6 years of depression

[Hecter]

I need to get out of this hole or to cope with it better.I just take the weekly prescription my gp gives me but I am not improving.Is nthere any hope of an improvement

[missrat]

I'm sorry you don't feel you are making any progress. I don't know how long you have been on your current medication - it can take up to 6 weeks for them to work. It is worth asking your GP if you can change to a different one, and also if there is any 'talking treatment' available, as the two complement each other. There may be a waiting list.

[Hecter]

Thankyou for your comment.I have had NHS talking therapy and paid £3000 for 9 sessions of EMDR which was great value for money but that was the limit of what I could afford.I was seeing an NHS psychiatrist but was signed off by someone when the system was changing - dont really know why.My GP has tried many different medications but says that the maximum dose of Venlafaxine is the most stable for me.He is probably correct.Thankyou all the same.I know I have to get on with it

[Getting-By]

Hi

Good to meet you but sorry to hear you don't feel you are making any progress I to have tried many AD but found Escitalopram to work well for me but we are all different when it comes to AD and what works well for one person may not work for an other.

I have found that mindfulness has been one of the best things I have done and has really helped with my depression and anxiety you will find a lot of information on the web just a suggestion.

I was also seeing a psychiatrist on the NHS and was signed off I was told by him that this was due to spending cuts and that they were only allowed to see people who were a danger to themselfs or others.

I hope you feel better soon and keep posting here.

[aug2012]

There is hope for improvement. Have you properly gone into your mind - way back - and started from your earliest memory and slowly worked forward to the present day? It does take some time and it's not easy; but it has to be done. Severe suicidal depression can be caused by suppressed inner rage and this lives in you as a result of all the accumulated emotional trauma you've supressed since childhood - especially in the childhood and teenage years.

The only way to 'cure' it is to get right down into its roots and remove those roots from your being - only you can do this. It's very tough, but it can be done one bit at a time. When you begin the process you'll immediately feel lighter about your load as though your body/mind is breathing a sigh of relief that finally you're dealing with the burden.

I'm going through this process at the moment. Plus using tai chi qigong energising exercises and for balancing the adrenals, spleen and abdominals - which is working very well for me.

Talking therapies are like sticking a plaster on cancer - they're very superficial. To deal with serious irrational depression with suicidal compulsions you need to get deep into its roots and chop them out.

I hope this helps in some way.

Stay strong and fight minute to minute until the new light dawns.

[Hecter]

Sitting here dripping with tears I have no fight left in me.I know what started my depression - I was attacked by a heroine addict - I have no positive view on me any more.You are kind and considerate and I wish you well.You have a great depth of understanding and courage of conviction.I understand what you are saying.Thankyou