Life just sucks sometimes.

Liddle Noodnik - I am glad you found an answer to your prayers and that you now feel settled and happy.



Feeling sad ... isn't depression. Stress actually helps me to cope in life.... depression seems to hit most when I feel under stimulated mentally.

I have had depression for years... and for years I fought it. I have set myself goals, applied myself to ongoing learning - taken up the challenge of a nursing career even though I am painfully shy.

anyway ....it got too the stage where I couldn't fight the depression any more on my own, it was too hard. I got sick of the battle.

I don't like the idea of other people making judgments about my decision (rightly or wrongly) to take antidepressants.

We need to be very careful about making judgments about other peoples lives and the choices they choose to make in consultation with their doctors.

There is so much stigma attached to psychiatric disorders/ depression .... it is a very sensitive issue.
It is not appropriate to hint or suggest that anyone is less than adequate because they take up the personal choice to use antidepressants.