:)

Had my 18th birthday today. 'Twas fun. Except for my family has been turned upside-down and gone to hell and I was diagnosed with depression on Tuesday. Other than that, I had some friends over and had a party and I tried to have some fun. Start the "happy" pills tomorrow. (honestly not looking for pity lol) I just try to ignore the bad things because I know my body can't handle it physically and I try to push on.


Edited by Rofl_Mao - 22 January 2011 at 1:36am

The pills I got (Celexa) are pretty tame and I hear they are pretty effective, safe, and not addictive at all.

God wrote: Wont having a self esteem cure depression? Or try going ouside instead of sitting at the computer all day.

Bad self esteem is a symptom of depression. I'm not stupid, if I could be happy I would. I am at school/work most of the time of my days anyways.

Just to vouch, when I went through my crazy period, I was in a serious relationship, worked my ass off at a distribution center all weekend, and had a healthy social life. I was never at a computer or on an X-Box...but it shut down my life. It can happen to anybody.

Tical3.0 wrote: I can't help this from sounding mean but, what hell can you be depressed about?

He's 18, it happens.

ammolord wrote: mbro wrote: Tical3.0 wrote: I can't help this from sounding mean but, what hell can you be depressed about?  He's 18, it happens.   This, im dealin with it right now. Im on the same stuff you are rofl, its good stuff.

That's good to hear... I took the first one today.

I never understood depression. I refuse to believe it really is something that requires medication. I mean unless you're nuts and want to commit suicide.

Seems kind of strange to doubt a medically and scientifically documented disease, but hey, I guess that's your right.

jmac3 wrote: I never understood depression. I refuse to believe it really is something that requires medication. I mean unless you're nuts and want to commit suicide.

jmac3 wrote: I never understood depression. I refuse to believe it really is something that requires medication. I mean unless you're nuts and want to commit suicide.

I used to believe this.
Then things happened to someone close to me, and I not only changed my tune, but realize just how clueless I was. They tried to 'just deal with it' and it didn't work, and ended up pretty bad.

The idea that "Everyone can tough it out" is a pretty simple outlook.
Do I think that its over diagnosed and perhaps over medicated sometimes? Absolutely. But honest to God cases of depression are real, and they do require medical attention. 

What you (and others) don't seem to understand is that if a legitimate case is left unchecked, it can spiral into the level you're talking about.

Far too many people suffer because of this outlook you've got. Too many people are waiting too long to have real cases of depression looked into, and its causing some real problems. In fact, I'll be 100% honest with you, the case that I've been personally involved in, it was my very own "Eh, it'll wear off" attitude that made things worse.

Not everyone can be as "tough" as you. Remember that.