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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 464809" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I was so depressed at times as a teen that sometimes I couldn't function. It would go in cycles and last for a year...ages 13, 15 (really bad depression) and then I would pull out of it a LITTLE bit (but still be kind of deprssed with high anxiety) and had another episode at nineteen. I can tell you what it was like for me and what happened.</p><p></p><p>1/When depressed, I did not want to go out or do anything. I felt as if I would feel this way forever and had tons of anxiety too. I did not want to socialize. I could barely fake a smile. It was like I was frozen in the unrelenting deprssion. I did not/could not care about school or homework nor could I concentrate. Many people don't know this, but clinical depression messes with your attention span. I'm a book lover, but while depressed I could not even read one chapter. I spent a lot of time in my room. I was aggitated, easily irritated and would rage or lash out if too much was expected of me because I did not have the mental energy to give to anybody. Then I'd snap out of my depression just like THAT. But it wouldn't last and was very rarely 100% gone. Still it would be better for a while.</p><p></p><p>2/I deliberately did not drink or do drugs because I knew I was messed up and did not want to make it worse and I felt that any substances would make me worse. To this day, I've never been drunk. However, to cheer myself up, I didn't mind getting into a bit of mischief with friends who DID do drugs, have sex, etc. And since I had access to a car, I was sometimes the only way that they could get to their mischief. Kind of a passive-aggressive rebellion against my dark mood. Excitement was a temporary high without drugs.</p><p></p><p>Everyone with depression is different. I desperately wanted to get well and tried therapy early with disappointing results and bad therapists so they did not help. But I think therapists CAN be better now, especially those with cognitive behavioral therapy.</p><p></p><p>In spite of thinking about suicide a lot, I never attempted it. I did not end up in trouble. I did have a lot of trouble with interpersonal relationships as I grew up and had significant trouble holding a job. The depressions did not go away completely until I found the right medication. </p><p></p><p>I don't know if this helped, but this is what it was like for me. In fact, I was depressed (but not as bad) all of my life. As a child this manifested in a lot of crying, phobias, and poor grades. Everything hit the fan at thirteen.</p><p></p><p> I was eventually diagnosed with bipolar II, which has been changed to mood dysregulation disorder. I live a normal, happy life with a great family. I still have a slight tendency to think "the glass is half empty." But it's manageable. I never ever skip my medication. It is like a diabetic's insulin to me. I have tried life without medications and that is when I would go way out of control and was in danger of suicide.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 464809, member: 1550"] I was so depressed at times as a teen that sometimes I couldn't function. It would go in cycles and last for a year...ages 13, 15 (really bad depression) and then I would pull out of it a LITTLE bit (but still be kind of deprssed with high anxiety) and had another episode at nineteen. I can tell you what it was like for me and what happened. 1/When depressed, I did not want to go out or do anything. I felt as if I would feel this way forever and had tons of anxiety too. I did not want to socialize. I could barely fake a smile. It was like I was frozen in the unrelenting deprssion. I did not/could not care about school or homework nor could I concentrate. Many people don't know this, but clinical depression messes with your attention span. I'm a book lover, but while depressed I could not even read one chapter. I spent a lot of time in my room. I was aggitated, easily irritated and would rage or lash out if too much was expected of me because I did not have the mental energy to give to anybody. Then I'd snap out of my depression just like THAT. But it wouldn't last and was very rarely 100% gone. Still it would be better for a while. 2/I deliberately did not drink or do drugs because I knew I was messed up and did not want to make it worse and I felt that any substances would make me worse. To this day, I've never been drunk. However, to cheer myself up, I didn't mind getting into a bit of mischief with friends who DID do drugs, have sex, etc. And since I had access to a car, I was sometimes the only way that they could get to their mischief. Kind of a passive-aggressive rebellion against my dark mood. Excitement was a temporary high without drugs. Everyone with depression is different. I desperately wanted to get well and tried therapy early with disappointing results and bad therapists so they did not help. But I think therapists CAN be better now, especially those with cognitive behavioral therapy. In spite of thinking about suicide a lot, I never attempted it. I did not end up in trouble. I did have a lot of trouble with interpersonal relationships as I grew up and had significant trouble holding a job. The depressions did not go away completely until I found the right medication. I don't know if this helped, but this is what it was like for me. In fact, I was depressed (but not as bad) all of my life. As a child this manifested in a lot of crying, phobias, and poor grades. Everything hit the fan at thirteen. I was eventually diagnosed with bipolar II, which has been changed to mood dysregulation disorder. I live a normal, happy life with a great family. I still have a slight tendency to think "the glass is half empty." But it's manageable. I never ever skip my medication. It is like a diabetic's insulin to me. I have tried life without medications and that is when I would go way out of control and was in danger of suicide. [/QUOTE]
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