Anti-depressants!!

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I'm kind of like you anon... I'm really shy, and afraid to speak up and such, I also don't go out very much. I don't know if I have a problem or anything. I can act to a certain extent in public situations, but I always overanalyze things and take little things people do, say, or they way they are acting in a big way.

Anon, The one who made the topic...You and i are nearly twins i could tell the exact same story about my life, Sign up and PM me sometime, maybe we can hook up on msn sometime

Again, damnit ^^ that was me :P wish this thing would stay logged in..

It's really bad when parents don't recognise that depression and anxiety disorders are serious illnesses that need serious treatment. They wouldn't tell their children with (say) bronchitis to snap out of it, yet they think someone who is depressed or anxious can fix it by simply trying.

I went to a shrink, for well 1 day He tried to medicate me saying i was bipolar or some shit like that, i walked out mid session and never went back :P

Ok. I made this thread and I must agree it is abit rushed. The reason why I kept alot of other information out, is because I wanted to stay anonymous about it. I made a thread about how my anxiety had gone a few months ago. I didn't want to at the time of writing this thread, admit that WILD STORY I told in the end meant nothing. I mean it did mean something for a few weeks, then everything came pouring back; depression, anxiety and frustration. I apologise for not being honest and logging in, I was too ashamed. Ineligible, if you can remember, I said about how I was seeing someone for my anxiety, well, as I have already said, it didn't really work. I'm going to see a doctor soon about it and various other issues. I'm really nervous about it! I feel I have to have my parents with me, if the doctor is going to give me anti-depressents - I can't keep that a secret. It's just convincing them I need them, that is the problem. Heck, I've got to convince my doctor I need them. I DO NEED THEM. Therapy didn't work and I've got 1 last thing to try. I need to get it dealt with sooner than later because I have college soon and I won't cope with that in my current state. I need to make friends and do well. None of that will happen if I'm anxious. Sometimes I wish life could be easier, but it isn't, oh well.

Just got some beta-blockers called 'propanolol', anyone heard of these?I looked them up in google and they seem to be a mild anti-depressent and are used for other things. I told my mum when I got them and she was like 'ok'. Can't say what my dad will say as I havent spoken to him yet. I scored 15/21 for my anxiety on the doctors test, it turned out to be 'severe anxiety'. I was told I am going to be put forward to a specialist who can keep a close eye when/if I decide to take the stronger stuff. I hope all goes well. I haven't tried the beta-blockers yet, I'm gonna try em when my parents are both back home and then they can witness the results for themselves. I just want to be happy, maybe this mild-depressents will do me fine? I've gotta go to college this week, hope this medication prepares me for it.

Oops, that was me, forgot to login.

your on propranolol for depression?

Propranolol slows your heart rate, so it relieves some of the symptoms of anxiety. The theory is that relieving the symptoms makes you feel better and therefore less anxious. It's a treatment that is most often used for performers with stage fright - it has the advantage that it doesn't affect the brain directly. I haven't seen it used more generally.

ive been looking for some place to talk i used to talk to my friends about my problems since my parnets dont understand anything (just wait its a phase itll pass)yea right ive been feeling depressed for 2 years im 16 years old and i really think some form of anti-depressants would do me good anyway i used to talkt to my friends... most of them arnt my friends anymore idk why maybe because no one wants to deal with a depressed friend... so now i have one friend who doesnt understand i problly would kill myself but im to afraid to do anything can someone talk to me i just really want to talk to someone beaucase no one will listen i dont give a shiit if we arnt suppoesed to give away emails but...please someone email me and please talk to me. REMOVED

So far so good. I've been using the beta-blockers everytime I'm about to do something that I think will provoke my anxiety. They are easing the symptoms a little, but I'm still finding things difficult - as I would expect - knowing that they aren't going to completely put those feelings about things I fear to a hault.I'll keep going strong and fighting my anxiety until I'm confident and happy enough to stop taking these beta-blockers. Hope that will happen soon.

Talk here, Anonymous!

Depression is a notoriously ignored and untreated disease; in today's society, it can be difficult for an individual to even admit that they're depressed. However, it is estimated that nearly 17.5 million Americans suffer from depression every year. With today's prescription medication for depression, there is no reason for this misunderstood disease to go untreated any longer.if you whant more information, links to sites that can help or personal advice, email me at [Removed]please register and use the private messaging service for contacting each other

Anon you're so wrong... the last anon to post. If you ask any psychologist if the current "anti-depressants" on the market are effective they will so most likely not. The only effect you'll see is the placebo effect of the medication. The best way to treat depression currently is through psychiatric sessions, not medication. Not to meantion all the side-effects of current anti-depressants now being discovered.

I have to strongly disagree with that last post. Drugs aren't allowed on the market now without being double-blind tested against placebo and being shown to be more effective than placebo. Though there is still a long way to go in anti-depressant research, modern anti-depressants have done very much good."Talking" treatment can be helpful with mild depression, but it's not very effective in severe cases. In general, talking treatments have been overrated by the psychological/psychiatric profession, who of course find them highly renumerative. That is not to say that they are of no value - it depends very much on what is being treated. But conditions with a biochemical basis are generally most effectively treated medicinally.

Do you even know how anti-depressants work? I'm a psych major and I do... Anti-depressants have only been proven to work to at least some extent on people who are seriously depressed, let me explain. The type of people that can't get out of bed in the morning or do anything, because it is such a chore. The more common types of depression most people experience are not effected at all by anti-depressants. Most of the times this is made very evident when people are asked how they are doing 2 - 3 weeks into the meds and they say they are feeling so much better when the meds don't even kick in till about 8 weeks. The way these drugs work is bascially just by giving your brain more of certain chemicals. In prozacs case I forget what they brain chemical it was called that it was regulating but the displacment of that chemical (too much) made people in some cases develope different psychotic illnesses. I highly recommend unless you do experience from the type of depression where your life is 100% impossible to live to any extent, that you do not take anti-depressants and you seek the help of a psychologist. There are different forms of counseling they can provide which have been shown to be effective in treating more mild forms of depression.

In reply to:I'm a psych majorIn reply to: I forget what they brain chemical it was calledI hope you don't get a job that goes with your major.

I'm not far into the program... The quoting was just lame cause you know your wrong.

At least she is doing something with her life!