What do you do for your depression?

Most time, its my work..with ontime deliveries and work loads. I try to divert mind on music and i feel better. We need to manage depression, as it is part of life in busy world. But if we concentrate, we can manage it. I does it through my yoga, listening music and going out on vacation.

I used to take Prozac, and it didn't do much. I've been off it for about a year and I'm stillnoderatkly depressed. :P

In addition to medication, regular exercise do help. For those who find it difficult to do exercise, walking etc., there one physico-psycho exercise-called JACOBSON'S RELAXATION. It can be done while lying on the bed. Irrespective of the severity and chonicity of the symptoms, doing jacobson's relaxation exercises, initially, through listening to tapes, should be done EVERYDAY for SIX MONTHS and more. However we start to feel the positive results within two weeks. Can we not take this much of pain 20 minutes a day- whether or we suffer from depression.

Take out a ten minute period where pen and paper is gonna be your sword and pride. Title it 'FIFTY THINGS THAT I LIKE ABOUT ME' big letters(any written exercises can be done on computer instead, you are inputting it physically, physical is the important part) 1)I like my advanced computer skills capability at work. 2)I know who my closest friends are- other people don't! 3)My ability to help others with their diy problems is near to legendry in my local area 4) etc... you will likely get to six lines that your not that sure about. Dont fret though, put it away and then look tommorrow. Add to it, really think. You will eventually get to 50 and maybe beyond... Post how far you got on here once you go beyond 50 to boast about how great you are.

THE PURPLE BOX. Sit or stand alone and just imagine a safe box that encapsulates you. It is safe inside. No one can see it, you know it's there. No one can come in or hurt you, your eyes are closed and there is tranquility and safety inside your imaginery space. For you it's translucent purple, unseeable and safe for you. 3 minutes everday or more often if you please ten times a day but stick to just 3 minutes... Eventually you may feel a better confidence over time. When your in conversation and may feel out of place and deppressed or simply anxious. But thing is you are safe now. It wont hurt because you are placed securely in your personal space! It does work. I have posted a couple of ideas today and if you have read as far as this one then you are intrigued or have the attention span. Well that is a great start for you. Apply the attribute of reading, learning, attention, interest that you have already proven to me. Apply my little exercises to your life. You might think the purple box sounds crazy and that my relaxation tip silly(it doesn't have to be the jacuzzi- a bed, bath, shower any) but who's silly if they feel bad for ten years then find one silly little tip gives you the edge?

exercise is best and you have to take at least three weeks to get off meds. cut it by ten percent each day good luck

i will not take any medication because i dont want to rely on that..what i usually do is that i will talk to someone that can give me a moral support, that i can cry on her shoulder, someone that i can trust to..then, i want to be more busy so that i will not be able to think of my problems that causes a big depression to me..

I take zoloft. I can tell quite a difference too if I go without it for several days, so I would have to say from that it does work well for me.

Hello,heidi! with a view to get rid of depression,you are required to know your problems to your friends and of course your family members.vent your feelings and emotions to people close to you.the more you bottle up,the more you will find it difficult to find hope.avoid polarizing your thoughts.go for a walk atleast for 30 minutes.try coming closure to nature - feel the on the beach,the texture of petals....appreciate God's creations.come home,take a deep breathe and visualize all that you just saw and felt.try to meditate or listen devotional songs or light music as you like.try to manage with regular diet.have plenty of fluids.during depression,certain hormones work over time.to balance that, have a proper diet.take carbo-rich foods as carbohydrates boosts your levels of feel good brain chemicals.another important nutrient you need to fight depression is vitamin B6found in meat,liver,whole grains,and vegetables like potato.this will sure to relieve you from depression as i have been benefited with this.thank you.all the best.

hi, medication won't work too much without getting over the problems that cause our depression. I've been through three and half years of depression back then before finally I get rid of the antidepressant. make sure that you don't lose social life. meet a lot of people so you won't get focused on your depression. by meeting a lot of people, you might get some inspirations and back then, I realized that there were a lot of people that dealed with worse situation than I had, and that's how I learned from them to manage my problems, my fear and trauma, and then I had finally been able to face the problems and facts and accepting all things as they were.

I've taken numerous medications for depression and anxiety. Some work and some don't. It can take a while to find the right medication- or the right combination of medications- that will enable you to feel better. In my search for the right medication for me, I have also had experience with going off medications. I used to take imipramine for anxiety and depression. When I decided that I felt fine and no longer needed it, I began lowering the dose, but did not stop taking it. During that time, I began to have dry heaves every morning and I was nauseous all day. I lost twenty pounds, but I looked and felt sick. I was unable or unwilling to see the connection between my nausea and the decrease in imipramine, even though my doctor insisted that was what was happening. I went to a gastroenterologist, had all kinds of tests done and ultimately he told me that I needed to go back on a higher dose of imipramine. I did so and the nausea and dry heaves ended and I felt much better- I also put back the twenty pounds I had lost, but it was worth it to feel well again, both physically and emotionally. Since that time I have tried numerous medications and I am currently taking Welbutrin, gabapentin and nortryptalline. My depression and anxiety are under control due to the meds, therapy and positive changes in my life. What I have learned is that it may be necessary to take some kind of medication for the rest of my life and rather than fighting that, I am accepting that medication helps me to stay level and function effectively. If you do want to go off an antidepressant, I would strongly recommend doing so under the guidance of a physician. I would also recommend a gradual tapering of your dose so that your body can acclimate to the changes brought about by a decrease in the levels of medication. In all likelihood, when you began taking the medication you gradually increased the dosage;it would make sense to do the same when you go off medication. Be patient with yourself and with the process.

'Me time' is important too. Methods are needed to accept the things that are assisting our deppressions and help us deal with them. So when I say me time, it's the start to an end and an end is a new beginning. Make a plan, once everyday at a convenient time. Say 7pm until 8pm maximum. Take time out for you to sit at the table, pen and paper in hand. Write down all your troubles. Financial, partner, everything. Look at each problem one at a time. ie spending- make a plan and rules that are useful to help and tell yourself that you will do it. Then next problem. Problems you can't change must be accepted and you need rules for yourself to enable acceptance. Only put in the hour mind, or less. Refer to the list again in ten minutes and physically cross out those that don't matter now. This is physical, the writing and the checking by means of ticking achievements and scribbling out completed or doesn't matter items is essential for brain training. For putting to sleep old issues. Following on... next day look at your list fom yesterday and go through the process again. You can't bring back what is achieved and done. You can add todays new problems and access them etc.... until tommorrow again! Always remember though, if it isn't 7pm to 8pm then you have a rule- YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO WORRY UNTIL 7PM TILL 8PM - make it a rule and take all your worries to your set time. It may just clear some things up and give you some longer hours of less deppressive black moments.

I was taking amatryptiline, forgive the spelling. Now off it. But it seems I get to winter and without getting some sunshine holiday I dip low again and end up back on it. It does help me to relax enough to sleep enough to be in control. For me, my deppression is weather and financial that sets me off... I do believe running, in fact any exercise that gets your heart pumping is good. Also applying yoursef to learning. Even a free on line tuturiol- but a college say an evening a week. Anything to occupy your mind with something else. At the gym, get in the jaccuzzi eyes shut and ignore the world, repeat a word in time with the bubbles ie, make the word 'bubbles'. Repeat it in your head and just keep on even when your financial problem or bug bear gets in. After 4 minutes you just should feel more relaxed. Relaxing is not watching telly or reading a book but the above plan is true relaxation. You will disagree but try it and see. A psychologist will tell you the same I reckon. I used to see a psychologist after a major accident and have many little tips and tricks that help along with or without pills from the doctor. I have no argument with pill taking for deppression- it is in most cases the right thing to do and preferably short term - exercise and a few tips and tricks in your psychologogy do go a lot further as they are help and not a mask.