I was diagnosed with clinical depression due to my brain lacking serotonin to make me happy. It has been about 2 years since, and originally I tried anti-depressants for about 2 months, but absolutely hated how they made me feel.
I next tried self-dosing myself with MDMA about once a week for a few months. For the first part, it improved my mood for the whole week following, but I very quickly built up a tolerance to a point where I was having to take 7-8 caps to feel like I did at the start. It became a $150 a week habit that I couldn't sustain in the long term.
I've now been clean for about 8 months, and no light at the end of that tunnel. I'm really sick of people telling me it will get better. I understand for a lot of people with depression, it is temporary due to surroundings, but my brain quite literally won't allow me to feel happy any more biologically, and it sucks.
Anyone have anything I can try that might work longer term than MDMA and antidepressants without causing me kidney failure? Suicide is not an option
Hey man, I also used to be on SSRI's but stopped taking them now - so this is just my recommendation for what works for me - try micro dosing shrooms. Shrooms work really well with me and my well being but it isn't different for everyone. But when you micro dose you don't trip you just have a "golden" feeling. Depending on where you are dealers will sell capsules specifically meant for micro dosing
Ethan Garcia
Is* different sorry
Adrian Brooks
How did you come up with this ?
I was diagnosed bipolar type II, I used to be on anti-depressant but I quit as they were zombifying. Deep down I feel like medecine wont do no good to me
Luis Cruz
I have heard that microdosing hallucinogenics has had positive results with people. I live in Melbourne, which is one of the drug capitals in the world, so i'm sure I could find a dealer for tiny caps. Will have to hunt around
Jaxon White
This is going to sound ridiculous, but eat a baked potato three hours after dinner and then be done eating for the day. This reportedly tricks the body into not chewing up all the smaller carbohydrates so that they can get to the brain and provide more raw material for serotonin production. Also, consider taking probiotics. Gut flora do affect one's emotional state.
Ayden Young
MDMA is shitty as a long-term solution.
I would recommend meditation, regular exercise, and looking into an ayahuasca ceremony from a reliable source. (You don't have to go to the Amazon, there are people who perform ceremonies here in the U.S.)
Listening to podcasts about spirituality and philosophy has helped me a lot with my depression as well. I'd personally recommend: Duncan Trussell Family Hour Jordan B. Peterson Podcast Ram Dass Here and Now Heart Wisdom w/ Jack Kornfield The RobCast LectioCast
Ryan Barnes
Be careful with brain damaging drugs dude, I'd recommand you keeping with regular medecine, but if you are up to something else, then go for non synthetic stuff such as shrooms
Tiny caps are very very short term solution
Parker Fisher
I know that 95% of the body's serotonin is produced in the gut, which is why eating food we enjoy can make us more happy. I've tried pro-biotics in terms of trying to improve general health, but never noticed a difference in mood
Sebastian Anderson
your advice fucking sucks my man
Sebastian Allen
Feeling happy is overrated. Why you always need to feel happy. Why all this bliss chasing. Just be.
>But muh meaning of life Fucking junkies, that's what I tell you.
#joinIsis
Joseph Rivera
Thanks I just subscribed to every one of them I will be waiting for updates to my newsfeed.
I am getting better at meditation, I learnt how to ease my emotions and distantiate myself from bad thoughts. But overall I still feel the depression side effects.
Low energy, no interests etc.. I don't do sport but I walk a lot in order to maintain calm spirit. Whats wrong ?
>takes too many drugs and depletes pleasure sensors ability to respond >figures more drugs will be the cure idiot. make better life choices
Parker King
this dude is right, dont mess up with your sensor op. Also waiting for to tell us what he thinks about that
Hudson Bennett
This wasn't OP, no idea who this guy is. i have tried meditation in the past, but had no luck. My mind tends to wonder too much for it to be effective for me.
Gabriel Kelly
Do you regularly have social interactions with people that you trust, or do you have some sort of creative outlet? Either one will work wonders, your body will naturally react to a lack of either of these.
Adrian Parker
Every time you realise you wonder while meditating is an achievment, believe me.
Don't give up it's almost necessarily a good life choice
what is your "technique" ? i try to focus on the present, not think about anything, and be aware, dunno if thats meditating
Luke Lewis
Shrooms have been used to help deal with clinical depression through out time. Get a grow box and you can grow a lot for a very small investment. You build up a tolerance quite quick though.
Nathan Parker
I meant wander, sorry my english is not excellent. I try to pick one thing and focus on only that, and remove everything else from my thoughts, but after months of trying, I have not had any luck.
James Ward
Doing exactly this and taking fish oil pills has lowered my depression considerably, I also find that the Omega 3s in the fish oil do affect my mood as well
John Gutierrez
SSRI is shit. My memory has become worse and worse and my brain has gotten slow. I feel like im slowly turning into a senile retard.
Aaron Hernandez
Yeh, improving yourself and creating happiness is suckier than being an easy way out oh no someone else had a silver spoon adn all I got was copper or I didnt even get one attitude.
Cooper Jackson
Run instead, cardio, specifically along with lifting or bodyweight exercise is the best drug.
Seriously do slow pushups, lowering yourself slowly and pushing up fast until you reach TRUE muscle failure and do a few more and you'll lay there panting like how did I not know this felt so fucking good.
Cameron Rivera
Once you realize what made you feel this good was YOUR power that came from you, you'll find it hard to go a day without thinking about a quick set or two to get the blood rushing even.
Robert Ross
Dude shut the fuck up and stop being your own bitch. I was diagnosed with the same thing but you gotta understand that it's in your head. You literally want to be unhappy victim and bitch about it.
Kayden Jenkins
Jesus dude, I think you got issues
Lincoln Evans
I've done cardio. Last year I ran in the Melbourne Marathon, the cardio improved it slightly, but after a while I lost interest. Too difficult to train where I live
