How can I cure my melancholy?

Question

I am feeling very melancholy at the moment, what can I do to help myself?

Answer 1

Home Care:

If you are depressed for 2 weeks or longer, you should contact your doctor, who can offer treatment options. Regardless of whether you have mild or major depression, the following self-care steps can help:

Get enough sleep.
Follow a healthy, nutritious diet.
Exercise regularly.
Avoid alcohol, marijuana, and other recreational drugs.
Get involved in activities that make you happy, even if you don't feel like it.
Spend time with family and friends.
Try talking to clergy or spiritual advisors who may help give meaning to painful experiences.
Consider prayer, meditation, tai chi, or biofeedback as ways to relax or draw on your inner strengths.
Add omega-3 fatty acids to your diet, which you can get from cold-water fish like tuna, salmon, or mackerel.
Take folate (vitamin B9) in the form of a multivitamin (400 to 800 micrograms).
If your depression occurs in the fall or winter months, try light therapy using a special lamp that mimics the sun.

Many people try a popular over-the-counter herb called St. John's Wort. Some studies do suggest that this herbal remedy may be helpful for mild depression, but not moderate or severe. Be aware that St. John's Wort has potential drug interactions and should NOT be taken with prescription antidepressants, birth control pills, protease inhibitors for HIV, theophylline, warfarin, digoxin, reserpine, cyclosporine, or loperamide. Talk to your doctor if you are thinking about trying this herb for mild depression.

If you have moderate to severe depression, the most effective treatment plan will likely be a combination of counseling and medication.

Answer 2

Cure For Melancholy

Answer 3

This is bad advice, especially coming from me but, to overcome your depression temporarily, take an extra (more than normal) amount of a prescription opiate (pain med). The opiates are the BEST CURE for depression or melancholy and will help you get through the day. The ONLY problem with beginning that habit, is the chance of becoming dependant upon the opiate medication. Nevertheless, as bad advice that it is (for the reason of dependancy)is the BEST "antidepressant" made. Doctors will of course never TELL you that because and opiate is a "controlled substance" under the 1975 Substance Control Act...and if they prescribe opiates (pain meds) for antidepression or severe melancholy, they would lose their licsenses for prescribing medication. If you can control your will, just give it a try (either Methadone; Methadoze...they are the best and only requires about 2 pills for an entire day and can be bought on the street for about 4 to 5 dollars each...or Vicodin or Lortab or Percacet or Percadan...all of which requires about 4 pills for 8 to 10 hours...but I promise you, they will completely change your mood into one that is confident and happy and filled with energy once you get over the initial "drowsiness".

Answer 4

I keep the room bright, turn up some cheery music, keep active.

Long term, exercise helps. And plenty of sllep but not too much. Try to have a good sleep routine. Go to bed & wake up at about the same time every day. Alchohol makes things worse.

Don't rule out medication if the depression persists.

Answer 5

Whenever I used to feel that way, I would supress the oncoming depression. I wouldn't allow myself to pay any attention to it. The reason is that being depressed isn't going to solve anything. Rather than sit around and feel sorry for myself, I simply start thinking about how I'm going to improve my life. Don't let others dictate how your are going to feel. Just saddle up and get going with your life and stop thinking about it. Depression will drag you down if you let it.

Answer 6

Drugs and lots of them!

Seriously, if it's momentary, go out and exercise. Take a walk. Talk to someone. If it's long term and unrelated to events, then get some antidepressants.

Answer 7

First, examine your diet and excercise routines. If they don't need adjusting and you can see no particular reason (work, social life, etc) for the melancholy, then talk to your doctor and together seek the reason.

Answer 8

Turn on some music. Not slow, sad music. But happy, bouncy music. Perhaps even disco. It has a beat, and will definitly help snap you out of it.

Answer 9

listen to Tutuki or Pate Pate by Te Vaka

Answer 10

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