Anyone else struggle with depression? I’ve always been the happiest of people, but last year has been tough. I finally go to the doctor tomorrow to ask for anti-depressants. I’m anxious, but I’ve tried everything else and while it’s better it’s not fixed.

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Try a therapist first. Anti depressants help with a chemical imbalance but if it’s just due to your current circumstances then I wouldn’t recommend it. Anti depressants can have some bad side affects. Feeling down is not the same as having depression

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^^^ felt “down” for 6 years straight and thought it was depression, but turns out it was actually just the fact that I couldn’t afford basic necessities and was working myself to the bone between school and my part time job 🙃 things got better when I graduated and started working full time, then nose dived when I had to spend my first year at the firm fully virtual in a city where I knew no one, in the middle of a pandemic. removed myself from some of those circumstances and things got better again.

Not to discount a depression diagnosis or being medicated, but try everything you possibly can before going the medication route. I tried several SSRIs and had negative experiences with all of them

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I take anti-depressants and they do help me. However, working more on my diet and exercise is what really helped transform my mood and overall health.

First step is talking to your doctor and making a plan you can follow. One step at a time.

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Thank you!

try therapy first imo.

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I’ve been on anti-depressants since high school. I spent a good amount of time in therapy before going on them and I highly recommend trying therapy if you haven’t. I think anti-depressants can be so helpful but it also helps to work on yourself

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Yes! That sounds very familiar to how I feel. I always tell my bf I have no idea how to describe it other than to call it a bad day or an “off” day because it’s hard to put into words how I feel and why I feel that way. Those days where it takes everything I have in me to get up and do the bare minimum for day… I feel like I’m in a much better place now but I still have those days.

Feel free to DM me if you have questions or if you just want to talk! I know how helpful it can be to have someone who understands what you’re feeling

I work in B4 and think that work and the WFH environment is a big part, but I’m also long distance with my fiancee and have other habits I need to improve. Just curious if anyone else struggles with it and trying to balance work/life.

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Would love to hear how it goes, good luck.

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Personally I would consider how much it’s your current situation(s) causing the depression and how much of it is being cause by a chemical imbalance. I highly recommend therapy. This last year+ has been incredibly isolating and you’re not alone in struggling. But if you don’t make an effort to change the things around you making you unhappy first, you’ll never know if you could have fought this on your own. But you’re your own best judge too. If you can’t manage your day to day, get on the medication to get the energy to make changes. But depression medication can have a lot of nasty side effects and if you’re sensitive to medication they can be brutal. Then you have to consider how long you want to be on them/ a plan to stop them if you don’t expect needing them long term. This is from personal experiences though fyi. All I can say is stay strong and try to decide what’s best for your situation!

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I struggled with depression for two years because work and family. It was really dark. The firm sponsors therapy sessions to ease the depression that they caused to the employees. It didn’t help and told me that I need to take a leave cause I am already mentally checked out. I didn’t get a psychiatrist at first cause it was expensive. I am an immigrant so I don’t really understand the health benefit system.

After 3 months of using up my FMLA and getting work arrangements, still the same. I used up my savings for the unpaid leaves. I am almost -200 hours PTO. I logged in everyday crying. I cannot keep up with the meetings. I no longer understand straightforward working papers. I decided to get a psychiatrist and ask to issue me a medical certificate to get off from work for the time being. I was off for four months while on therapy. I got better than before. I feel like I still need more to be completely fine, but I need to go back to work to pay bills. Now, I requested my doctor if he could issue me an accommodation preventing me to work overtime. Hopefully this busy season will be okay.

If medication does not work, try to ask your doctor if you could be off for a certain period to pick up yourself. Financially, its gonna be covered by the short-term disability by the state or insurance covered by your firm. It’s okay not be okay. Use the leave to do the things to make you happy or to solve any issues you have. Hope this helps.

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I’m trying CBD first. Look at CBD versus Wellbutrin.

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I’ll take a glance. I don’t know much about CBD

Thank you all for your comments and opinions - they are all helpful.

I have been doing therapy for 3-4 months, actually sponsored with my firm, and I have become a better person with better habits but I feel that my sadness can take me so strongly some days even if I have been doing things right. Mostly, I am okay but the days that I am not are tough. I feel unmotivated, distance from others and hard to get work done.

I think a doctors appointment would be more than considering anti-depressants but also potentially seeing if there could be some sort of imbalance.

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I’m on an antidepressant and it really helped me! Obviously therapy is important as well, but I feel like being on the medication also allowed the therapy to be more effective, if that makes sense?

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Having some experience in this, I’d simply recommend exhausting all other options before using these serious drugs. (This is assuming you are not in an unsafe situation). Regardless, tread lightly with these and continue to explore alternative treatments to avoid a downward spiral of drug dependence. Good luck!

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Partner2, don’t disagree they can be beneficial or even critically life saving in certain circumstances. There maybe worse drugs in the world but doesn’t change my recommendation. Wishing the best for you too! (Seriously).

I am in the same boat. What helped me was monitoring all that I did and how my mood was on each day. You’ll be surprised by how little things can deeply affect you, and correcting or changing little behaviors here and there can make a big difference. But like others have said therapy helped a ton, and so did exercise & good eating habits.

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I was in the same boat in Nov. Went to the Dr and the antidepressants helped tremendously. The first week she got me a stronger one to help me get sleep ( I would wake up in the middle of the night with anxiety and couldn't turn my brain off) and then kept me on seratonin replacement drugs ever since. It's the lowest dose , but it made a HUGE difference. Got me out of the hole I felt I was in and helped me get rid of the horrible sense of dread.

Therapy is great, but sometimes our brains just need a chemical reset and working with a good doctor is not a bad thing. You should do what's best for you!! Good luck. Hope you feel better soon!!

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I heard someone try micro dosing. Would love to hear experiences on this

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