Losing hope

[HiItsMeImTheProblem]

I Iiterally have spent most days in bed for close to 10 years…with the exception of brief season when I’ve been able to hold a part time job .

Does anyone else do this to this extent. It’s torture

[TattoosMakeMeCool]

that’s kind of like how I am, I work and then spend the rest of my time home relaxing watching tv or playing ps5 or Xbox. If it was t for work or times I have to go out I’d probably spend all my time home. I don’t have major depression but I do have a depression where I don’t really feel joy I’m just numb. My anxiety makes things even worse where I won’t make calls or go to social things. So I guess I can understand where you’re coming from. Have you gone to a doctor yet?

[HiItsMeImTheProblem in reply to TattoosMakeMeCool]

Thanks for responding. I know when I work, I am better. But I haven’t been able to work even part-time in almost 2 years, my depression is so overwhelming. I feel like I’m drowning in it.

I have a psychiatrist and have had many over the last 30 years s and been on so many antidepressants and other meds. But I’m pretty sure the series of traumatic events I’ve gone through have made the depression far more difficult to treat as well as circumstances.

I just hate not having something I can do to help myself it’s torturous.

[Raggedy-Ann]

Hello, I recently went to wellness classes. I learned some new things and I thought I was good at nutrition. A few things- don't store your food in plastic, or heat it up in plastic.. I threw away all of my tupperware and bought glass storage containers. I learned about an app called YUKA, that has changed everything. You scan the barcodes on the food items and it will score the food 0-100 on its nutritional value. Some things I thought were healthy scored zero! I have thrown away a lot of food. It shows why it got its score, additives and food coloring drop a food item's score. Sucralose is a carcinogen! After a few weeks of eating good quality food and a lot less chemicals, my depression has lifted a bit. I am so shocked and am more productive, it changed things in a good way. I have medicative resistant, chronic depression, MDD and spending my life in bed, so any relief is huge for me. regular corn chips are healthier than all tortillas. I scanned all of the different tortillas and they all scored low. Preservatives are killers. I hope this helps you too. -

[HiItsMeImTheProblem]

thanks for responding! I do not doubt that foods have a place in contributing to mental health but that at this point is waaay to out of reach as far as executive function limitations to undertake. But I believe you and will def hold onto to your response for working on that in future.

[TattoosMakeMeCool]

speaking of food and diet I believe your right. My brother was overweight and definitely not happy at all. He went on a keto diet and he went through a “keto flu” for a week which is all the toxins etc Gerri g out of your system. But after that week when he went into ketosis he was a new man. His weight was flying off and his energy went up big time. He usually just worked and stayed in but all of a sudden he went out every day. Buying a new wardrobe made him feel even better. It was a night and day difference.

[Starling777]

Hi. I've also tried almost all meds too. I Have been housebound, and in bed a lot the last 2 years. It IS tortuous. I'm totally there with you. Totally sucks and is very hard.Sending empathy. I pray we both find something to pull us out of this hole . 🩷🩷