I suffer I think from depression - A pshycologists answere preferably please?

Question

I have felt depressed for about a month straight when I was trying to find a way for everyone to be happy. (Mother knows of me and fiance living together before marriage in June). I have come up with an idea to make everyone excepting. But now I feel guilty about everything unless I tell my fiance, especially sexual things not related to us, but related to others. It happens at random without me trying to trigger it. I have a new job. Previous job, my mind was always trying to solve someone elses issues (call centre for 3yrs). Now I am graduated, moved from parents and work in a lab were there is hardly any problems to solve, so my mind was always working. I take St. John's Wort, I am hearing mixed things about it. Its only been 3 days on it, some say to wate 2 weeks. I feel hopeless at times, I feel sad, I feel guilty, but no death thoughts, I have thought things like how worthless I am and how much pain I cause to others and how life may never be the same again. What to do?

Answer 1

I'm not a doctor...
but I may have a better answer...
from experience
I had been depressed for about 6 years...
and now that I'm better
I can honestly say after going through those times...
I came out with more value for life....
I also read somewhere that depression prepares you for a new sense of consiousness coming in.

Answer 2

It's important to get the right diagnosis. For years I was treated for depression when I really had bipolar disorder. So, getting on the right meds for the correct diagnosis is vital. You ramble a little bit so who knows, there might be some schizophredia there.

Find a psychiatrist, not a psychologist, right away. If you don't have a recommendation, start with the phone book. Just taking that step will empower you.

Bag the St John's Wort, but try 1 gram (that's 1,000 mg) of EPA Omega 3 fish oil. Be aware that you are not alone, and anyone who has suffered like you would want to reach out and help you.

Try to find something which will ground you or give you some moments of escape, no matter how trivial they seem. My doctor told me to start gardening, and "ground" myself to the earth instead of retreating from the world. Find a good fun trashy book to read. Watch something mindless on TV. You deserve a 10-minute break from the pain.

Psych meds take some time to kick in, but you need a real prescription from a psychiatrist. Don't wait, because you have done nothing to deserve this pain, and help is out there for you. You may feel worthless, but you are not. You are as important in this world as anyone else. Those of us who feel like you do, well, we've just got a sucky disease, but it can be treated

Answer 3

pitch the St. Johns Wort. other than that you are talking about pursuing a morose life-style, and probably have pre-morbid baseline of feeling comfortable with being mildly depressed. You are sensitive and easy to manipulate. I love you.