Depression Support

I just watched MOVING BEYOND PSYCHIATRIC LABELS....it is a 5 minute u-tube...
wow...there is hope here...

(((((((( little turtle )))))))))

Thank you!!!

I found in a thread that a member was asking suggestions for help with morn depression and getting out of bed at the normal time, say after 7-8hrs of sleep at night. I face the same problem and I haven't still figured a way. When I set an alarm I keep pressing the snooze again and again and finally I switch off the alarm.
I think initially the meds have to work to help you and maybe self pep talk. Also I try exercising at some time during the day..in the hope that it may help eventually. But I still feel meds need to give the first push if the depression is too severe.
Oh! I also keep a weekly target - say over 2-3weeks I'll try to get up 15mins early.
If you too have ideas pls share them with me. They will help me.
Thanks and hugs to you all.

Hey

Maybe try putting the alarm a meter or two away so you have to get up, and then try not to fall back. Also iced coffee waiting prepared in the morning by the bed?

My sleep is messed up beyond repair but this just might work for you.

Good luck

I understand! I have not showered over two weeks, 17 days to be exact.
My depression gets worse in the mornings; that is filled with severe anxiety, heart palpitations, tingling hands and legs, and I try to navigate the mornings while crying. And, as stupid as this sounds, I am proud if I can make it to my car to go to work. This is the same routine every morning, trying to conquer the new day while crying.
My anxiety actually increases while at work, which is whole another subject.
Exercise, healthy diet (definitely no refined sugar, no processed foods, no carbs), meditation, literature and poetry are my tools in dealing with this hell hole of depression.

what can we do here to feel better...we all feel like crap...how do we feel better than that..what do WE have to do to get out of our hellholes...

we may be screwing ourselves....if we think that only the doctor or therapist can fix us....we have to fix us...but we need to go slowly and work on it...

That's the right way of thinking here!
For me, I've found out that, on the one hand, it is a great help to talk to people in the same situation as me. This shows me that I'm not alone in this, and things that made me feel like I just wasn't normal, finally appear not so strange anymore. Also, we're often the only ones who can REALLY understand each others situation and support each other. That's why I appreciate this community so much.
But one the other hand, I've found out that, personally, it drags me even further down if I constantly think about my situation and kind of lock myself up in a communitiy with people who all have the same kind of problem but no solution to it.
I feel best when I am with people who I consider as "normal" or at least able to manage those things I can't manage. And when these people accept me and maybe even let me be a part of their community. They make me feel like I can belong, even though I am different, and provide orientation for me when I fell like I've lost the connection to the "normal" world.

But unfortunately, there are only very few of those people in my life, and I don't see them very often. And I assume I am not alone with this.

But if anyone here feels like I do about this, I can only recommend to reach out for a friend of whom you think they're handling life better than yourself. Sometimes you're more normal than you think and you just need someone to lift you up of that dark hole you were driving yourself deeper and deeper into.

We have the potential in ourselves to get out of this, by ourselves. I know it's harder for people like me than it is for other people. But therefor we have each other in this community. If we support each other, if we work together on this, we can all get back on track.
I believe in this.

yes...how do we go about it?

desiree please tell me what step we should take today to get started...

A bit of moving around

(The often recommended "exercise" .. even if walking around the cave or a bit down the road)

Or something to eat.

No shower for me I don't like showers

Btw I haven't taken the meds, too many scary side effects for me . Been there before.

I don't really know either, what do you think?

For me getting up in the morn on time is a prob...I want to lie in bed all day long and then feel sad about it afterwards....
so the first thing for me in the morn would be not to bargain with myself whether I want to sleep a little more or not...but to snap all negative thoughts and just get out of bed.
Then brush, have tea, read the newspaper and exercise i.e. go on with my daily activities inspite of how I feel..meaning even if I have the painful feelings of depression and anxiety.
Btw I learnt this thanks to one of our pc memebers - winterbritt
P.S.: Getting out of bed on time has been the key to me and then exercise.

Fuzzy if you too had some suggestions? And little turtle, you too?

Fuzzy you have to take showers in summer ... in winter it can be once in 2/3 days coz your winters are too cold.

Don't know about the meds though, maybe little turtle can help here.

my brain is foggy this afternoon...i am not thinking too good...kinda dumb..
i am trying to resist taking a second cup of coffee today...
this week i have been taking two cups of coffee every day...
i am going for an extra short walk instead of more coffee...
i try to keep working on exercise and eating healthy...
and talking with my friends here...

((((((((( little turtle )))))))))

More moving around here today
And less coffee and other stuff..

Little turtle, could you say if alprazolam is better than clonazepam at calming aggression?

You sound very resilient. I drink four cups a day, although I always make sure to stop at the 15:00 hour. I could very well take a walk around the block, while at a break at work, but it had not occurred to me. So thank you.

Something that helps me is having daily goals or intentions. It could be as simple as cook a meal or take out the trash. But I try to have something. Many times I include relaxing because I enjoy working on my hobbies. So I always have a reason to get out of bed in the morning.

I hope everyone is managing well. Hugs to all.

Also what to do if one has anxiety attacks but also a few spurts of anger from time to time? Can clonazepam increase the anger? And it might not be possible to give up the clonazepam coz of the anxiety attacks?

desiree--I really don't know....maybe someone here has an idea..
what are you angry about...

Nothing in particular. It's as if my anger pathways are artificially stimulated

There is a depression and anxiety chat on Thursday nights