Good Idea Bob :) Morning!!! Leaves on Fire Up Dare ?

Bob, if you are really depressed maybe you need to see your Dr. If you are feeling little fed-up and sorry for yourself then it might be a good idea to start doing something for others. It is amazing how quickly one's spirits are lifted by forgetting self!

Hi Bob, Who are you? No idea but.......you are alive, and its October, and there are a million things to be thankful for. Right?

oh Bob.....this too shall pass....LOL

besides you have the cutest puppy in the world...he loves ya doesn't he?

oki got up this mornin, went outside and froze my B***s off....a stark reminder that winter is coming. Getting too old for this. :(

Bigbear, (We have those up here to but they stay pretty well hidden for me) I use to think I knew everything but now am thinking I know nothing...like....who am I to give advice? Know what I mean?

Serenity, already did that and doc has no clue. Increased the dose on my antidepressant but I cut myself back, made me tired and even more depressed.
Stick...yor right :)

Billy she is a hellion...gets into everything like a siamese cat but yea she is cute although a little hard to house train but we'll get her there someday. Still missing my other one though. Ahh well thanks for all the comments!

hey Bob,

Sorry to hear you are having a bad day. That weather sounds killer. I wouldn't like that either. I always read your posts with interest. I think you have a lot of good things to say. Hang in there,ok?

Next20 thankyou. but it's not so much that I am having a bad day but how I am taking that bad day. It's like the negativity found a crack in my armor and is taking advantage of the weakness. Nothing that a meeting won't cure, I just have to get to one is all. I can't go to my homegroup anymore (wife needs the car for work) so have to go to another one on another day and another time.

Wishing you the best today, bob. Sorry you are having a tough time of it.

If the depression is ongoing, maybe the solution isn't upping your med, but trying a different one.

Your puppy looks adorable -- hope she brings you many smiles today.

Bob, maybe you could try to stick the new dose for a bit longer, those side effects often disappear after a while. If your doc thinks you need them, you probably do! It could make all the difference - truly! My sponsor is a completely different person to the one I met before medication.

Jersey, it is ok. Like Billy W said, it will pass, is already three quarters gone. Just reading these comments was like swallowing a pill....all better:)

Serenity, I honestly think I need to either get a different one or have something added to this one. I'll mention it to the dr next time I see her.

Bigbear, I was talking about the big critters in the woods, just kidden. I get what you mean, that the experience of others may help in my journey and that sharing my life's experiences with others helps alleviate the loneliness. Very much in agreement!
Thankyou!

Hi Bob in Maine---We are all here for you. I do get depressed, but I go outside and look down at the canal and say- Good morning fish...or good evening turtles! enjoy the little things. hope you feel better....

I think the important word here is sober. At least you're that. Hope you feel better soon.

Hi Bob, I know your wife got a new job and if she has the car... are you feeling a bit isolated from the outside world as well as having this clinical depression?

When I had clinical depression I felt I couldn't bear face to face contact with other people, my first instinct was to withdraw but didn't realise quite how much it was affecting me - or how much I was doing it.

Just a thought... I know nothing about you and don't know what to say except that that was my experience when depressed and it was necessary to force myself out of the house, slowly building up on that. It helped a lot so meetings and service may be really worthwhile through this phase of the way you are currently feeling.

I could drive myself crazy with my thoughts. I remember the times, when depressed, staring up at the moon and stars and contemplating how tiny and insignificant I was in the greater scheme of things... until I felt quite dizzy with it all! Lol.

I'm not suggesting you might be thinking like this, but just showing where my thinking could take me. How "nothing" and "purposeless" I could feel at times.

Since I have been active in AA and the wider world those kind of thoughts are a thing of the past. I rely on God and helping others to take me out of myself. I'm not one of those saying AA/NA instead of the anti-depressants, but both can complement each other.

I know true depression is not a case of "cheering up" and that it is a clinical problem, but I hope you soon get some relief, both medically and in your life in general.