Year help: I am clinically depressed and my symptoms are getting worse. - Help.com

well…
i don’t know what to say about your medicine.
if i were you, i’d get off of it.
i know they say it helps, but i have problems trusting medicines.
that’s just me, though.
what i think you should do, is cut off connections with the mean guy.
i also think you should start exercising and going outside and such.
even if you don’t need it…
the outdoors makes people feel happy.
if you can support a cat or a dog, i think you should get one.
they’re very helpful when you’re feeling sad.
but i want you to remember something:
the world is a great place, even when everything sucks for you, or your life is going wrong. lots of things are tough, but you have to keep pushing and trying and reaching for the light in life. never, ever give up. the simplest things can make you happy. and you must remember that not everything requires you to get upset. sometimes you just need to sit down, take a few minutes, and tell yourself, “i am going to worry about this for fifteen minutes, and then when that fifteen minutes is up, it is going to be blown over my shoulder and it won’t matter anymore.” just blow the bad things off. and keep a smile on your face. if you just smile, the world will be better for you.

and as for the cutting…you shouldn’t hurt yourself. you shouldn’t inflict pain on yourself at all. for some people, it’s a vital way of letting their anger and sadness out, others, it’s attention. if it’s your way of coping, try sucking on ice. it burns and hurts but it’s not bad for you. it won’t hurt you, but i really think you should stop. you have no reason to hurt yourself anyway.

Run to Jesus

I just got off of my prozac and hate my life intensely. I think the best thing to do is go back to your psychiatrist if you can afford it cause I can’t. tell him what’s going on. sometimes certain medications are really right. If you are still self mutilating and feeling depressed than the Lexapro has got to go. If you get off of you medication even that requires a doctor cause I really really really want to die right now. so bad.

I am clinically depressed and on medication which has really helped….but essentially you must stay hoping it will get better. its the only thing that got me through my lowest point. life is constantly changing. you dont no where you will be or how you will feel next year. dont give up. we only have one life and its a gift. i remember thinking i was wasting this gift which made me feel even worse but you cant waste life as long as your alive. I know i’m rambling…just please keep the bigger picture in mind…you have so much things yet to experience, people to meet, places to go, mistakes to make. just know it will get better! take it from someone who has been there. nothing is forever

OK… here’s the deal… lexapro is an SSRI - an antidepressant that maintains the processing of seratonin in your brain. The imbalance of seratonin in our brain has been proven to be the partial cause of depression. It is dangerous to go cold turkey on ANY SSRI - suicidal nosedives have been know to happen. DO NOT stop your meds without a psychologists or counsels supervision.

Bodies change however… tolerance to medicines build. That is why you should visit your therapist again, and make sure you are on the right dose / right meds.

Bright blessings ~Richard