Posted by shrimp on June 9, 2003, at 7:13:00
In reply to Re: , posted by Questionmark on June 9, 2003, at 0:55:42
Basically, I have been dysthymic since my late teens, but i was still ok, the depression started, i think, when i had to leave college and come home because my parents were divorcing. It started out as mild depression, and since i was drinking so much, it was exacerbated. From then on, i slept and ate a lot, basically all the time, and was miserable in general, but could still think clearly. The debilitating depression started probably when i was around 24, and the episodes have been closer and closer together ever since, and now it's pretty much a permanent state. I don't really know what triggered the major depression, but i do know it started before my period, and eventually extended to most of the month. Also, for a while i didn't really know what it was, and i went totally untreated with meds, which i guess allowed it to get worse and worse.
> Hey. i'm so sorry you feel this way. It's terrible.
> Yeah, one of the worst things about debilitating mental illness, for me at least, is the feeling of all the lost time-- and when the heck is it gonna end?. But.. many people do come out of it, it seems-- even those with severe depression.
> Oh, and i definitely know what it's like to feel disconnected from everyone. i dont feel it like some do, but, i really feel it. Sometimes it's terrible.
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> Don't give up on your current meds yet. Give it some time. Maybe up one and lower another; i dunno-- see what your dr says. Good luck though. Sincerely.
>
> i'm curious-- if you dont mind my asking-- how is it that you went from what seems to be a happy well-adjusted person to one so depressed & everything as you are currently? Was there a precipitating life event or something? If not, that's really strange.
> But just as you have fallen so low, maybe you can also get back to happiness. i hope you do. Good luc w/ everything.
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