Depression: How To Deal

[lagingumaasa]

Minsan hindi nadadaan sa usap usap... kailangan ng gamot talaga.

[K E L S Y - G R E Y]

Im under a depression pa rin

but thankfully pa unti unti nababawasan sea sobrang hirap tlga..

But good company.. Supportive family and prayers rili helps a lot..

Sna i can fully recover na dont wanna go into meds...

[Simple Larry]

You can go see a Psychologist ,Local Priest or Pastor or Talk to your friends & loved ones

[Edmund Dantes]

Some tips I learned

 

1. Grieve! Its healthy, but dont unnecessarily prolong it.

 

2. Time is your friend only when you use it. If you let time use you, it becomes your prison.

 

3. Have a mindset that after the pain comes wisdom and strength, so its good to embrace pain from time to time. But do not nurture the pain, nurture the strength and wisdom

 

4. Most of all, Dont be afraid to seek professional help if you feel the need to.

 

 

Ang depression kasi, pwedeng clinical na yung condition. Ibig sabihin tulad ng ibang sakit sa laman na malubha hindi mo yan basta basta malulunasan ng mga pep talk tulad ng, "kapit ka lang kasi kay Lord". No offense to religious people here. If you find comfort in religion thats ok. But what I am trying to say is that this can be a real clinical condition that requires a technical remedy ng maayos.

 

Ang naiinis kasi ako, whenever I say sa mga tao dyan na I wanna see a doctor or seek professional help, ang stigma kaagad baliw na ako . O kaya kulang sa pananalig kay lord . Hindi nila makuha na kung inaatake ka ng kumplikasyon sa diabetes, hindi naman yan masusulusyunan ng pagrorosaryo o bible study.

 

For me, seeing a doctor and attending support group meetings really helped me a lot. Yan ang kelangan natin siguro sa pinas. Mga support groups

[tog]

ano ba mga signs ng depression?

[Edmund Dantes]

ano ba mga signs ng depression?

 

May mga tests sa internet kung gusto mo magself diagnose muna. Its questionaire form but to name a few symptoms for heavy depression

 

1. Anxiety and panic attacks

2. Restlessness

3. insomnia or pwede ring hypersomnia

4. syempre andun din yung walang gana kumain

 

Basically, you are so sad, you can not even get up and do anything. As in wala kang gana sa lahat.

 

Ang mahirap sakin, depression hit me at a time when malayo ako sa mga kaibigan at pamilya. Tapos ang lamig lamig pa. Pano naman yun? Pero if you take small steps everyday to better yourself, and not give up, you will see that no matter how tragic your experience may get it can always get better for you.

[Edmund Dantes]

I probably will get plenty of thumbs down for saying this but I will say it anyway. I notice most people here say "prayers prayers prayers".

 

I have nothing against people who somehow find peace and serenity in religion, but what most people do not understand is that Depression can be considered clinical. Meaning to say you have to treat it like any other disease out there that requires expert and technical diagnosis. So telling a person who may be suffering from clinical depression with things like "Kapit ka lang kay Lord", "Tibayan mo pananampalataya mo sa dyos", "Sama ka sa bible study namin" etc, wont help the person much. Because the person needs a doctor not a pastor. He may also need to have a brainscan. In my case noon, the grey matter in my amygdala was found to be eroding. Kahit kasi ilang beses ka mag rosaryo kung kelangan na ng tao operasyon, kelangan dalhin mo sa ospital.

[Number35]

Yes, I think alot of people don't know depression, and they treat it like it's something nalilipas din parang depress that nag break ng partner, siguro dahil hinde rin masyadong pinapansin ung depression sa pinas unlike sa states. Dito more or less, inuman or good talk lang madalas okay na ung iniisip nila.

[Edmund Dantes]

Sorry to hear that sir, irreversible kapag may damage sa brain eh, pero ang goal is to be functional. Personal experience ko may church member kami na diagnosed na bipolar 2, una puro kami pray, go to church, ask a pastor...he wouldn't even try those things pero may kilala din po ako na after nya mag church and counseling nawala yung depressed state po niya despite being in a psych ward and taking those meds. Nakatulong yung church po. Siguro yun coupled with theraphy. May na interview din po kasi ako na psychologist who came across a study na galing sa India, according to the study majority ng mga cases na pinag aralan nya ng depression ay karaniwan daw ay may "evil spirit" na kasama ang tao kaya associated sa depression. I found it credible kasi hindi taong simbahan ang nagsulat and Hindu pa....yun lang po...

 

I dont know much about "evil spirits" and if there is any scientific approach towards them. But what I do know is that depression is more often caused by a traumatic experience, or inherent disability (again this does not equate insanity). There are certain kinds of depression that can be dealt with pep talks and saturday morning cartoons. But there are some that really require doctors opinion na. If you leave the symptoms unchecked you might worsen the problem.

 

Tama ka, brain damage does not equate insanity or di ka na functional. What I hate sa kultura natin is that if you mention things like this, or say na you need a doctor, people automatically stigmatize you as sira ulo. You don't get stigmatized for being epileptic or diabetic, but when you say you are depressed people either think you are insane or mahina kasi "pananalig mo".

 

In my case kasi, my condition ay typical din sa isang babae na kakatapos manganak. How ironic. I was not really given antidepressants, I was given multivitamins lang and some light medication to aid my sleep. I was also advised to have a regular exercise program which really helped a lot turning my life around. These days, I rely on exercise to help control my mood swings and keep the "down emotions" at bay. Kaya nga pag may ilang araw na di makagym o takbo, thats when I start losing sleep again and start feeling down. My friend who is a church fanatic told me "Excercise and Yoga will not help you, only the love of Christ will"...... I mean thats romantic and all but at the same time also very ignorant.

 

Like I said, there is nothing wrong about practicing religion. Religion helps a person becomes more disciplined but it does not always act on the symptoms. Problem with church fanatics is that they fail to understand that when Jesus said "man shall not live by bread alone" he didnt mean you don't need the bread and just keep reading the bible. Also, you can't cure an illness really by saying "Spirit of depression I rebuke you in the name of Jesus". If we could get anything by simply saying the name of "Jesus" all the time, then we would all be lazier human beings now wont we? She does not even understand why I can't trade my exercise schedules to go to their church. I need to keep positive hormones flowing in my blood stream, because if I don't lahat ng bible study na yan, walang magiging epekto kung sobrang down yun mood ko.

[Edmund Dantes]

Yes, I think alot of people don't know depression, and they treat it like it's something nalilipas din parang depress that nag break ng partner, siguro dahil hinde rin masyadong pinapansin ung depression sa pinas unlike sa states. Dito more or less, inuman or good talk lang madalas okay na ung iniisip nila.

 

So true, masyadong ignorante ang mga tao satin kung ano ba talaga ang depression. Stigmatizing people with depression, anxiety disorder, and mental issues is just as bad as making fun of someone with cerebral palsy. Even worse in a sense because sometimes they are thought of as violent lunatics, eh sinong tao ba naman ang gusto madepress? Kung ako tatanungin, magkaroon na ako ng parkinsons o maputulan ng paa, pero huwag lang talaga yung clinical type of depression. Yung tipong di ka na makakain, di ka na makakilos, di mo matakasan yung hirap kahit sa pagtulog mo.

 

And sakin kasi without proper diagnosis, it can actually make it a lot worse to the point maging out of control na buhay mo. Like how some people deal with their depression with vices (drugs, sex and alcohol). Dito na lang sa mga threads, madaming naga-advice na punta ka ng spakol o MP para mawala depression. Actually hindi naman yan tutulong. Maaliw ka saglit oo, pero hangang di mo inaayos problema na nasa iyo, ubos na pera mo, nahawa ka na kung ano anong sakit, naswindle ka ng ng regular attendant mo depressed ka pa din.

[Edmund Dantes]

Kudos to you sir....ok exercise it releases good anti stress hormones...the good thing is exercise still works for you kasi may kilala akong mga girls na Divalproex sodium, rivotril, seroquel and dormicum na yung katapat ng depression nila. They tried yoga, pole dancing and having a lot of sex pero temporary relief lang sa kanila, I belong to an industry kasi na image matters. Nagbiro lang ako sa isang model who is slim hindi na kumain ng lunch and dinner until after the show....lols.

 

Have you tried also St John's Wort? it has .3 percent hypericin which is actually a folk remedy po in Europe. no studies yet to prove its effectiveness pero it works daw accdg to some users I interviewed. Mas mura pa kaysa sa mga SSRI and other CNS drugs.

 

Salamat ulit sa pag share ng situation mo ser.

 

 

 

 

 

No I have not tried that medication. Nagconsult naman ako ng maayos at nadiagnose properly. I was given medication to relieve the symptoms and yun nga exercise dapat, nakuha naman dun.

 

And no problem, we do what we can to try to make people more aware of what depression is and how it really works. Satin kasi ang mga may clinical depression madalas stigmatize ng kung ano ano. Its just as bad as making fun of people who have physical disabilities

[Edmund Dantes]

Pag may sakit ka po na depression mas lalong lumalala if quick fix lang po...pag orgasm may rush ng dopamine sa brain kaya masarap mag release pero sa taong may condition na iba, di masarap sa kanila, it makes them feel dead po and more sad. Pag depressed din bagsak ang libog aka libido...

 

Tama ito. Hindi talaga pleasurable ang sex sa isang taong may depression. After mo labasan, mas magiging bagsak lalo yung mood mo. Add to that hindi ka din makakafunction ng mabuti. Pansamantala siguro maaliw ka, pero tulad ng alak at drugs, pag wala na yung pleasure andun pa din yun sakit. Yan ay dahil hindi mo inaayos ang totoong diperensya. At ang diperensya ay ikaw mismo. Isa pa, mauubos lang pera mo dyan kakabalik hindi mo naman naayos yung totoong problema

[Guest iyukitakahishi]

Try photography.. Might work for you.

 

It worked for me.

[fixedwing]

iv been through this...wat i did was i spend all my available time with hobbies and when d nyt comes....drinking with buddies.....yeah...

[DyosangLigaw]

Iba ang brain damaged sa clinically depressed... We should stop mixing the two. Clinically depressed may be caused by environmental factors like traumatic experiences.