[sadpeanut]

I was diagnosed with depression three years ago. I was put on Zoloft and it made me feel like ****. I stopped taking it after my first perscription ran out but now my depression is back and meaner than ever. I can't sleep anymore, have trouble eating, serious bouts of anger, and I seem to constantly be crying about one stupid thing after another. Does anyone have any home remedies for this? I'm currently jobless (which heavily contributes to my constant worthless/useless feeling) so going to see a professional isn't really an option for me. I just want to be happy again. Help?

[Rohag]

Hello & Welcome, Sad Peanut!

Does your fiancé have an appreciation for your experience of depression? The more he understands, the more effective his support can be.

[Broken Angel]

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[Blue Poppy]

Welcome Sad Peanut,

I am sorry you are feeling low at the moment. I have been off work because of my illness for almost two years. The toughest thing about it, for me, has been having no schedule or routine. I have only recently been able to get myself into a bit of a routine and I am feeling much better. I go for walks every day at the same time, I go to the library, I take the dogs out, I attempt to help with supper! Getting into so sort of routine helps me to not feel so useless.

The other think that makes a big difference is exercise. It boosts the helpful brain chemicals. If you haven't been, start with a little and work your way up. This is probably the best remedy I have found.

I hope you are feeling better soon.

[sadpeanut]

Originally Posted by Rohag

Hello & Welcome, Sad Peanut!

Does your fiancé have an appreciation for your experience of depression? The more he understands, the more effective his support can be.

He knows that I'm not feeling well. It's hard for me to speak about it. I've explained how hard it's been for me but I still just feel useless

[underwhelmed]

Being jobless is a great contributor to our depressions. It puts a damper on life. I feel for you and share the burden of not having a job myself. I have tried for so long. Keep trying to find something to get yourself out of the house. I take meds, and see a pdoc, but neither is effective against the pain and loneliness of feeling that you are not part of society -- not part of the working world. All we can do is keep fighting - don't give in.

[sadpeanut]

Originally Posted by underwhelmed

Being jobless is a great contributor to our depressions. It puts a damper on life. I feel for you and share the burden of not having a job myself. I have tried for so long. Keep trying to find something to get yourself out of the house. I take meds, and see a pdoc, but neither is effective against the pain and loneliness of feeling that you are not part of society -- not part of the working world. All we can do is keep fighting - don't give in.

It makes me feel very alienated from everyone, even friends. I've shut out a lot of people because of these feelings. I went to my old job on Friday night and I felt great (I was a bartender). I felt comfortable around my old customers and coworker. I just want to feel like that all the time again. Also, having to ask my fiancé to pay for everything from rent to gas for my car makes me feel so low, especially when I was making as much as him ($1600 for 20 hours of work a week) and he works 70 hours a week. Now I have nothing. I feel like I fell off of a mountain.