Posted by Sigolene on November 29, 2000, at 11:17:06
In reply to Depression....Suicide, posted by wavs2u2 on November 29, 2000, at 9:17:58
I'm sorry but i think you definitly need medications. All medications are not bad. On the contrary, they make your neurons work correctly, which is not the case when you are depressed. You should tell your doctor what kind other health problems you have and he/she probably can give you the right med. for your case. Maybe, like a lot of people here, you will have to try different meds before finding the good one. But i can tell you it's worth trying. A psychological
treatment is not enough
Sigolène
> I was hoping someone could offer me some advice. I have severe depression that only gets worse with time. It will occasianally lift for a short period if something new and exciting happens, like traveling across country ect....but always returns. I have racing thoughts, I worry constinly. I can see no good in the world. I see and feel doom. I am always thinking of what terrible bad things that can happen at any moment. Cancer,car wreaks, you name it I think of it. Its a chore to make myself get out of bed. Its a chore to do anything! On top of that I hurt all the time physically, which I have been to the doctor about that and she said stress is wearing my immune system down and also alot is psycsymatic or whatever. I want to feel better, I want to see the world as a adventure, or atleast be able to live without this feeling of doom! At times I hate life. The thing is I will not take anti depressents. I am scarred of them. I am scarred of alot of medicians. Therefore I cannot take meds a pdoc might give me to help these feelings. Is there anything natural that might help me? I have tried them meds and they make me think strangly (yes even more strange) I have MVP mitral valve prolapse which they say is a central nervous systme problem as well as the valve not closing all the way that goes into your heart which causes palpitations and chest pains (and is another reason I hate taking meds, they sometimes make my heart beat even weirder) I want to feel better! I get so down thinking I never will that I just want to give up. I have no options since I can't take any meds. Please if anyone has overcome depression in ways other than meds please tell me how.
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