Story of your life? I'll bet there are good and happy stories about your life. The state of depression drives the hope out of you. I'm involved in an investigation at work right now and it consumes my thoughts during the day and it's maddening at times. I want to say screw it and the hell with them, but I know that isn't going to get me back to not worrying ALL the time. Putting it behind me will let me focus on living my life. Until then? I'll have that feeling in my stomach and a carousel of thoughts in my mind.

It makes sense that you're frustrated. If you want to stop taking your meds, consider talking to your Dr and letting your Dr taper you off them slowly. Stopping medication suddenly can cause some serious withdrawal symptoms, and I'm sure you don't want to deal with additional problems. In the mean time, maybe try some basic self care...make sure you're hydrated, eating, getting enough rest etc....hang in there, life is always changing. This won't last forever.

What are you frustarated about? Identifiy them. Why are you tried? Find it out
If you can find it out, then ask some experts to find the answers.

I agree with sonnycamehome. Please consult your doctor first before you quit taking your medication, as suddenly stopping your medicine may worsen your depression.

Get an adequate amount of rest. Keep yourself hydrated. Try to maintain good personal hygiene. Take it one day at a time, and you may find that these little things can actually have a huge impact on your life.

And how you feel is understandable. Battling mental illness on a regular basis is more of a struggle than many other people could imagine.

Do you have any hobbies or interests? Being passionate about something, like playing the guitar or writing poetry, can help you have a more hopeful and positive outlook on life, as it gives you something to look forward to the following day. If you don't have too many hobbies, you could also try out some new ones.

Hope things start to look up for you soon. If you would like to talk, I am here. You are more than welcome to PM me anytime.

i know the feeling lilly, meds, see thats plural, i only have one myself. i dont take meds that dont work , why bother, i have taken just about every anti -depressant there is and none work, infact they can make me worse much worse. so what do i take? an anti-psychotic. that works great, helps me sleep and when im stressed, i take some then its a take as needed kind of thing. my drug is Seroquel,, the only shit that works. all the rest are hormonal girl pills type of thing.

AnnieToman,
I totally agree and it's the same way with me as far as meds. Been on just abt all em and they make it worse not better. Sigh... so frustrating

Hi, I wanted to send a note of encouragement. My sister was on some meds for her depression and the original meds only made her condition worsen. Overtime she had her meds changed. I believe meds alone don't always help the problem but with counseling as well I've seen many people overcome. You can overcome :)

i do tell my doctor the med sucks and im going to toss it, before i quit them, then he offers options to which ill go online and look up the side affects because i know which side affects affect me most often and what they do before i try a new drug. i dont try just any drug they offer me. i got to look it up and see whats it about. but for the most part anti depressents suck,they mess with your mood and dull your senses, they make you feel less. thats why i take a anti psychotic, it works by calming over active brain impulses like when something is stressing you out, and when your brain is over active and out of control, it does not dull your thought processes, you think just fine you just have better control and your thought are more realistic, they use some forms of anti psychotics to calm suicidal agitated people. it is not a tranq it takes agitation and anxiety away so if anxiety is part of your problem i heard that sometimes they use a antipsychotic with a low dose anti depressant and it works very well in some cases that are hard to treat. but myself i dont do anti depressents very well so i just take a low dose anti psychotic when anxiety becomes a problem it when the anxiety is not treated that depression developes, so if i stop it in its tracks i stop the depression from hitting me.