I have fallen very depressed lately. Actually I thik i have beed depressed for a while, it has just gotten worse what with all this crap going on. I can't get myself to get up and move, to do any workouts t all./ I'm lucky to get the laundry done. How can I overcome this and find the motivation to get up of my butt??

If you're that depressed, I suggest you go see a doctor. Sure, exercising helps and yes you should KEEP exercising even if you feel depressed. How many days a week do you exercise? How long do you exercise for? For myself I do NOT do laundry on an exercise day. That just drains me.

I agree. Go see a doctor.

I suffered from post-partum depression for a little while after Sarah was born. I felt the same way. Didn't care about anything. It affected every area of my life. I was completely unmotivated. I couldn't stand to have my husband touch me and I just cried all the time. I took Zoloft for just 6 months and it helped me tremendously. It doesn't cure depression, but it made me feel better both physically and emotionally so I could work on what was wrong. I knew what triggered my depression for me, which was going back to work after the baby was born. In my case, I was able to work through all of that with prayer. But sometimes counseling might be necessary.

The thing is my husband ias all about not taking drugs to mask the symptoms, but treating the cause. So I don['t know what to do... What happened after you came off the zoloft? did it return? I don't want to be chronically depressed and if I could figure out how to get over it I really would...I hate this...

I took medications for three years to treat bipolar disorder. While it's true that the medications did :quote: mask my symptoms :quote: , it was only with the meds that I could find the cause. Secular psychologists and psychiatrists told me that I would be on the medications for life - bipolar is forever. But while on medications I was stable enough to dedicate my life to God and ask Him to remove the torment. 20 months later, I stopped taking the medication with the blessing of my doctors.

No, I don't recommend medications lightly. But, don't be opposed to them simply because you think they may not treat the problem. You may need the shooting to stop long enough to find out where it's coming from.

I totally agree with Basil on that. Too many people mask their discomfort with drugs and I think it's because they don't understand that anti-depressants DO NOT cure depression. All they do is alter your brain chemicals so that you actually feel normal. Once you feel normal you MUST tackle what caused the depression. Most people I know can actually pinpoint the moment the depression began. Sometimes it's an event. I know for me, I was driving back to work after dropping my 8 week-old baby off at daycare. It was like a switch went off in my head. It was only after praying and talking with my husband about it...ALOT...that the depression lifted.

I took myself off the Zoloft. I just tapered down. Doctors can have you on it for a year. I felt better and just stopped it myself. No, the depression did not come back because I took care of what caused it.

Go to the doctor, both of you. Then String, talk to the doctor alone too. Explain how you're feeling. Express your concerns. Zoloft is really very mild. And there are different doses. It sometimes takes a little while to get it right, but it's so worth it. It made all the difference in the world to me.

I do't know which doctor to go to. since I've been married and livign here all I've needed was an OBGYN and so I don't even have a general practitioner. Do I just go to one of those??

My GP prescribed me an anti-depressant when my psychologist recommended it.

Best bet, ask your OBGYN to recommend someone. They'll know some about it, based on post-partum kinda stuff.

Mine was prescribed by my OB/GYN. I think that's your best bet too.

Meds aren't always the answer but they can sometimes help you find it.

Think about it like a fire. There is a ruptured gas line that is feeding the fire. (Fire is depression) the house is all a blaze, you need to put water on the fire (anti depressants, treatment whatever) so that you can find the valve to kill the gas (root of the depression) feeding the fire.

The water isn't the cure to the fire it just supresses it so that you can get to the shutoff.

Same with my weight issue and my surgery. Cutting me open didn't cure me of being fat. It is helping supress my former lifestyle so that I can slowly make the changes to live a healthy life for the rest of mine. But if I dont' make it to the gas main and close the valve the fire (in my case my weight issue ) is just gonna come back with a vengence.

That's a real good analogy, bro. I'm gonna license it for my own use... B)

I like parables and analogies.

One I used to use all the time was for a document mangement program we had at the law firm. People couldn't find their docs, and it was becasue they were searching too many fields at once, and one of the fields (usually date were wrong). I'd explain it can find an orange, and it can find an elephant, but it can't find an orange elephant, and especially one named humphrey.... (nice argument for boleen searches too....)

I don't know what you just said, but I have a can named Humphrey--Actually its Mr. Humphries--but I call him Humphrey...

boolean or baleen?

Most of the time I can understand the creative spelling but this time I want to make sure I got it right... Sorry, bro...

Why would you name a can?


:rolf:

Dang it that's the second time in a week that I tried to type cat and put can and was called on it!!!!

I think you want to put your cat in a can...

Canned cat for sale?