What depression-fighting method helps...

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What depression-fighting method helps...
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Fri, 08-20-2004 - 12:08am
What depression-fighting method helps you the most?

Taking medication

Going to a therapist

Reading self-help books

Excercising

Doing a hobby

Talking to friends

Coming to the message boards

Other

You will be able to change your vote.




Edited 8/20/2004 9:27 am ET ET by idreamy

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Registered: 07-01-2004
Fri, 08-20-2004 - 8:58am

Great poll.

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Fri, 08-20-2004 - 9:26am
Thank you Lisa :) I just realized that I totally forgot to put this board as an option! Isnt that funny? Ill try and add it. HUGS
iVillage Member
Registered: 11-18-2003
Fri, 08-20-2004 - 10:31am
this is great.....

But I wanted to vote on more than just one

Okay for me it is my mood stabilizers, working out going to a therapist coming to the message boards actually all of them help me out so much I cant pick just one but my therapist has saved me so she ranks in my vote..

Erin

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Registered: 04-07-2003
Sat, 08-21-2004 - 12:56am
My vote is for other, cause I think for me it is a combination of three things, my meds, therapist and coming to the board.

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Registered: 04-18-2003
Fri, 09-03-2004 - 12:15am

Hard choice i picked excersizing, almost picked self help books, but really eating seems to help my worst really dark dreadful moods.


i just had one kind of slip over me ate something it lifted a little but is settling in again. Just don't know if i have *time* to indulge it ;}


Perhaps some of it circumstance or fatigue i've been pretty up for a couple months relation ship circumstances have improved. Health has been up and down- i started out good this morning maybe i just tired myself out.


It's a little hard to feel such wide range of highs and lows all in the same day...

prodi_gal


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prodi_gal

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Registered: 06-20-2004
Fri, 09-10-2004 - 1:14pm
I had to vote for meds, since I was just diagnosed. My boyfriend tells me that I just need to relax and stop thinking about imaginary situations and things that aren't there. This last year had been so tough on him, bless his heart. He's been patient and understanding, but doesn't think I'm depressed (even though the doc diagnosed me with depression and anxiety disorder). I don't really talk to bf about this because he doesn't like the fact that I'm on meds, but isn't angry or anything. He's gone now for 2 weeks at work, so I'm hoping that my meds will begin working so that I don't have to take my "fast acting" one. I was put on Xanex (temporarily) while the other gets into my system. So, darling bf pretty much saw a walking zombie for a few days before he had to leave for work.

Talkin to my mother has really helped me. On my bad days I call her and by the end of our conversation I feel like i can get through the rest of the day. But, after doing this for a year, I couldn't continue putting her through those phone calls any longer. One of the main reasons I finally got help. She kept telling me to get help, but I thought I was strong enough to do it on my own.

Reading has helped in the past, but recently found that I can't concentrate long enough to read even one page. Hoping to get back to it.

For now, it's my meds and this board. Thanks for reading all of my rambling.

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-22-2003
Mon, 09-13-2004 - 4:33pm

Hey there!


I voted Therapist because that was the critical factor in my battle but it definately was not the only one.


Now that I am passed the worst of it, what works for me best is Exercise and Talking to Friends and Coming to the boards.

*hugs             

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-05-2004
Tue, 09-14-2004 - 2:15pm
Something else that helps me is music and venting in a journal. It just helps to get a lot of things off my chest. :) XOXO.
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Registered: 04-15-2003
Tue, 09-14-2004 - 3:06pm
I don't think there is any one thing that works best on its own. I know for me it began with medication, followed by therapy, followed by group therapy, then adopting two kittens, then what really helped was getting a golden ret puppy! I have to go out with him, he needs to walk, every time we go out, people stop to see him, they even stop in their cars!! My self esteem has soared in the past year, and the depression seems to have moved along with it. I also go to the gym and have been, and that is why I chose that answer, excersice really, really helps depression. I would feel good about myself after going to the gym. So at that point I wasn't all doom and gloom. I hope everyone on this board has the good fortune I have. I learned an awful lot this past year, and especially that there is more to learn and it can be enjoyable. Thanks to all of you women who have taken the time to help me.

Peggy
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Thu, 09-23-2004 - 3:14pm
I dont know if I posted this, but when I first joined ivillage I had developed a friendship with someone and we became pen pals shortly after that. She doesnt come to this site anymore, but we send each other letters & postcards. My letters to her & vice versa have become our journals, and knowing that they are going to be read and acknowledged by someone has helped me a lot. So I would even suggest getting a pen pal as a source of therapy, b/c it can really take a load off your shoulders and get you a great friendship, not to mention that its really exciting to get letters in the mail! :)

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