darwins_reject
29-03-2007, 05:26 PM
Hello, my name is Marc, i would just like to take the time to say welcome to all the new members on this site.
i have been a moderator on this site since the begining, but as i suffer with deppression myself, i had some time away from here.
here's my story...
At the age of 16 i was diagnosed with Alopecia, and then diagnosed with depression at the age of 23 (medical professionals seem to think my depression my have gone back to my teens). i have worked in the car trade most of my life, apart from when i worked as a supported housing worker, and specialise in mental health, mainly depression, schizophrenia, paranoid schizophrenia, personality disorder, OCD and Bi-polar. I have been with my partner Suzi (smirnoff) for 8 years, and we have 3 beautiful children.
i have been on a number of anti-d's, and been up and down more often then i care to remember, i don't get embarrassed easily, so ask me anything, if i can help i will. i don't know why, but people seem to be afraid to talk about depression, well I'm not!
the other thing i would like to say, is that why is it, that a lot of side effects of depression seem to be secret? when i first started working in mental health, i went on a lot of courses, i was surprised to find how depression can effect you;
eating habits (i have gone a couple of days without eating)
paranoia
excessive sleep
lack of motivation
insomnia
stressed
and these ones, that you wont find in any books;
feeling like you are walking on sponge
feeling sick and dizzy (not unlike sea sickness)
sex drive going from one extreme to the other
every now and then it feels like you "cant think", like your brain has switched off
wanting to be just left alone, for no reason
i could go on for ever, sometimes you have questions, and feel a little awkward to ask, please ask away, its amazing how many traits sufferers of depression share, but just don't know it
im going stop typing, before this becomes a novel :D
i have been a moderator on this site since the begining, but as i suffer with deppression myself, i had some time away from here.
here's my story...
At the age of 16 i was diagnosed with Alopecia, and then diagnosed with depression at the age of 23 (medical professionals seem to think my depression my have gone back to my teens). i have worked in the car trade most of my life, apart from when i worked as a supported housing worker, and specialise in mental health, mainly depression, schizophrenia, paranoid schizophrenia, personality disorder, OCD and Bi-polar. I have been with my partner Suzi (smirnoff) for 8 years, and we have 3 beautiful children.
i have been on a number of anti-d's, and been up and down more often then i care to remember, i don't get embarrassed easily, so ask me anything, if i can help i will. i don't know why, but people seem to be afraid to talk about depression, well I'm not!
the other thing i would like to say, is that why is it, that a lot of side effects of depression seem to be secret? when i first started working in mental health, i went on a lot of courses, i was surprised to find how depression can effect you;
eating habits (i have gone a couple of days without eating)
paranoia
excessive sleep
lack of motivation
insomnia
stressed
and these ones, that you wont find in any books;
feeling like you are walking on sponge
feeling sick and dizzy (not unlike sea sickness)
sex drive going from one extreme to the other
every now and then it feels like you "cant think", like your brain has switched off
wanting to be just left alone, for no reason
i could go on for ever, sometimes you have questions, and feel a little awkward to ask, please ask away, its amazing how many traits sufferers of depression share, but just don't know it
im going stop typing, before this becomes a novel :D