don't have anyone in my life I can go to, my mom's gone, and my dad doesn't care anymore. So I'm alone in this, I'm not sure if it's depression or I'm just being a teenager like most people say.
I'm only 15, so I dunno. Health Question & Answer
I really don't have anyone in my life I can go to, my mom's gone, and my dad doesn't care anymore. So I'm alone in this, I'm not sure if it's depression or I'm just being a teenager like most people say.
I'm only 15, so I dunno. Health Question & Answer
Answers:
Ok, maybe you should sit down with your father and have a father daughter talk with him, Dont go to friends with this,because your friends arent friends if there gonna talk behind your back about you. If you cant do that with you dad, then when you go to school, If there is a teacher there that you feel confortble with then ask that teacher if you may talk to them. Go to school early just to meet with this teacher and explain what you explained here, or go to the school counslor and ask to talk to them. If you used to cut yourself , thats signs of self mutilazation, with the death and the greif you have expiranced in your life your probly going thru PTSD. Post traumatic stress syndrome, it effects you in many ways. Get the help that you need by talking to a counslor or teacher to learn how to deal with these issues you have at hand.Sometimes in your life you have to be able to sit down with your parent and make them understand that you are going thru some issues and your asking for help with it before its to late. If you need someone to talk to , you can email me at Laura_Aquila2002@yahoo.com maybe I can talk to your dad myself to help you. Health Question & Answer
Can you go to a trusted teacher.? School counselor.? Ask you dad to make youa doctors appointmant and then ask to talk to your family doctor alone. There is help available. What about a friends parent to talk to and then have them go with you to talk to your dad. Maybe your dad does care and just doesnt understand.?!Health Question & Answer
You don't deserve to be feeling like this,have you any friend you could confide in or a teacher in school.? try to look after yourself and fine something in life you enjoy doing and concentrate on that.xxHealth Question & Answer
Well.
many kids this age feel like that
whether its because of family freinds, a boy
Go out and have fun. Hang out with the girlsHealth Question & Answer
many kids this age feel like that
whether its because of family freinds, a boy
Go out and have fun. Hang out with the girlsHealth Question & Answer
Right, since i've suffered with heavy depression myself this is what you should do.
You need to talk about it so that you don't fall into clinical depression. There are different types of depression (i had the reactive type which stemmed from assault), and it took 6 years to get over it with meds. and counselling. Talk to your doctor and also confide in people you feel close to, as this will help a lot. People who care and understand you are key to getting over it and not going through it alone.
However, your doctor is the main port of call for this because depression can lead to other things if it's not dealt with correctly. Don't go hurting yourself at all ok.
Come and join this site which i am a member of. There's a section called TWLOHA - To Write Love on Her Arms) and i ask of you to join this cause (It's all free). The forums for this cause is where like-minded people of your age, and other ages, talk about their experiences and help each other along what they are going through. It really does help. Many people are getting help from being there so come over and take part with us hun. .?r=284680" rel="nofollow">http://www.socialvibe.com/.?r=284680
Don't be afraid. Stand up and be counted. Most importantly don't be alone in this. It's harder to deal with alone if you cannot speak to family ok. *smile for me*.
God bless and all the best. xx
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You need to talk about it so that you don't fall into clinical depression. There are different types of depression (i had the reactive type which stemmed from assault), and it took 6 years to get over it with meds. and counselling. Talk to your doctor and also confide in people you feel close to, as this will help a lot. People who care and understand you are key to getting over it and not going through it alone.
However, your doctor is the main port of call for this because depression can lead to other things if it's not dealt with correctly. Don't go hurting yourself at all ok.
Come and join this site which i am a member of. There's a section called TWLOHA - To Write Love on Her Arms) and i ask of you to join this cause (It's all free). The forums for this cause is where like-minded people of your age, and other ages, talk about their experiences and help each other along what they are going through. It really does help. Many people are getting help from being there so come over and take part with us hun. .?r=284680" rel="nofollow">http://www.socialvibe.com/.?r=284680
Don't be afraid. Stand up and be counted. Most importantly don't be alone in this. It's harder to deal with alone if you cannot speak to family ok. *smile for me*.
God bless and all the best. xx
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It's somewhere in between being a normal teenager and adolescent depression.
It seems sort of like depression, but honestly it doesn't sound that extreme.
You're under a huge about of stress and emotionally harming situations. It makes perfect sense that you'd feel that way.
If everything was perfect in your life and then all of a sudden you got really melancholic, then I'd think that you were clinically depressed.
However, because of these feelings, you may have had a lack of serotonin to your brain, causing real depression.
The best thing to do would be to research good sites on this (not wikipedia and yahooanswers), books, or just talk to a GOOD psychiatrist or psychologist. You may not want to, but if it's getting really bad then it would help.
I hope you feel better ..
also, one thing. I didn't realize your screenname till I pressed the preview button...and it makes me really mad. I'm not for or against Barrack Obama, but calling him Hussein is just ignorant. But luckily I answered before I saw that, lol. ;)
Still, I hope you feel better. You're not alone. {That sounds really cheesy, but really. You're not..)Health Question & Answer
It seems sort of like depression, but honestly it doesn't sound that extreme.
You're under a huge about of stress and emotionally harming situations. It makes perfect sense that you'd feel that way.
If everything was perfect in your life and then all of a sudden you got really melancholic, then I'd think that you were clinically depressed.
However, because of these feelings, you may have had a lack of serotonin to your brain, causing real depression.
The best thing to do would be to research good sites on this (not wikipedia and yahooanswers), books, or just talk to a GOOD psychiatrist or psychologist. You may not want to, but if it's getting really bad then it would help.
I hope you feel better ..
also, one thing. I didn't realize your screenname till I pressed the preview button...and it makes me really mad. I'm not for or against Barrack Obama, but calling him Hussein is just ignorant. But luckily I answered before I saw that, lol. ;)
Still, I hope you feel better. You're not alone. {That sounds really cheesy, but really. You're not..)Health Question & Answer
Do you come from a family, or society in which the role of women is devalued.? See http://www.selfempoweredwoman.com/ and http://www.girl.com.au & http://www.hilary.com/ & http://www.femail.com.au/ and ask what you can do in the Gender & Womens Studies section, in Social Science, here at Y!A as well as viewing "self esteem & confidence", in section 38, at ezy build, below. A variant of Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing therapy, which has been used successfully for those people suffering from anxiety: it is easily learned, quick to use, yet can be very effective, is on page N, of section 6, and I use it before the relaxation techniques, because I have found that it makes them quicker to employ, and more effective, but it came from a book on insomnia depression, so try it. It works well for me. Don't bottle those feelings up! Express them. One way is by journalling them, even by opening 2 new, free, email accounts in Myway, Hotmail, or Gmail, and sending them to yourself in email form, then archiving them, or creating special folders for each topic, as I do. This virtually guarantees your privacy, as no-one else knows the name you created, or the password. For example: from ruby777@myway.com P/W: oogoodoogoo123 to pearl333@hotmail.com P/W oogoodoogoo234
A previous answer follows: Many doctors are only trained to prescribe various types, and strengths of antidepressants, and counselling. If the depression proves to be resistant, their next approach is to recommend ECT, with its 1 in 50,000 risk of death, and the possibility of permanent, partial memory loss. Talk therapy isn't very effective, when there is a medical cause, such as nutritional deficiencies, There are many other things you can do to help treat your depression. Moderate exercise for at least 20 - 30 minutes, daily, and up to an hour. Brisk walking is good, and try to be mindful of the feeling your foot makes as it hits the ground: it is a relaxation technique. also use daily, one of the relaxation methods in sections 2, 2.c, 2.i, or 11, and/or yoga, Tai Chi, and/or the EFT, in sections 2.q, 2.o, and section 53, at http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris whichever works best for you.
Screening quizzes for depression are via page E, in section 1, or page J, in section 2. If positive, print, and consult a doctor, to eliminate medical causes, and ask for an appropriate referral. Take 4 Omega 3 fish oil supplements, daily: (certified free of mercury) it is best if consumed with an antioxidant, such as an orange, or grapefruit, or their FRESHLY SQUEEZED juice. If vitamin E is added, it should be certified as being 100% from natural sources, or it may be synthetic: avoid it. also take a vitamin B complex which is certified as being 100% of natural origin; a deficiency in vitamin B9 (folic acid, or folate) is known to cause depression. Around 30% - 40% of depressed people have low vitamin B12 levels. Depressed females using the contraceptive pill may benefit from vitamin B6 supplements. Occupational therapy (keeping busy allows little time for unproductive introspection, and keeps mental activity out of less desirable areas of the brain).
As options, if desired, either a known, effective herbal remedy, such as St. John's wort, (a German variety, if possible; local ones may vary in efficacy; take with a meal) or supplements, such as SAMe, or Inositol (from vitamin and health food stores, some supermarkets, or mail order: view section 55 at ezy-build ). Initially, at least, some form of counselling, preferably either Cognitive Behavio(u)ral Therapy, or Rational Emotive Behavio(u)ral Therapy. Co-counselling is shown in the first 3 pages of section 2, or online therapy, or even talking with someone you feel comfortable with, and a much more detailed post is on page R. For females, also view page V: "women to women", and if young; young women's depression. Teens: teen depression, and there is also a page on depression in children. Eventually, read the section. Visit your school counselor.Health Question & Answer
A previous answer follows: Many doctors are only trained to prescribe various types, and strengths of antidepressants, and counselling. If the depression proves to be resistant, their next approach is to recommend ECT, with its 1 in 50,000 risk of death, and the possibility of permanent, partial memory loss. Talk therapy isn't very effective, when there is a medical cause, such as nutritional deficiencies, There are many other things you can do to help treat your depression. Moderate exercise for at least 20 - 30 minutes, daily, and up to an hour. Brisk walking is good, and try to be mindful of the feeling your foot makes as it hits the ground: it is a relaxation technique. also use daily, one of the relaxation methods in sections 2, 2.c, 2.i, or 11, and/or yoga, Tai Chi, and/or the EFT, in sections 2.q, 2.o, and section 53, at http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris whichever works best for you.
Screening quizzes for depression are via page E, in section 1, or page J, in section 2. If positive, print, and consult a doctor, to eliminate medical causes, and ask for an appropriate referral. Take 4 Omega 3 fish oil supplements, daily: (certified free of mercury) it is best if consumed with an antioxidant, such as an orange, or grapefruit, or their FRESHLY SQUEEZED juice. If vitamin E is added, it should be certified as being 100% from natural sources, or it may be synthetic: avoid it. also take a vitamin B complex which is certified as being 100% of natural origin; a deficiency in vitamin B9 (folic acid, or folate) is known to cause depression. Around 30% - 40% of depressed people have low vitamin B12 levels. Depressed females using the contraceptive pill may benefit from vitamin B6 supplements. Occupational therapy (keeping busy allows little time for unproductive introspection, and keeps mental activity out of less desirable areas of the brain).
As options, if desired, either a known, effective herbal remedy, such as St. John's wort, (a German variety, if possible; local ones may vary in efficacy; take with a meal) or supplements, such as SAMe, or Inositol (from vitamin and health food stores, some supermarkets, or mail order: view section 55 at ezy-build ). Initially, at least, some form of counselling, preferably either Cognitive Behavio(u)ral Therapy, or Rational Emotive Behavio(u)ral Therapy. Co-counselling is shown in the first 3 pages of section 2, or online therapy, or even talking with someone you feel comfortable with, and a much more detailed post is on page R. For females, also view page V: "women to women", and if young; young women's depression. Teens: teen depression, and there is also a page on depression in children. Eventually, read the section. Visit your school counselor.Health Question & Answer
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32Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
33These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
John 16:32-33
22And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
23And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
24Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
John 16:22-24
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32Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
33These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
John 16:32-33
22And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
23And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
24Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
John 16:22-24
If you want to talk im on yahoo right now, and if im not just leave a message i will get it. My yahoo messenger name is livebythegospel
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