What's Got You Down?

My depression is both clinical and things going severely wrong in my life. I inherited it from my dads side of the family and I am also going through a lot right now. I am on new meds and I hope they kick in soon. I'm so tired of feeling like this. I sometimes find it helpful to come on here and let my thoughts out. I'm really worried about my parents right now. My dad lost his job and my mom is working so hard I'm afraid she's going to kill herself. They are probably going to get evicted and I have literally no room for them here. My sister has a nice big 4 bedroom house but she made it painfully clear that she would never take them in if they needed it. I can't believe how selfish she is. Why is it that people who can help others won't but people who can't help anyone want to? I'm talking about my own family of course. My sister has the means to help my parents but she is too selfish and too wrapped up in her own problems. She doesn't have as many problems as my mom and dad. Anyway things in life don't help when your already suffering from depression.

my depression is worked for i still haven't find a worked that's satisfy the needs for my family i have a work but not good enough to support my family im applying for job but nothing works...Ooh! when will it happend? A work that has a good salary enough for my family

I don't hv any depressions. I even if I get into one I immedtiately try t come out of it.

I think the main problem to my depression state is my family , as i am not with much with my family and i am now experiencing the things that i have to work out to get me out of this as it makes me mad , i cannot do anything when it attacks

I don´t feel depressed right now, but what started it was my dad passing away 9 years ago. Evetime I got closer and closer to that day every year, I have noticed that I feel more down. Sometimes I feel that it would be better just skip that day..

I was diagnosed with clinical depression a very long time ago. When things in my life go wrong it makes the clinical depression worse. Over the years I have had issues ranging from financial problems, legal issues, a disabling injury, and much more. The one thing that haunts me though and always will is the loss of my two babies in the house fire. Although it happened 15 years ago, I still have nightmares and probably always will. I have been on medications for many years and they help to some degree. I cry a lot. Sometimes I have to. Sometimes the medications don't seem to be helping, but I know better than to stop taking them. I tried that before and found out the hard way that they helped more then I realized. Anyway, while attending college I also had to take a class where public speaking was required. It's kind of funny, I love to sing karaoke and can sing in front of any number of people, but it has always terrified me to speak in front of them. I got through it though, and so can you.

With me it's a number of things. Stress in my life, the change of seasons, and something inside my brain.

i have never been depressed...in life. so much ... that i have prbs.. i dont like life that serious :)

I don't know if what I'm feeling is depression per se, but I do feel a certain sense of unhappiness right now. Partly it's because I owe Uncle Sam $160 in taxes from last year, but mostly it's because I...how shall I phrase this...I'm having relationship issues that have no easy solutions.

I get depressed because of some happenings in my life right now. My grandmother is diagnosed of MI and she was brought to ICU, right now she is ok but am still depressed because I don't want to losed her. I can't sleep because I am still worried about her. I got depressed because I never expected her to suffer like that because there are no symptoms and she was only sick of hyperthyroidism last time, after hearing her doctor's telling us to prepare ourselves I could no longer accept it I got depressed easily. I love my grandmother a lot more than anyone else in this world. If not for her I would surely not be were I am right now.

You sound like you are under a lot of pressure right now due to financial and study worries. It is more stress than depression because the symptoms for depressions usually include listlessness, big appetite/none at all, insomnia, short temper, cry easily and other behavioral problems. Are you experiencing that? If you are, please seek help from a professional. I usually get depressed when something goes wrong and I can't get out of the negative thinking loop. But I try not to allow it to get the better of me like it did in the past.

I don't know if I've ever been clinically depressed as when I've felt really down I've not sought professional help. I'm not feeling depressed at the moment as I'm busy and got a lot to keep me going, but did get really low after my son was born and splitting up with his Dad having dropped out my degree to have a baby, I couldn't see at the time how things were ever going to get better, but they do!!! I hope things start getting better for you soon, it's often hard to see the end and how things will get better, but they do!!!

I have been in this state of depression for the last 4 1/2 years. i just recently told my dr how bad it has been for me. i had my 3rd miscarriage in march of 06 which was an ectopic pregnancy they had to remove my left tube . on my 27th sirgery they had to remove my right tube due to a very large cyst that formed and cause the 2nd miscarriage. sooo the only way i could have a child was to have invitro. well I had major complications and in sept 06 i had to have a complete hystroctomy. which is now putting me through the change of life and now i cant have any more children. (i do have a 14 year old son) the dr tried giving me effexor and I took it for the 8 weeks like i was told and I have not gone back because they did not help.. so that is why i have been depressed there is more to this but it would take me forever to type it all out

I hope you have managed to do your public speaking. My depression is very strange. If things are going well i tend to get depressed and when there are things going wrong i have anxiety attacks LOL. But dont get me wrong i have good days where the world is wonderful! At the moment i have two kids with chicken pox, a pantomime to go to on saturday that my eldest is in but no sitter for the kids, as i cant take em with pox! And totop it all off i've fallen out with my friend and dont know what i have actually done to upset her so much! LOL so am a bit down in the dumps today!

I am being treated for depression and have been for the past couple of years. It seemed that whenever my husband was shipped out, if it could go wrong, it did. My son's therapy was taken away (since he can't speak, why did he need speech therapy - the morons!!), our car broke down, my husband's check was shorted and this was in less than two weeks! I really got bogged down and couldn't seem to snap out of it. The meds helped a lot. I was also diagnosed with post-partum depression when I had Jesse 9 months ago. I can't really explain that one? A hormonal thing, I guess? I was excited, especially since we never thought we'd have one child, much less a second one. The timing was a little off, but we were still happy about it. I'm sorry that you're having problems. :( Try not to let them bog you down. Easier said than done, I know. Make sure that if things get too bad that you see someone for it. Meds can help, but they take time to work. Sometimes just being able to vent to someone helps. Good luck!!

The only reason that I go down and get depressed is bcoz of my parents. I hate work at home programs due to this. I'm a cheerful kinda person and try to find a happy curve in every bad feeling that haunts me. As far as I'm away from home, I'm the happiest of the bunch.

Despondency is my soul mate.. wich i think is some sort of sick joke.. it lives with me and hinders my every move.. I wake up having to make sure to check myself, because I awake already pessimistic and having a gripe with the world.. But Ive learned to fix it with positive thinking and a whole lot of caffeine! Plus, just like yourself, money issues do, indeed, suck...

Well, sometimes its unavoidable that we feel depressed for the day..but for the health its not a good side, i believe in Meditation which will balance our mind and helps to be normal at situations