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Sociology > Depression |
| User: |
"hotshot" |
| Date: |
24 Jul 2007 09:18:50 AM |
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Fight Depression |
I've suffered from Major Depression for since feb of 1990. I didn't know
what it was, why I got it, or how to make it go away. I went to a doctor
(GP) and he thought I had low blood sugar, but after some tests found that I
didn't and thought I had depression and prescribed a narcotic which
basically put me to sleep when I took it.
After 5 months of this, I had a major panic attack in a local supermarket
and the depression got 100 times worse so I went to the hospital and met a
quack of a Psychiatrist that put me on Prozac. Well that was the only thing
he did right... the quack part came in the form of HIS therapy. Needless to
say I got all the side effects of the prozac and it wasn't a picnic and all
I would do is sleep as much as possible for the next 6 months. Well, the
pills weren't helping much and told him about it and all he said was "you
have to fight it"... the only good advise he gave me. So I got up and
started getting as active as I could even though every part of my being just
wanted to stay home find a dark corner and sleep. I started walking, first
a mile a day, then got up to 3 miles a day. Then I got interested in
computers and that really saved me. I started out with a Tandy CoCo2 that
was given to me and figuring out how to run it kept my mind busy. I then
got an 8088 which was the new thing with jut a dos system and created a
database program with it.
At this point I stayed away from people out of embarrassment and didn't work
but kept up with all the new computer technology as it came out. I was
formerly a car salesman so I became a wholesaler to start making money ....
I still felt the depression but only during the day and not even a fraction
of what it was like when it started or the first year I slept on it.
After 4 more years the depression was completely gone and I stopped taking
the prozac. That was Nov 1994 and till Nov of 1995 was depression free and
then I got hit again. This time I saw a counselor who told me I should have
stayed on a maintenance dose and not go completely off the prozac, so I went
to a regular doctor and asked for a prescription for zoloft instead of the
prozac. Plus I started getting busy again starting new projects and keeping
my mind busy. That lasted 7 years when finally the zoloft stopped working
and I was having seizures from it which i didn't know the cause untill I got
off it. So this time I went to a Psychiatric Clinic and started taking a
combination of Lexapro, Chlonazpham, and Welbutron all at very low doses.
The Chlonazapham is what really did the trick because I took it before bed
and it helped me sleep better.
Point is not the drugs but the combination of the drugs and fighting like
hell and not giving in to depression. I find also listening to talk radio
is one of the best therapies because it makes my problems feel like nothing
compared to what going on in the world today.
Anyway, for those of you sleeping out there,
GET UP AND FIGHT !!!!! no matter how hard it is, it's the only way to get
your life back. That and a few drugs may help but try not to rely too much
on drug therapy. keep feeding your mind and don't give in to this hiddious
disease... Kick It's *****!!!
hope this helps
Dave
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| User: "the_dawggie" |
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| Title: Re: Fight Depression |
24 Jul 2007 09:30:22 AM |
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On Jul 25, 12:18 am, "hotshot" <hots...@home.com> wrote:
pills weren't helping much and told him about it and all he said was "you
have to fight it"... the only good advise he gave me. So I got up and
started getting as active as I could even though every part of my being just
That's the way.
wanted to stay home find a dark corner and sleep. I started walking, first
I sleep a lot.
a mile a day, then got up to 3 miles a day. Then I got interested in
computers and that really saved me. I started out with a Tandy CoCo2 that
was given to me and figuring out how to run it kept my mind busy. I then
got an 8088 which was the new thing with jut a dos system and created a
database program with it.
I designed and built a Z80 'puter.
At this point I stayed away from people out of embarrassment and didn't work
but kept up with all the new computer technology as it came out. I was
I don't these days, a lot of it does not make sense.
After 4 more years the depression was completely gone and I stopped taking
the prozac. That was Nov 1994 and till Nov of 1995 was depression free and
then I got hit again. This time I saw a counselor who told me I should have
stayed on a maintenance dose and not go completely off the prozac, so I went
to a regular doctor and asked for a prescription for zoloft instead of the
prozac. Plus I started getting busy again starting new projects and keeping
my mind busy. That lasted 7 years when finally the zoloft stopped working
and I was having seizures from it which i didn't know the cause untill I got
off it. So this time I went to a Psychiatric Clinic and started taking a
combination of Lexapro, Chlonazpham, and Welbutron all at very low doses.
The Chlonazapham is what really did the trick because I took it before bed
and it helped me sleep better.
Point is not the drugs but the combination of the drugs and fighting like
hell and not giving in to depression. I find also listening to talk radio
is one of the best therapies because it makes my problems feel like nothing
compared to what going on in the world today.
Anyway, for those of you sleeping out there,
GET UP AND FIGHT !!!!! no matter how hard it is, it's the only way to get
your life back. That and a few drugs may help but try not to rely too much
on drug therapy. keep feeding your mind and don't give in to this hiddious
disease... Kick It's *****!!!
Talk back radio, I can't do.
Droogs I can't do. Ethanol I can, however
look what happened to Rene Rivkin.
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