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Struggling with life, please help
Hello, this is the first time I have posted. I have been diagnosed with depression, anxiety and stress and I am really struggling to cope especially mornings. The doctors has given me antidepressants he says they will take a few weeks to start working. I need some advise please.on how to cope, I am physically sick every morning and I'm doing nothing but cry, I feel lost and in despair. My husband is very supportive and cannot do enough to help me through this hard time in my life. I have arranged to see a counsellor but there is a waiting list of 2 months also don't know if it will be right for me but I need help so I will try.
Yes it's very bad in the morning but can feel sick all day, no I'm definitely not pregnant hubby had snip ha, and beside that my libido at an all time low.
The pills doc prescribed yesterday seem to be working or it's just a better day for me today.
The pills doc prescribed yesterday seem to be working or it's just a better day for me today.
Katiemoo, is it just in the morning that you have nausea? How long has that been going on? Have you had a pregnancy test?
Hi, thank you for your advise, yes it sounds like something I could cope with. Nothing to loose will definitely give it a try. Been back to doctors today to get anti sickness tablets, feel nauseous all the time. Keep telling myself I will get better.
That is rough that you have to wait 2 months for a therapist. You can look up and see if there are depression support groups in your area. Usually, they meet up once or twice a week. They have support groups for people who support us also, like your husband. I've been the person going through it and also the support person, and, as you know, support is great for everyone. A good support group is the Depression Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) which is found nationwide. You can also look up support groups through National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI).
It sounds like this is the first time you are profoundly affected by your depression, enough to seek help and get it addressed. It is a struggle, and with depression, there are days when even that stetement seems like a gross understatement. Especially, when it is your own self that you have to deal with, and you feel and think like nothing will work or everything is such a chore, so why bother. Add anxiety into it and other things, and being overwhelmed takes on even more dimensions.
With depression or anxiety, it helps to start the day with self talk, even if the conditions are so overwhelming and the self talk seems like a stupid, fake exercise you don't believe in. Just say, today I will remind myself that I am going to be okay, and it will get better. The other thing is to get up from bed and do something simple like get a glass of water or look out the window or whatever. Have a daily routine with simple tasks throughout the day. Include nap time or rest periods with time limits. Basically, that's what I got taught when I was hospitalized, and it is basic ground treatment for treating acute mental illness. Having a consistent routine daily written out and planned for the week. Spontaneity will throw itself in there, on it's own accord, but generally, with depression and anxiety, we generally don't like surprises all the time, especiallly when stress is involved. Think of how you feel when you have a really, really bad flu, meaning we don't want to deal with anything big and horrendous and, definitely, don't feel very socialable. Also, it is a good idea to socialize even when you don't feel like it, but just keep it small...not an all day event and not with a lot of people, unless you are a rare one who really thrives in being in a crowd. Unlike flu though, move around every once in awhile throughout the day and stretch out your arms and legs in open wide movements, because we like to curl in. Most definitely, there is a mind - body connection with anxiety and depression.. Make that a routine like in the morning and in the evening, and I am not talking exercise program. Even 1 minute or just stretching legs and arms out wide and stretching outward like you are tryng to embrace a big sky will help.
There are a lot of things that you can do and can be done that are really simple, including saying I and life is hopeful, even f you don't believe it and can't get in touch with it. Depression and anxiety are breeding grounds for negativity and self defeating thoughts and statements. It is the nature of the condition to make you see and feel things that way. You will also find that there will be moments when you have light moments that break through when the depression is acute, even fleeting, it wsa reassurance for me that I am not always going to feel so down.
It sounds like this is the first time you are profoundly affected by your depression, enough to seek help and get it addressed. It is a struggle, and with depression, there are days when even that stetement seems like a gross understatement. Especially, when it is your own self that you have to deal with, and you feel and think like nothing will work or everything is such a chore, so why bother. Add anxiety into it and other things, and being overwhelmed takes on even more dimensions.
With depression or anxiety, it helps to start the day with self talk, even if the conditions are so overwhelming and the self talk seems like a stupid, fake exercise you don't believe in. Just say, today I will remind myself that I am going to be okay, and it will get better. The other thing is to get up from bed and do something simple like get a glass of water or look out the window or whatever. Have a daily routine with simple tasks throughout the day. Include nap time or rest periods with time limits. Basically, that's what I got taught when I was hospitalized, and it is basic ground treatment for treating acute mental illness. Having a consistent routine daily written out and planned for the week. Spontaneity will throw itself in there, on it's own accord, but generally, with depression and anxiety, we generally don't like surprises all the time, especiallly when stress is involved. Think of how you feel when you have a really, really bad flu, meaning we don't want to deal with anything big and horrendous and, definitely, don't feel very socialable. Also, it is a good idea to socialize even when you don't feel like it, but just keep it small...not an all day event and not with a lot of people, unless you are a rare one who really thrives in being in a crowd. Unlike flu though, move around every once in awhile throughout the day and stretch out your arms and legs in open wide movements, because we like to curl in. Most definitely, there is a mind - body connection with anxiety and depression.. Make that a routine like in the morning and in the evening, and I am not talking exercise program. Even 1 minute or just stretching legs and arms out wide and stretching outward like you are tryng to embrace a big sky will help.
There are a lot of things that you can do and can be done that are really simple, including saying I and life is hopeful, even f you don't believe it and can't get in touch with it. Depression and anxiety are breeding grounds for negativity and self defeating thoughts and statements. It is the nature of the condition to make you see and feel things that way. You will also find that there will be moments when you have light moments that break through when the depression is acute, even fleeting, it wsa reassurance for me that I am not always going to feel so down.
my mom and grandmom had that depression is a chemical imbalance in the brain antidepressants levels that imbalance many people with depression seek help from a counsellor and it does help dont worry thngs will get better take one step at a time in your life look more to the good things in your life and another thing that helps best of all is prayer
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