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20 May 2007, 11:42 pm

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Star wrote:

Oh my gosh! You guys take all different medications for depression? Why do you do that? I have also been very depressed for months at a time, thought of sleeping and not waking up so depressed I was, but I would never trust chemicals to fix it. These make you depend on them and cause so many more side effects...

I alwasy turn to my obsessions and spend my time in them until I can surface again. Cry a lot and I mean a LOT! Frequent meltdowns that can last for hours at a time, some times daily, black black days, but even when they forced me to take Prozac I didn't. Threw away the pills, or didn't use the prescription the second time.

I have always surfaced from my depressions. Yeah, up and down. Gain weight loose weight as I tend to also eat more when I am depressed. But no pills. I refuse to put chemicals in my body that can affect my thinking process and my reasoning. No way! I'd rather have the freaking pain.

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Yeah, I am the same way with being sketchy about pills... I don't even take an advil unless I have a really bad headache for at least a day or so. But although I'm depressed usually, I don't cry at all, haven't for a couple years at least. Even at really sad movies (What Dreams May Come got me kinda close though). Maybe I'm just detached enough now?

People have different levels of depression and differing abilities to deal with it. And judging by the rate sucide certainly many people can not find any treatment. I'm not going back to the old days of constant thoughts of suicide.

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21 May 2007, 7:48 am

I'm on a low dose of Zoloft and it works very well for me. But it's different for everyone, you don't know what effect different medications will have on your mind until you try them. Sometimes you have to try a number of different meds and doses until you get the right one.

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21 May 2007, 7:53 am

Starbuline wrote:

Prozac sucked for me. So did Lexapro, Cymbalta, and Clomipramine. I used to know someone who was on Zoloft, and he said it worked well. I want to try it if I can.

I was on Zoloft throughout half my childhood, back when my parents were in denial about AS and were trying to beat it out of me or drown it out with pills. My parents are the types of idiots who don't believe personality is genetic at all, or based on experiences, but rather formed by one's self. In any event, the Zoloft didn't do s**t other than f**k me up even worse.

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21 May 2007, 11:23 am

Well I suffer from mood swings and what appears to be mild deppression but the only link I have been able to find is the link to exercise !

Basically if I go jogging 3/4/5/ or even 6 times a week _ I feel great and optimistic etc etc but as soon I stop the frequent joggs , I soon dip into feelings of despair.

The catch though is that I have to feel WELL before I go jogging so you can see the ongoing problem I face because I get out of the habit if I get a chest infection or something.

Anyway, If you want to try something different I would suggest you try jogging even if it's only 2 or 3 miles twice a week.

Zinc.

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