My Life Story, I'm a new, please read.

Hello guys and gals, I ran across this website after searching on google for a bit. Anyway I'm 17 and I'm a male, since as long as I can remember I've been depressied. But in the 7th grade it severely took over my life. I first started out going to my family medical doctor, she treated me with minior anxiety pills, also after the severity worsened she told me of her family's depression after he husbands sucide and asked if I wanted anti-depressents, for 2 years I saw her with several anti-depressents. She moved offices, we decided to change doctors.

I began seeing a new medical doctor and she also did the same, but urged me to see a phycologists. I finally said yes, but I first say a phyciatrists(the ones who prescribe meds) just for a 1 time counselotation. This being my 8th grade year, I was already beggining to feel , well I felt i'd never get better. After being prescribed a new med this being my 7th or so I saw yet again no help.

After being urged yet again to see a therapist, I went. He was a very respectable man. I saw him for over a year, and in that time saw a new phyciatrist and was prescribed zoloft,cymbalta(currently on again),wellburtrin,etc you name it I've took it(mostly).

Since I've been to 3 others, making 5 total therapists, and over 2 dozen meds since my 7th grade year. Your probably wondering what is making me depressed? The word speaks its own story because its unknown sadness, but there is always something that continues , for one I have a family background of depression(mom,grandparents). And for 17 I have a highly mature brain(so they say). I'm so so so tired of life, I'm on my ways end.

Lately I've tried internet support,family support, and worst of all friends. Being in highschool no teen espcially other males want to help in this, I've lost all my friends, I could explain why but i've already wrote a book, look i'll go now....thanks for reading.

Welcome to PC!

Well good heavens, Moonkin! How can somebody get better or feel hopeful when their treatment keeps changing! I'm sorry you have been through so much.

Friends and family don't have the education, training, and skills to help even though they try to understand and they do care about you. I'm thinking that if the meds were going to work for you they would have by now, although maybe they've been changed too soon and too often.

I think it would be helpful for you to get more therapy. Can you find a therapist that you can commit to for as long as it takes this time, and who can commit to you too?

You can read about therapy in the psychotherapy forum here and another site I like for information about therapy is www.guidetopsychology.com--it has a great Question & Answer section, imo.

Glad you are here and hope you'll keep posting!

aw. I feel your pain. When I was that young also, I went through severe stages of depression, also almost suicide but I was never put in meds, I just started seeing a doctor a month ago and didn't get any meds yet, but I have depression and ADD I found out. Grrr. I'm 16 now. And I guess I'm mature for my age too, but if you ever want to talk you can always talk to me.

Love,
Jessica

That is troubling that you have bounced here and there. I wonder if I read this correctly, in the year you saw the psychiatrist you tried more than 5 antidepressants? I wonder, unless you had allergic reactions, why you didn't try them for a longer period of time? I'm not a medical doctor but it takes many months to even get a med up to a good dose before you can begin to see if it will help, and it seems your doctor didn't even get that done, am I right?

What that does is make it seem hopeless. I'm glad you're trying welbutrin again, and though it does take time, try and not end it or anything... but bear with time and see if it helps.

You keep having to quit your therapists, is that because they or you keep moving? A year doesn't seem like very long with a family dynamic history of depression as a coping mechanism... or is it medical? As you can see I'm not sure really what all is happening for you... even though you feel you wrote a book... come back and write another chapter, ok?

TC

Moonkin - welcome to PC.

I must say, you've gone through an awful lot in such a short time! I don't have any advice to give, just thought I'd say hello. If you ever have any questions or need someone to talk to, feel free to PM me.

Hi Moonkin It is hard to feel better when your all over the place like that and such a multitude of drugs. I hope that the friends you find here can help you, if for nothing else but a sounding board. We all here have been through a variety of problems.

Take Care
Wrencher