MDD hurts quality of life

[Scooterbug19]

MDD has a way of stealing life’s joys from the sufferer, making the world a dark, lonely place for them. I have suffered from it for the past 6 years, and medications do little to mitigate the pain. I try to eat healthy, sleep well and socialize to manage it, but have had minimal success to date. It’s a dark cloud that steals one’s joy for life.

[Marysblue]

Keep searching out new treatments, there's a lot out there. We are here for you. Sorry you didn't get any responses here.

[Learn-Teach]

All the things you are doing - socializing, eating healthy, etc - shows you have great fortitude. Like Marysblue says "keep searching out new treatments."

[Cookie2217]

Hi there. Depression that stolen so much from my life it's ridiculous. Because of my depression I lost my job which in turn made me lose my apartment and now my husband and I and our cat live in my sister's basement that's just happened within the last year which has brought me to my knees. There's no place else to go except up as I am in the lowest point of my life right now. I have been in a constant depression from my major depressive disorder for the last 3 years even before the pandemic and it's been the longest bout of my life. I take medication Pristiq 100 mg an Abilify 10 mg but I feel they are no longer working at full capacity or any capacity for that matter. I've told my husband that there's no reason for me to get out of bed because there's nothing to do no place to go and find no point in it each and every weekend I stay in bed in my pajamas and try to sleep the days and nights away to get out of this dreary reality. I feel bad because my husband is beside himself and doesn't have to help me and I know that he feels bad for me but the only one that can help myself as me and I've lost all desire to even care about myself at this point. I suffer from self-esteem issues and self-loathing due to Childhood trauma that I've suffered at the hands of my alcoholic mother who psychologically emotionally and verbally abused me along with my father and ex-fiance who physically abused me too. I was also sexually assaulted when I was younger too. I am a three-time suicide attempt Survivor and the last attempt I was only 15 minutes away from death and it could have gone either way and I believe that God himself saved me for a reason for a purpose and that was to help other people which I'm very good at I just can't seem to help myself. I identify with your post and wanted to reach out to you. Thanks for reading