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Catch-22

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As someone suffering from depression for about 6 years with added anxiety for about 2, I've read many articles and books about cures, helping yourself and getting well without medication (and I've tried many different kinds of prescription drugs with limited, temporary or no success.) Everywhere I look I read the following things will make you feel better: exercise, eating right, sleeping enough and at the right time, and socializing. The problem I have is that I can't seem to be able to do any of these so called "simple" things. I really, really , really don't want to socialize, I find eating right extremely difficult because it requires a high amount of energy for planning and preparing food, and I have little to no energy despite how much sleep I get, which is another item on the list--proper sleep. I spend most of my time "hiding" at home, not even taking care of the basics. (My situation has been critically bad for 12 months...I don't want my kids to see me this way anymore.) I'd appreciate any suggestions or ideas on what has helped others (with the exception of prescription drug help, I've done more than my share of attempts with medication.) THANKS.
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you have any one to talk to
or are you avoiding frinds too
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I wish I could help.. but I am the exact same way.
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I've talked to my husband, but he has his own issues and needs me to be strong, although he is generally supportive, I talk to my mother, and a couple of friends. I've retreated from some friendships I had for various reasons, such as I don't want everyone to know what's going on, or I tried, but it turned them off, so they exited my life, I found therapy to be useful only to a limited point. I don't have anything new to say to friends, and therapy has become too expensive. My friends think I sound like myself and MUST be doing better, despite the fact that I'm not, they think this because I was on an RX that I'm no longer on that made me sound very drugged. I don't get a high level of relief or satisfaction from talking to friends, also--I feel like I shouldn't burden them anymore, this has been going on too long. I have high hopes for this site, having only just joined, in that I feel like I need more people to talk to on a regular basis. I was just saying to someone, do you think there are any support groups for anxiety and depression ( I concluded that there may not be, because it might be too difficult for people to show up...(basing that response on my own personal feelings alone.)
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I know the feeling of not wanting to burdun frinds and family with what you think will only seem triveal to them,
one nice thing about a group, is most of us are going aor have gone through simular problems, thay dont sound stupid or trivial to us
starfish
starfish
My life's path was much like yours - tried a few antid's which worked minimally, or not at all. Therapy only helped so much, not matter how hard I tried to apply what I learned.

Yet, my depression kept worsening over time and not getting any better.

Then, my son died, and I finally decided I needed to try the meds one more time, or I was going to lose the battle anyway.

That is when I finally found out I have bipolar disorder, not just depression.

Have you ever had that suggested to you, or do you know if it is in your family?
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