Posted 2/2/2016 1:56 AM (GMT 0)
Hi,
I have been battling depression for a while. I am a 24 year old female and I want to know if there's anyone else around my age that is also battling depression? I feel alone. I was on Paxil for a year. It suddenly stopped working, and my doctor put me on Lexapro. I have been on Lexapro for a few months and it has done nothing for me. The dose was increased twice. My doctor recently prescribed abilify to take with the Lexapro. I started taking it tonight. I hate the fact that I have to add more meds to what I already take. I have also been on many antidepressants in the past. Effexor, Zoloft, Viibryd, and a couple others that either made me sick with bad side effects or had no effect on me whatsoever.
Every day, I have the worst time waking up and getting out of bed. There is zero motivation to do anything. Crying is something that happens every day, several times a day. I recently graduated from college and still live with my parents. I work a part time job that I absolutely hate. I feel so stuck. When I think about having to go through interviews for jobs, it makes me sick. I also worry about being content with a job because I don't want to get a job that I'm going to hate going to every day, like my part time job that I have. I don't even know what I really want to do in life. I had a Human Resources Internship in college. I thought about applying for entry level jobs in the field, however, when I look for jobs, the job descriptions are so long and overwhelming that it scares me away. So I feel like I have a dilemma. I'm currently scheduled to see a psychiatrist later this month. I hope she can help somehow.
Does anyone have any tips for managing depression and fears? What I currently do is take walks, listen to meditative music, and take vitamins/probiotic. I don't have much energy to do much else now. Please helppp!