Depression
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Current topics:

• - "Pull yourself together!": Have you been told this? How to react?
  How do you deal with people who tell you to "pull yourself together"? I always get hurt and frustrated. I can't seem to explain well enough to people around me, that depression is a disease - I can't
• - ADHD: What is your experience?
  Hi anyone here suffer with adhd, add?
• - Mental health and the Christmas season: How do you cope?
  Hello everyone, How are you doing? Now that the Christmas season is soon upon us, I thought I'd open this discussion for us to talk about mental health during this period. While for many the holida

Current topics:

• - Working from home: How do you manage your anxiety and depression?
  I really struggle some morning's and can't face the office today.  My workload is really small at the moment and I spent 60% of my day trying to find something to do/ being anxious that everyone thi
• - Do you like your therapist?
  just wondering.Thinking of changing mine... as I don't feel it has been working for me lately.How can I find THE ONE that will really help me get through this?
• - What are some ways to manage depression without medication?
  I'm going through a bad period of depression right now, but I have a number of other health issues and I don't want to add yet another medication to the list of things I take. Does anyone have any ide

Current topics:

• - My Boyfriend is pushing me away, because of his depression.
  Hello, I’m in real need of advice. I’m in a new relationship with someone who I absolutely adore. We just clicked. He has a baby with an ex who makes things difficult for him, he wants nothing but
• - Depression and sex drive
  Hello, Many people report that their sex drive plummets when they are feeling depressed or because of the medication they are taking. Has depression had an impact on your intimate life? How did you co
• - Are you worried about the Coronavirus?
  Is anyone here worried about catching this awful virus? I am freaking out as I am 60 a smoker, and have underlying health issues, I am terrified of suffocating to death and have started to stay indoor

Current topics:

• - Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT): Thoughts, experiences, advice
  Hi all,  I am new here, having been advised by my therapist to look for online support groups as a forward plan to keeping myself well and this is the first I came across.  After 6 weeks of CBT I ha
• - Do you know of any alternative methods for improving anxiety?
  How’s everyone doing? I hop everyone is well. Been awhile since I’ve been on here. I was wondering if any one had ideas as to how to help improve anxiety? I'd like to not have to add another medic

Current topics:

• - Amitriptyline for depression: Have you had any side effects? Does it help your depression?
   I have been taking amitriptylines for almost 7 months, and I find it very tiring. I am constantly exhausted, and I have read on many forums about this type of inconvenience with taking it. It is a
• - What treatments have you tried for depression? What works for you?
  Hello everyone,How is your depression treated? And which medicine works the best? Unfortunately there can be many side-effects when taking these meds, what are your experiences? All the best,Marina
• - Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) for depression
  The American psychiatrist Thomas Szasz wrote "electricity as a form of treatments based on force and fraud and justified by "medical necessity "the cost of this functionalization runs high. It require