Is there anyone else living with major depression? How do you deal with it in your daily life?

[loveyouoak]

I guess over the years I’ve gotten really attached to antidepressants. I feel drained when I don't take them. 😴

[DJB72]

Antidepressants have been shown repeatedly to make depression worse if taken for over six months. Doctors can get round that by changing the type periodically but they're not a long term solution.

I beat major depression by shifting what I do to maximise my time outside, natural unfiltered light, reduced refined seed oils like sunflower and canola, reduced carbohydrate intake and eating a balanced diet including animal fats, fruits, vegetables not exposed to pesticides and filtering everything out of water supplied by the government.

It took about four weeks to overcome it.

My wife, a doctor, disagreed with me and stayed on meds eating her modern diet for over ten years. She'd finally agreed to try changing just before she died 11 months ago but had only made the changes a week before she died.

[OneViewpoint]

" I guess over the years I’ve gotten really attached to antidepressants."

You're 25! Years? Anti depressants? What happened to you kid? I mean good for you that the drugs help but what are you depressed about?

[Simslover92]

I was doing fine with my clinical depression up until last month then I had to get my doctor to prescribe me Wellbutrin and I've been better ever since. I think antidepressants, at least the right ones work well.

[FreyaRed]

My mental condition makes depressions nearly impossible for me.

[Kelly6]

@loveyouoak I do have high depression and take antidepression.

Also do things that make me happy

Sometimes I also get depression episodes that are very hard to come out of.

[seeyounexttuesday]

Nope. It seems you have to change a lot of things with your lifestyle.

[In_Trance]

Get off the internet
Go outside
Talk to people
Start working out

[Anonymous]

Baby I just suck it up