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Re: How depressed are YOU?

Posted by ST on January 15, 2002, at 1:41:36

In reply to How depressed are YOU?, posted by spike4848 on January 14, 2002, at 19:29:53

Hi, Spike -

I agree, maybe you should take a look at some of the SSRIs. Celexa might work well.
But your subject - how depressed do I get? You are not alone in feeling that crappy. When I'm depressed I:

...Sleep 12-16 hours
...NEVER answer the phone
...Either cry constantly or feel nothing
...Feel immensely overwhelmed; as if there is no way out and no point
...Constantly think of suicide and then get even more depressed that I would never have the energy or nerve to do it
...Call in sick for work day after day
...Am irritated with people who find joy in small things, or a comedy on TV or simply at the thought that there are people out there who don't lie in bed for 6 hours contemplating whether or not they should get up to brush their hair
...Drink too much

So that's what happens to me. Luckily my depression has been kept in check with a cocktail of sorts:
Depakote, 500 mg.,
Wellbutrin 300 mg.
and now Effexor SR 225mg.
Before Effexor I was on Celexa, which was great, except that I gained weight. That's not always so for everyone, however.
I've always wondered, as well, if I suffer more than the next depressed person out there.
Good luck,
Sarah


> Sometimes I read other posts are feel like I am cursed with depression plus. Off nardil ....
>
> I sleep 16 hours a day
> Feel like I have 100 lbs weights on my feet
> Can't taste food
> Have no sense of smell
> Can't drag myself out of my apartment
> Can't drag myself to eat
> Don't answer the phone
> Can't smile
> Never see my friends
>
> Basically sit in bed and obsess about how terrible I feel
>
> I see other's who say there depressed say things like, I cry alot (.... I wish I could feel anything, even sadness) or can't have difficulties at work or have problem with anger.
>
> Do you guy here feel more like me ... dead to the world, or like the people I described above .... sad and angry.
>
> Spike


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