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I have been through a couple, it seems like everything is going great and then all of a sudden everything that can go bad does. It is hard, but I have always recovered.
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no
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Yep, I am Bi-polar, so I have been depressed for a lot of my life. To the extent of an actual suicide attempt and a few near misses. Years of self harming. A few years of trying different medications, only to find none work with me. These days I just throw myself into work and that really helps me to get away from my problems a lot of the time, funny thing is that I work in mental health!
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I have never ever been diagnosed with depression, mainly because I refuse to this day to see a doctor to put me on pills and say I am depressed. But I have hit low points, and boy did I hit them hard. I have been suicidal, I have been on the very edge. I've had the gun in my mouth and the knife at my wrist, but I never did it. I got drugged up to my eyeballs, pissed out my head, sliced myself to pieces and back again. I have hit rock bottom probably twice really, but I picked myself up again, by myself without help from anyone or anything. SO basically, yes, yes I have
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I'm going through minor depression right now. Because my life is boring, lonely, and depressing.
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Yes. And I survived and thrived. There is hope!
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i go thru one every winter.i hate it here im thinking of moving to arizona .im sick of the cold .sick of the people here in michigan .i work a seasonal job and i go thru the same thing every year cause i always get laid off dec 1st.
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yes i have, i was on anti depressents for 2 years and i was very very low. Nothing in my life seemed to make me happy and i was really miserable,i tried councelling and everything and nothing worked. it helped me to chat with other sufferers on a forum to know i wasnt alone. anyway i come off them and then got diagnosed with anxiety and went through a very hard time thinking i was seriously ill with the symptoms i was having and i wouldnt believe anything anyone said, i got put on some more medication which calmed me down a bit and upto now im feeling a lot better than i did. im waiting for councelling at the moment because ive been told i have some issues with the past so fingers crossed it will help. well thats my life story lmao :0)
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I might have. Not remembering may be a symptom of the severity (depth) of the depression.
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Yes. I only got pulled out of it three or so months ago, with the help of a dedicated therapist and some Wellbutrin. I was diagnosed as having chronic depression (dysthymia) a while back, and then diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and a mood disorder with tendencies toward borderline personality disorder. It is a hard path to walk, it really is. And no matter how much people who have never been depressed say they know how it feels to be sad and you'll get over it, they never will know. It's impossible to know what it feels like when all of the hope is squeezed out of your life and you're left with an empty shell of emotions if you haven't been there yourself. I arrived here on the tail end of your disappearance, Satine, but as an outsider I was kind of able to get the gist of what you were going through. I really hope everyone's support has been helpful for you. I hope things are looking up. You seem like an incredibly intelligent and wise young lady - don't let the world (or yourself!) slow you down.
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Twice. But I don't think I want to go into two many details on a public internet forum if you know what I mean?
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Everyone who has been there knows it isn't a nice place to be. I was diagnosed 10 years ago and will probably be on medication for the rest of my life - and I'm grateful for it. I function well, am employed and hold several key voluntary positions within our community. If for some reason I miss my medication, within two days I can feel myself slipping away - losing my grip as it were - and reduced to weeping and the inability to focus, concentrate or even move.
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Yes, when my parents died i lost my mother 9 years ago and lost my father it will be 4 years in april and tha tis all i had besides my husband and children it has been very hard and i didnt want noone around or say much i was not myself and had to get mediciation for it but i working through it.
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Several times in my life, I am actually coming out of one now. I can be my own worst enemy or my best friend. I decided to be friends.
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Yes...and it rather sucked rocks too...so boring!
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I've been through depression before but I'd hesistate to call it a DEEP depression.
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yes it started at the age of 12 and still continues if our parents constantly tell us they dont understand us we are a disappointment and they always asume we are telling lies cause adults always tell the truth how do you expect us to grow into adulthood with self asteem trust and understanding of our feelings????
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diagnosed clinically depressed. medication was my answer.
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I have suffered from Severe Clinical Depressive episodes throughout my adult life. I am on antidepressant medication all of the time, but during my episodes of deep depression they do not seem to make any difference at all. I am able to cope with them a little better now since I had counselling, as I had the best counsellor in the world and he gave me a lot of good advice and techniques to cope.
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I had borderline personality disorder since i was a child ...so I have been insanely depressed for most of my life I use to think about suicide as I kid. I made a lousy attempt once....
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No, but I went through a Panic Disorder and Panic Attacks period. It lasted several months and was treated by a Psychiatrist with Clonazepam and Wellbutrin XL. Those were the worst days of my life. I remember staying in my room, I was afraid of going out, even to the Supermarket. According to the Doctor it happened because I pushed myself too hard at the Office while doing the job of four people all by myself. It was just awful...
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Yup, it ended about a year ago and it went on for about five years. My mother was a drug addict, she is in recovery now. But, I took care of her all my life and when my depression got the worst she was at the worst of her addiction. I'm 14 now, and a lot happier thanks to my Grandma who saved me in time.
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I was diagnosed with deep depression 3 days ago. I know ive had it for about a year, but never told anyone since i thought they might think im crazy. the only person i asked help from was my husband and he would laugh it off and say i need to work on myself. he was alway too busy cheating on me. For days i wouldnt stop crying and realized i need to see a doctor. its tought times but my psychologist made me see that i cant get through it. i tried to take my own life twice, my husband instead of helping me told me i did it for attention. now i know i can get better i just need time.
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Yes and it was awful.
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Yep. I'm in it now. But I've lived like this for so long that I'm too numb to care.
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Yes. I almost died of malnutrition because I just slept and did nothing else. Thankfully I know the signs now and can get help when I need it.
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If the doctor you see won't prescribe meds- you need to go to another one. Most are very willing to write an anti-depressant script.
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Yes I have. When my mother died about a year ago. I went down. I wanted so much attention, just because i missed her so bad. and my sister had to take care of me and with her only being 18 at the time she didnt have time with me with school and work and what not. so i fell into depression. We then moved in with her boyfriends family to a new town and place so i could get a new start on life. it didnt help. And now im suffering. I have to choose now who i want to live with, my sister, or my grandparents. who both dont speak to eachother anymore. my grandparents would be a better place for me, but. im afraid of loosing my sister. so now, i cry every day. i sleep too much, i eat alot or too less, i get sick alot, i have horrible mood swings,i wont let anyone help me, [like they know whats wrong with me]. only because i cover it up with smiles and happy comments and lies... so you could say i am going threw one right now and trying to get over it.
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Several - mostly without help.
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Me?... yes. Right now probs. Cant be bothered to move, eat, socialise. Cry all the time and i hurt. I physicaly and mentaly hurt. i cant sleep proply and it is like the worst for of torture. I think about hurting myself... cutting myself. But i couldn't. I wouldn't. but it is getting to the stage when i think doing things like that will atleast show i am alive...
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Yes and I ended up in a psych ward and now continuous therapy
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Yes, once or twice. I was diagnosed with depression and got through because of my doctor and a councillor, I refused to take any meds. I have learned to control my moods better now, but it's still hard some days.
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Yes, it still lurks in the shadows of my life now and then
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Yepps. Twice. Though, the first I'm pretty sure I can attribute to hormones partially.
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Yes i have gone through depression in my life ,but i feel fine now.
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