Anyone ever had a nervous breakdown?

I'm on a drug that changes my mood but it's also used to treat depression.  After a breakdown I had in May I went to see my personal doctor and I just told him how I was feeling and how I felt like I needed to start seeing a psychiatrist to feel better.  He told me that psychiatrists are good but they'll just end up giving me a pill he can prescribe too so he put me on Citalopram.

First 2 weeks was rough as you only take a quarter of a pill, then a half then a full pill.  But I was constantly feeling sick as my body got used to it.  But once I did I was like a new man.  All of a sudden all my worries were gone.  I met a beautiful woman.  I now live with her in a great condo.  The best part of hte meds is that nothing ever bothers me anymore.  Every worry just melts off my back and even when things DO go wrong, it doesnt get to me in even the slightest.

I'm still on the pills.  Might not be for much longer though.  I see the doctor again Monday afternoon where he'll decide to start weening me off them or not.  Who knows though, I've been expecting him to take me off them for months and he hasnt.

Go see a doctor and ask for help.  Living with depression is not something you have to do.  All you have to do is try, the doctor isnt going to laugh at you or mock you, he sees this stuff all the time.  It doesn't make you any less than a man to confess you need help and whoever thinks that...well who the fuck cares what their opinion is.

Good Luck.

try to do more things that make you feel good...abstain from those that dont and are self destructive...then seek therapy if u still want

Wow. Thanks everyone for your kind words. I wasn't expecting the kind of feedback I got. It sounds like a lot of people are going through tough times also. I am actually really sick today which is kind of good cause it is keeping my mind off of money problems.

Leggy Holy Moly you started a thread that more people in the GD can relate to than i have seen in a long time. Stay up playboy.....

thats because may gamblers are clinically depressed among other things...

Time to start following some of this advice or you'll be starting another LIfe Sucks thread in a few weeks.

Legwand, are you still gambling??


Don't gamble at a time like this It can only make things worse.  Replace your sports watching time with something productive.



And I still think you should smoke some weed

Legwand keep your head up Brother

Just reading this thread there's a bunch of good people in here that care about you.

Good advice Spit, dude learn PHP or Visual Basic. There are many different forums that you can learn programming. Plus you will learn how to get

Leg-

Great to hear from you ..

Keep in touch anytime ...

and if you move to the DC area , the economy is generally not as tough to find a job ..

www.dcjobs.com

get a gratitude rock..but a small rock in your pocket and everytime you grab it...say what you are grateful for.... also look  at the good in everything no matter how hard it is to find it....you are the creator believe in youself..see yourself living in abundace..constantly speak positive to yourself...do not let negativity control you or get you down.. it can always be worse...look at your self as a magnet to money...money loves you.

the 30 thousand in 2006 was point-spread played 30 dollars at 1000-1 and got lucky and won all 12 games.  The other wins were pools as you probably no these pools exspecialy NFL can pay huge, biggest winner won around 700 hundred thousnand dollars and it was a girl who picked the winners by taking the team that she found had the nicer uniform

I've been down and out a few times, and almost broke down a couple times.  What I've learned from it is it only makes you stronger. 

3 tips for you
1) suck it up
2) think positive
3) meditate

you'll get through this

I know your probably thinking about all the people who are living such a better life than you, are happy and seem to have it all.

But don't look at it that way. Look at all the people who have it worse than you that would be happy to be you.

Life can be tough....Keep your head up.

damn. nice hits man

i never play pools

keep your head up legwand

we all get depressed

I lost my job 7 years ago and had trouble to getting hired because I had a confrontation with a government employee.  A bad mistake, believe me, as his lies cost me my job and reputation.  After a month of being umemployed, I started having suicidal thoughts, could not sleep, except a couple of hours in the daytime.  I would catch myself having conversations with inanimate objects all the time.  I started seeing fist-sized roaches and beetles running across my living room.  My girlfriend, now my wife, called my Dad and they got me admitted in a program that saved my life.  I was diagnosed with depression and a nervous breakdown and went through entensive counseling and therapy.   If this sounds familiar, please get some help. 

 

Ditto.  This is my kind of thread.  Hey guys, i am relatively new to this site. How does this friend thing work?  

         I've been in a rut for 8 years.  Hated the job i had for seven years, finally got a new one, it's a little better but not much.  Busy all the time and in debt. 

       One thing I know is gambling is NOT the answer. Cutting back on gambling is a great first step.  Think I'm gonna do that P90x thing so i can at least get in shape and feel a little better about myself by the time summer rolls around.

I feel your pain man. Life has always been great for me until late 2009.

Had a well paying career going for 15 years that I enjoyed and running a very successful business on the side. House is paid off and sitting on a tidy little nest egg.

October 2009 got let go from the job after 15 years basically because of my side business which he wanted a piece of, I refused. I helped the owner build his business from the ground up, I was his first employee and trained everybody there. When I left there were 80 employees and money was rolling in. I figured fine I can focus 100% of my attention on my business.

1/1/10 my main client went under and the majority of my business disappeared.

At first I was fine with it, decided to take a break after working hard for those years. Do some things I always wanted but never made the time for. Problem is I never got back into it.

3/27/10 DUI which really set me into a tail spin. Never been arrested before. Lost my license for 9 months. I know my fault but for some reason I obsessed over this which just shut me down completely.

Money isn't everything but I went from having my best year financially in 2009 to my worst year 2010 where I barely made anything.

I spent majority of 2010 in my house messing around the yard playing video games reading and TV. Went from a very active and social lifestyle to a shut in. Gained weight, only left the house to do what was required of me from the DUI i.e. classes AA meetings community service MADD etc. and necesities groceries, banking minimal family events. Spent most of the holidays at home only because I didn't want to be around anybody. Lied to anybody who has been concerned embarrased to go from a very successful guy to somebody who could be on Dr. Phil. Been living off my savings for the past 15 months now and while I still have a decent amount it is definitely shrinking.

Now that it is 2011 trying to put it in the past and motivate myself to get back to where i was. Its tough but I know I can do it. I also came to the realization that I completely let what happened consume my life and spent 2010 in a deep depression which I am now fighting to come out of. Keep the faith man and don't give up.

Change your patterns shake up your lifestyle. Stay positive take small steps and things will slowly work out. Coincidentally enough yoga has been one of the things I have been doing to get back in shape and focused, it is amazing. You can meet some hotties up in there as well.

Good luck to you sir. Here is to a better year for all of us.

leg..as you can see, you are not alone,millions of people suffer from anxiety. as someone in the medical field for 24 years and with personal knowledge I hope I can give some advice. 5 years ago I lost my home due to a fire,2 years ago I had 3 surgerys and last year I lost my home to foreclosuer. needless to say the last few years have been stressful and that is the root of some anxiety. I had no i idea is was really stressed til i started having medical problems last year and put 2 and 2 together. what I have found is talking to others ,either friends or professional helps. try this before u let them give u any drugs. the other thing is to do things that were once fun to you,whatever they are and exercise. you have no idea how much just walking around the block once a day will relieve stress. oh and in my case,,lay off alcohol and any drugs. usually when the stress is gone the anxiety will too.. good luck bro

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