Depression Problems

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Keesha said:
Yes I’m sure that must be difficult. There are times I go through stages like this.
Do you get up and read or watch tv and do you take anything for it?
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I get up and try to get a boring show on television to put me back to sleep.

But then when you don't have to go to work, sometimes I just get up and go for a walk.

My doc did give me a prescription for a mild sedative, but it doesn't last very long.

There is no real solution to insomnia as far as I am concerned. You can't just reset the brain.
 
Butterfly said:
Here, at least, the idea of visiting for coffee and chit chat has faded away and almost no one does it any more. It's all facebook and all that, or meeting at a coffee shop or some such. People don't visit much any more. It's OK with me, as I do not like unexpected visitors.
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I agree, and I do not understand the folks that seem to be insulted when you asked them to call first. I'm single, live alone. Hell I could be in the shower, other bathroom visiting, napping ? ....Why is it an insult to ask for a heads up?

A few years back, I was in the middle of one of those bathroom visits when a friend stopped by. I couldn't answer the door. When I finally did, he seemed all incensed when I said , man wish you'd call first.....I hate 'rushing' a body function.

Another time a friend stopped by, I had just returned to get tools , helping another friend repair his garage door. The friend stopping by got 'pissed' when I didn't have time to socialize.

I don't get it?
 
rgp said:
I agree, and I do not understand the folks that seem to be insulted when you asked them to call first. I'm single, live alone. Hell I could be in the shower, other bathroom visiting, napping ? ....Why is it an insult to ask for a heads up?

A few years back, I was in the middle of one of those bathroom visits when a friend stopped by. I couldn't answer the door. When I finally did, he seemed all incensed when I said , man wish you'd call first.....I hate 'rushing' a body function.

Another time a friend stopped by, I had just returned to get tools , helping another friend repair his garage door. The friend stopping by got 'pissed' when I didn't have time to socialize.

I don't get it?
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I don't get it, either, rgp. I used to have an acquaintance who would get all huffy if she stopped by and I didn't answer the door -- and especially so if my car was here, like I have some kind of moral obligation to answer the door just because someone knocks. I don't.
 
Life is full of up and down Situational issues that can bring us down..

I went thru a 10 yr clinical depression from 1991 to 2002 and it was a thyroid that the MD's could not "fix"...finally my long time D.O. who worked on my back for years, called in for Armour, no labs, nadda, and those 10 yrs of depression lifted...that was 2002.

Thyroid is so missed as today's MD's and the medical schools think we are all numbers and not symptoms....before labs, doctors worked with Armour and patient's symptoms. Labs can be a good guideline, but it's the symptoms folks, read up on symptoms of HypoT...depression is right at the top of the lists.

Also Vit D deficiency can be a major depression culprit and more.
 
Camper6 said:
I get up and try to get a boring show on television to put me back to sleep.

But then when you don't have to go to work, sometimes I just get up and go for a walk.

My doc did give me a prescription for a mild sedative, but it doesn't last very long.

There is no real solution to insomnia as far as I am concerned. You can't just reset the brain.
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Good idea. I usually get up and watch tv also or try and read until I get sleepy.
Celestial Seasinings make a nice herbal tea called Sleepy Time that helps somewhat.
Now I either take a canna cookie or this sleep supplement by Webber. 6149DD26-6FA1-451E-BAA0-2FDE2E968B22.jpg
If I get up and walk, it has the opposite effect. When my adrenaline gets circulating I might as well forget sleep. Lol
 
[FONT=&quot]What I've learnt in my 50 something years is that seniors are just given a handful of pills and forgotten about too often. I really believe that proper nutrition makes a huge difference especially in depression for senior citizens and they are often on regulated diets that don't include all the necessary nutrients. Although I'm not a huge fan of alternative medicine but shilajit is scientifically proven to reduce depression symptoms without using synthetic chemicals. But besides all that having people in whom you can confide helps a lot in treating depression.
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lillies said:
What I've learnt in my 50 something years is that seniors are just given a handful of pills and forgotten about too often. I really believe that proper nutrition makes a huge difference especially in depression for senior citizens and they are often on regulated diets that don't include all the necessary nutrients. Although I'm not a huge fan of alternative medicine but shilajit is scientifically proven to reduce depression symptoms without using synthetic chemicals. But besides all that having people in whom you can confide helps a lot in treating depression.
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Yes, I agree that nutrition plays a big role in how we feel. For many anyhow, including myself, antidepressants don't work or they cause me so much anxiety so I can't take them. I'm working on my nutrition day by day and have been for some time now. I take a multi vitamin, too. What is shilajit?
 
For me, and 10 yrs of clinical depression, after menopause, it was a sluggish thyroid that doctors and endos didn't help for those 10 yrs Thyroid is very complex in getting it right and optimal and many are just given anti depressants like candy. Many doctors fail in this important area the Thyroid.
 
Deucemoi,

Are you in the United States? If not some of what I say will not apply.

My husband was a combat marine in viet nam. He did not see a great deal of action, but he he saw enough. When he got back he was spit on etc. You know the drill. But President Bush and Obama changed all that, with the new wars. Encouraging the country to honor our vets. About damn time.

I noticed some vets wearing hats. I told him to get a hat! Finally he did. OMG, what a difference a hat makes. Buy one with your branch, and put what metals you've earned on it. Wear it everywhere you go in public and be ready to chat! Ex military come up and talk about where they where and what they did in viet nam and elsewhere.

Civilians come up, shake his hand, and thank him for his service. He's been given gift cards to buy lunch. He's had people pay for his/our lunch when we go out. Lots of people apologize for the way he was treated way back when. Notably one young man came up to him and apologized for the way his parents must have treated him.

It has made all the difference for him. He worked in supply for the most part, outside Da Nang, keeping his unit going as there was no officer available. He also handled the effects of the deceased. He was one of the guys who walked behind and supported the tanks. Once, while riding on the outside of a tank, it was hit and he was blown off.

Two years after he came back, he was awarded the Navy Achievement Mental. The highest non-combat mental awarded in a combat zone. Get a hat. I served in the Army, a supply clerk as well.

As for the other, it's the me generation now. Younger people think mostly of themselves and talk through social media. The art of conversation is being lost. I will reply more later, husband wants to go out.
 
Ruthanne said:
Yes, I agree that nutrition plays a big role in how we feel. For many anyhow, including myself, antidepressants don't work or they cause me so much anxiety so I can't take them. I'm working on my nutrition day by day and have been for some time now. I take a multi vitamin, too. What is shilajit?
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Shilajit, aka mumijo, a natural substance found mainly in the Himalayas, which has formed for centuries by the gradual decomposition of certain plants by the action of microorganisms. You can check this study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3296184/ and this one stating it's safe https://purblack.com/pet-ate-purblack-shilajit-safe-animals/.
 
Depression has different causes, some depression is medical and can only be controlled with drugs. There is the modern term 'mental health', which is not always used appropriately. Life is full of unpleasant events and it's perfectly normal to feel thoroughly miserable at times. In fact, there is something wrong with you if you DON'T feel upset when something bad happens. To describe this as a mental health problem is not accurate at all, and suggests that a person has a problem when actually they don't. We all get depressed sometimes and often it's perfectly justified. It's when we feel down but there is no obvious reason that we should start to be concerned.
 
Situational Depression = Ups and Downs of Life. We get thru them for the most part. Some take drugs, some drink alcohol and some just suck it up. There are MANY supports today one can find from a Dr. Google search.

Clinical Depression = What I went thru for 10 yrs due to a sluggish thyroid that needed "fed" and the symptom I had for these years was depression. No A/D drugs were the answer, believe me. There are over 60 symptoms of a low thyroid.
 
There is a disorder akin to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD and I suffer with it
It is called Cumulative Post Traumatic Stress Disorder CPTSD
'Cumulative PTSD occurs due to the buildup of traumatic events over time or on a daily basis
The symptoms and signs are mostly identical to PTSD but because of this buildup of events that
creates a major difference in recognizing and treating this condition'
I have learned to (mostly) live with it
 
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