It will make you sick

I does make you physically sick I tend to get it every now and then I try so hard to be positive I tend to sleep its a thing we learnt to do when we were little and had to go to bed without food a change of scenery is a good start for me I tend to get this belly ache and chest pain and get so weak my head hurts and I feel nauseated

Hello depressive Mylotters.... here is another depressive one. Also on Effexor. Besides that I am a person with a lot of heavy migraine attacks, so life is really wonderful ;-) You must not forget that the real depression is caused by a lack of serotonine in the braincells... it is a chemical problem, that also may be triggered by acute situations. Serotonine helps the neurotransmitters in the brain - little cells that transmit the finest details of reactions and responses... so fine, they are hard to describe, really. Anti depressants put that chemical inbalance right; like betablockers do for high blood pressure and insulin for diabetes-patients. It is true, going through a period of depression makes you sick in the body as well. Not too surprising, if you know about the serotonines... My way of handling it, is going with the flow... take as much rest as I can afford to take and avoid contact with the rest of the world until I feel a bit better again. Hiding for the world is the most common thing. Nothing to worry about or feel ashamed about.

I know what you mean there. Thats so true. I have depression and feel like going to sleep forever. Just to get away from it all. I am on effexor too.

I am sorry you suffer from depression, i suffer also and it angers me very badly when people say its all in your head. I dont agree with that at all. Depression is a very serious thing that shouldn't be taken lightly by anyone. My cousin is also on the med you take and it really helps her. I hope it helps you good too. I am currently not under a doctors treatment for my depression because i have no medical insurance but as soon as i can get a job with insurance i will be seeking help also.

I too understand what you mean. Depression has a lot of physical symptoms too and it can make you feel very sick sometimes. With me I'll feel exhausted, have body aches and sometimes stomach problems when it gets really bad.

Dear, bicklelady, I had a bout with depression in the early eighties. I would send my 2 eldest children to school and would return home and get into the bed and just sleep until it was time for my children to return. This went on for two weeks. Then one day my three year old came into my bedroom and said "Momma, I want to go outside and play." I told myself that I was doing wrong to my child and she wanted to live. Just because I didn't I had no right to deny her a life. So I got up and took on some interests and got my life back for my childrens' sakes. Then later on when I felt depression coming on I would rebuke it in the name of Jesus. And also the spirit of meloncholy would try to attach itself to me and I'd rebuke it and say that the joy of the Lord is my strength. Some of you may say that I'm crazy but I'd rather be crazy and have a happy and fullfilled life instead of a life of darkness that's also causing my family to suffer. God says that My people are destroyed because of a lack of knowledge. You're letting a defeated foe steal from you and your loved ones. So get your life back and find out what's yours by reading and searching the Bible.

i think it is all in your head, but yes depression can hurt u physically. sometimes i get that depressed to where all i want to do is lay in the be for days. and just sleep, but i can allways find something to make me feel beter. but your right it can be physically harmful.

I hope to hear that you are seeing a psychiatrist to help you out identify the source/cause of your depression. I know how it feels because, I went through it for some years of my life. I feel for you. The psychiatrist will help you identify the source where that depression streams from. Then, treatment session follows until you will get over it and lead a normal life again. It seems like your depression stems from some childhood experience since you can hardly remember what is causing it and in fact, you have resolved that this condition has always been a part of your life. I hope you will fully recover and overcome those fits of depression and be happy at last.

I have also suffered with depression most of my life too,but i did not know what it was..I could get up one day and be fine,and the least thing could set me off..Then there would be days where I was sad,and felt alone,and lonely and bored...then days I would just be sick and go around physically sick for no reason... I would have mood swings all during the day,like up and down,I really did not know what was wrong...I went to the doctor,and they would give me harmones and nerve pills but nothing could keep me from being up and down..I could go to bed at night happy and wake up and feel like I did not even want to be alive..Finally a doctor put me on paxil 25 mils and i began to get better..then they put me on 30 mil and I felt even better.....about 3 months ago something happened and they did not have the 30 ,so the doctor trid 40 mil....now i am always the same,never down,look forward to the day,and every thing seems so good...I don't even get sad in bad weather...life is a joy now..I have never taken effxer but a lot of people say they do..Is it better than Paxil? some people say paxil does not help them but so far it has helped or maybe I don't know and just think its good Lol

Depression is a medical condition, especially the severe type. From what I know, the mild type of depression can still be helped by counseling. From the discussion, I could feel that you're more than mildly depressed, hence the symptoms and the need for medication. Perhaps some people would say that it's all in the mind because you can still use your willpower to make yourself feel better. Also, in my opinion, there is a need for a depressed person to pinpoint his/her own cause for the depression, and work from there. There is a need to get over the root of the problem. I hope you'd soon rid yourself of your depression, my friend!

I know someone who is depressed (well at least she said she is) and using medication too. I really hope she can get her way around it since she is older than I and have no kids either, it should be easier for her to recover.

oh my god but your so right about depression making you physically ill! i've got it too, and i'm on three meds, paxil, buspar, and tegritol. i've chronic migranes and can't work a reg job cuz of it. however, the meds keep my moods more or less on an even kilter.

I get you, so much more than you can imagine, I was always one to say thank god for better living through chemistry. Lately however I have been fighting back a serious bought of depression and some days are better than others. I can not get meds. so I am kinda left to fend for myself which isnt all bad. I really know how hard it is to get yourself moving in any manner when your feeling like that. But I am finding that a little bit of exercise goes a long way. Now For the last couple of days I have been running through the house with my three year old and it helps. it is not exactly calistetics but the heart gets pumpin a bit. Give it a try and good luck !