am i depressed? or chemically imbalanced?!
Question: Am i depressed? or chemically imbalanced?
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Hey... Victoria here, maybe my personal story can give you some solace...
a lil about me- about a year after my husband left me and my daughter died about 5 years ago.. I was at a very difficult point in my life, and was ultimately diagnosed with depression, severe anxiety, and panic disorder. I would say that i've always for the most part been a little depressed and had some degree of anxiety, but this just completely tipped the scale. I remember there were days on end I would just lie in bed, and whenever I would be in a social environment my anxiety would go through the roof and I would often have panic attacks. Therapy never seemed to be effective for me, and my psych put me on damn near every med out there. I've been on everything from wellbutrin to paxil, zoloft, prozac, lexapro, celexa, buspar, valium, klonopin, xanax.. etc. Sometimes 2-3 different ones in combo at the same time. Nothing really seemed to work for me. With the exception of some of the benzos (klono./xanax) .. these worked well for a little while, but I grew tolerance quickly, and became highly addicted.
Then one day while researching online i came across this reputable looking website http://www.anxiety.pcti-system.com .. which talked about this program to eliminate your anxiety for good, all naturally. Long story short, I wound up signing up to try it and the program worked amazing.. Not only do I no longer have panic attacks and anxiety gone, but my depression has also seemed to dissipate a little. And I'm currently starting to slowly ween off the meds I'm on. >>>>
I would personally say that possibly the biggest driving factor in all this is OCD. I think obsessing and constantly having your thoughts focused on your own condition and constantly analyzing your own thoughts/actions plays a very significant role in the persistence of our ails. Almost like the condition is a small lit fire, and OCD is the fuel that keeps it consistently burning... Also, I've come to the conclusion that meds are generally a unhealthy short term cure that only semi-treats the symptoms, and never the cause. Hope I was of some help!
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Have a look. Hopefully it helps!
I can certainly relate. I have my share of ups and downs, and mostly it's just a steady low point. I absolutely positively refuse to use any sort of medications as a "cure". Vitamins and mineral supplements should do the trick, if I am not getting the proper nutrition.
I think that in order for people to help, they would need to know a lot more about your background. Things like age, weight, gender, socioeconomic status, family background, and any sort of "issues" in your life in recent years, would be helpful.
I've personally been trying to re-study some of the self-help motivational gurus to try to get my life back to normal. I think that Tony Robbins might be onto something - but in listening to his tapes or reading his books, he seems to take waaay too long to explain what a person needs to do to get to the right frame of mind.
I think that we often see happiness as a "destination". But it's not. Instead it's a constant journey. If you're like me, you can look back to times in your life that you *thought* were stressful - and might have brought you unhappiness. Only to realize that you were perhaps "more alive" then than you are right now. Perhaps you need to get back to that journey and not seek the destination.
A thought for you in parting...from Dante...
"Midway along the journey of our life I woke to find myself in a dark wood; For I had wandered off from the straight path."