Any depression sufferers?

Me right here. While I'm not on medication the toll it's taking on my health is sad. I'm constantly groggy and not motivated at all. I go to bedwith the intention of waking up early and getting a workout done but I sleep right through my alarm and binge eat all day long. I'm major stress water and I'm hoping to control it. The plan is to use mfp everyday here onwards along with walking a minimum of 10k steps in a day and 3 litres of water. I really want to be in control again.

Hiya! I've suffered with depression and anxiety for nearly 10 years. It's affected my eating hugely. When I was younger I hated eating and refused to eat in public, meaning I passed out at school a lot. Now, I eat whenever I'm sad or happy which has resulted in a lot of weight gain. I'm on citralopram again (20mg) and I think of food like my medication, I have to take it every day. The app helps because it nudges me when I haven't logged a meal and I can plan my food better to make sure I eat.

I've suffered from depression and anxiety for as long as I can remember. After having my son I started getting worse. I'm taking Celexa but I don't know if it helps much yet. My problem is I stress eat a lot, and some days I barely want to get out of bed, let alone work out. But the added baby weight makes me even more depressed, so it's a viscous cycle.

I believe I've had depression and anxiety my entire life. It runs in my family big time. I've been in counseling off and on for at least the past 15 years and have tried almost every medication under the sun. My anxiety has been much worse over the past year due to my own health problems including two surgeries in 2015, the breakup of a three-year relationship and the huge financial strain that came with it when he moved out of my house, and my beloved cat's health problems. I get social anxiety as well, so I often turn down social invitations which in turn leaves me feeling lonelier and more depressed. It's a vicious cycle. Plus long Minnesota winters where it's bitterly cold and dark for six months doesn't help...I tend to eat a lot more in the winter and pack on the pounds, then spend the rest of the year trying to shed what I gained over winter.

Currently I'm on 150 mg per day of Lamictal, 50-100 mg per night of Trazodone for sleep, as well as .25-1.0 mg of Xanax as needed for those times when I'm feeling so anxious that nothing else can calm me down. Generally when I'm having an anxiety flare up I find my appetite goes way, way down, and my activity level goes up because I can't sit still and can't sleep, so I find something to clean or organize and that helps me feel calmer.

Exercise is a huge, huge help!! Even if you feel too depressed to work out, tell yourself you'll do it for 5 minutes or 10 minutes. Chances are you'll keep going. Other self care techniques that help me include simple things like reading a good book, coloring, baking, or taking a nice long bath. I'm an introvert so I really need quiet alone time in order to recharge my battery.

I am sorry Fitty When I read your posting I swear it could have been something I wrote. I have manic depression & I have suffered with it since I was a kid. Some days I am as high as a kite & other days I am lower than the dirt on the ground & my emotions can change at the drop of a hat. I used citalopram for a year or 2 several years ago & it didn't do anything for me. If you feel like it's not working speak with your doctor but make sure you gave it adequate time to be effective. I had to switch to Zoloft & it's helped me more than the citolpram ever had. Also I want to note that the medicine isn't a cure all as I am sure you know. It helps but it doesn't totally make the depression go away. Exercise in combination with being medicated seems to help the most & boooooy is it hard to get moving & exercise on those low days. Just know hun you're not alone in this fight against depression (even though some days it's hard to believe) It makes this whole health & fitness thing a lot more challenging when one day you do really well with your eating & exercise & then the next day it falls apart. I am going to send you a FR. Feel free to lean on me. HUGS

I have had depression for the majority of my life as well. A lot of it stemmed from issues growing up, and even though those issues are solved today there are many things that trigger me to have anxiety and bouts of depression. Just this past weekend I had a breakdown. I am lucky that I have a great boyfriend and although he doesn’t understand my depression he is willing to do whatever it takes to help. This past weekend when I had my break down it was a result of not liking the person I saw in the mirror. I cried for like two hours and laid in bed (because that’s going to help me like myself>rolling my eyes). My boyfriend’s response was that he wishes that I could see what he see’s and that I deserve to think the world of myself, that there are a lot of people who do think highly of themselves and shouldn’t and I was not one of these people.
I use to take medication and then totally stopped. One of the medications that they put me on made me a complete *kitten* and then they wanted to put me on valium. I thought that was ridiculous. I decided to stop because my family has a long line of addiction issues with both drugs and alcohol and I did not want to put myself more at risk.
There are days where I love myself and wake up and think I am the most awesome person out there and then there are others where I just want to crawl back into bed and hope the world forgets about me. I will probably always have issues with myself and my body but hopefully it will get better.

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Been depressed I'd say about the last three years. I have some pretty wicked anxiety along with it. For about 9 months I tried zoloft, then cipralex, paired it with wellbutrin, then took the wellbutrin alone. Nothing seemed to really do it, so I gave up.

Recently I've been thinking about going back on it, and they're suggesting Prozac. My psychiatrist is actually thinking that I may have a personality based disorder paired with the depression, but I'm not sure I'm ready to go down that road. Long story short, yes, I feel you, and the hardest part of depression for me is my body sometimes feels like cement. My partner and I joke it's "house gravity" where you can't leave the house, but you also can't leave the couch/bed.

Trying hard right now, and feeling good about some of the current changes I've made.

I've been suffering from depression, anxiety and Emotional Instability Personality Disorder and severe anger problems for a number of years now mainly because of my childhood and there are some days where I struggle to get out of bed and do a workout but I try and push myself. My doctors are refusing to put me on meds (I don't know why) but I just want something to help me rather than me self harming when I need a release. Must admit I have been slightly better since losing weight.

I also suffer from depression and social anxiety from many years and I am currently on Prestique for it. I have tried many different ones over the years. Effexor I found quite helpful. I tried Abilify for awhile because although my depression was managed I just feel blah, no energy no motivation no nothing. But it didn't help and put weight on. So I went off that and have really been focusing on myself and my health. Doing much better lately but we all know its cyclical.

Exercise does help as well as healthy eating. When we binge on our comfort food then we feel guilt then eat again and its a vicious circle. There are many of us here to help one another.

OP says she is loner.. Oh boy.. this must stem from the "depression"..

I do not know what to say except, depression is real, but there is a time when "you" the person inside you, has to make a stand and not allow the crazy things in the mind take over. It may be baby steps, just get up and walk around or choose to put back "that thing" you should not have or will not log on your diary.. and just make an effort..

If you keep doing the same things you always have been doing, do not expect different results... Not being snarky just giving some tough love from someone that has pulled her self from the depths of hell once upon a time in my life time...