Depression Kicking My Butt!

You are doing the right thing. Your doctor will be able to help. In the meantime, keep trying to get those lovely exercise endorphins. They help. It takes about 6 weeks of regular exercise for them to work.

Good luck!

I also suffer depression. It sucks. I am on anti-depressants now, and no, they don't make life a bed of roses, but they make me feel better enough to get out of bed, better enough to get through the day, and better enough to exercise. The combination of running and my meds really help keep my depression at bay. I also have people tell me that I inspire them, and agree...if only they knew.

It is very helpful to have someone who will talk with you and listen. You may friend me if you would like.

Get some help!
Kirsten

Asking for help is a strong, strong thing to do!

I was the same way before I started my anti-depressant. No motivation. Tired. Achy. Moody. My meds aren't "happy pills." They don't make all the problems go away. They just make the problems something I can conquer.

I think of it like near-sightedness. Without my glasses or contacts, I have trouble seeing. Everything is blurry. Without my anti-depressant, my brain has trouble seeing things clearly. Everything seems harder. Insurmountable. Not worth trying. With it, things are in focus again. I'm me again. I still have ups and downs. I still get sad, get bad moods, get in ruts. But I don't stay in the ruts.

And it might not even be depression. There's many medical issues that have the same symptoms. But good for you for going to the doctor. You should be proud of yourself!

Its kinda Ironic you posting this, This is the 3rd time I have started to lose weight, my first goal always is to get under 200lbs. Well everytime I get close I sabatoge myself. So this time I got to 204 and this weekend I splurged, it was awful I felt so bad about myself. But I have decided to not let this get me down. I started back today and Im bound and determinded not to let this get me down. The thing with me is baby steps dont look at the whole picture, take it one day at a time. If you do baby steps, it will build your confindence each day until your ready for that half marathon. Take it 1 mile at a time, 1 day at a time. As far as the depression goes the first step is knowing you are having problems, going to the doctor to get some help is a good thing. It wont make everything peachy but it will help with how you handle things. I wish you well on your journey, YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!!

Sorry to hear you are so low, I know all too well that depression is really a hard thing to overcome. I have to make a real effort every day to not focus on the hard things in my life. I think you are doing a great thing by signing up for a half marathon, I kind of did the same thing to help myself, I did the 60 mile 3 day walk in 2009, people thought I was crazy but it forced me to put my needs a little higher than I was doing, I had to get out and walk to work up my stamina. So, I say get working on your plan of your adventure whether it be the 10K or the half marathon. I am a person who was always so busy taking care of everyone else I forgot to do something for me...so I am working on that each and every day now......what do you do for yourself each day??
Then, the next is a little personal, but I take an anti-depressant called Lexapro it helps me alot but I have a disabled husband I do not know anything about your depression but it took me forever to admit I had a problem and I was willing to try the Lexapro and when it began to help me I wished I had tried it sooner.
Good Luck with everything, friend me if you would like, we can support each other..

You may be suprised but what you eat really really matters. Watch food maters and food inc. You are what you eat. Eat spinach, some almond, fish (2 time a week only), oatmeal, and whole grains while you cut out high suger and caffine also make sure you workout. Then after trying that go to a doctor. You should feel alot better. Just try it. DO some reserch on food your self also. Food has such an impact on our lives. You also need to have the right attitude. Remember that life is only what you your self make it remember also that life will always nock you down if you let it and some time it will but you have the power to stand up.

My weight didn't change on Lexapro. I had so much more ambition and energy that my weight dropped initially. Everyone reacts differently, though.

My weight crept up when my depression was unchecked and I needed my dosage adjusted. There's a certain amount of "push harder" that's necessary in overcoming depression, but there's no shame in getting help if you need it.