Isaac Bottom line in my opinion is this - are you frustrated with a bad situation or is it more that the situation is made worse because you can't seem to see the good side of anything?
I know people who swear they are dealing with their depression but they are not, really they are not, and it is painful and depressing to talk to them. These people need meds and are not getting them because of some idea that this would make them somehow a bad or weak person. If it's clinical depression exercise is unlikely to help. Nor is ahem, inhaling, the mistake made by my friend who committed suicide. If it's simply a bad situation the meds may help too but possibly are not needed. In this case, there is plenty of anecdotal and probably also scientific evidence that exercise, starting new things, and the occasional self-indulgence may help a LOT. Since I'm already in this thread and the hell with the serious little men, I may as well mention that I used to have hypothyroidism, a symptom of which is deep depression, and not a damn thing helped until someone figured that out and I got some thyroid hormone. Some years I was also inappropriately diagnosed as depressed by a doctor who perhaps found that easier and less likely to harm his HMO fees than referring me for some labwork to find out what was really going on. While this is another rant, it's worth mentioning that lack of enjoyment can be a symptom of other things than depression and a good checkup may identify something highly curable. Either way, who loves ya, baby :) Let me know if I can help. Dana On 7/21/05, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm gonna ask here because, damnit, I know some of you people. :) > > Plus I hear smart people get depressed a lot... > > Anyway... are there any really good solutions for depression? (Outside > of prosac?) I don't think I'm hormonally imballanced or anything, I > just get fed up occasionally... > > I normally don't ask around for advice on this, preferring to just let > it pass on its own, but for the first time in my memory I'm experience > a "loss of sexual apetite" rather than as is usually the case when I'm > depressed, an increase. It's somewhat disturbing to me... I'd feel > better about letting it pass if I felt like doing something that might > help me feel better (like sex -- but not necessarily... if I felt like > any meditative activity really)... but right now I'm just not feeling > any pull to do anything that might "relax" or "stimulate" me and get > my mind off of ... general dysphoria. > > I'm finding myself spending way too much time playing this: > > http://www.2flashgames.com/f/f-1211.htm > > But that's just feeding the cycle. > > > > s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 > new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > > add features without fixtures with > the onTap open source framework > > http://www.fusiontap.com > http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165859 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
