[summersover]

Is it normal for depression to continue for 6 years?

[DarkenedSoul]

I personally don't know what "normal" is. But I have battled depression my whole life.

[barbella]

Hi summersover! I don't really know how to answer that but I can say that the current depression I'm dealing with has been around for about that length of time. My therapist says it has been really hard to shift it and she has tried me on various medications and treatments. Sometimes it is a combination of meds/therapies/lifestyle that can change things.
Do you have a doctor or therapist that you can see about this? If nothing has changed in that time, it would seem that something needs to change.
I'm sorry you are dealing with this. It is exhausting, isn't it?

[summersover]

Originally Posted by barbella

Hi summersover! I don't really know how to answer that but I can say that the current depression I'm dealing with has been around for about that length of time. My therapist says it has been really hard to shift it and she has tried me on various medications and treatments. Sometimes it is a combination of meds/therapies/lifestyle that can change things.
Do you have a doctor or therapist that you can see about this? If nothing has changed in that time, it would seem that something needs to change.
I'm sorry you are dealing with this. It is exhausting, isn't it?

Yeah it's definitely exhausting. I am currently seeing a therapist who specializes in dealing with people who have dealt with abuse, and she wants me to seek help from a psychiatrist as well.

I feel as if my depression started when I became 14, and ever since then it's been very up and down. There will be long periods of time, like six months, where I'm at an all time low, and then there will be a few months where I feel normal again. Sometimes there are triggers for it, other times there isn't.

[Ghost5]

I've had it all my life, sometime I can function to an extent with it but for the last 4 years I've been struggling to live daily. I've tried various meds and combinations but none have worked. I've lost my job and career and I'm now pretty much a recluse. So yes, I guess you can have it for 6 years.

[EnglishDave]

I've been battling Depression for well over 40 years, I was probably suffering symptoms undiagnosed even younger but Child Psychology/Psychiatry was different back then. I have been on meds probably 80% of the time, with the maximum Mood elevation lifting from Severe to Moderate.

I do have days when things are ok. I felt good - apart from the pain - at my daughter's Wedding as I was doped up on double pain killers, but afterwards I felt crushing guilt for feeling positive for a while. This is always the pattern after an elevated Mood. Then I am hit by a deeper Depression for days after.

Dave.

[elevatedsoul]

i dont think there is a normal...
but yes i have tried to fight it for atleast 10 years... as a younger guy - just losing hope it it all... seems a permanent condition.... just have to try to numb it and keep moving onward...

[ChainBreaker]

Depression: A symptom of loss, self-worthlessness that engulfs ones mind. It is a state of ones bodies hormones that are not in harmony. Your mood, well simply put there is none. You're up the creak. You need to fix it asap.

Those who solve depressions, anxiety, and other related problems are ones who have not given up and did something about it the natural way. Popping a pill is not what I'm here to tell you. If you've chosen the pill (reds and blues) then you've chosen the wrong ones.

Getting hooked onto drugs is the least of these solutions to stabilize ones mood state and to have a better life.

Have you ever heard of the saying: one apple a day keeps the Doctor away? Try to consume the organic apple, or at the least peel the toxins off.

One good quote I recently caught on a documentary ... not sure where ... but I'll share it here. 1/3 of what you eat keeps you happy and 2/3 of what you eat keeps the Doctor(s) happy.

Do you now what that means? It means you're putting crap into your body and you're just one of those keeping the medical industry ticking on.

Can you see the solution to your problems? You're depressed because you go about it in fixing it the wrong way. You treat the symptoms instead of the cause. Now is the time to fix it for good. Organic life. That is the only way! The way nature wants you to live.

What is causing you depression in the first instance? One simple answer to most peoples problems is your food! You are what you eat. Put in crap food into your body and you'll soon be full of toxins where your immune system frankly can't cope with it. Your bodies immune system is overworked and your body starts to fall apart starting from your mind. What's a body without it's mind?

I hope you have the basics now to get rid of your depression. You know, you put it there yourself. Isn't it time to take it out of your body! I'll tell you one thing, if you decide to you will!

"Be well" and break the chains of misery.

[elevatedsoul]

i tried organic - natural stuff...

sobered up - quit everything for 1year...
stopped eating meat, became a vegetarian...
changed many habbits.. focused on stimulating my mind...
seeking knowledge about things i was interested in...

but at the end of the year, the end of the experiment i guess...
i just gave up because it just didnt seem to help me...

god i actually felt a little better that night i got stoned and drunk for the first time in a year... remember joking and laughing a little even...

i hear your argument and understand what you're saying though, guess just maybe it isnt for me...

stay strong...

[EnglishDave]

If the prevention/cure for Depression were as simple as diet it would be a condition that didn't exist. I have followed strict, Organic vegetarian diets over the years with no effect on my Mood whatsoever.

Dave.