Haven't been here for a while. I'm in my 2nd semester of my junior year in college. When I was a junior in high school I was diagnosed with mdd and I went to the hospital. I'm adopted since age 6 and...
Hi Karen, yes I know there is a need for psychologists and psychiatrist, I just don't think I could be one. I do enjoy working with children so I could do something with that. I guess I am just...
Things are not going good for me. I am a wreck emotionally and I feel like I am about to lose it. I don't feel grounded at all and I am beginning to feel like nothing will get better for me. I just...
So I have awful news. I just don't understand why I let things like this happen to me. My roommate and I threw a party and I was very drunk. The guy that lives next door who has the girlfriend asked...
I have been on Zoloft for about 5 years for GAD. I noticed that I definitely gained weight when I was on it for the first year but then definitely lost the weight. Maybe it has something to do with...
Courtney and Karen, I think I handled it well too. It is so hard for me when a guy is nice to me, even in this case when I just thought he wanted to be friends and study history together. I feel good...
Beagleman, I know how you feel but don't be ashamed. You should be proud of yourself for pulling out of your dark times. Thats how I try to look at it. It is difficult to explain to those who have...
I just really wish I had my boyfriend back to comfort me. He was my best friend too...
Thanks for the replies. Karen, yes I am in college. He doesn't go to my college but we are close. My friend was mistaken when she thought she saw him on her campus. I asked him through fb. I talked...
I had depression about 3 years ago (Wow, can't believe it has been that long..). Did the whole hospital thing, not fun. But I got out alive. It was an interesting experience to say the least....
This thread made me smile. Jenn, I know exactly how you feel. When I was at my lowest point, I was just going through the motions. Everyday. I didn't care what happened and honestly I didn't even...
Thank you for posting. I agree. I guess since I just recently "lost" my ex, all my other losses are resurfacing as well. It is so hard for me to think that I won't have him in my life but I know that...
I try to calm myself down and breathe. I want to start exercising but I had surgery on my foot a couple months ago and it isn't quite healed. I am in biopsychology in college right now and we've...
Thank you all for posting. It really means a lot. Today I feel very overwhelmed again and sad. I just don't know who to turn to really. Sometimes when I look in the mirror I don't even know who I am...
Living well, Thank you so much for putting it into perspective. I think I'm going to take some tylenol pm or something. I must sleep. Even if it is only for 3 and a half hours.. yikes....
Tara, It is very difficult to see the light when you are trapped in the darkness of depression. I was majorly depressed for about a year I think before I even did anything about it. There were days...
hello Do you mind me asking how old you are? I went through similar things that you described when I was a sophomore in high school. I would panic about the littlest things, even eating. I would...
I feel so overwhelmed. I am a college student and I just feel like the world is on my shoulders right now. I was trying to sleep and I just started thinking about all these awful things and now I...
Thank you Karen I too had to work on my self esteem a lot in my high school days. It was very hard for me. Looking back now I realize just how severe my anxiety was my freshman year of high school. I...
Hello there I am so sorry that this has happened to you. I am currently on cipro too and now I am mad because I already had depression!! I don't want it again! But I did look up some of the side...
Hello everyone. hope all is well. I hadn't been on here in so long and then a couple days ago I said, I miss healingwell! Anyways, it's been a little over three years since I was hospitalized for...
I see. I feel that I probably have some sort of chemical imbalance as well. I'm sure I have rambled on about myself many times on here but both my bio parents had mental illness. my Bio mother has...
Hi T&T, I just want to start of by saying I think you're a saint for staying with your wife after what she has done. In my opinion, I think very severe bipolar can cause extreme irrational and...
Hi Karen, I agree. I guess I am just anxious and nervous about switching or going off. And I don't really feel comfortable asking my doctor about the orgasm aspect of it. How long have you been on...
hello Stephen, I remember reading your posts months ago when you first started posting. I felt your pain when you talked about having low self-esteem and the depression. Reading your recent posts I...
How long after being on medication do you or should you go off? I started setraline, the generic form of Zoloft, for anxiety about 4 years ago. And then I was hospitalized about 2 and a half years...
I hope so. It's just that after the first 2 incidents, we got back together (we were broken up when the first 2 happened). He was so upset that I had gotten with other guys. But I was so upset that...
Thank you Karen. I agree that if I quit drinking and going out, I will be on the right track. And yes, I really am making it worse than it is. I mean I just feel badly about myself but I suppose...
Forgot to add that I was started on 50 mg of lamictal with the 75 mg of zoloft. Now I am down to 25 mg of lamictal with the same dosage for zoloft....
Well, I have taken 75 mg of zoloft for about 4 years now for anxiety. I then was given lamictal when I went to the hospital because I had a bout of major depression. That was about 2 years ago. This...
So I made the first step today. I made an appointment with my therapist and my psychiatrist. However, the appointments are not until January. I was hoping it to be sooner but oh well. I really want...
Thanks for posting again. I too think that I have hidden all my thoughts from my childhood into a hole. They are just too overwhelming to think about. I know this may sound ridiculous, but I...
Courtney, Thanks again for posting. Actually I have 1 more final exam tomorrow and one paper to write and then I am done! So I am just focusing on studying and such right now. Yes, I have suffered...
Courtney, Thank you so much for posting. It made me feel a lot better. I agree that I need to quit drinking. I don't do it that often but when I do it isn't good. I end up blacking out or doing...
Karen, Thank you for posting. I am trying to not be so hard on myself but it is hard. I just told my ex boyfriend that we need to stop seeing each other. He seems confused. I told him I just need to...
Karen, I think you're right. I should stop drinking. It's just that I enjoy it and it is hard to stop in college as that is what a lot of people do. BlueMoon878, I am actually going to be in my...
Amy, Thank you for your post. Obviously not drinking would be the best option. It will probably be very difficult but I think in the long run, I will feel much better about myself. Right now I need...
elfenprincess, Thank you for your post. I just posted a new thread tonight, however nobody replied. Unfortunately, last night I had another one night stand after my boyfriend once again broke up with...
I just feel sick. I feel so disconnected from everything and everyone. I am so jealous of those who have a stable home life; a mother and a father. A mother and father who wanted you, and planned on...
Jim1969, Thank you for your post. This really helped me. I completely agree with your first comment. If the situation was reversed, I would not instantly trust him either. I would definitely need...
I am currently in college. However, I can't seem to get excited for my future. I am worried. I am afraid. I am so afraid that I will have another depressive episode. I am afraid I will lose my...
Maggie, Thank you for responding. I really liked how you put the friend to my bio fam and daughter to adoptive. I totally agree. It is just very confusing and I was kind of passed around all my life....
Although I am not new to this site, I haven't posted on here in probably a year or a year and a half. I first came on here back in 2009 when I went through my first and only episode of major...
Hello So I can relate a lot to your post. lately I feel like I have no life. And I'm really young. Going to be 19 soon. I have a job that has taken up my whole summer and I spent like almost all the...
I haven't been on here in awhile. Lately I have been feeling low though. Actually I don't really know how to explain how I've been feeling. I would describe it as flat. Just blah. Recently I lost a...
Geosojada, you are exactly right. I started to feel a tiny bit like I did when I was majorly depressed. I felt out of control and I started thinking I was going to end up in the hospital again. Not...
I know how you feel. It doesn't last forever. One day you will be free as a bird and you can do whatever you please. lovers spit...
I think I just had a mini panic attack. So, I am a first year college student. I am not new to this site. However, I haven't been on it in a year or so. It seems like just yesterday that I came on...
what's a "dx" ?? and so are clinical and major depression the same thing? Does it always last for years?...
Hey everybody! I've already been on the site for awhile. I'm seventeen and I was diagnosed with major depression in September. I feel A LOT better. I'm wondering though, how long does it take for the...