Take it one day at a time, one hour at a time, one minute at a time. I am in the same boat. I have literally forced myself to go to the gym every other day this week. It seems to have helped. Listening to upbeat music and watching comedies have also helped me in the past....

You are not alone honey.

You are a Beautiful, Wonderful Person
And you deserve to be Happy.
Please Keep fighting :-)

Hey, TexasMade. I wish I had some good advice for you :( But all I can think to say is that I'm glad your meds are helping, though you're right: they're not intended to "cure" us. Their job is to make the depression/anxiety/etc. not invisible, but manageable. Are you in therapy? That might be helpful if the meds ARE working but not doing the trick entirely.

Hang in there. *Hugs* It can't last forever.

Elle

Thanks for all your support and yes I'm in therapy although sometimes I don't go.

I wish I had some awesome advice, but all I can say is that it will pass.

You will see some brighter days, and I hope it's very soon. But until then, all you can do is lean on us here, your friends, your therapist, anything that gets you through it. Distract yourself, do whatever you can.

Hugs

Hmm, do you mind me asking why you sometimes don't go? I hope that doesn't mean your therapist is no good :(

I know how you feel. I get that way when i'm in a depressive state. This comunity rocks and is caring. He loves you. It might be worth while to ask for an angel to help you. When i'm more depressed I talk with friends, go to church, watch comedies do art. I don't know exactly how you feel but I know what varying kinds depression are like. I talk to my pdoc and counselor and feel blessed that my family helps me be able to see them weekly. Try talking to St. Dimphna one of the patron saints for people with trubled minds. Your blessed to have your health in other ways. Your strong and brave for asking for help.
As to your meds I know mine seem dodgy at times but I've been to the same pdoc for almost 3 years and we've made adjustments-especialy after attempted suicides. (the few that didn't land me in the hospital) Someone said to me once its a safe strategy to note others experiences and ask him for his input.
In my case being bipolar on top of all that comes with Depression makes it tricky to figure out if a med isn't working as well as it could or if its some grade of depression-and is it a 'in normal range'' kind for example my financial future is shaky so he determined that it's 'normal' to feel down because of that, if you have a Smiths/Whole Foods/Healthfood store look into 5-Htp (take a small dosage and tell your pdoc that you're suplimenting with it) it's also a mood enhancer.

After dealing with this for fourteen years I feel like sometimes the Therapist could learn from me. So from that experience it is so hard to let people in when the depression starts to set in. My heart goes out to you. Well done for being so honest and so brave. That's a good sign that you want to be well. In the past when it got bad enough I'd just stop caring. You did the right thing asking for support. If I had been proactive like you I probably could of avoided past problems. Again a huge Well Done! I hope this helps.

We're here for you. And I really like the words of WallyBear.

Sometimes I just don't want to go it's a sruggle for me to get out to see her she's not a bad thearapist I just can't follow some of her ideas for some reason or another I want to I really do ,but I have trouble finishing things I start thats the BP in me.
I reaaly want to thank all of you for your kind words it really means a-lot to me that there are people understand and that may be enough to pull myself out of it!!