Depression Society MKVI

I happen to know that my marzipan bunnies think you're all intelligent and cool and stuff.

thank you i will make that appointment i have been following this thread and i hve been thinking since the past few weeks im just trying to gather the courage to be able to make tht appt

Well we're all here to support you It takes a lot of courage to tell your doctor so I know why it's so scary, but I know you can do it Feel free to PM me for anything at all if you like, I'm quite nocturnal and am happy to listen

Haha Your marzipan bunnies are adorable and amazing and yummylooking, I wish I could bake half as well as you

I hope you've been okay?

Judging from the mutant reject bunnies I had to eat while making them all, the ones that made it onto the cakes should be pretty good too.

You don't actually need that much skill to do something like my entry - just one hell of a lot of time on your hands.

I'm good, yeah. Random lift of depression is now coming in at just over a week, so just taking my time enjoying myself and not rocking the boat. Hope you get some good times soon too.

I'm good, yeah. Random lift of depression is now coming in at just over a week, so just taking my time enjoying myself and not rocking the boat. :

spent all weekend feeling pathetic cause I chickened out of going to town on Friday

Hey mate! Hope you're doing ok since last time we spoke. Forget about friday, can go out next time. No good to hold it against yourself.

been okay thanks, how are you?

true, just annoys me cause I really should have gone and I regret not doing so!

Random lift of depression? Utter rubbish, I know what you're like.

You just decided to give it to me instead, is what happened.

I've tried finding your post but I can't find it/keep missing it. If you link me to it, I will reply, I hope you're okay

Sorry to hear that you've been feeling down for so long. But I have to say it's really great that CBT worked so well for your OCD - you must have really worked hard at it. Would your doctor be willing to refer you again for depression this time? Would definitely seem worth a try to me. You could also look into self-help CBT books focussing specifically on depression - maybe a more advanced book would be good, since you already have a background in it.

Got to hate side-effects (I lasted the whole of three days on sertraline ), but keep in mind that they are likely to disappear again. If the increased dose doesn't help, or stops helping again, your doctor might want to consider adding in another drug which boosts the effects of the antidepressant (I've had this done with other drugs, although not sertraline).

Hope you feel better again soon.



Hands off! This wolf needs its fur trimmed.



I know how you feel sort of - got a tremor in my hands from olanzapine that might be sticking around (but can still get my rocks off thank ****). They don't tend to spell out all the risks unless if you ask them - these days I always do a bit of research before going on anything.

It's still really early to start thinking it might be permanent though - a few weeks isn't enough to tell yet, plus also sexual dysfunction can be a sign of depression, so it's not always clear what's causing it.







Hey Dan.

Stick at the whole getting help thing - I might not be the most positive example, but: I've been depressed on and off for seven or so years, gone through some extremely bad times cos of depression, tried a silly number of drugs and a little bit of therapy, and most of them did **** all. But some of them did work, and gave me some periods where I was really happy. And trying sure as **** beats just letting depression overcome you.

To war, comrades! :lockstock:



I happen to know that my marzipan bunnies think you're all intelligent and cool and stuff.



Hey, welcome.

It's a hard thing to admit, but once you've done that it means you can move on to trying to get better.



Hope the appointment goes well for you, and isn't too scary.

Like has been said, you don't have to tell them but it could work in your favour if you do. And you can make it clear that you want anything you tell them to be strictly confidential.



Good luck to you too.



Yep. Hand-painted, hand-squidged into shape, all done by the incredibly talented me. You should enter too, I had loads of fun making mines.





Hi, welcome to the society.

Stress can really mess me up too, especially when I'm already feeling a bit wobbly. Next time I see my doctor I'm planning on asking for some kind of therapy to help me counteract this (tried CBT for that already, but unfortunately it wasn't for me). You could try doing that too, or asking if they know about any organisations who run anti-stress workshops (I think some GP surgeries and charities do them, plus unis and stuff). Hope you find something that works for you.

Yep. Hand-painted, hand-squidged into shape, all done by the incredibly talented me. You should enter too, I had loads of fun making mines.

No one likes change

True. But going over the limits is the expensive problem .

I did enjoy them. But its just the small things, especially the bad sides of my family (e. g. my brother making sure he doesn't listen to anyone, my dad always seeing the rest of the family as inferior) that has caused problems for me. I can have a lot of fun if the circumstances are right.

Lol. The worst thing is putting something down and forgetting where you put it!

I may be going to sleep now. So good night and sweet dreams .

I thought this when I first went, that it was all just a phase etc, and I almost didn't show up, but I did and I'm thankful for it. Just go tomorrow and let your GP know everything about how you've been feeling, it's tough but it's worth it. Making the appointment was the first step. Best of luck

If you were willing to make an appointment, it might be worth going just to have a chat. It's not like going will sign you up to a life time of drugs, so don't worry about it. I hope things work out for you