Prayer ping.
Sounds like you need some prayers.
I don’t know much at all about on-line docs. Sorry I can’t help more!
I was chronically depressed, for 20 years. When my husband got fibromyalgia, I really starting researching solutions, as the medical community were completely inept. I found a study out of London, that showed FM was a symptom of chronic magnesium deficiency. So, I started him on high doses and boom...FM is gone. I started taking it at the same time and I never looked back on depression. That was 13+ years ago. You need to take 600-800mg/DAY split in 200 mg increments. Each capsule or tablet is about 100 mg.
You should avoid any form with Oxide in it as it’s very unabsorbable. The best forms are glycinate and malate.
Just believe what you like to believe.
You can curl up in a ball and let the bastards win. Or you can realize when you open your eyes and look around, you are still alive and are capable of feeling. Realize that as long as you are alive you can get up, cope and prosper. Otherwise you let the bastards, who delight in your current state win. Don’t let the bastards win. Show you loved ones how its done and at least leave them a fighting legacy.
I’ve dealt with depression before, too. Meds might be a short-term solution. But if your depression is tied to the election, the best thing to do is turn off the tv/radio/computer & go find something enjoyable to do. Read a book. Take up a new hobby. Volunteer. When you’re helping others, you see that your troubles are not so great.
That being said, we’re all pretty depressed about this mess.
On a serious note, if you can pin it down to the election, I don’t think it’s clinical depression. Fear, anxiety, anger....a feeling of helplessness...any number of other things.
Every county has a community mental health service. Contact them.
You don’t need an online doctor, you need to be evaluated and treated professionally and in person.
If you broke your arm, you wouldn’t be looking for an online doctor. This is no different, and needs to be treated as any other illness or injury.
Please keep us informed as to your progress.
Have you had your thyroid tested? I have a hypo-active thyroid and stopped taking the meds and went into dark thoughts. Started up on the meds again and feel much better.
Just need a blood draw to test.
If it started 11/4...
It may spontaneously resolve on 1/6
Hmmmm....making a list as I did made me think that a lot of us may be going through a grieving process..Depression would fit in their somewhere.
Please seek urgent professional help. Everyone feels low every now and then, but when it doesn’t go away or gets more intense it is always advisable to seek professional assistance. Depression can be a very dangerous thing. Please call whatever health network you have in your city to see who you can go and talk to/meet. Please.
Meditate, go for long walks/hike, take some Epsom salt baths, read uplifting stories, listen to upbeat music, watch some good movies, don't isolate, and look into a new hobby.
Instead of reading/watching news:
Audit a course on Coursera, write short stories, paint, draw, DIY project,...
Your not alone!! I’m sure most of the 74 million that voted for Trump feel cheated and robbed and no one wants to hear our case.
Get a hobby and push yourself away from all forms of media and internet for hours at first and then a day or two after that
Definitely confer with a doc and tell everything. They work the best when you don’t buck them. It’s a good moral exercise anyway.
It may take awhile to get an appointment. In the meantime, along with the other suggestions here, I consider light. Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, is a real thing. Do some research and find out the best color temperature for the light; I find that LED shop style strip lights help my mood, and they’re cheap.
Just more suggestions; YMMV.
One thing you need to do is every single morning, think of ten things you are thankful for. You must do it every day. As you do it, FEEL it. You want to internalize your gratitude.
Read Philippians 4:8
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
I understand being in that state of mind.
Although the only drug I took was Coors Lite and some fine Irish whiskey.
Did that a few times and found it didn’t help or change a thing.
Antidepressants can take up to 30 days before a full effect is noticed.
I know a medication seems logical because what else can bring you from this place?
I see you’re in Alabama.......so bad winter weather is not so much a factor. Which is good. Also, to my knowledge Alabama is not a lockdown state, that’s good too.
When I retired from Detroit EMS I didn’t go to debriefing........the department had a shrink that would ask what runs you recall the most and do you think about them a lot.......I’ve been on thousands of runs.......although some do stick out.
I figured it was a waste of time. I guess I’ll never know.
For about 2 years I had nightmares. I slept poorly and would awaken drenched in sweat......a couple of the nightmares were the same situation.........children not breathing, dispatch gave us an address we couldn’t find or they gave us the wrong address.........while children were not breathing.......and the clock keeps ticking. It was awful.
Almost the very first week I retired, this horrible guilt set in. I felt that because I’m gone people will die. I thought that all of the people I could be rescuing will suffer or die. I needed to be there.
Then I had guilt because I lived. I’ve had coworkers die from all kinds of work hazards.......accidents, roll overs, assault, shootings, stabbings and suicide. Some just went insane. Began using drugs, prescription mostly.
What did I do?
I forced myself to shave and shower everyday.
I set times as if I had to be at work so I was committed to shaving, and everyday wearing clean cloths.
It became a routine like it use to be.
Then I found places to go where there are people. Shopping malls, sporting goods stores, casinos.
I would people watch, but found I was still lonely as most people I knew were at work, or wouldn’t understand the ghetto I dedicated and risked my life for.
So, now I’m waking up, getting ready to go, leaving to go somewhere, but now I needed to speak to people. Real people. Internet friends are great and helpful, but real live people are needed.
So I’m a nondenominational Christian, although raised a very strict Catholic. So really Church wasn’t a place for me.
So I went to shooting ranges......there I could spend the whole day. Did a little shooting, but lots of conversation about guns and politics.
I don’t know your age, or health, but my wife brought home a puppy one day. A German Shepherd. My wife credits the pup, named Maggie with helping save my life.
I had to train her, go outside everyday, take her for walks, and even got Maggie into a dog social club LOL. Owners would let the dogs socialize while they bragged about their dogs.
Maggie will be 9 in Feb. Today her brother Duke is 7, (Same breeding pair different litters) and next month their niece Bessie will be 3.......LMAO.
started with just one!
I guess what I’m saying is to start with your basic care and don’t cut corners. Push yourself. Keep adding to the list of things to do or places to go.
Stop reading bad news too! Get away from the turmoil we’re going through. Stay informed, but don’t spends hours and hours with stolen election, and COVID. We need you well. Turmoil and problems in the world will still be here. But you are on a mission. Get yourself well. Then get back into the arena.
Finally, pray. Pray often.
Peace.
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Just sip it, don't drown in it.
This is one of the smoothest blended Scotch Whiskeys and if you like the mellow taste of Scotch, you will not want medications.
Don't drive, don't over do it.
Cannibis edibles. 5-10 mg. Or CBD if you want more mild