Help Please!!!

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Registered: 03-28-2003
Help Please!!!
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Mon, 04-05-2004 - 4:03pm
HI,

well hi im new here and looking for help... Im 17 years old and i just had a baby 8 months ago i was found clinically depressed about 2 months ago by my phyco-therapist and she referred me to a phichiatrist so that i can receive medication but I haven't gone to see my phichiatrist you see I dont want to. I dont want to be on anti-depressants... Im not suicidal or anything like that but my depression is killing me inside because im not doing the things im sopose to be doing like being a good mom or going to school. I have been trying to fight my depression by myself it has actually worked a little but the problem is, is that my family doesnt support me they are emotionally abusive to me since they have no respect towards me im here because like you guys i need support im about to graduate highschool in june and start college in september but im failing bc i cant get up in the morning because im so sad. I dont know what i should do my depression causes me to over-eat sometimes so much that i feel like trowing up, i get halusinations, im scared of the dark and sometimes i feel like if my family is trying to kill me. I know i sound crazy but my doctor told me my depression causes you to imagine things I am aware of my problem I have fought it for a long time but my problem is if i should keep on fighting alone or seek help i need your opinions and i really would like to get info on how it feel to be living on anti-depressants... does it make you feel better ... are you able to do your daily activities please answer me!!!

Thanks you so much,

Eleni Rodriguez

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: eleni2003
Mon, 04-05-2004 - 7:35pm
Sweetie. if the dr says you need medication , you need medication. it will help. I fought being put on medication too but boy am I glad I gave in. I am a much better mom to my 2yr old when on medication. I can deal with things a lot better not nearly as much gets on my nerves. I was diagnosed with PPD when my DD was 8 months old and after fighting medication then a couple of medication changes. I feel much better and I am soo much easier to get along with. I'd say that just about everyone on this board dosnt want to be on medication but because it helps they take it Please for the sake of you and your little one go see the Dr. and get your medicine. you dont have to be suicidal to need to take medicine. You cant be the best mom you can be the way you are, get the help you need. Your dr may not get the medicine right the first time, so you may change medication a couple of times but once you get the right one and its in your system I promise you will feel 100% better.

((HUGGS))

Beth

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Mon, 04-05-2004 - 7:40pm

Welcome to the board Eleni,

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Registered: 10-30-2003
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Mon, 04-05-2004 - 8:16pm
Hello Eleni....

I suffer from Depression as well, but I dont take meds, so I am sorry I cannot help you out in that dept. BUT I know for me,counsleing helps ALOT...just having someone to vent to and get feedback, calms me down and helps me focus again. They will help you sort through all that stuff going on in your head and make life managable and eventually enjoyable again.

Give it a try hun....it does help. If you are in urgent need right away call any 800 help line for suicide depression, whatever you can find, theres people trained, to talk to over the phone, anonomously....I know I have had crisis momets when they have helped me through panic attacks etc...

Reaching out for help is NOT a sign of weakness...but of strength.

Taking care of YOURSELF is not selfish either.

My prayers are with you

(((healing hugs))))

Denise

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Registered: 07-15-2003
In reply to: eleni2003
Tue, 04-06-2004 - 4:14pm
Welcome to the board (((Eleni)))

I think Caly had some good points. Sometimes it's not a point of whether you want to be on medication of not. I am not suicidal either, but I am most definately depressed. I had a very close childhood friend die from suicide four years ago. And I think maybe he would have gotten help if depression wasn't so stigmatized.

I urge you to go see this psychiatrist and let him/her help you. I have been on anti-depressants for years, and I know that I would be a zombie without them.

Ask all the questions you need to sweetie. That is why are here, to support each other.

Take care

Pamela

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