Those clinically diagnosed with depression, how do you get through everyday life?

[Anonymous]

disclaimer: don't worry, i'm not just confiding in the internet, i am currently getting help. i want to get better... but i feel like nothing is working.

I've been dealing with severe depression for about 2 years now, and i feel like it is physically killing me. i'm 18 and in my last year of high school, but i had to drop out for health reasons. everything feels like a chore. i've tried setting little goals for myself, taking countless types of prescribed antidepressants, hosptial programs, getting support from friends, family, doctors etc. but nothing is working. it's gotten to the point where i can't get out of bed for days at a time, and i've lost 20lbs (9kg) in less than 2 weeks, and i'' scared that i'' not going to make it through this. those of you who have gone theough what i'm going through, what has worked for you? please, i'm desparate.

[Anonymous]

i got out of it roughly a year ago. well, to be honest i can't really say there was one specific moment in time where i knew i was rid of it, but i can see that I've been slowly getting things back on track, and i am finding motiviation again for more and more things as time passes.

anyway, my depression started in my early 20s and lasted 6 years. mainly because i didn't know i had it. i only learned about it many years later when i was forced to get counselling for another issue which is entirely irrelevant to this.

my younger sister, 9 years my junior, who is now also in her early 20s, is now facing the exact same thing. luckily for her she did discover it early enough, so hopefully hers won't last the 6 years mine did..

as for getting through it.. meh. you just live and breathe i guess. I've had days where i literally just stayed in bed. only got up once because i got hungry somewhere in the afternoon..

try to focus on the fun things i guess. obviously you won't see fun in many things, but when you do, pour yourself into it and enjoy it as much as you can. when you do something fun or experience something fun, write it down for reference later. always remember that there are fun things in life. and always remember that things will get better eventually. dont give up.

thats the only thing i can promise. you will get out of this. it always gets better. sometimes it takes a while but its inevitable.

[Opinion Owner]

also just to add, i wasn't diagnosed until much later and i objected to medication. my sister does get anti-depressants. she says they are shit and all they achieve is an addiction to them. in the sense that she feels sick when she stops taking them

i dont think they actually do anything

[Opinion Owner]

how are you doing @Asker?

[Unit1]

Nothing has worked for me.
I just get it over with every day like a battle in itself =/
Like
Wake up, feel depressed already, get up, do daily tasks without soul, go to sleep, repeat.

I'm trying to get help too.

[juliaanita]

Medication, therapy and a lot of exercise-

i am older now but I was in the same position as you at just your age.

I found that good theraputic conversation with anyone can help. I also found that medications kept me from welll... from, you know.

But I have found that a life long habit of exercise has saved me. I run and run and I run, really long distances, like marathons. And it has been my savior.

I have found too that growing older has helped... you learn how to live with yourself. I can't explain that but you will know what I mean when you are my age.
If you need someone to talk to, feel free. I am an expert, believe me.

[juliaanita]

Thanks for the MHO!

[Waffles731]

I take it one day at a time myself.
Try to set a daily goal for yourself, say you can have something you like as a snack if you take a shower and such. That helps
I' was diagnosed when I was much younger.

[Asadi]

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