who diagnosed you...

just curious..who diagnosed you for depression?

were you open to the idea of meds? afraid?
were you afraid of the diagnosis?

i have been feeling so down...cooking ..cleaning..taking care of kids...showering...seems too much...but eventually just force myself to do it...with a slowest speed and drag.

i am hoping i snap out of it...excercising..every morning i make plan to go to gym..but kids tantrums...just make me back down..maybe tomorrow...then its something else...

hhmmppphhhhh

i am afraid of sharing this with T...cuz i dont want meds....i dont want my kids taken away ...i dont want to lose control of my stupid pathetic life by sharing too much...i share little...not to alarm anyone...

Hi Acceptance

I suppose I first became aware I had depression from studying Hamlet as part of the English literature course at school. The teacher had this theory that he suffered from depression and that seemed very much like what I was experiencing. So I went and saw the family doctor about it and he told me I had depression.
I was open to the idea of medication and indeed anything that would have had the potential to help. And the diagnosis was a kind of comfort in the sense of knowing exactly what was wrong with me.
I think you are showing remarkable determination and perseverance. Keeping going at everything you have to do despite the depression. And don't worry if it is slowing you down. In doing things, it is not the speed that is important, but simply getting them done.
Have you got medication? That could make quite a difference to how you feel as could therapy. CBT and acceptance and commitment therapy a form of mindfulness is very good for depression. You can always Google a therapist for your area. And there would be self-help literature on this in the health section of the public library and on Amazon, allowing you to get the skills necessary to manage depression. Even googling how to manage it on the Internet would bring up some very helpful advice.
I was wondering have you anyone to sit with the kids for you when you go to the gym? I really think making a time for you to go there and simply making yourself go then would be best.
Is there any way that you can organize some time for you to relax and do your favorite things so you can get rid of all of the stress? That would make a huge difference.

If you don't want meds. Having good therapy skills will enable you to control the depression anyway. Don't worry about how much you share with the therapist. They won't act against you, unless you say you are going to kill yourself or someone else. And believe me in their time they have heard absolutely everything you could possibly imagine. And it is important that they have all of the necessary information so that they can give you the help you need. You can always progress in this by degrees sharing each time just a bit more than before. That will allow you to test the water about sharing. Take care. I hope and pray everything improves for you. God bless and best wishes from your friend Francis

My college counselor. I was seeing him for what I thought was an anger management problem. He gave me this test that I filled out and didn't understand because it had nothing about anger on it. Then he scored it and said, "Well, you blew the top off this depression screening test."

But I was - can I swear here? I'm not sure. I was f***ing OVERJOYED to find that I had an actual, treatable illness. I embraced the meds.

Counseling helped at first because I had to learn how to talk about my feelings, which I was clueless about. But after that I found it a lot more helpful to talk to friends. However, without the medication, I can't get out of my own head long enough to make friends. Without the pills I'll just sit around having repetitive thoughts all day.

I was given a free session with a psychologist as part of workplace scheme. She said you need to see a doctor. The doctor said I needed to see a psychiatrist. I was very severely depressed and was given a prescription for Prozac by the psych. I was relieved to have a name for my decade of suffering. 3 weeks later I got out of depression for the first time in my life. Medications are the only thing that have ever worked.

I think that psychologis did a fantastic job recommending medications. Medications are the best thing we have. She could have kept me coming back for sessions or recommended some kind of gimmick to try to snap out of it. I am glad i got antidepressant medications. They are good.

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Hi I have used a combination of meds and therapy. There have been times when medication was the main thing that helped and others when it played a smaller part. I believe that as long as you're showing that you are being constructive about trying to help yourself, you and your family are likely to be supported. Best wishes as you try to find the best way forward you can for you and your family.
Be kind to yourself, you really do deserve it.

Ended up in a hospital when I was 16. Didn't register it was depression, just an overwhelming desire to kill by self. That was 40 yrs. ago and I still struggle.