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Posted by becksFLA on July 18, 2007, at 21:41:07
ive been feeling pretty low lately and my doc and family keep suggesting i consider anti-depressants. however i truly believe this may be because of my crappy life situation. i haven't had a drivers license for 2 years, i have no friends in this new city i moved to a few years ago, my job sucks, and im going through school way too slowly. meanwhile my siblings have flown through college with flying colors. how do i know if it's true depression or, would things get better if my life were to change for the better, which i think it would?
Posted by Phillipa on July 18, 2007, at 21:47:29
In reply to depression - situational or environmental?, posted by becksFLA on July 18, 2007, at 21:41:07
You're a mind reader as daily I ask myself the same question if the doctors didn't keep finding things wrong with me I know I would feel a lot better and wonder if that's why ad's have no effect on me anymore good or bad. No anxiety either. On meds. Love Phillipa
Posted by Racer on July 18, 2007, at 23:58:02
In reply to depression - situational or environmental?, posted by becksFLA on July 18, 2007, at 21:41:07
My guess for myself, is that it's a combination -- my biological vulnerability to depression makes it more difficult for me to cope with situations which may lead to feeling low, which in turn increases depression. My guess is that there's some of that for you, too -- a combination of situational and biological factors.
Have you tried ADs in the past? If you have, and they've helped, then I would probably recommend trying again. What I've found in my life is that, no matter how horrible my life is, on antidepressants I can cope with it much better.
Despite all the downsides to ADs, they still make it possible for me to cope better.
Good luck, whatever you decide.
Posted by Glydin on July 19, 2007, at 7:57:13
In reply to depression - situational or environmental?, posted by becksFLA on July 18, 2007, at 21:41:07
I believe my depression resulted from a trident - nature, nuture and situational stressors. Nature as in I have an organ that dysfunctions. Nuture as in I leaned a number of ineffective coping skills and got good at using them. Situational stressors in that due to the other two, I lacked the raw materials to deal and adapt in a healthy way.
A med helped me beyond my expectations and therapy helped some also.
My insight for myself was great but didn't add up to much until I was willing to use that insight to work on changes that improved my life quality.
I hope you work things out....
Posted by linkadge on July 19, 2007, at 8:16:27
In reply to Re: depression - situational or environmental? » becksFLA, posted by Glydin on July 19, 2007, at 7:57:13
ive been feeling pretty low lately and my doc and >family keep suggesting i consider anti->depressants. however i truly believe this may be >because of my crappy life situation. i haven't >had a drivers license for 2 years, i have no >friends in this new city i moved to a few years >ago, my job sucks, and im going through school >way too slowly. meanwhile my siblings have flown >through college with flying colors. how do i >know if it's true depression or, would things >get better if my life were to change for the >better, which i think it would?
That situation describes me to a T. Although, I tried AD's. They gave me a short term boost and desire to want to change my life situation, but I kept relapsing and needing higher doses, probably because, there wasn't a whole lot I could to to make my life unsuck. For me I think it is just a matter of time, and which way the wind blows.
The only thing I think would make me well is long term financial security.
Linkadge
Posted by becksFLA on July 19, 2007, at 10:05:34
In reply to Re: depression - situational or environmental?, posted by linkadge on July 19, 2007, at 8:16:27
Thanks for all the responses. For me, I agree it is a little bit of both....so hopefully when things start to happen, which still seems like ages away, things will perk up. As for the AD's, I've tried just about every single one, and not one did a single thing for me.
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