Depression Discussion and Support Thread [srs]

[Deathstroke]

I stopped taking pristique just out of the blue, no side effects been on it for 3 months, I am not sure if it mixes with my painkillers so I stopped it.
Can anyone stop there stuff easily?

I didn't have the courage to. So I talked to my doctor and he helped me ween off them all. I was on them for more than 3 YEARS though. 3 months I am not sure, but I did go off one med cold turkey once, was paxil after my 6 month prescription of it ran out. Didn't have any noticeable sides.

[StillFat53]

I hear alot about withdrawal and stuff on anti-depressants. I am not sure where Pristique fits in but. When I stop them...hopefully thankfully I dont get any symptoms at all, everything feels the same on a cal deficit been in the gym 2 hours and am stopping pristique...no withdrawal no nothing.

On the flipside the jury is out for me on whether they are actually doing anything at all.

[Nitty87]

I hear alot about withdrawal and stuff on anti-depressants. I am not sure where Pristique fits in but. When I stop them...hopefully thankfully I dont get any symptoms at all, everything feels the same on a cal deficit been in the gym 2 hours and am stopping pristique...no withdrawal no nothing.

On the flipside the jury is out for me on whether they are actually doing anything at all.

sup bros, reporting back with some positive news. More positive then negative that is. Been going through a lot of stress which is leading to my poor attitude and some sort of anger. I'm just doing my best to minimize the issues and distance or cut off myself from any negativity. I need and want a lot to change in my life. Just need to execute my plans and continue on a path to success, peace, and tranquility.

[War Machine]

Another day of job hunting for me....

...or as I call it "multiple rejections from jobs I'm actually overqualified for"

[smitty2250]

well, I was doing well

then had a seizure

took me off the meds immediately

fukked again

shyt

[Bushmaster]

Another day of job hunting for me....

...or as I call it "multiple rejections from jobs I'm actually overqualified for"

I've been there too...

Ever do construction? I did it when graduated college and couldn't find a job right away, and did it again when my career was "off track" (laid off). The jobs aren't usually too hard to get, and IMHO are much better than working with food in Firehouse subs - no ass_hole customers to deal with either. Just a thought, but I do know how you feel... hang in there.

[War Machine]

I've been there too...

Ever do construction? I did it when graduated college and couldn't find a job right away, and did it again when my career was "off track" (laid off). The jobs aren't usually too hard to get, and IMHO are much better than working with food in Firehouse subs - no ass_hole customers to deal with either. Just a thought, but I do know how you feel... hang in there.

Unfortunately I have three problems

1) compression in l3/l4 area of lower back
2) arthritis in neck that occasionally numbs right arm
3) Irish decent and last about 30 minutes outside before I start sunburn

I actually applied to a job last week I'd love to get...forklift driver at Pepsi...I worked four years at a beverage manufacturer...one of the fav jobs I ever had....

Haven't heard a thing from them.

[KayronF]

Another day of job hunting for me....

...or as I call it "multiple rejections from jobs I'm actually overqualified for"

It's a ****ing joke.

[War Machine]

It's a ****ing joke.

Yup. I wears on me.

The wife acts like I should be ble to show up somewhere and walk out with a job. She fails to realized she has desired skills (computer), experience (dealing with multimillion dollar accounts), and a really groovy British accent.

[StillFat53]

WE LIVE on a different world to Americans IF I was prepared to do anything I'd have minimum wage $640 a week in and most likely a fair bit more in three days.
I was reading the paper the other day and a taxi service was desperate for people, said call them and they'll get put on $800-1000 before tax for 50-60 hours work.

[BigTimePlayer]

Well day 3 of wearing my night guard all day, and today I've felt a bit better overall. I think all the symptoms I've been getting has been due to tense muscle joints, and I need to make them relax as much as possible. Not sure if this will get me back to 100% though. Wednesday & yesterday I felt extremely weird like my brain was going into a psychosis or something. Might just be my body trying to heal itself.

[KayronF]

Yup. I wears on me.

The wife acts like I should be ble to show up somewhere and walk out with a job. She fails to realized she has desired skills (computer), experience (dealing with multimillion dollar accounts), and a really groovy British accent.

As long as she knows you are trying and isn't putting too much pressure on you its alright man. I know you'll eventually land something especially if you have forklift experience

[War Machine]

As long as she knows you are trying and isn't putting too much pressure on you its alright man. I know you'll eventually land something especially if you have forklift experience

Asked around today and my sister said our dad knows someone who works at a different place that needs a forklift driver that I applied for. I'm going to see if he can pull strings for me to get my application pulled

[KayronF]

Asked around today and my sister said our dad knows someone who works at a different place that needs a forklift driver that I applied for. I'm going to see if he can pull strings for me to get my application pulled

Goodluck bro. Try to keep those negative thoughts/doubts far far away

[Zbrah17]

Stuck in a chitty job that I can't stand. I've been trying to find a new one but there isn't really a lot of options for a 19 year old where I live. I honestly don't know how I'm gonna figure this out.

I've also been having pretty bad back pain for the last month or two and it's gotten to the point where I'm losing sleep because of the pain. I'm going to the chiropractor on Tuesday but even that doesn't feel like soon enough.

I'm probably going to go back on my medication because chit isn't going great right now, and I can't really say I'm happy with my life right now.

[SPARTAAAAA]

I stopped taking pristique just out of the blue, no side effects been on it for 3 months, I am not sure if it mixes with my painkillers so I stopped it.
Can anyone stop there stuff easily?

personally when i stop it i dont sleep & when i do sleep i have night terrors. so i get a lot of symptoms of PTSD. but on it i sleep & i don't dream or i dont remember them.

I hear alot about withdrawal and stuff on anti-depressants. I am not sure where Pristique fits in but. When I stop them...hopefully thankfully I dont get any symptoms at all, everything feels the same on a cal deficit been in the gym 2 hours and am stopping pristique...no withdrawal no nothing.

On the flipside the jury is out for me on whether they are actually doing anything at all.

not for SSRI's. for benzo's yes.
3 months is too small a window to decide if they are doing something.
SSRI's take quite some time to actually work. its not immediate.

Another day of job hunting for me....

...or as I call it "multiple rejections from jobs I'm actually overqualified for"

i know that feel. & then people think you are lazy & aren't trying to get a job. because they think if you wanted to you could get one as you said by walking in and getting one.




had my unemployment assessment to change jobsearch provider. & the assessor said dont worry about old jobsearch provider.
so when old jobsearch provider recently sent me a text to attend an appointment i didnt go mainly because unemployment told me not to worry about it & i thought i had washed my hands of them.
& i was chasing up the new jobsearch provider to change over. i even went into the office but they couldnt sign me over till they replace someone who was meant to take me on & he wasnt in.
while all this was happening the old jobsearch provider froze my payments & flagged me as non-compliant. even though they knew also that i was in the process of changing over.
& when you get flagged unemployment cant just undo it you have to call a participation department & speak your case. so i spent over an hour on hold & finally got through to someone who was understanding & undid it & nulled anything from the old jobsearch provider.

i believe this is just a case of them being salty that i am leaving. & trying to find some way to make my life difficult. cause there's been countless times they have let things ive done slide without narcing me out. maybe if they did their job i wouldnt be transferring in the first place.

pissed me off.

[MsMiserable]

So as I mentioned earlier my parents made me come home. I haven't lived at home since I left for Uni and I have never missed my parents but the last few weeks have made me realise that having a family that supports you is extremely important. Being at home have made me happier. I know it's temporary but it shows I can pull myself up for a bit. I have made decisions in my life to make it better.
1) Stop dwelling and "stalking" my ex. (been checking his ******** constantly to see if he's miserable without me) It won't take me anywhere. He's out of my life and that's where he should be. May he burn in hell (not srs). I actually just want him to be happy and myself to be happy. We wouldn't be happy together.
2) Keep myself busy. I need to be distracted
3) When things go bad, think positive things.

This is going to be extremely difficult but I'm gonna try.

[StillFat53]

Who was killing themselves on there Birthday again? Mine's in September

Double date? It seems a waste to no progress with this stinking life when I lost 40 kilos in the last year just to try and get a better shot of it.

Stopping taking my SSRIS for a couple of days starting to think this rebound negativity and extreme libidio is because of that masturbated 10x crew only ever done that much with a women turns out stopping them cold turkey isn't a good news story after all.

Went ahead and retsrated again 5 seconds ago. I was just reading something that said after 1-2 years on anti depression stuff

I also noticed I lost my temper BIG time yesterday and today...that whole thing about them make you placid and meek and kinda go with the flow it could be true as I was ready to kill someone yesterday for asking me the time.

[StillFat53]

personally when i stop it i dont sleep & when i do sleep i have night terrors. so i get a lot of symptoms of PTSD. but on it i sleep & i don't dream or i dont remember them.



not for SSRI's. for benzo's yes.
3 months is too small a window to decide if they are doing something.
SSRI's take quite some time to actually work. its not immediate.



i know that feel. & then people think you are lazy & aren't trying to get a job. because they think if you wanted to you could get one as you said by walking in and getting one.




had my unemployment assessment to change jobsearch provider. & the assessor said dont worry about old jobsearch provider.
so when old jobsearch provider recently sent me a text to attend an appointment i didnt go mainly because unemployment told me not to worry about it & i thought i had washed my hands of them.
& i was chasing up the new jobsearch provider to change over. i even went into the office but they couldnt sign me over till they replace someone who was meant to take me on & he wasnt in.
while all this was happening the old jobsearch provider froze my payments & flagged me as non-compliant. even though they knew also that i was in the process of changing over.
& when you get flagged unemployment cant just undo it you have to call a participation department & speak your case. so i spent over an hour on hold & finally got through to someone who was understanding & undid it & nulled anything from the old jobsearch provider.

i believe this is just a case of them being salty that i am leaving. & trying to find some way to make my life difficult. cause there's been countless times they have let things ive done slide without narcing me out. maybe if they did their job i wouldnt be transferring in the first place.

pissed me off.

Yeah I been going 2 months and technically things are better than they have been so I will just keep them going

-Not wanting to engage with friends (yes I actually have them and they want to see me I just keep finding excuses not to leave the bedroom) Most miscers and depression folk have no friends I got 6 good one's keen to see me and have a good time but I wont come out, its not the actions of someone with a normal emotional state. There is no good reason not to go out, I have comfort, good company, good batch of people but still go down the introverted path.

-And not having a job


These two things change and we are approaching normality.






The exact same thing happen to me Spartaa with the job provider THE EXACT same thing. I am complained about them to the boss (ring head office and tell them exactly what you wrote here, my guys got a talking to better than nothing) It's been a year and I still send them nasty messages on gumtree the job search people are worse than the dole bludgers they get a goood wage to sit on their computer typing 10 emails a day.

I transferred about 3 times I am around a kinda hub though but, the grasser is greener...the old ones use to call me everyday the new one's cancel me every third or so appointment and are not complete bastards.




MAKE sure your assessed as under 30 hours capacity because if your not you will be working for the dole on July 1 of this year.









Saw someone on a dating site the other day with a wheelchair made me even more depressed...I dont have a good reason which irks me more than anything I am a bit chubby...its not the end of the world. I am not a burns victim, I am not from a bad family, my parents didn't bash, me I was bullied no more or no less than any kid in school, I suffered a few rejections from girls but who hasn't

Most people have issues stemming from stuff I am just a miserable **** for nothing there are people with way more barriers and things to be upset about than me that get on with it but I dont!

[StillFat53]

TWO members of my family have been on meds of manic and general depression for 30+ years.

-One of them had her meds turn toxic on her, had a stroke and needed to be hospitalised.
-The other got breast cancer in her 50s
-Another member of the family is 70+ and has smoked for 50 years and 0 cancer and 0 strokes

Whether these are just age related or lifestyle stuff it could easily be I am not drawing parallels or saying meds caused it but just leaving this here.



I REALLY like the idea of taking them for a year or two and getting better and developing new ways of thinking, techniques, and coping techniques to be able to stand without them.

[latebloomingmom]

So as I mentioned earlier my parents made me come home. I haven't lived at home since I left for Uni and I have never missed my parents but the last few weeks have made me realise that having a family that supports you is extremely important. Being at home have made me happier. I know it's temporary but it shows I can pull myself up for a bit. I have made decisions in my life to make it better.
1) Stop dwelling and "stalking" my ex. (been checking his ******** constantly to see if he's miserable without me) It won't take me anywhere. He's out of my life and that's where he should be. May he burn in hell (not srs). I actually just want him to be happy and myself to be happy. We wouldn't be happy together.
2) Keep myself busy. I need to be distracted
3) When things go bad, think positive things.

This is going to be extremely difficult but I'm gonna try.

sounds like a good plan to me

just remember that two people might care about each other and even love each other
but when put together become a toxic combination

failed relationships..have reasons
while you heal you might figure out what a few of those are
so you dont take past mistakes into your next one

[War Machine]

I stopped taking pristique just out of the blue, no side effects been on it for 3 months, I am not sure if it mixes with my painkillers so I stopped it.
Can anyone stop there stuff easily?

You have to be careful stopping antidepressant/anxiety meds.

Example...wife stopped her med suddenly (ran out and needed script refilled) After a couple of weeks she was pretty sick....every joint in her body hurt. So she went to the doctor thinking she may have caught something off a tick (we have a lot in our woods)....well, we got scripts updated and when we got to the depression med I mention she was out...the doc looked at me and said BINGO and we were like "what?"....the med works on the central nervous system and stopping it suddenly can freak it out. Sure enough she took her pill that night and woke up pain free the next day!

Asked around today and my sister said our dad knows someone who works at a different place that needs a forklift driver that I applied for. I'm going to see if he can pull strings for me to get my application pulled

Talked to dad today....good new is he knows people...bad news they don't load using a forklift...he said my bad back definitely wouldn't be able to handle it.

[MsMiserable]

Back to my own place now. Feels chit. Never appreciated my parents as much as I did now. Wish I had them around now because I feel like I'm close to a break through and feel better but being here makes it hard again. I need to leave this place and I need to move on but it's hard and it hurts. Missing my ex a lot now and trying to compensate by talking to other guys. It's not helping. For the first time in my life I actually thought of ways to end my life and I hate feeling like that.

[FearThisjake]

I just want to stop by and tell my depressed misc brahs that we're all gonna make it.

[War Machine]

Talked to dad today....good new is he knows people...bad news they don't load using a forklift...he said my bad back definitely wouldn't be able to handle it.

More good news....a rock quarry I worked at in 2008 just put a job notice online this morning for a heavy equipment operator. I jumped on that one! I'm going to swing by there to see if the plant manager is the same as when I was there before and see if he could influence things to my favor!

[Nistrange]

This is my first time posting here, I'm just about to graduate high school but I've been facing depression and suicidal thoughts on and off for about 10 years now. Thought I'd post since summer is always one of my worse times emotionally. I know I shouldn't actually be the way I am but I'll just post a list of stressors:

-Last day of school a girl I was talking to decides she doesn't want to even look at me. Completely out of the blue, two days before she was completely enamored and now she refuses to so much as talk to me. I deleted her number and went no contact. Chances are I'll never see her again, but considering how I latch onto people emotionally it hurts like fuark and is gonna take some time for me to get over.

-I don't have a job for the summer or anything. My dad is trying to get me to work at his business but I completely hate how shallow the service is as well as not being able to stand being around my dad for extended periods of time.

-My family is getting on my nerves. I used to be able to be silent and let everything go but every little thing that annoys me now, I lash out at and it is starting to cause tension in my family.

-I don't actually have any friends that I could call up and they'd be down to hang out whenever. I was acquaintances with everyone but not really friends with anyone, and so I'm probably going to spend most of the summer alone, like I normally do, and that always leads to really severe suicidal thoughts.

-I'm not sure I'll be able to handle the workload next year or the atmosphere. I used to be try to be social but over the last year I started hating everyone and I feel like Holden Caulfield (from Catcher in the Rye).

-I've got no clue what I'm doing with my life. I thought I wanted to be a doctor, but I don't know anymore.

It feels kind of good to finally post this. I rarely tell anyone all of the things that are bothering me because it feels like a burden to others, and my family simply would not understand.

I've been drawing kind of morbid pictures recently to keep myself from starting to self-harm, so we'll see about that. My brother has some kind of suspicion that I'm depressed, I think.

[KayronF]

Who was killing themselves on there Birthday again? Mine's in September

Double date? It seems a waste to no progress with this stinking life when I lost 40 kilos in the last year just to try and get a better shot of it.

That would be me. My birthday is in August. I don't know why it is so hard to open up to folks who care about me and tell them whats going on. I guess I just have this fear of them thinking I'm pathetic. Its whatever though ..I don't even care anymore. Between now and then I'm just trying to spend time with everyone I know and then say my goodbyes

[Fiyero]

So my best friend pretty much just ended our friendship over a text message an hour ago. So freakin depressed right now I probably should go to the hospital. I keep saying things can't get worse and then they do.

[smitty2250]

So my best friend pretty much just ended our friendship over a text message an hour ago. So freakin depressed right now I probably should go to the hospital. I keep saying things can't get worse and then they do.

what happened with the friendship? if you don't mind me asking. It's okay dude, just try relax. If you truly think you need to get to the hospital for your own safety, just go man. Don't hesitate.

As for me I'm all weird and fukked atm. Doc took me off the meds because I got diagnosed with epilepsy. Lost my license because of that, am flat broke and now my anxiety is coming back with a vengeance.
Got a call from a private number and I was too scared to answer. Exactly how it used to be. Fukkin hurting myself again I don't know wtf is going on. I'm so angry. I just hate myself so much. When I see myself in the mirror I ball a fukkin fist it makes me so angry.

[KayronF]

what happened with the friendship? if you don't mind me asking. It's okay dude, just try relax. If you truly think you need to get to the hospital for your own safety, just go man. Don't hesitate.

As for me I'm all weird and fukked atm. Doc took me off the meds because I got diagnosed with epilepsy. Lost my license because of that, am flat broke and now my anxiety is coming back with a vengeance.
Got a call from a private number and I was too scared to answer. Exactly how it used to be. Fukkin hurting myself again I don't know wtf is going on. I'm so angry. I just hate myself so much. When I see myself in the mirror I ball a fukkin fist it makes me so angry.

Damn ..you man? Never would of guessed you were feeling down like this. I hope you pull through cause you seemed like someone who enjoyed life without giving a phuck what anyone thought.