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[DJ]

Meds are no replacement for counselling.

[eerr]

Everybody wants something. Aint gonna please em all, thats for sure.

[smjjames]

Meds are no replacement for counselling.

I never said it was. I was referring to confronting your problems instead of burying it, in other words, talk to someone about it.

[Renault]

Meds are no replacement for counselling.

I never said it was. I was referring to confronting your problems instead of burying it, in other words, talk to someone about it.

In a way, isnt that sort of what this thread is?

[ChairmanPoo]

Meds are no replacement for counselling.

Of course not. Medications have their place and role, which is to treat the root causes of the disorder. They don't replace counseling. But in any remotedly serious depression the pillar of the treatment is medication, and counseling plays an auxiliary role.

[x2yzh9]

   Okay! Just to clear this up, I went to the therapist about 2 years before I went on the antidepressants? Thinking about it now, I'm fairly sure it started in 6th and I stopped seeing her as a therapist near the end of 7th. I mean, I could go to her when I feel like it, but I've gradually gotten to the point where I don't have to go, emotionally speaking-Not just because I didn't want to(And I sort of did. It let me get out of class early, and on certain days I had a lot that was going on with me so I was woohoo when it was therapy day).

   Anyway, I hunted around in my memory and figured out that I did best on 75 mg. We went back to that. and I saw some return in social activity today. I like it, so we'll keep it there unless we need to go up.

   As far as the jerk goes, I confronted him about it on the way to the locker room. I asked him, "Why have you been trying to start shit lately?" and he responded something like, "You started it, you got all up in my face when me and Rigo were talking!" and I didn't remember anything, he didn't insult me or likewise so I didn't start a fight or anything.

   On that note, I don't know if he just stopped because I confronted him about it or something, or just because we didn't see eachother, I avoided him when I could, of course but not to the point where I went out of my way to.

[smjjames]

Maybe it is a side effect of your medicine and you're thinking too much of it with football practice.

[Eugenitor]

Yeah, if this is something that can be stopped by just not talking to him, then do that.

Once you start being able to classify "stuff you can deal with quickly", "stuff you need a good way to deal with", and "stuff that already happened so there's *nothing to deal with*", things get easier. Pour the antidepressants down the toilet, or don't; if you've got the nuts you can just leave off them for a few days just to see what happens. But if you can start saying "I'm extremely chemically imbalanced and I'm proud of it", the need tends to go away. If someone's actually classifying "lack of social activity" as a disease that needs to be treated, this person is known as a quack and there are a lot of them out there.

[smjjames]

Uh, did you even correctly read the OP? The reason is because of some kind of family issues and that his dad had died, nothing about socialization.

[Vector]

But if you can start saying "I'm extremely chemically imbalanced and I'm proud of it", the need tends to go away.

I have yet to meet anyone who is proud of their major depression.

I'd like some support for the end of that sentence, as well.

[Eugenitor]

It's a feedback loop. It's easy to be depressed about depression, leading to more... it piles up. If you can say "I'm depressed and I don't give a damn about it", you break the loop. Stop caring. Drop a dance pad on the old man's grave and play a few rounds of DDR. Every time you catch yourself moping alone, do push-ups.

You can either suffer it, suppress it chemically, or rip your way out of it.

[Vector]

It's a feedback loop. It's easy to be depressed about depression, leading to more... it piles up. If you can say "I'm depressed and I don't give a damn about it", you break the loop. Stop caring. Drop a dance pad on the old man's grave and play a few rounds of DDR. Every time you catch yourself moping alone, do push-ups.

You can either suffer it, suppress it chemically, or rip your way out of it.

Actually, doing this is what gave me moodswings so bad that 8 separate people independently thought I was bipolar.

Well, anyway.  It's good advice for some people, to be sure, but after a certain point people really need to be able to say "I am depressed, it is horrible, and I am going to stop trying to pretend that I can fix it by trying to cover it up."

[nuker w]

Look, the only REAL thing you can do about this Guy your having problems with (or at least this is how we do it where i'm from) is to either talk him out of it and try to find out why hes being a jackass (and it sounds like you've done that) or get a mate or 3 with you and punch him down to the floor ONCE (don't bring your friends in unless you have to...). Because honestly, if hes getting right up to your face, I think it might be past the point of trying to talk it out. Not saying this is the best idea and due to the fact your in a Football team with him, it might spark problems with other team members and/or get you dropped but if he refuses to stop, thats really the only way you can do it (that is, do it and not look like a "wimp" as some guy continues to push you around). Hope you don't need to do this rubbish but it sounds like your at that point. Hopefully it will end its self but I doubt it from what i've read. 

[MetalSlimeHunt]

x2yzh9, just keep in mind that being dependent on a chemical to keep you from breaking down isn't a good situation. If somthing happens that disrupts your life and leaves you unable to access medication, you won't be in a good spot. Try to ease off the dosage, see if your mind can take over keeping emotional stability.

[smjjames]

x2yzh9, just keep in mind that being dependent on a chemical to keep you from breaking down isn't a good situation. If somthing happens that disrupts your life and leaves you unable to access medication, you won't be in a good spot. Try to ease off the dosage, see if your mind can take over keeping emotional stability.

Yea, it was a bit strange that the baby step was to actually increase the dosage instead of lowerthe dosage when it sounded like he was getting over it.

Seriously though, we don't know his medical history, so we can't judge by what we know here.