I just want to let people know who are suffereing with some form of depression that it is recognized that it's difficult to discuss your depression, because of shame and guilt, but these people really want to help and they can't help if you don't speak.

The point of having a nic is so your identity is not revealed. 

Their hands and arms are open, give them a chance, give yourself a chance to "feel" better.  

There is always "choices" make the choice to speak  

Shai

Hi Mitch 

Since I have the kind of MS that isn't in fast progression, I quit the drugs that they gave me.  It made me sleep all the time, made my legs feel like jelly, and gave me another problem which is my feet move constantly when I lay down to sleep.    I use to have a rottweiler (he died 2 years ago) that would lay on my feet so I could go to sleep.   When my back hurt, he would lay close to me to give me support.  He was really phenominal. 

  My problem is I don't eliminate properly, I had a pity party this morning, and had a good cry, but I'm sort of feeling better now. I'm entitled once in awhile.

Thank you very much Mitch, I've accepted you as friend.

I'm very hopeful for a cure for this disease, and for many others as well.  

Thank you for caring

hi shai,

   i am all too familiar with depression since i have bipolar disorder which went undiagnosed for 20+ years.i used to deny that i was in a clinical depression and then the symptoms just got worse.so,now i admit and accept when i am depressed and in that way can have a sense of peace in knowing that i can choose to let it sweep me under or i can get through it by alternating swimming and floating.hmmm,maritime metaphors from the ocean lover.

check my profile if you want or contact me if you need to talk,i am also a certified psychiactric aide,so have seen the system from both sides.

beefree 

Thank you beefree.   I get down sometimes, but it doesn't last long.

I listen to music, mostly meditative try to find the reason why I'm down and then fix the problem.   I also write, and keep a journal.

Ocean, someone say Ocean, I love the Ocean.   I would love to live near an ocean close enough to open a window and know that the roars are not winds but the ocean crashing on shore,or against a huge boulder.    Just Amazing.  

Shai

Hi. I'm new. I have two types of uni-polar depression: Major Depressive Disorder and Dysthymia (chronic, low-level depression), along with Generalized Anxiety Disorder, ADHD, severe Arthritis in both knees (w/the L being the worst w/bone spurs), Sciatica, and a weak R ankle.

I have been going through med changes...again for the depression, as it is drug-resistant. This is very frustrating at times. However, I am proud of myself because I just ended a long-distance relationship and I am not falling apart! I am sad, but not down in the depression pit. I'd like to get and give support on here.

Thank you for "listening," and have a good night....

Nice to meet you butterfly. 

I'm sorry that your relationship ended.  But am glad that you didn't fall apart.    Your sadness is called grieving, and we grieve with any change in our life. Do you think perhaps it was because you were ready for the relationship to end, that you were only sad?    

take care  

shai

MITCH YOU HAVE THE RIGHT IDEA.  I HAVE LIVED WITH HAVING POLIO SINCE 1950.  I AM NOW 58, HAVE HAD 3 CHILDREN, AND 7 GRANDCHILDREN.  SURE I GET DEPRESSED AND MOSTLY I TAKE IT OUT ON MY FAMILY, WHICH I AM TRYING NOT TO DO ANYMORE

PAM

I AM ALSO NEW HERE.  I HAD POLIO IN 1950.  MY HUSBAND HAS MS, HE ACTS LIKE DEATH IS TOMORROW!

Hi Pam nice to meet you.   Have you tried to meditate to maintain balance?   I find it a very good tool to use.  Also, Music is a good tool.   

It's difficult to not take it out on your family, I pray that it stops for  you.   

Regarding your husband, I pray you're patient with him and his thoughts about his MS.  I don't know how severe his is, but the I do know about the pain it brings. Also, his ego insofar as being the "man" has also been bruised because of the disability.  It will take him time and lots of encouragment from you or a support group to let him know that life goes on.    

Things like PTSD can cause depression; so can having multiple disabilities. I have experienced depression in the past, to the point where I slept nearly sixteen hours a day when I was in my early twenties. Things like anti-depressants and EMDR therapy helped immensely.

If you or someone you know is experiencing some depression, spend some time talking with them. Try to get them some medical attention if you can, and get them involved with other people. It is really easy to fall into a pattern of sleeping all the time and letting the days just pass by; I know. It can seem like a real trap, but there are ways out if you reach for help.

Tom.

Hello Thomas C Weiss, nice to meet you.  

The issue with the Physicians and the treatment of Depression is that they tend to only treat the symptoms and not the source of the depression.   I suggest that if people are treating with a physician find one that will treat medication while guiding to find and heal the source of the depression.  Medication alone for the depression is like putting a bandaid on a geiser.     There are some exceptions however.  Sleep is not a bad thing, as long as it doesn't consume your life. 

One has to be cognitive of the fact that Pharmaceutical Companies own your  Physicians.   

Does anyone post in this part anymore was looking for someone to talk to?

Hi God's Angel Baby,  if you want to talk, I'm listening.... I will get a reply in my email and come back just like now and read what you wrote. 

In the meantime take care.... 

Shai

I am suffering of bipolar for many years. I tried to conceal this sickness in my country, and just related on the medication. In this year, I felt that is wrong. Althrough the other people still discriminate against to me.  I feel better with do yoga and meditation. The most important part is I receive the partner supporting.

Hi Rita nice to meet you....   Yoga and Meditation is an excellent way of learning to control the depression..    It's wonderful that you have support from your partner, also.. 

I will keep you in my prayers regarding the persecution you are going through because of your Depression. 

Take Care, 

Shai

I had been a depression patient. It was not so advanced to need to take the medications of antidepressants or Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). But I always couldn’t get any wink of sleep day and night. I lost my health.

Hi Jessie, nice to meet you.    You are absolutely correct.   

Shai