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hello! anyone up to exchange their exp? :)

hiya! im livi and i just joined. i got diagnosed with atypical recurring depression a year and a half ago, have been on strong meds since then and have had to stay at a MH clinic a couple months ago. ive actually had this depression for my most of my life without knowing as i was more occupied with my awful home life.

...well this sounds very, well, depressing.
im not doing FANTASTIC per say, but im okay at the moment.

what i wanted to ask was, is anyone willing to tell me their experiences of how they deal with longtime depression? i mean, how you guys cope, what you do when it gets worse or maybe what you do so it doesnt?

and really, im just looking for some folks to openly talk to about this kind of stuff and maybe, though it may sound pathetic, a couple of buddies i can be open with about this and regularly talk to.

i uhm, hope some one replies. xxx
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Sorry about my english
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I keep have been mildly depressed to start with and was put on strong meds  which only worsened it over the last 3 years.  
I have been coping up al these year by  keeping myself occupied and 15 mimities walking and workout at gym on a regular basis although I don't have the motivation I push myself to maintain this routine which has really helped. Whenever I feel hopeless and feel suicidal I would tell myself that this is not a real feeling and it is going to be there not forever and it is only a transient temporary thing. And it goes away.
I have gradually tailed off all Meds except sleep tablets over the last 2 months and now experimenting on a device called tdcs which is not Fda approved but it works for me without the side effects of medicine and I feel happier than  when I was on meds .
I have ordered a European approved device calle tvns for depression and hope that would work better
I'm the future planning to try. RTms and or vns
So there are good safe tolerable effective treatments are out there to help you to go into complete remission. Have you tried any of these latest treatment ?
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