Was diagnosed with depression 4 yrs. ago. Have been on every medicine and to eve!
Question: I have the desire to want to feel life is worth living. and I have prayed to God for a miracle. If anyone knows where I'm coming from, please answer.
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its a spirit and u may be in a place of needing to go forward in Jesus..i was there to.took all the pills..then He appeared 2 me.and said." ask me to shine my face on u and fill you with words of love and worship,,,".and all that depression blew away as he did this thru me.read to Him the song of solomon.ur the bride if Jesus is in ur life as lord..( i was diagnosed as clinically depressed.was in and out of crisis center.it did no good.then this was given to me.wow.Im happy and can resist if it trys to return .Jesus is our lord and Lover King )
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stop praying to god and go out and get urself a root
i was depressed for a long time then I DECIDED THAT if I died tomorrow sad, miserable and depressed I f***ed my own life up. so I started to find the good and happy things every day and focus on them.
you already know the answers to how to feel better. But you have to allow yourself to do it. Medicine and God and therapy are not what you need.
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diagnosed at age 5.
http://www.beyondhealth.com/beating-depression.htm
Check out this site..it has a lot of useful, and different alternatives of why depression occurs.
Good Luck
wake up every morning and remember "life is what you make it" yes depression is real and something is happening or happened in your life to make you feel like this but no one can help you till you help yourself. no matter how harsh or commen sense that sounds that is what works only you can make you happy
I know what you are going through. You have to always pray to God and never give up faith and hope. Alot of the time you have to start believing in the positive things in life in order to start to feel better.
Have you considered the fact that you might have been mis-diagnosed? Try going to a mental health specialist without any preconceived notions about what's wrong with you. Let them question your symptoms and give them as detailed an answer as you can. It can take a while to get the most effective combination of meds/counseling for any kind of mental health problem. I'm in year two of my treatment and it's taken this long for me to get good meds and a therapist who challenges me to think about things differently.
Another thought is that you need to look for additional methods of treatment. Light therapy is good, especially if your symptoms are worse in winter. Massage therapy can be wonderful.
Lastly, I know it's a bit of a cliche' and it can be difficult to do when in the midst of deep depression but it does work. Instead of asking God for a miracle, donate some time on a regular basis to an organization that needs it and be someone else's miracle. Whatever you put out into the world will come back to you many times over.
I feel for you. Been there.
Depression is a strange phenomenon. Sadly, such a 'common' thing these days.
Often it stems from deep unhappiness over the direction our life is (or isn't!) taking. There seems to be this undercurrent of dissatisfaction with so many people. I personally think it stems from so much focus on SELF.
Get busy. Find your purpose in life. Take the focus off yourSELF. Look around - there is someone much worse off than you that could probably use your help. Volunteer. Do something nice, on a regular basis for those around you who are in obvious need in one way or another.
Get up every morning and count your blessings. Count them. List them out and be grateful for each and every one. Make a concerted effort to live life to the fullest - not wasting time [on depression].
At the end of the day, depression is heartbreaking, all consuming, and selfish. And you do have a choice.
Best of luck to you.
I was diagnosed with severe depression over 20 years ago, the doctor tried every new drug there was and none of them helped me, finally he said he was going to try one more on me, it was one of the oldest anti-depressant meds there was, it worked and I've been on it all these years. Every once in awhile I would try to take myself off of it and in about five days I would bottom out, the doctor told me I was one who would be on it for life, when I accepted that fact that it is no different than having high blood pressure or diabetes and being treated I've been just fine, and I take my medicine as directed.I get tired of having to take it, but I look at the alternative, what if I lived back before these drugs were discovered that would be bad.so I just keep my chin up and take my meds and I do ok. Best Wishes to You!
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Over 20 years experience.
Get off the meds! Having had so many different chemicals in your body I am sure is not/has not helped your situation - Live in the moment, stop thinking about horrible past experiences (except perhaps when you have the time and energy to really process it .. perhaps with a friend or family member) or worrying about the future. Enjoy each day, take a deep breath and be greatful for what you have (if you can afford to go to therapy you're not living a life of poverty)
Its all good to pray to God..God can lead the way to answer to your problem. Im in the same boat though i have tried 5 different medications for my depression i just started number 5 the first one wont always work.make sure you dont have bipolar or schizophrenia because SSRI anti depressants(eg-paxil and zoloft)theres always an option of atypical anti depressants the most popular one is effexor it works differently than SSRIs,theres also the less popular used MAOIs but they require a restricted diet and should be used as a last resort.lastly theres anti psychotics (eg-seroquel,equetro) they work mostly for people with bipolar and schizophrenia but they can carry bad side effects.but there are options and ONLY YOU CAN DECIDE how you want to treat yourself.
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http://www.webmd.com
http://depressionhurts.com
http://yourlifeiswaiting.com
You could also try staying at a hospital for a few days. In that situation they have time to know you and focus on exactly the right way to recover your feelings. Good luck. :^)
Tough situation. Problems such as you describe sometimes are a result of the difficulty in giving up a depression unless it is exactly responded to with precise accuracy or clearly affected by the medication. When this is not the case, the let-down just increases the hopelessness and emptiness that are endemic and deepen the depression. My advice is to deal with the depression as one deals with chronic pain. That is not to strive for a true mitigation of the pain (or, in this case, the depression) but to find how to cause the pain not to diminish your quality of life. That is, set up a regular vigorous exercise program 4-5 times a week, get involved in a scheduled way in meaningful activities etc.. In this way the depression becomes less and less central to your life and the less central a depression is the less toxic it becomes. At the same time, it would be worthwhile to be in counseling—not to cure the depression, but to deal with trouble spots along the way.
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