Looking for help

[Renee-RN]

I was looking up symptoms of depression and one article described 30 symptoms and I counted 26 of them I have. I want to feel alive. I get into these funks where I won’t leave my room and my body hurts so bad that I just want to take something to make it all stop!!! My ears ring ,(more like a loud car horn that blares constantly) my neck has huge knots in them and I dread getting up in the morning. Need advice!!

[Livetotravel]

Have you been to your GP? That is where I started the process to recovery, I hated going, felt such a failure, but I wish I had gone sooner.

[Renee-RN in reply to Livetotravel]

I have a psychiatrist and I’m on 4 psych meds. Maybe I need my meds changed. The exhaustion is the worst. His response is always to exercise.... and he’s right, but I’m too tired and unmotivated. Do you feel like people like us just complain all the time so nobody wants to be around us? Sometimes I can’t stand being around myself. 😢

[Livetotravel in reply to Renee-RN]

The exhaustion is awful, I could happily nap all day. You aren’t moaning, you are just saying how you feel. The worst side effects for me are constant constipation and weight gain, however I do feel more balanced mentally.

Take care

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[Hidden]

Yeah you need to go to a doctor..

[Renee-RN in reply to Hidden]

One time I went to a GP and told him I was really depressed. He asked if I’d had a mammogram. I told him it had been awhile, but I was there because I was depressed. He said I really should get a mammogram. I finally said if I end up dead from suicide it really wouldn’t matter. I later found out he got a kickback for every patient he could get in for a screening. So unprofessional. He didn’t give a shit! He’s not my MD anymore!!

[Hidden in reply to Renee-RN]

Yeah no one gives a shit..look after yourself and do what's best..only you can help yourself..Go through the motions..id you can't get up..get up!..if you cant have a shower, have a shower!..Im trying hard to feel alive aswell..stay strong

[Lostjoy in reply to Hidden]

Hi Renee-RN, I am 53 and feel a lot like you do. I have never been a drinker until recently.

I feel the same about my primary Dr. She don’t give a shit. I’m in her patient room for 5 or 10 minutes and feel like she can’t get me out of there fast enough. Exercise is impossible when I feel the way I do. I keep thinking with time it will get better. Hoping it will anyway.