Is there a treatment that actually works for clinical depression?

[Anonymous]

I've tried anti-depressants, had horrible side affects and I'm scared to try a different one.. but if it comes down to it I might have too. I was diagnosed about 3 years ago but have been depressed for around 5. Basically there are days when its bad and days when its really bad. I never have good days, only good hours very rarely, where I feel somewhat normal or how I was before depression. These good hours are usually about 1-2 hours a month late at night since I always stay up all night. The daytime makes me feel worse. I eat healthy, exercise sometimes, don't have friends so thats ruled out, I do almost all the things I used to enjoy, these methods don't seem to work. Is there anything else that might help?

[TripleAce]

Don't be discouraged about the meds. The right meds combined with vigerous exercise daily and therapy sessions to get to the root of it is really the front line

it can take time to find the right med, with starting and tapering off, it can take long i get but keep trying until you find one that works well. You must

Exercise is too important. Do it. Aim for 5 days a week. Do cardio weights sports swimming. Anything. But do it.

Therapy. Until you figure out the root of your depression. This may help

Slowly but surely it will subside but it goes like two steps forward one back two forward one back kinda thing

I knew a girl who was depressed for 20 years. Clinically depressed. But overtime if you keep up you will find what works for your body to manage it

[Dingsbums]

Talk with Otter depressed people who have it worse and try to convince them how beautiful life is

[Máiiréad]

I stay up all night everyday too.
I have clinical depression as well.
I don't take anything for it, as I believe that the drugs will just fuck me up if I did that.
I believe that there is a reason for everything... I know my reasons for dealing with this... I know that it can be fixed with solving what is making me depressed. Drugs and therapies are BS in my eyes.

[Blonde401]

Try Cognitive Behavioural therapy. It's the only thing that helped me out at all and I've been depressed all my life and medicated for most of it.

[Asker]

Thank you so much for the suggestion, I will definitely look into it !

[Blonde401]

Not a problem :)

[TakeMaker]

Do you do anything that makes you feel better about life? Volunteer somewhere? What do you do for a job?

[Anonymous]

There's no cure, you just learn to deal with it and function with it over time really.

[Decentguy]

why dont you start going to the gym and start working out.