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Kicking depression's ass
Going through a rough patch right now, and a remarkable wave of depression threatens to overwhelm. It's not going to get me, though. I don't know how, exactly, but I'm going to outrun this thing. Small comforts, exercise, projects, remembering to eat, hugs from the kids, raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. And if all that fails, I've still got my therapist appointment later this week.
How do you kick depression's ass?
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Permalink Reply by mightyninjamom on -
I'm fairly analytical, so sometimes I can dissect what's going on - is the source external or internal? That tends to help me figure out a coping strategy as well. If it's a matter of my brain chemistry just being screwy, I take herbs. If it's something going on in my life, I have to address it. Well, after I wallow for a bit! I hit up the herbs and remedies. I actually tell AlphaGeek that I'm in a 'snit' and need extra attention. Since I don't pull that card out too often, he is too happy to oblige. And I must say, regular sex tends to not hurt things, either.
I don't tend to run for the anti-depressants because of my propensity to suffer from horrible side effects from, well, pretty much every medication I've ever taken, with a special emphasis on chest pain, nausea and vomiting.
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Permalink Reply by The Oracle on -
I'm still at a loss for how to get through it. I usually just need to ride it out. Exercise helps.
I'll tell you what *doesn't* help one iota, though: having random strangers on the street (or, hell, people I love) admonish me to "Cheer up!" My God, I hate that.
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Permalink Reply by Kiwi on -
The Oracle said:I'll tell you what *doesn't* help one iota, though: having random strangers on the street (or, hell, people I love) admonish me to "Cheer up!" My God, I hate that.
It does for a moment make me stop feeling depressed by making me feel all stabby.
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Permalink Reply by kanachick on -
Music really helps me. Motown is especially helpful or songs from teenland - stuff that reminds me of being silly and not having real responsibilities. I'm really into the crazy kitchen dance party with the kids to shake them out of their down moments too. It seems to work well for us.
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Permalink Reply by hermit crab on -
My favorite short-term emotional lift is the very hot shower. I've discovered as long as you reduce the shower flow to a large trickle, you can usually keep the hot water going for as long as necessary.
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Permalink Reply by Jeanette on -
A great big B vitamin, three fish oil a day and vitamin D. Works better for me than any anti-depressant I've ever taken.
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Permalink Reply by kommishoner on -
Tits and whiskey.
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Permalink Reply by The Oracle on
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My kingdom for a Like button.
kommishoner said:Tits and whiskey.
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Permalink Reply by Floor Pie on -
LOL!
The Oracle said:My kingdom for a Like button.
kommishoner said:Tits and whiskey.
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Permalink Reply by Kiwi on
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It depends on how much time I have.
If I've got a couple of days I will pack a bag and do an overnight at my friends house on the river. Staying out late listening to good music and sleeping in a quiet child free house helps me to recenter.
If I've got an afternoon I'll get a pedicure and then camp out at a coffee house with a book and my ipod.
If I've only got an hour I'll have a sequester myself in the bedroom put Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp Minor on repeat and enjoy a combination of my lelo lily and aromatherapy candles.
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Permalink Reply by MamatothaMax on -
For the long term Prozac weekly. For the short, I love a good shower and/or a nap. It doesn't even need to involve sleeping just stretching out in bed for twenty minutes sometimes allows me to clear my head. Sometimes it does the opposite and I dwell on stuff. It depends on what stage of the valley I'm at. At the bottom it's tough anyway. I can function but barely. That's where the Prozac comes in. I'm lucky (really not) that my bipolar is Bipolar 2 which tends towards the depressive. My manic days are few and far between enough that I don't need a mood stabilizer to counter the Prozac.
Someone telling me to Cheer up would bring swift death by stink eye. Also the "Oh I know how you feel, I was really sad one time" get me stabby but only on the worst of the bad chemical days. Those days I forget that someone is trying to relate or can't think or doesn't know the right thing to say.
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Permalink Reply by MamatothaMax on
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Yes sex helps a lot. Sometimes I'll initiate not because I'm in the mood but because my brain needs a break. Usually the depressed part shuts off for a while and all those lovely endorphins make me feel better. Sometimes (not often) it's enough to head off a dip if I feel it coming.
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