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Old Apr 29, 2020, 12:46 AM
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Originally Posted by wildflowerchild25 View Post
So I’ve been beating back this hopelessness and extreme depression all day. Listening to music (even during work, just put my phone on mute). I dyed my hair purple because why the **** not, quarantine, amirite? As a result of that I had to take a hot shower. I took a walk with my son. And I’ve been tooling around reddit.

And now RS will be home in about 45-60 minutes and I will not harm myself while he is here so it is a win!

Ugh. Hope my pdoc has some sort of solution.
So sorry you are struggling with all this. Back in my massive depression days, I found Cymbalta pretty darn useful when almost nothing else worked. The only 2 ADs that have ever done a thing for me are that and Wellbutrin. Emsam did nothing except drain my account of cash. Lithium has helped my depression a ton over the years and I also think Depakote at 1500 has been useful.

Aerobic exercise is probably very helpful for me, too. Maybe as important as medication, possibly. Just a few random thoughts.

Have you explored ketamine? It does work for some people. I found a relative of it to be very helpful but it had very dangerous side effects, sadly.
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