I'm scared I'll be depressed forever.

Hi April, Nice to meet you and welcome to the group i hope you find it of some use.

I have been though alot recently i am only 24 and had depression well diagnoised on and off 3 times, each time normally tablets helped me.

This time more has happened, my grandad died last nov, my family and friends are getting less and less as not many are understanding, i feel so ill and tired all the time.

Enough about me your question will i ever get better, well yes you well but there is no time frame really everyone is very different.

I have a strong mental health illness history so maybe for me i will never be totally depression free, the docs dont know and i dont know.

Today was awful but i think i see what tomorrow brings, i like a challenge :) 

You take care :) from

Hazel 

Btw at one time i was meds free for around 2 months i think it was, that took alot of time and hard work, then depression hit so i just say you really dont know, depends on life events too and family history, dont let the illness control your life or happiness though and dont let it hold you back if you can. 

Fight it harder each day it trys to knock you down 

Thank you :D I've seen more death than I care to think about which is probably why I'm spending 4 and a half of the most stressful years of my life learning how to take life into the world. 

Perhaps if there was less stigma around depression I wouldn't feel so strange about having it.

Yeah definitely agree with any mental health issues, people always judge. I used to be training as an adult nurse so i also saw death sometimes daily 

If people spoke out more about how they were really feeling then perhaps the stigma of mental illness will vanish. It has come a long way since the days of the asylums.

Learning to recognize the early signs of you starting to feel depressed and acting on it before it becomes a huge black hole can help you immensely . 

If you had to take medication for the heart etc , you would take them ; look at antidepressants in the same way. Using all the tools available to help you have a better outlook on life can only be beneficial can it not?

Look at coping tools; relaxation, music,breathing etc. For me ;along with medication communication was the greatest tool in getting through those horrible dark times. 

You could get yourself through it without medication but don't beat yourself up over it. Don't over think about the future and what it may hold. Admitting your illness and accepting help is the biggest achievement for anyone. Learn to accept and relax with it. 

None of us knows what tomorrow will bring so why worry about so far ahead ?

Little by little , day by day .

You will be fine; honestly.

Good luck in your medication review and I wish you well in your nursing career.

XX

you will get better April it just takes time i have depression on and off for years but never give up we are all here for you...
even if you want to private message any of us i am sure we are more than willing to help...


Best wishes;

D

You will get better .!!!!!!!  Take it one day at a time .you are not alone.

After living with Depression off and on for 40 years, I was cured in just two weeks after a course of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation ( 10x 30min sessions), something that a month in hospital, counselling and multiple anti-depressant drug treatments had failed to do - other than at times making me feel suicidal.

That was nine months ago and, despite the pleas of my psychiatric team to continue taking drugs (they think I am "excessively happy"), I have remained drug-free and Depression free, allowing me to better understand the causes of my Depression (principally rage turned inward) and actively change elements in my life that contributed to a depressogenic environment.

I am puzzled and sad that this non-invasive, drug-free, proven and effective outpatient treatment which can save lives and end years of suffering, in use for several years (and approved by NICE - the UK regulatory body) is only available in the UK on the NHS at 3 hospitals - all in the South of England. There are a greater number of private clinics offering it but - at £6,000 for a full course of treatment (six weeks) - is completely out of reach for those who may most need it

Hi April I have deprecation suffered it now for years just such a lonely disorder as you just want to be yourself and hide away but you need to try and be strong every day is a battle but we make it threw .xx

Hi, having a really bad time, friend committed suicide on Friday leaving 3 young Kids behind, but worst thing was I spoke the day and she seemed happy and fine