Hi Sheena, I know this message was sometime ago but I just want to add something to what I said, which I have found out since. One of the things I seem to be...
Thanks for your reply Ian. It is interesting that you say that having no emotions can be caused by anti-depressants. I have been taking many different...
Hi Ade Thanks for your suggestion about Christmas. I have made the event a little easier this year. I have booked a table at a restaurant for lunch on...
Hi All I don't understand how I can feel pretty good for about two months and then suddenly crash. I have been feeling low for over a week, but today is just ...
Hi Sheena, Thats what happened to me about 3 weeks ago, there is actually something called endogenous depression which means from within with no obvious...
Hi Sheena, I hope things aren't too bad today. Seems as if a few people in the group seem to have had a few crashes recently, sadly. Maybe it;s something to...
Hi Adrian, I meant to say before your last post just reminded me, my wife had a light, they do usually help but like anything its not guaranteed personally my...
Hi Ian, Many thanks for this suggestion. Indeed I think a holiday would be a very good thing. I should look into EuroStar to the south of France or Spain I...
Hi Ade Thanks for your reply - I am over the worst and starting to pick up again. It interests me how we are affected by different situations. I would much ...
Hi Ian Thanks for your feedback. When I sent the last e-mail I was feeling desperate. It was as if someone had injected me with some fatal drug. I didn't...
Hi Folks, Although I am quiet, I still read the messages sent and a lot of it applied to myself. A book I have read recentl which was very helpful to me was: ...
Hi Sheena, I use this message to reply to you. What I was looking for is where you say you went to the doctor and explained about this chemical in your brain...
Hi Ingrid Thanks for replying to my message. Its comforting to know that someone else has experienced and is experiencing similar patterns. Like you, I try...
Sheena, Just to tell you about my reaction to finding your reply this mornign. There was an immediate warmth streaming out to you because you have paid...
Hello all, I've lost my voice !!! Completely !! Which my kids think is highly amusing. It's now the second day and it still hasn't come back!! However, a...
Hi Everyone, I don't find this makes much difference - for me Jan and Feb always seem to be dull and cold so winter I think gets worse. It might be to do with...
Hi everyone, Just want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and hope it doesn't all get too stressful for anyone. I have to say I've ben pretty up last few days...
Merry Christmas to you too Ade - its good to hear you sound so positive. I hope you enjoy yourself at your brother's. I don't normally get stressed, but...
Hi. I'm a third year psychology student at the Swansea Institute of Higher Education (www.sihe.ac.uk) doing research into teenage depression. Specifically how...
not really, i can never sleep in the spring summer, need to get black out curtains which hopefully will do the trick. also need to put up a mesh wire on my...
Hello All Having recently been diagnosed with Dysthymia and put on prozac, my world has somewhat been turned upside down. I have read with great interest and...
Hi Carol, Welcome (though sorry you have dysthymia). I've found this chat group very useful in exchanging ideas and hope yo find it useful too. Take care, Ade...
Hi Carol, Welcome to the group! I found it such a relief when I was actually given a diagnosis of dysthymia. I could never understand why my depression kept ...
Hi Carol, Sheena and everyone, Its nice to see the group increasing in numbers and to welcome Carol on board. Carol seems to have echoed a sentiment that I...
hi, i think i have dysthymia.have had a depresion of some sort for 8 years, and b4 that i think it was always there waiting to come out when i was a kid, i...
Hi Claire Thanks for you post it makes interesting reading, Can start the first think you have said in your post, 'i think i have dysthymia,' The first think...
well i have seen the doctor a few times over the years, well alot actually, but they have never said about it. the last time i went, the doctor did say that it...
Hi Claire, Thanks for getting back to us. From what it sounds like it is either your doctor does not know about dysthymia or is reluctant to diagnose it. The...
Hi, I found this group when searching for an outlet for my frustration this morning. I am a homosexual man in my mid-forties with a long term partner. ...
