Comments on: Why I Finally Got Treatment For Depression http://www.health-bee.com/depression/why-i-finally-got-treatment-for-depression One Woman's Personal Quest for Wellness Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:55:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Michelle http://www.health-bee.com/depression/why-i-finally-got-treatment-for-depression/comment-page-1#comment-43072 Michelle Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:55:41 +0000 http://www.health-bee.com/depression/what-does-depression-feel-like#comment-43072 Hi Heather, I just found your blog and I hope you get this response. This (give or take a few details) sounds just like me. I am 25 now and really looking back feel that I have been depressed since my early teens. I too have taken anti-depressants (about a year and a half ago) but stupidly (and against my doctors' advice) stopped taking them when I felt overwhelming feels of hope and found I had an ability to cope. No fast forward to the present day and I have been out of work since June 2009 and generally bed bound, barely leaving the house, showering and feeling more isolated that ever (even with my family around me - who I moved back in with late last year. Reading this has solidified what I already knew, I am not OK and magically better. On Monday I will be making the appointment I have been to depressed, numbed and scared to make to see my doctor to discuss how to progress from here and get myself healthy. I have (finally) realised that I have never been able to talk to friends or family about how I am feeling and this had resulted in me continually lying to them, keeping them at arms length and even losing some of them. It has really helped me to read this and realise that just like I have read I am not the only one going through this. I hope your road to recovery is going well and I look forward to getting back on to mine. Thanks for reading this, Michelle (from London, UK) Hi Heather,

I just found your blog and I hope you get this response. This (give or take a few details) sounds just like me. I am 25 now and really looking back feel that I have been depressed since my early teens. I too have taken anti-depressants (about a year and a half ago) but stupidly (and against my doctors’ advice) stopped taking them when I felt overwhelming feels of hope and found I had an ability to cope. No fast forward to the present day and I have been out of work since June 2009 and generally bed bound, barely leaving the house, showering and feeling more isolated that ever (even with my family around me – who I moved back in with late last year. Reading this has solidified what I already knew, I am not OK and magically better. On Monday I will be making the appointment I have been to depressed, numbed and scared to make to see my doctor to discuss how to progress from here and get myself healthy. I have (finally) realised that I have never been able to talk to friends or family about how I am feeling and this had resulted in me continually lying to them, keeping them at arms length and even losing some of them. It has really helped me to read this and realise that just like I have read I am not the only one going through this.

I hope your road to recovery is going well and I look forward to getting back on to mine.

Thanks for reading this,

Michelle (from London, UK)

]]> By: Heather http://www.health-bee.com/depression/why-i-finally-got-treatment-for-depression/comment-page-1#comment-114 Heather Tue, 20 Jun 2006 20:50:01 +0000 http://www.health-bee.com/depression/what-does-depression-feel-like#comment-114 Thank you, Carlie. I do feel much better. Thank you, Carlie. I do feel much better.

]]> By: Carlie http://www.health-bee.com/depression/why-i-finally-got-treatment-for-depression/comment-page-1#comment-104 Carlie Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:33:35 +0000 http://www.health-bee.com/depression/what-does-depression-feel-like#comment-104 Thanks for the advice! This puts my depression into a whole new light. Suppose, I cant say I have all symptoms but some. Nice to know that someone out there can feel the way I do (errr.. not nice to have depression, just relating. You know what I mean) Hope your feeling better :) C Thanks for the advice! This puts my depression into a whole new light. Suppose, I cant say I have all symptoms but some. Nice to know that someone out there can feel the way I do (errr.. not nice to have depression, just relating. You know what I mean)

Hope your feeling better :)

C

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