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Thank you for writing your post-it is as if you are describing ME! It has been very frustrating for me and people around me who think I can just "shake it off" if I choose to. I too,have noticed major changes in myself as I get older (late 50's) and it is getting harder to manage getting thru a day with any enthusiasm for anything-just going thru the motions like a robot. Spoke with my GP who just wants to increase my anti-depressant -which we already tried before-with too many side effects. I tried to explain the differences I am feeling-just doesn't listen to me. I am suspecting (thru my own researching) Adult ADD which could explain why my depressive feelings are changing. My questions regarding this just get dismissed. I do not WANT to feel this way-I was feeling so alone till reading these wonderful posts from other real people feeling this way too!
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@feelingittoo, Hi there. I hear you loud and clear. I am just going to say it, mental illnesses along with ADD just really suck. I have a 30 yr old daughter with the same story as you. It breaks my heart that she has so many years ahead of her to live with this. I pray for a miracle every day that modern medicine can fix this. Sending you hugs....
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Hi there "Feelingitto" Peach here. They do not realize how it hurts when they say "Just shake it off" or here take some more pills. They cannot get into it with the horrors that go along with depression. Some of the doctors are so overwhelmed they cannot let it get "to the heart". I think (as right or as wrong as I might be" that one must experience the depression in true life with the many years involved usually to the death of the person. There are many trillions of true stories of suffering and horror that is more than a challenge to overcome . I think some, only some can be slightly helped. If you can keep yourself very, very, very busy it helps somewhat. When my son was born with a cleft lip and palate and every thing else that goes with it. With the nineteen operations, therapies, etc., etc., for over 20 years .And no family to help me. And with three children Ouch! But, I look at it this way: I was given this child to love, nurse and be blessed for having him. Of course this increased my depression. So what. Here we are. Life is still good. I look forward to 3pm when I will consume the most delicious Hagen Daz Dark Choco;ate over chocolate ice cream bar. A few minutes of forgetting all but the delicious taste. Believe me when I say there are many, many people who do feel for you as they understand where you are in your life. Think of us as we think of you. YOU ARE NOT ALONE! with love peach