Depression?

Question

Who can i turn to for help, I don't seem to be able to talk to my family Dr. I feel fine for days and then wham its like someone pull my cork and all of my good thoughts are gone and I can only think of sucide. I am so afraid that when I am down some time that I will take some pills, load a gun, or just go to sleep with the car running.Why am i so afraid, when I am out I don't want to go home and when I am home I don't want to open the door to anyone. I see hope as a dim light at the bottom of the well. Where can I go to make the light shine brighter?

Answer 1

Find a different doctor.

Answer 2

Don't feel odd, almost everyone gets depressed, even my cat who seems oblivious to most everything. So, don't feel you have to hide your feelings. It is real, if you have repeated depression, and are thinking suicide it can happen, in a weak moment, and bam your are gone, history, no more second chances. So act now. For a mental/mind problem go to a mind doctor, if you have the $ you can talk with a councelor, ask a friend or consult the yellow pages/computer for those that specialize in depression. If you want fast action, go the the nearest Emergency Room and say you are depressed, that will get action. If you don't have $ there is also excellent health assistance from the state mental health folks, you can get their # from 211 or the national hot line. With the proper concern and dedication from you to get over this and assistance from a professional you will get better. But you have to act, don't keep trying your md when he isn't responding, be proactive, make this the moment, the day you will do something.

Web site for suicide: http://suicidehotlines.com

Telephone # for the national suicide hot line:1-800-273-8255

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use the phone and press numbers 211 (like 411) this is a good number to call to find out local help, just tell them you feel depressed/suicidal and they will ask a couple of directive questions and then point you in the right direction

Answer 3

You really need to seek help. From what you've said it sounds as though you may have bi-polar depression, wherein periods of happiness and calm are followed by deep depression and extreme lows. If you don't want to speak to your Dr try looking on the net for advice centre's etc,and if you ever feel really bad try talking to the samaritans, you'll find their number at www.samaritans.org . Also, try this website,www.dbsalliance.org it has lists of helplines and reources for people with depression. Also, try to reconsider going to your family GP, depression is an illness, and is very very common so don't be ashamed about saying you're not well, depression is just as valid as a broken leg or anything else you just can't see it.Stop putting blame on yourself and remember you're not alone and you will get better, you just have to decide you're going to help yourself get out of this and seek the help. On a good day I would recomend that you do lots of exercise too, as exercise can be a really big help in staving off the really low days as it elevates the mood and just makes you feel better in general. But anyway, you can get through this, good luck and I hope you feel better soon.

Answer 4

Well, you have already taken the first step! You are asking for help!!! That is great.. I don't have a lot of experiance with thoughts of suicide, but I DO have experiance with depression myself. I think that you need to try to figure out what is making you so depressed and ONE STEP at a time try to improve on it. NOTHING can come to any of us all at once, it takes some time for us to think things through and start to deal with them. I think the best time to talk to your Dr, or school counsler, etc. is when you are NOT feeling this way. As you said, you feel fine for days, then WHAM. ACT when you are feeling ok. Because with the depression, you are not going to want to ask for help when you are depressed. Do it now, when you feel a little grounded. I use writting to get some of my feelings out, some of it is so stupid when I look at it later, but it helps me. I also (and I am NOT a bible thumper) talk to either God, or a family member/loved one that has passed away when I feel down too. I KNOW they are listening to me and they are not judging my feelings. It will make you feel better to talk things out- even if it is to someone that really can't answer back. TRUST someone, everyone loves you. Even if it does not feel like it all of the time. That is OUR depression, not always other peoples actions. When I am depressed I will see and hear things- take them as a negative to me and they really are not. So please turn to an adult that is a trusted person and they WILL help you. Be honest and tell them you need help. Write them a letter if you need to and give it to them. BUT, give them time to respond to you.. Remember- it has to happend ONE STEP at a time.

Answer 5

Overcoming depression tips:

Make yourself busy. We all need to feel like we're involved in something significant. We need to participate in something outside ourselves. You might consider volunteering at a local women's shelter or food pantry. That will elevate your mood as well as your self esteem.

Exercise is good for us, but physical contact is equally important. Exercise affects brain chemicals, and the healing touch of physical closeness does too. If you're depressed, hug somebody - anybody, everybody! A hug is good medicine. It reduces stress and tension and it boosts your immunity to illness. Hugs raise self esteem and lower blood pressure. They feel good and make people happy. And they're free! Hugs are the universal language that communicates love and acceptance. They're healthy for the "hugger" as well as the "hugee."

Take up a sporting activity like walking, cycling, tennis, golf, water sports, riding, gliding, sailing, football, badminton. Something with a personal achievement goal. Spectator sports do not count and have little value for the purpose of defeating depression. Like alcohol (with which they are often associated) and television, they are simply ephemeral distractions. Depression cannot exist when the adrenaline is surging. Try bungee jumping.

Avoid substances that are unknown to cause mood swings or depressionlike alcohol, caffeine, chocolate and high sugar foods.

Learn to laugh. It really will make you feel better. Visit a local joke shop or toy shop. Buy books and magazines that you find entertaining and amusing rather than just educational. hire a funny video and invite one or two friends round to enjoy it with you.

Build up your self-confidence. People who suffer from depression often lack self-assurance. Write an advertisement for yourself listing all your good qualities. Carry your advert with you and look at it whenever you’re feeling down.

Have a pet. The pet, however, be it a parrot, a cat, a mouse or a dog do not have this problem. They love their ‘master’ unconditionally and this is fully reflected through their behavior. It is much easier overcoming depression and making your way back to normalcy when you are faced with the exceptional love of a pet (or more). It was observed that people whom pets were given want to become better, want to become useful, want to love back and hence slowly escape the clutches of depression and return to their old selfs.

Talk to someone about it. A problem shared is a problem halved. Have you ever felt better by getting something off your chest? Of course you have. Did talking about a problem in the past help to put it into perspective and perhaps make it easier to deal with. I would guess you have probably been there too. Depression is no different. Find someone you can trust and get talking about it. Friends, family, your doctor, support groups both online and off....You might even find that someone comes up with an idea you have never thought of which just might work for you.

Answer 6

Man, do I feel you! I have been there and it is no fun. Life can be so overwhelming and the pressures of our society make just about everyone depressed.

If you can't talk to your family doctor, try calling one of the depression hotlines I've listed. They've got someone you can talk to confidentially, just having someone listen can relieve a lot of your stress.

I went through different kinds of medication until I found a doctor to treat my anxiety, which then helped me to get through my depression.

Just don't give up! Know that there are thousands of people out there struggling, just like you.

1-800-784-2433 depression and suicide hotlines
1-630-482-9696

Answer 7

Seek out a therapist, family doctors are not skilled in therapy. Find something you enjoy doing, and do it alot as long as it isnt drugs or drinking or anything like that. When im feeling down i will end up coming home from best buy with a nice new plasma TV or something, it always picks me up, find a friend that you can have a few beers with and ***** about all the shitty problems in this world with

Answer 8

call a hotline - if nothing else they'll give you someone to talk to in the moment and will have a better directory of services in your area. google Mental Health Hotline and then the area where you live. i know in Maine it's 774-HELP - don't wait around for dr. appointments as they can take forever getting through the waiting list.

Answer 9

See if there is a mental health clinic anywhere near you. Call and make an appointment there. Even if you have to drive to get to one, GET TO ONE! You sound "manic depressive" which just means your up and down. Me I'm just depressed all the time and if it weren't for my meds I'm sure I would have ate the barrel of my shotgun months ago. Nothing to be ashamed of, just get help.

Answer 10

This sounds more like bi-polar darling... I would keep talking to doctors until someone listens... Don't wait around for the day when you actually want to follow through...

Answer 11

i think you need to check urself into a mental hospital for a few days,they will figure out what is wrong and hopefully you will take the meds they give you