How to cure depression?

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

I have a serious problem recently for about 1 year now im very depressed,even my doctor said that i have manic depressed.

How can i cure this,i wake up every morning with the same problems,that sucks me in depression.

[Napoléon]

Booze. Lots and lots of booze.

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But seriously, there is a dedicated thread for this kind of thing you should perhaps take a look at:
http://atheistforums.org/thread-10302.html

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[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

Booze. Lots and lots of booze.

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But seriously, there is a dedicated thread for this kind of thing you should perhaps take a look at:
http://atheistforums.org/thread-10302.html

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thanks,admins can close this thread.


p.s: nice picture of Napoleon

[Welsh cake]

I have the feeling that someone made a joke that backfired.


STOP. There is no cure for depression.

Go back to your doctor please and seek treatment in the form of antidepressants.

[Rev. Rye]

I've got depression, and have recently started taking antidepressants, and even those don't totally cure it. The key thing is that there is no cure, only treatment.

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

I've got depression, and have recently started taking antidepressants, and even those don't totally cure it. The key thing is that there is no cure, only treatment.

so you are saying that im going to read poes books for the rest of my life

[Rev. Rye]

I've got depression, and have recently started taking antidepressants, and even those don't totally cure it. The key thing is that there is no cure, only treatment.

so you are saying that im going to read poes books for the rest of my life

What's wrong with Poe's books? I loved "The Raven," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Fall of the House of Usher."

[Tiberius]

FYI, an internet forum is not the place to go for medical advice.

[5thHorseman]

Yeah, the doctor's is the place for medical advice.

I'm so glad i've not suffered from depression. I though I had depression a few years back, so I went to the doctor's and he told me, 'you're not depressed, you're angry'. Never has such a weight been removed from my muscley shoulders.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

I've got depression, and have recently started taking antidepressants, and even those don't totally cure it. The key thing is that there is no cure, only treatment.

I have suffered from unipolar depression on on and of for over 40 years. I have now been stable for 7 years,with only one major episode in that time. --with doctor's supervision, I had reduced my medication and there was a traumatic event.

Depression can often be controlled enough to live a 'normal' life,

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Zaphod; are you sure your doctor said "manic-depression"? I ask because that term is not used any more. The condition is called 'bipolar disorder' and is much harder to treat than 'reactive' or 'endogenous' depression. I urge you to see a psychiatrist for a diagnosis and treatment.



Below is some basic information about the condition. The full article is worth reading.

Bipolar disorder or bipolar affective disorder, historically known as manic-depressive disorder, is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated energy levels, cognition, and mood with or without one or more depressive episodes. The elevated moods are clinically referred to as mania or, if milder, hypomania. Individuals who experience manic episodes also commonly experience depressive episodes, or symptoms, or a mixed state in which features of both mania and depression are present at the same time.[1] These events are usually separated by periods of "normal" mood; but, in some individuals, depression and mania may rapidly alternate, which is known as rapid cycling. Severe manic episodes can sometimes lead to such psychotic symptoms as delusions and hallucinations. The disorder has been subdivided into bipolar I, bipolar II, cyclothymia, and other types, based on the nature and severity of mood episodes experienced; the range is often described as the bipolar spectrum.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-polar_disorder