new and needing help

iVillage Member
Registered: 06-04-2004
new and needing help
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Fri, 06-04-2004 - 7:55am
Hi! I just came across this message board. I have been so depressed for so long that it is a natural state for me. I am currently taking Zoloft and have had minimal relief. I should go to a psychiatrist or mental health professional but I don't have any time it seems. I am so down.
iVillage Member
Registered: 06-03-2004
Fri, 06-04-2004 - 12:23pm
I'm new too, and I can completely relate to what you say about being depressed so long that it feels like a natural state of being.

But it isn't a healthy state of being. You are right to say that you should go to a psychiatrist or a therapist. You need to make the time to do it, it can make all the difference. And it's the first step to not feeling so down.

-April

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-07-2003
Fri, 06-04-2004 - 12:23pm

Welcome to the board.

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-22-2003
Fri, 06-04-2004 - 2:46pm




HI and welcome to the board!


I took zoloft myself hun.. remember that AD meds are mainly to stablize your emotions so you can deal with the depression head on.. they in themselves rarely cure the illness.. I do suggest therapy to go along with the meds.. neither of which need to be life long things but just to get you back on your feet..


Glad you are here with us


*hugs             

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-25-2004
Fri, 06-04-2004 - 7:47pm
Hi. I am quite new here myself. Let me just say that I LOVE these boards. I read a few different ones everyday and they HELP alot. Please keep reading them even if you do not have anything to input. I come on at least once a day and just read. It is almost like therapy. To know you are not alone, to know that people want to help. The reason I like the boards the most is the fact that I can write out my story or my thoughts and have people who really want to listen respond. I feel that sometimes we can talk to our friends coworkers relatives etc about our thoughts or problems but walk away like they really just don't get it. It being us. So hop on the boards and I hope they help you as much as they do me.
iVillage Member
Registered: 06-05-2004
Sat, 06-05-2004 - 9:19pm
i am so down myself.