Is there other way to cope with depression besides doctors?

Question

Because I don't want to get back to it. I am tired of it. I am sick of it. Hate pills, hate talking...do you know other ways? I have cried almost every day since 2 weeks ago. I don't want to get back...please help me

Answer 1

1) Keep a diary - work out what 'triggers' you have, make lists of things that make you feel good and things that make you feel bad. Look at your lists often.

2) Eat healthily - don't drink, avoid caffeine and sugar. Lots of fresh food, fruit and vegetables.

3) Stick to a sleep pattern. Go to bed at the same time each night and get up at the same time - even if you don't sleep at all in the night. Stick to 8 hours and don't sleep in.

4) Get outside for an hour a day - walk in the fresh air and clear your head.

5) Socialise - keep in touch with friends and family. Get out and meet people.

6) Set goals. Set realistic, achievable and positive goals. This are personal - I set goals such a doing a course, joining an exercise class, sticking to my diet etc.

7) Give yourself a break - you aren't going to get better overnight, you are allowed slip ups. Remember that no one judges you as harshly as you judge yourself.

8) Exercise! Get your blood pumping, get really out of breath.

It might be worth working out WHY you don't want to go to the doctors - is it fear? I put of getting treatment for a long time, as I was scared that I wouldn't be strong enough to get better. I am though, and with treatment I will get better. Consider cognitive behvaiour therapy - it really can help.

Best wishes xx

Answer 2

There are, but they don't work for everyone.
I've been depressed since about 1990, and can't take any of the traditional antidepressants due to sensitivity to medications. I also don't have the time or inclination to go repeatedly to counselors, and am not sure it would help anyway.

I manage my depression with a positive attitude, and counting my blessings every day. It really does help to think of those who are worse off than I am (trite as that may sound), and to consider how much worse situations could be. I spend my day behaving as if I weren't depressed, and the result is that my depression is for the most part in check. It helps to stay busy, and not have a lot of free time to ruminate over the causes of my depression or whatever current bad thought I am inclined to obsess about. I do have my moments, but they are few and far between, and I'm able to enjoy life, even though sometimes at first I'm just "pretending to."

Answer 3

My heart goes out to you. I fought with depression for so many years so I can definately feel where you're coming from. Years
ago, I went to a psychiatrist who gave me the impression that I was boring him.....so on the way home I picked up a pad and pen and started writing all of my thoughts down which helped. But my dear, I finally realized that I could not do it myself and that I firmly believe that antidepressants saved my life. I've been taking them for 17 yrs now and have gone off of them a few times and within two wks I was sad and crying constantly again. Find a doctor who doesn't insist on you bringing up and reliving the past but deals only with the present. They are out there and it is the
way to peace and joy again. Please try again. I will no doubt need to take the medication the rest of my life (I'm 65) and I am so grateful to have it. You will be in my thoughts and prayers.

Answer 4

I am exactly right where you are. I gave up going to therapy about 5-6 months ago and I threw out my meds.
My depression got worst about 2 months ago and its been about a week or two that I've been considering suicide. Well not that I would do it for sure but Ive been thinking about it more than before.
I almost went back to my psychologist today. I was steps away from the appointment desk but I decided to go back home.
I just don't know what to do and just wanted to say that you're not alone.

Answer 5

You know, I've been there. Tired of medications, tired of crying. I really believe the body can take care of itself. I'm a huge believer in natureopathic medicine. I tried many natural remedies but my depression was not getting better. I just reconciled myself the the fact that I was going to have to be on anti-depressant chemical meds. I realised that as much as that is really not what I wanted, it was far better than the severe depression.

Answer 6

I do not know how old are you.. Worries, Problems, Stress all can cause depression. Instead of finding solace in anti depressants, try to fight it out without it. Built up a self confidence.
Come what may, take life as a challenge and try to face it. forget about the past. Do not think of the future. Live in Present. Half of your worries will be over.

the best way to reduce depression is meditation. I can send you the lesson .Record it in a tape and hear the audio morning and evening - all your depression will be gone in one week without medicine.

Answer 7

you extremely could desire to flow to be sure a physician. usually the main suitable thank you to handle melancholy and rigidity (rigidity) is to take a multi-faceted attitude. See a psychiatrist for drugs that can assist you with the chemical themes on your ideas. See a psychologist or counselor that can assist you artwork by using any issues you're having and that can assist you strengthen coping ideas. this is why you will discover that many psychologists and psychiatrists could have places of work mutually already. It facilitates, extraordinarily once you're waiting for the medicine to artwork in view which you would be discovering common procedures to handle any ideas or emotions you would be having.

Answer 8

People have said that depression in anger turned inward, and in my personal experience, this is true.
Once I began to acknowledge my anger and stop judging it as bad, I found ways to express it.
It doesn't have to be 'reasonable'. If you FEEL angry, find a way to express it.
Things that have worked for me are:
yelling out loud while alone in my car.
stomping my feet
chopping wood or pounding nails.
Taking a stack of old chipped chinaware and smashing it against a wall while nobody else was around so they couldn't get hurt. Sweeping the broken chards off the floor seemed strangely satisfying.
I then began to identify things people said or did that made me feel angry, and I would tell them so. I began to set boundaries for myself and stopped allowing artificial restrictions to what I could do with my life. I stopped being 'nice' to every body and began to honor my own rights, desires and feelings.
Nothing beats vigorous physical activity for getting the anger hormones out of the body.
After that, nothing beats standing up for yourself.

Answer 9

yes...of course there are.

i don't know how much you know about your own depression and i am not going to pretend to know the thoughts created in your experiences. but i assure you that a change of conditions which meet your personal health needs remedies depression.

now i understand that a change of conditions is not as easy as it is spoke. but with some technical help in relationship to you to relate which conditions are contributory then you can manage more effectively your own life-style.

i want to add that "fighting" depression is a waste of time. yes there is value in being active for those who desire activity in some healthy ritual and dosage....but "resisting" or "fighting" depression do not actually remedy the cause or creation of depression and its effects because ........ one do not go into the valley of death without a flashlight which is what realization requires for optimal success in 'accepting' cause/creation in conditions enabling joyless-ness.

with better information on your own issue of person and society it is possible to be more productive and effective in joy to some measure.

but it takes a soul searching and a relationship with your own mind and body to know more about you and this can be both painfull and productive to selffullfilling realization.

there is nothing to fight........

nothing.......

people who fight depression generally are very physically capable and/or active types which benefit by exercise and activity and so outlet negative creating personal experiences by social/personal participation. but it is not really a fight but a simple acceptance that these conditions benefit them simply/moderately.

to them it may feel like a fight....and that would be their own present realization.

medicine can be beneficial i think and believe but medecine may also in/directly create obstacles or new and contributing confusions to personal health.


lots to consider ... begin simple. you.


be well all ways

Answer 10

This is what I would try:
2 Grams (8 500mg tablets) of L-Tryptophan protien every evening at 7 PM
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Fruit Smoothie every morning for breakfast at 6AM with 1 gram unhydrolyzed whey protien.
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30 minute walk every day.
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Please get back to me when this works.
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Depression tends to occur when something is disturbing us and we do not acknowledge how we feel about it and when we do not take action to remedy the situation. It is like anger turned within instead of toward action.
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