I have been on meds for 13 years now for depression,panick attacks,nothing works sonow i feel if i run away where my family cant find me they willall be better off..im married with a husband, 3 kids, 6 grandkids, and i just wont to go MIA.. I know they will be better without me,i would too but im scared to try to kill myself..Why dont meds help ?? I thik im fixing to finally loose it and just go where no one can ever find me..Is there any hope left for me at all ??
2006-12-17 01:42:53 · 5 answers · asked by LINDA E 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Are you really sure that there is nothing good about life? I imagine there is lots of things going wrong for you right now, and even most of us seems like bright shiny faces to you, we all go trough very tough times. Please remember that.
I understand to urge to leave, usually it seems the best answer. Well it isn't.
So here is the game plan:
1. Find something you love. Cooking, a book, a story. Find it and stick to it.
2. Stop thinking about the problems. Be a daydreamer, if you like. Read about book on other worlds, these stories are the little healing packs to stop thinking about this world. I believe it would suit you just fine. Try Stephen King - Dark Tower, or harry potter or lord of the ring series. Believe me I too am a leaver -dreamer, and I just use these two tricks, and they got me going for some more.
2006-12-17 01:57:25 · answer #1 · answered by D_M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well I think everyone at some time wants to just run away, and get away from everyone, and everything. Problem is that really don't work. If you have been taking meds for 13 years now, and they are not helping. Well maybe it is time to go to someone else or have the one you are seeing for this try something new. I feel i am loosing it all of the time, but i can't give in to it. Even if i wanted to . I have tried to kill myself, and have died a couple of times, or more, and god seems to keep bring me back. I thought the way you are thinking now, that they would be better off with out you, that you feel like you are a burden.
Let me say that you are not a burden, and if you died or ran away a lot of people that love you , for how you are, would be really sad. Some of them may even blame themselfs for you dieing, or running away. It would be ok to go into a hosiptal for a while, and get your meds checked out, and learn how to float through those panick attacks. There are even books on that. And yes you can learn to float through them. They will disappear too. You will feel a lot better about yourself when that happens. The depression well as i said go into the hositpal, and work on it, and try to find out why you are depressed so very much. I know it is not fun, but it can help, it can help a lot, to get those feelings out that you have been stuffing away for so long. I am not a professional, but i have been in hospital many times, and i know it can help, if you really want it to help. Think of your grandchildern, they would not know why grandma ran away, and they would miss you dearly. But in the end it is up to you to get the right treatment, and to see if different med's won't help you better then the ones you are on.
2006-12-17 10:37:00 · answer #2 · answered by Ladyofathousandfaces 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Been there, done that. It ain't the answer though. Depression can be very hard to deal with, I would know. I wanted to commit suicide 2 years ago but whenever I held the knife to my stomach I couldn't do it....and I'm glad I didn't. Right now, my life can't get any better (ok, it can but I'm trying to help you here). It's not as bad as you think, it's all in your head. There are people with lives worse than your's and they still don't want to kill themselves or run away. I've run away from home twice and I always came back. And no, they won't be better without you. How do I know this? Trust me, I just know.
I'm not a professional but I can tell you one thing I'm sure of, at the end, it will be ok. If it isn't, then it's NOT the end. You have to believe me, don't just sit there waiting for your depression to poof away. Why don't you do something fun for a change instead of just sitting there being sad? It will be hard but it's worth it. Happiness won't find you, it's always there, you just sometimes don't see it.
Good luck and I hope I helped.
And remember, if you can fight depression, it'll make you stronger.
2006-12-17 10:05:54 · answer #3 · answered by Alterna 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
instead of making the big step of MIA
or the worse scenario daid (i have HUGE issues with folks that kill themselves---lotsa family members in mine have-losers-
their kids NEEDED them growing up--
anyway
yeah
take some short stints out of your normal behavior
like just walk out and be unaccounted for say one afternoon
go to a movie, art exhibit, homeless shelter
whatever
change of environment ALWAYS works for me
step away from your self
think of others
life sucks
and then ya die
hold out for your family
I always tell myself instead of taking the easy fn way out
I'd take up a very dangerous hobby
sky diving
walking in dangerous neighborhoods in the night
just have insurance for the kids sake
and rock on
see if almost losing your life makes a difference in how you feel
and remember if you make it alive
help others
cause a lot of this depression you are experiencing
your children might be genetically predisposed to also
or your grandchildren
stick around
find out what works
and help them out
'k?
2006-12-17 11:50:38 · answer #4 · answered by chaz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Running away, or committing suicide will just hurt the ones who love and care about you. They will feel like it was their fault and blame themselves. Sometimes it takes trying different medications, or a combination of meds. Group therapy also helps. keep trying when you least expect it, BAM SOMETHING WILL WORK!!
2006-12-18 21:03:17 · answer #5 · answered by nogalesnick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋