Depprestion in a teen?!
Question: Latley ive been felling depressed, i have thought about cutting myself and even almost attempted suicide. I need to get help but i cant tell my parents b/c last time i was deppresed (6th grade) they reatd it like i was disabled. i hate this feeling i use to be so happy and like bubley. i dont want to go back to being the deppresed girl who cut her self anymore, and attemps suicide, help please!
Answers: Latley ive been felling depressed, i have thought about cutting myself and even almost attempted suicide. I need to get help but i cant tell my parents b/c last time i was deppresed (6th grade) they reatd it like i was disabled. i hate this feeling i use to be so happy and like bubley. i dont want to go back to being the deppresed girl who cut her self anymore, and attemps suicide, help please!
Hi pepto, this is a tough situation, especially as your parents reacted negatively last time you spoke about this.
There are lots of great places online to help teens with depression, and I've put some links below where you can find people who really understand what you are going through, including other teens.
Please have a read and consider contacting someone by phone or online to talk things over.
You don't have to give your name and everything you say is confidential!
There are some other things you can do that are PROVEN medically to help people feeling depressed.
make sure you eat lots of FRESH fruit and veg in your diet, there are certain enzymes and vitamins in these fresh foods that help prevent depression.
Also, walk for at least ten minutes every day. It doesn't have to eb a power walk, just an easy going walk to the corner and back, at some time in the day when the sun is shining but not too hot.
Walking is known to inhibit the various chemicals that can affect depression.
If these things don't do enough, you can also try some of the very effective new medications that are about, but diet and exercise are great first steps.
Take care of you, and check out the links below :-)
Best wishes :-)
cant help you sorry, only you can do that
See teen depression, suicidal thoughts, and self harm, in sections 13, 5, and 16, at http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris Visit your school counselor, to discuss your options. My standard post follows, but antidepressants are unsuitable for young people. See depression treatments, at ezy-build *(below) in section 2, and consult a doctor, to eliminate thyroid problems, etc. as possible contributing factors: also seek a referral to a therapist using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy. It is your decision, and yours alone, as to whether to take any antidepressants offered, but, before you do, read section 1, and check medications out at www.drugs.com so you will be on the lookout for side effects, like sexual dysfunction. My strong recommendation, however, is to follow the advice of my doctor, his associate, and also Marcelle Pick, OB/GYN NP, and Dr. Mercola, as well, at http://www.mercola.com and avoid antidepressants (pages 2V, and 2Z refer, & antidepressant websites: page 2). The reasons why we all share the same view on this are explained in full, as you will find, if you read the whole section. All of their advice, (except prayer, because many people are not religious) I have incorporated into the "core treatments", including others as options, such as herbal remedies, Inositol, or SAMe. If you are diagnosed with clinical (major) depression, antidepressants may be necessary for a while, which will give the treatments time to become effective. The antidepressants themselves need at least several days, or even many weeks to become effective. It's a good idea to taper off them slowly, with medical advice, after several months, say, to a couple of years, at most, because they are only effective in the long term for about 30% of people. Because of this, you would be well advised to begin the treatments immediately, and maintain them. I'd just thank your mental health care provider, and pocket the prescription, trying the treatments for a few months, to see if they are sufficient for you, before considering filling it (unless clinically depressed, and having great difficulty functioning, or suicidal, in which case I'd take them). If the amount of daylight you have been exposed to recently has reduced, perhaps due to the change of seasons, see Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.) in section 2, at * http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris and, instead of taking 4 Omega 3 fish oil supplements, daily; replace 2 of them with cod liver oil supplements for the winter months only! (or, as probably a better alternative to the 2 cod liver oil supplements: 1 teaspoonful of cod liver oil, with a little butter, to ensure its use; I take mine on sourdough rye bread, or toast, covered with fishpaste, and pepper, to mask the strong taste). Consider having your doctor test your vitamin D levels.
When I was a teenager I went through the same thing. Sometimes it feels like it will never go away. I think what helped a lot was talking to my friends. I'm sure they have or are going through the same thing. I know that God brought me through a lot as a teenager. Turn to Him. Talk to Him about the things you are going through. Trust me, He will listen even when you think He's not.