Can someone please tell me it will get better

[flossymuldoon]

I think I've been depressed for a while but have been ignoring it.
This week i have hit rock bottom. I feel like I'm suffocating. I have had this before but never to this extent.
I went to the docs yesterday once the realisation it that I was not going to get better without help. He has prescribed anti depressants. Have also left a message with a counsellor that I have seen previously.

I'm just not sure how the hell I can get through until things start to pick up? everything feels so hopeless and i have no idea whether any of my thoughts are rational anymore. I just want to crawl under a rock and die. It feels like I've left too late for me to ever feel any better. Please tell me I will.

As far as I know, it takes a few days or a week or two for the meds to kick in.

Yep, that's what the doc said. 2 weeks feels like an awfully long time at the mo when each day feels like a lifetime :-(

probably a lot of your thoughts are not rational.

Any chance you can eg stay at your mums for say 3 days, so you can get a little company and a bit if a break and get to stay in bed under the duvet if possible

I found that making the first step and asking for help improved my feelings and gave me enough of a boost while the medication kicked in. I'd coped on my own with depression for years, hoping it would go away and not wanting to give in to it.

Now, 10 weeks after starting antidepressants, I feel things again; I enjoy stuff again, and I'm not just going through the motions. I'd say it t

Try to take each day as it comes. Would you like to read a book i found helpful for mild/mod depression? (you might want to wait for the ads to kick in so you have more energy) amazon book link

It will get better, you may feel a bit rubbish when you first taking the meds but they will put you in a place where you can make your counselling work for you. Hang in there and be kind to yourself.

You will feel better just hang on in there and it will all start to slowly improve. Don't expect too much from yourself and don't beat yourself up for not being able to 'pull your self together' {so many people said it to me! they have no idea}