from bipolar to 'clinically depressed' i need some advice

As the title says ive been diagnosed with clinical depression as of late. Prior to this a doctor of utter stupidity diagnosed me with bipolar and ive never been an up and down type of person. Ive been prescribed prozac, wellbutrin, effexor, lithium, seroquel, and others. Personally i dont feel like any of that shit works for me. For one thing i dont want to be a pill popper, presciption or not. Another thing is after taking seroquel for a long time now i feel that if i go off it for a couple of days and sleep it feels like i didnt sleep at all. Going off of effexor which im prescribed to now makes all of my limbs ice cold but there are no mental problems are anything. Besides feeling tired im perfectly fine. I really dont know where to go from here. My mom wants to push the pills over to me because she is just going by what the doctors say. I feel like clinical depression is a crock of shit. I think that finding things that you enjoy will take your mind off of being miserable. I had a pretty cool high school life, partied all the time. Im almost 19 now, working at a local cable company and doing well. The only thing different now is i dont really have friends anymore and noone wants to chill with me anymore. Ive had a history of mental illness in my family and i seem to be the only one that fights it. Im not sure if its the past drug use or maybe the way I was brought up, but i feel like any personality i had is gone. Maybe im just rambling, maybe not, any advice you can give is fine with me

 

ok, my advice would be stay away from pharmaceutical drugs, detox your body, focus on your physical and mental health, avoid toxic people, only have people in your life who support your health focus, when looking for new friends look for people who have a health focus as well. since you have a history of mental illness in your family, staying away from recreational drugs is important too. i find it helps to focus more on the beauty of the natural world and less on the human world. good luck.

 

thanks. yea i agree, pharmaceutical drugs arent the magic pill. most of the people i used to chill with only call now to ask if i 'need' anything. im not with that

 

I was in the same exact situation as you are. I am not a doctor though, so I won't tell you what meds you do or don't need. All I can tell you is my experience. I stopped all my meds because I was sick of being sleepy all the time, and gaining weight. I was used to being thin, so the weight gain made me even MORE depressed. It has taken me a while to get back to "normal". But I am at least attempting to work, and have a healthy relationship for once. The meds just kept me zombied and I didn't care about anything. But when I was in the hospital this time, I went off EVERYTHING, even the nerve pills I've been on for 12 years. I don't drink anymore, or take any other drugs. And I am actually less anxious, and less depressed. When I DO get anxious, I can snap myself out of it. And the depression too, which is a little more difficult to "snap" out of, but it can be done. (Getting outside and doing something helps, and you live in one of my favorite places, Pensacola! I lived there for a short time)
Hope this helps, sorry if I was babbling.
Take care
L

 

Yea ive found that being off the meds makes be feel different, or better i should say. thanks for the advice. im off to work

 

I went through about a year and a half of depression.. I didn't think i'd ever get over it.. and I refused to go on meds. then one day I just woke up and decided to actually do all the shit my therapists were telling me to do. I starting keeping a journal, and my first entry was like 'this is beat I have nothing to say'.. then the more i wrote, the better I felt. I started working out too which was really hard at first, but gets easier each time you do it. sleep is important, going to bed by 12 and up by 7.. staying up all night makes depression worse in my opinion. it's hard to get over depression, but it really can be done.

you just gotta realize one day that you only get one chance to live.

i can talk and talk about beating depression all day, but i know it's alot easier said than done.. depression imo is the worst feeling in the world.. (or lack of feeling for that matter.) stay strong and try 'feel better' shit, you will start to slowly feel better I promise.

 

yea ive been on meds for a while and i went off of them on my own. ive felt alot better afterwards and have been able to sleep. right now im getting up at 7 every morning for work so i think that helps. I think having a girlfriend or friends or both would definitely help me out. I guess some of the stuff Ive said while high and drunk turned everyone away. Thanks for the advice priss. Glad to know im not the only miserable one out there

 

I have the same problem you do, only I can't seem to shake the depression through exercise or any other feel good activities. I was wondering if anybody knows of any all-natural remedies? I've heard of amoryn and SJW and Omegabrite etc, but I was wondering if anybody knows of anything else. Something that's worked for somebody who was skeptical of medication helping them. Thanks.

 

I'm all for trying the natural route however don't beat yourself up if that doesn't work for you. It took me years to realize I can't control my own chemical imbalance. Somethings help but there are times nothing helps but medicine.


Have you ever heard of the medication Abilify? It works wonders for clinically depressed people. Helps with the ups and downs and sleeping at night. It won't make you feel like your drugged all day.

Sorry if I sound like I'm selling it. I just know it helps having options if you haven't already pursued it.