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Originally Posted by giselley
That is totally how clinical depression was diognosed in me. Anytime I talked about myself at all, I would cry. Not good for job interviews, let me tell you. When you are depressed, you have NO IDEA why you are depressed. You can't get UN-depressed. You are either angry, sad, pms-y, or weepy.
I took the anti-depressents for about 9 months, then got off them. I think my brain was re-trained to not take things so personally. I stopped taking them and found I was much less anxious-- I mean, things still bothered me, but they would not put me in a tailspin.
As far as med-insurance. I am well below the poverty line, and got them through a charity med-place. Many "clinics" for low income people will help people with medications and so on until they get on their feet. Please do not put off going to a doctor because you have no insurance. A dial a nurse, or the state agencies can often help you find a low income clinic where you can get decent help--
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Thanks for the clinics idea. I'll do some research on that and hopefully find something. I just lost my job Thursday so that's not really helping my situation either.
I do find that I'm quite angry lately. Easily aggravated and then sad.
nelie - I do think my hormones are totally messed up since I have such sporadic periods with pcos (and I'm hypothyroid). I should be on bc but as I said no insurance. I've been taking vitamins for my thyroid.
I just want to be in a place where I don't have to take any pills. I figured if I lost weight (ate healthy and exercised) a lot of my medical "issues" would go away. I really believe that my weight has a lot to do with it especially since I didn't have these problems before I became obese.
I've never been any good at taking pills or remembering but I also can't stand feeling this way.
oh and giselley - you said that your brain was retrained to not take things personally.. that's what I need! I sometimes wonder how a person could NOT take something personally because we're people with emotions and feelings but I am constantly being told to not take something personally. Everything is personal for me. I wish it weren't.