I was recently diagnosed with depression. AMA (Pic unrelated)

I was recently diagnosed with depression. AMA (Pic unrelated)

What meds they gt u on?

Was it depressing to receive that diagnosis?

Diagnosed with shit that doesn't even exist. Wish I could make up stuff and get paid for it. Oh yeah, you have Hogwarts Syndrome. You need to pay me $100 per hour once a week for my care or else you will literally feel bad.

Not really. I was a little relived actually.

Hogwarts syndrome?

does that mean u get reparations

Nothing yet. They recommended me a therapist, and if it continues then they'll move onto giving me the happy pills.

What do you mean?

What are your 5 favorite movies?

How did the meeting/conversation go between you and whomever diagnosed you?

Toy Story 2,Evil dead 2, little Shop of horrors, Iron giant, and the thing.

It was a little difficult at first. But once I was told what can be done about it and how common it is. I didn't feel so horrible anymore.

Major Depressive Disorder?
Recurrent? Single Episode? Remission? Mild? Moderate? Severe?
Anything else or just Depression?

g8 b8 m8

Schizophrenia, Major Episode. Specifically, delusions of magical thinking, rather literally, rather than the typical religious symbology more typical of Schizophrenic Episodes. It is generally believed to be brought on by the recent influx in pop culture as Christianity wains in the public eye.

No, dude. The Reparations caused his Depression, not the other way around.

How old are you?
What were the "signs" or "symptoms" that the made the specialist decide to diagnose you with depression?

It's definitely mild depression.

Lack of motivation, random fits of deep sadness, enlarged appitite. Things along those lines.

Also I'm 21

>random fits of deep sadness
about what are you sad?

Are you on any medications yet? If so do you have any preference of what you'd like to be on?

Personally on Trazadone, Wellbutrin, formerly on Zoloft. Shit would make incredibly lethargic, but removed the feeling of wanting to off myself daily.

i was recently diagnosed with not giving a fuck about diagnosis.
word should really be "opinion".
to diagnose is to categorize and prescribe. another cash cow. and you best believe theyll fucking bleed you and or your insurance till your doped to dead.

All kinds of meaningless shit. The way I look, the way I am, the way I think people around me perceive me. Shit like that.

>Shit would make incredibly lethargic, but removed the feeling of wanting to off myself daily
Didn't cure your 'depression' but made you more more manageable. Social control through medication/diagnosis.

Most depression is situational (ie your life sucks, get on fixing yourself) not the 'hormone imbalance bullshit you were sold on the commercials.

Not yet. I'm just going to see a therapist once a week. And if it stays the same or gets worse, then they'll prescribe me meds

That's cool for you. I don't really care.

You need coping mechanisms/tools. These are lessons ideally you would have learned from a role model but in lieu a psychologist will do you more good than a psychiatrist.

The former spending 40+ minutes at a stretch working on your issues while the latter adjusts your dosage once every few months during a 10 minute session.

Do not worry about that so much. The next time that you want to be think about those things in a negative way, do not. You are the one perceiving those things much more negatively than anyone else. So what is the point of worrying about that if you are worrying fo nothing?

its easy to ignore truth when its something you dont want to hear

I appreciate the advice. But it's not as easy as " hey, you're not an ugly piece of shit. Everyone actually loves you and all this shit is in your head" it's one of those things that just springs from your head and sticks to your back.

Thanks Alex Jones.

What methods do you suggest?

In what state/country do you live?

Not saying that everyone loves you. I just doubt that you have genuine reasons that would justify you being that sad about something like how you look. You are making your looks a bigger obstacle than they actually are.

im sorry

Oh shit op, 20 year old user here, too with depression. Been feeling this shit building up since 7th grade and this past year I attempted to kms( 2 separate occasions), still wondering wtf stopped me but tru I felt relieved af after I decided to go seek help. They prescribed me some brain pills, not really sure if they helping but eh

holes out

how does it feel being like everyone else

It's cool dude.

Glad to see you're still with us. No one deserves to feel like they have to take their own life.