Depression-strange thing happened

Hi

Well i was diagnosed with depression a week ago, before being diagnosed i was really low, didnt want to do anything, didnt care about myself etc. I was also kind of reluctant to go to the doctors. But then i went, and was offered counselling (not started yet) and told i was depressed. But then since that day, ive felt weird, its like im back to normal. Nothings happened ive had no treatment, just have a diagnosis. I take it this isnt normal to feel 'better' the next day? I dont feel completly right, there are still issues but its weird. Now everyones saying i just pretended to be depressed in order to get sympathy which isnt true at all. But i feel like a fraud even though i cant control how i feel. Sorry that didnt really make sense, but i dont really understand it myself.
Did anyone else who got diagnosed with depression experience similar?

Also, i dont know whether ive been offered the right kind of counselling. i received the letter today but it wasnt so much a proper counselling service its like just youth counseeling or something. is that right?

Reply 1

Anonymous #2

No your abnormal.

Reply 2

FizzBitch

It might just be the initial feeling of relief that you are going to get help.

Reply 3

patrickthestarfish

I don't know. Is it a weather thing? I generally feel really depressed whenever its dark and cold outside, like in the winter I feel quite down for a few months, and I feel much happier in the summer. Its been sunny for a few days, and I've noticed that I feel a lot better lately :smile:

Just a thought.

Reply 4

RachieClare_x

when i told people that i was feeling a bit low(have not been to a doctor though, just telling close friends), the bad feelings would always go away for a few weeks but slowly creep back. for me it was a tempory thing, like the burden was lifted, but then it would come back, if not worse than before.

You're not abnormal, unless we both are :smile:

hope things work out for you

Reply 5

Anonymous #3

Just after I take a pain killer the pain seems to go away, which I know is impossible for it to be so that quickly effective, but whatever, lol
So maybe it's like that?

When I went to the doctors for depression I actually felt worse afterwards :s-smilie:

Reply 6

Smoosh

I don't have depression, but I have been diagnosed with something that I guess you could say is similar. I also got the feeling like 'what now?' and felt as though nothing had changed. All I can really say is wait until you've had some counselling, and see how it goes, this could help clear up your problems and you will probably start to see a change. And I'm sorry to hear that people are saying you're doing it for attention :frown:

As for the type of counselling, I don't know if it's right or not, wait to see what it's like? Or ask your doctor perhaps?

Reply 7

713

I was diagnosed with depression and given medication at a time where I was actually well. I don't know why but in between my episodes I am quite normal, and I guess it's either that, that you have a break of an episode or you're hopeful something will change because you took yourself to the doctors.

Reply 8

username165223

When I was finally diagnosed for an illness I had for over a year and a half, it got better. I think the stress of worrying over whether or not it's something can have an effect.

Reply 9

noggins

The people who have said you're acting for sympathy clearly have never been through any sort of depression themselves. They sound like prats. Let it go in one ear and out the other, matey.

Reply 10

Hev456

Well done you for getting help, counselling and antidepressants are the best things I ever did.

Reply 11

diamonddust

I have the opposite, whenever I went to my psychiatrist I felt worse, my antidepressants didn't help and my psychiatrist left and I don't want to start again with someone new so I haven't made another appointment though I probably should.
I felt a little like that, OP once I got my diagnosis because I knew I wasn't going crazy and that I wasn't totally alone but those feelings disappeared the second I left the room.

Reply 12

Anonymous #1

Well bizzarely, i felt crap just after, and the rest of the day i was at my worst. It was the next day that i began feeling alright. I dont feel better at all, just better than i was. I suppose i feel relieved that i dont have to struggle alone with it and its given me a boost. It wares off at times though and i feel worse. Especially when people say im faking it.