[bex]

I have been through the exact same thing where I was crying all the time about everything, burnt toast, dropping something, everything would make me ball my eyes out.

I am also a psychology student so I was seeing all the symptoms in me that I had been studying which was upsetting me even more.

You will get through this. Go and see a professional. If you aren't comfortable going on antidepressants, make regular appointments with a counsellor, they can offer you some fantastic advice and skills to get through it but the most important thing is that you CAN get through it. You will. I know you dont feel like this now but you will!

Feel free to private message me if you'd like.
Good luck. xxx

[oodlesofnoodles]

I agree that you should try therapy first. Do you exercise regularly? Are you eating healthy? Are you getting plenty of water and vitamins? Is there anything missing from your life? Are you still partaking in hobbies and activities that you enjoy?

You should be trying to do all of these things. Also, if you drink at all, don't until you figure this all out. You must figure out A) if you really are depressed, or just feeling "blue" or stressed, and B) WHY you are depressed, and change that.

I've been on antidepressants a few times, and I feel that they're an aid for therapy. I had trouble opening up because I felt so bad, and I finally broke down and took them, and they helped. So, they are not the immediate answer. Just taking AD can cause more problems than they solve. If you can avoid them, please do. I am not an AD basher, at all, but the brain is still not fully understood. Messing with those chemicals should be avoided if you can.

However, the choice in the end is yours. You know yourself and know what is in your own best interest. Talk to a doctor and discuss your options. Good luck, feel better

[StephanieM]

I skipped over everyone else's post, but I read the OP's post and felt I should at least put in my own personal input.

I am the same way, I get so emotional that I cry over nothing. Just the silliest crap makes me burst into tears. I can't control it either. Oh man, there's this youtube video that someone was playing at work with that song "Mad mad world" and there was this kiwi that couldn't fly and...

I cried at work. How emotional can I be?

My family has a history of depression, and anti depressants are kind of trial and error. Not all work for all people, and sometimes you have to test a few out. The first kinda I went on gave me a horrible temper and didn't make me feel happier. It was then found that I could possibly be bi polar which would explain the extreme up's and downs. I also suffer from anxiety, and can't sleep at night due to issues with constantly checking the time.

I have been on seroquel for over 2 years now, and I feel so much better. I found this was the right pill for me. I sleep at night, my emotions seem more in check. I do cry once in awhile, but it's not as bad, not as maniacal. I stopped drinking heavily, I don't self harm anymore. I have a healthy relationship too!

I hope whatever happens in the end, you get better It doesn't hurt to try it. If other's look down on it, then don't even tell them about it. It's none of there business and their not in your situation. Yeah, working out and eating right have helped, but they aren't the cure for everything.

I hope you make the decision that benefits you!

On a side note, I hate when people knock anti depressants. They could be the deciding factor in whether someone commits suicide or not and it is NOT their place to impart their opinions.

Sorry, had a lot to say. Will go back and read everyone else's posts later, I'm on my way to work!

[Jelbb]

I want to thank each and every one of you for the incredibly helpful opinions and experiences you've shared. I think they've not only helped me, but will probably help other people who lurk around the boards and are considering (or may now be considering) antidepressants.

A VERY special thank you to PreppingBride tho. It seems absolutely completely idiotic to me that I never considered this. I can't believe I didn't put 2 and 2 together.... but my birth control may be a factor here. When I was 17 or 18, my doctor prescribed me birth control (Tricyclen), and I took it for a year or so. During that year, thinking back on it... I remember being in a relationship where I felt moody and depressed, and cried a lot and got upset over small things. I eventually broke up with that guy, thinking that I just... wasn't happy in general.
Once away at university a few months later, the doctors on campus prescribed me Tricylen Lo, saying that they weren't going to be making Tricyclen anymore, and that it just had lower hormone dosages. I was on that for all of university.

2 and 2, Jessica, jesus.

When I came back home, my family doctor had still prescribed regular Tricyclen. (Turns out they do still make it; no idea what the campus doctors were talking about.) But I didn't take it, I wasn't on anything, because I wasn't.. er.. active. Then a few months ago when my boyfriend was set to move over here, I started taking it again, religiously, not missing a single day... and for the last few months, I've been miserable, sobbing over nothing, moody, etc.

I just can't believe it never occurred to me that it might be my pill. I never recognized the fact that I was likely having side effects from the pill before I switched to a lower hormone level. So, before I consider antidepressants, I'm going to go to my doctor tonight and request that he prescribe me a lower hormone birth control, and see how that affects my mood, my outlook on life. I would hate to get a cast for a papercut, if it turns out that all I need to change is my birth control....!

I'll keep everyone posted. I've been exercising regularly, eating well, getting.. well, my regular amount of sleep which is around 6 and a half to 7 and a half hours of sleep... and now I'm gonna change up the birth control and see if the mood swings and general feeling of depression and self-loathing let up.

Thanks again; all you ladies are amazing and wonderful, and I don't know what I'd do without you all.

[forestroad]

Oh yeah, I was on seasonique and it did a number on me--every day sobbing in the car on the way home from work for no reason at all. I went off it and things got much better. Hope your problem has as simple an explanation as that.