Major Depressive Episodes

[Noca]

I just exited a major depressive episode a couple of weeks ago. It seems that I go through one every year for the past 5 years.

Unlike winning the lottery, where the chance of it happening again goes down exponentially each time you win, everytime you go into a major depressive episode, the chances of going into another one later in life go up exponentially each time. So I'm at about a 99% chance of having another major depressive episode and even more of a chance for another after that and so on.

I'm on my 10th anti-depressant about to move onto my 11th. I hate the cards life has dealt me. I wish it were just over. My chances of beating depression are so slim at this point. It's not fair!

 

[BlueDays]

I am sorry to hear that you got dealt such an unfair hand of cards in life Noca.::
The anti-depressant that worked so well in the first few years for me, is starting to lose its affect. It is however only my first, unlike you having to start on your 11th!

 

[secretly awesome]

I myself just started crawling out of a major episode 3wks ago. I spent a good part of the last two years isolated drinking in various beds. I was on an anti-depressant 11 years ago, but haven't tried another since. There've been many, many episodes. And in between them I wasn't doing all that great, either!

 

[x000x]

I went through a short one a few weeks ago. It lasted maybe a week. I seem to have them frequently and then when I go back to "normal" I'm still pretty depressed. I'm on my second anti-depressant and trying a second anti-psychotic. I used to be on prozac and I was on abilify for a short time.

 

[Tempus35]

I recently went through an episode, I ended up screwing up in my last couple of weeks of a semester in college. Though that going home and resting for the break and coming back would help, it did while I was home, but the moment I came back, I started freaking out all over again. I ended up leaving at the start of the semester, a bad move on my part, messed up me being able to come back easily, and cost my money. I wasn't thinking right though. Since then I am on my 3rd anti-depressant, it seems to be working to a degree again, and it has less effects then the other, but I still have issues with mild depression, and getting motivated to do anything that isnt the minimum amount of energy needed to survive, something that is still killing me when it comes to college.

 

[josephajain]

Depressive episode is really bad for a person's health....So properly you should take care of your body...