Hello! I will tell you my story, which is not very cheerful, but you are used to reading in this section such things :) For about 5-6 years I have a problem with recurrent depression. Some people develop it after some dramatic moment in their lives, but I have the feeling that it is genetically set. It just comes out of nowhere. I lead a very quiet life, for others I may not lead any meaningful life. I go to work, I go home, I have some hobbies and interests, but I am changeable and I quickly forget them. Depressive states are usually most pronounced in winter and last for several months to half a year. There is some cyclicality perhaps, so I am talking about such specific periods. I went to the doctor and they told me that this is normal for people with such a problem - in winter the symptoms appear in most.
The problem is, that in recent years every year - late autumn or early winter the problem is getting bigger. This condition prevents me from thinking soberly and I did some nonsense. For starters, I quit my job! I thought that the workload affected me badly. I thought there was something my job didn't give me, but I was wrong. I didn't think of becoming a loafer! I started another job without thinking much about it and the problem became even bigger because my current job did not bring me what I wanted, on the contrary. I think I failed even more. First the lower pay, then the lack of social contacts at work, the lack of people close to me, and most of all the balance of what I created because of my confused head. I had a good income, and now I have to start all over again. In addition to the causeless depression, I am now very disappointed in myself. Along with depression, another problem arose about a year ago. Various obsessive thoughts began to pop into my head. This provokes great anxiety in me at times. This is the most tiring thing, believe me! I constantly check everything about 10 times to see if it's turned off before I go out. I must be acting strange to others and I'm always late. I check once, take three steps and say to myself "oh I must have imagined that I looked .. to come back to see her again!" or "I'm not well, and maybe when I went to check I may have inadvertently included something." I will not tell you about the doors :( I am constantly under pressure for no objective reason. I have become terribly self-critical of myself, I do not tolerate any mistakes.
I am softer to other people's mistakes, but not to myself. Even things that most people don't pay attention to, I see as a serious failure. What's worse is that when I think of a loved one I love very much. Then various obsessions begin to invade my head - bad things that I would not wish on my worst enemy. This is the worst! When I have to wish someone dear to me something nice or just say goodbye to him, all sorts of oaths invade my head, which I try to fight against but I can't! I'm afraid of developing any serious mental illness. Although a qualified person has not diagnosed me with the latter, I appear to have developed some kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Some time ago I went to a psychiatrist. At that time, these obsessions had not deepened and I did not share this with the doctor. He prescribed me a new antidepressant and I have been taking it for more than 2 years. I haven't stopped. In the meantime, I had problems and increased my dose. I have a feeling that depression is not improving. I keep spinning in the same circle. Only my sleep improved. I even have the feeling that this obsessive-compulsive disorder came after I started taking an antidepressant.
Depression made me emotionally inert. I do not have a civil position and I do not care what is happening in the world around me. I only care about my family is well! I have no friends, I have no desire to go anywhere. I constantly feel tired, very small things make me happy, but for a moment. Now I have ruined my years of work. Not many, but for my age, I think I had achieved something. I have not had and it seems I will not have a social life. For a family absurd. Has anyone been in a similar situation and got out of it? Is it possible that the drugs have aggravated my condition? What would you advise me, because I am desperate: (((M32
1 tightandnaughtygrl answered
Young man, I fully understand you and I sincerely sympathize with you! You make a big mistake by going to a psychiatrist for help, you have realized that the situation is getting worse instead of getting better. And I made that mistake, and after my visit to a psychiatrist I became a rag. They prescribe drugs so strong that they are crushed. Doctors have told you that winter provokes depression, and did they explain why? Depression strikes us when the hormones of happiness become deficient in our body, especially the hormone Serotonin. Sunlight catalyzes the production of this hormone, so it becomes insufficient in winter because we do not stay in the sun. I'll be brief, go to a neurologist (not a psychiatrist) and ask him if you can use the mild antidepressant Dianxit. It is known as the pink pill of happiness,