A positive 'feeling depressed' thread.

[madmarchhare]

A few weeks ago I faced facts and admitted to myself that depression/anxiety/panic attacks were sneaking their way back into my life.

After many long nights and anxious days of trying different medication I seem to have found the one thats for me and ever so slowly I am starting to feel more positive again.

I still have bad days but the very fact that sometimes, even if only for a couple of hours, I feel like its not at the forefront of my mind I can see a way out.

Deep down I always knew this but its so difficult to see it sometimes, its so difficult not to think 'this time its different, this time I really am losing it'.

So, the point of my post, is to give a little hope to anyone who is really feeling low with what feels like no way out.

Time is a great healer.

my grammer and spelling is/are? crap.

Glad you are starting to feel better MMH

What medication are u one madmarchehare? I only ask as I suffer with panic attacks, anxiety and depression.

I'm feleling ok atm too. I have to stop myself reading the threads on this topic, and certainly cant read back my own, but I spotted this so thought I;d say somehting.

There is a way out of it, my only worry now is how long will it last. But atm I am foing okay so am loking forawrd not back

alexa1, Im on Dosulepin, it has been very good and I havent had any side effects other than feeling tired now and then, which has helped in the long run as I seem to be having a better nights sleep. Waking in the night and panicking was a regular occurance with me and just because I havent been doing that as much has helped lift my mood .

naswm, I think to a certain degree I will always be prone to anxiety etc.. for the rest of my life. I feel I am just that sort of person. However, I try to think along the lines that I can use each experience to help me out of the next one iyswim.

madmarchare - I agree with you. And I know that I shall always be susceptible to attacks of depression. It;s only now that I can see that I have suffered all my life. Coming out of this latest 'episode' I have learnt some things to cope with the next one (becuase I know it will happen again at some point. the trouble with me is, when I am submerged in the deep dark blackness, I cant see those things

Yes, it is tricky when you think each 'episode' (lol) is worse than the last one. Its the same old tricks that eventually get me out of it each time though.

Sounds like you are much more in control of your depression than I am madmarchare. Although I have been suffeering all my lilfe, it is only fairly recenlty that I have acknowledged it and taken control of it and am making steps to learn to live with it. Very recently I finally woke up to the fact that the after effects of alcohol made me even more depressed - and today I can see how extreme tiredness is just as bad. (DS2 was awake through night, so I had no sleep whatsoever). It's all about coping strategies isnt it?

Oooh now this I am pleased to see

I have been feeling pretty good the last 4 months after a really unbearable 2nd half of last year and a very shaky start to the New Year.

My Sertraline dose was doubled in April and I havent looked back since. It is truly remarkable. Its the best i've felt in years, actually.

PND sucks though, doesnt it?

Good thread!! I find that when I'm depressed I think I have been like that almost constantly over the last 12 years, but when I'm well I almost find it hard to believe I've ever been depressed. How weird is that??