I go to a neurologist instead.

Self medication is best medication

already have.
depression ftw.

Because all they want is your money.

I did, and she helped lots. I'm all better now, no longer need my meds. I don't need to see her anymore either.

sort-of been in therapy as a child
pretty much sucked

shrinks cause more problems than they solve

Ive been going to counseling for 3 months now. While that has been really nice, my therapist may think my depression thinks I may need anti-depressants, so Im seeing a psychiatrist soon. Im a little nervous about it, but I honestly feel like they would help a ton.

Anyone with anti-depressant experience want to share what its like? Do you still feel like you?

>>2347753

You could self medicate with applying lead to the brain with significant kinetic force!

No money.

I'd like to go to a psychiatrist. They can prescribe all sorts of cool things. But I simply have no money for prescriptions or for visits to some bitch who doesn't "get" me.

>>2347772
>my therapist may think my depression thinks I may need anti-depressants
Boy I fucked that one up. thinks my depression is getting worse and I may need anti-depressants*

Because they're for cry baby's and attention seekers.

I'll just carry on being miserable.

I am. It doesn't really seem to be helping, too much.

>>2347737
I did
I have an appointment with her next week to change my prescription. Concerta and Wellbutrion is a shitty combination, neither of them work.

I'd rather feel miserable than get the confirmation that something is wrong in my head.

And there's no way I'm going to use medication to fix something that's going on in my head.

>>2347786
If you are in college, many campuses have counseling services, either on campus or a referral system that will provide therapy free or at very reduced cost.

Im >>2347772, been seen once a week for 3 months, havent paid a dime. I also get reduced cost medication if I buy them on campus, so that could be cool too if I decide to get them.

If you arent in campus, look for a therapist that has a sliding scale. Some therapists will go as low as $5-10 for an hour.

No unIimited disposable income

1 out of 1 bumps

Has anyone been on anti-depressants before? What was it like? Were there any side effects?

Because if I get diagnosed with depression I won't be able to become a cop.

Once I make detective though that's a free pass for it. It's weird, as long as you become depressed BECAUSE of the work it's fine, but if you're depressed going in then suddenly it's not acceptable.

Because I've already tried therapy with 7+ different doctors and they all just made me feel worse. Bottling up my feels is easier.

>>2348132
>anti-depressants before
Yeah, Celexa, Wellbutron, and Prozac I think, none really worked
>What was it like
I wasn't really happy, but I couldn't feel sad. In fact, it sucked, I couldn't feel much of anything.
>Were there any side effects
I lost my apatite, forgot to eat and became anemic , headaches and other stuff

What will the psychiatrist do?

Will they just do that classic "tough love", "he just needs a kick up the ass" thing? For better or worse, that shit don't work on me.

>>2348213
No, most will just try to sell you pills. Don't get me wrong, some of the pills do work, but it takes like a year of searching to find any worthwhile, and it's a pretty shitty process.

>>2348191
Dear god, that doesnt sound any better than being depressed. Arguably worse.

Shit, I dont know if I want to go there now.

>>2347737
Because they're too expensive and I can deal with my own problems.

Plus, the ones I've seen have such a loose understanding of me, yet they prescribe all sorts of pharmaceutical garbage after maybe one or two trips.

Also, all they ever want to focus on is the fact that I'm transgender.

>"Hey, I wanted to talk about how my father's narcissism affected my childhood."

>"DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER?"

>"Yes."

>"AS A PROFESSIONAL, MY OPINION IS BLAH BLAH..."

>"Fuck off."

>"WELL LOOKS LIKE OUR HOUR'S UP! SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. MY SECRETARY WILL SEND THE INVOICE."

And no progress is ever made. Ever.

>>2348264
Well I found the right pills now, but they're not exactly anti-depressants.

>>2348322
Which pills? Perscription? Psycho medication? Otherwise?

Because I can't afford a private one, and I couldn't get any therapy on national health so yeah

>>2347772
I got on Fluoxetine once. Three weeks in I got really suicidal and had the urge to cut myself. Just stopped fucking taking them without telling my doctor, had three days of pure euphoria, then crashed. Pic related.

Never again.

Because I tried and it was a waste of time.

>oh you have severe social anxiety and some depression(like everyone else)
>I'm going to recommend you take these classes because we will get more in the long run than actually helping you..
>I'm going to disregard that the social anxiety probably means group therapy is the exact thing you don't want to do in this situation because I'm a fucktard who couldn't get a real degree

And that was the first and last time I tried going to a shrink

>that feeling when your therapist tells you to stop thinking so much.

>>2348392
That seems really awful. Why would depression be fixed by something that makes you even more depressed?

Can someone make a meme:

"Clueless psychiatrist image macro"

No shrink and no medication can cure being unsociable.
>alcohol doesn't count

>>2348426
>>>/b/
Go meme somewhere else.

>Why haven`t you visited a psychiatrist?
Because I like to solve my own problems even if its near-impossible for me to.

>>2348514
Are you actually going to solve your own problems? There's no shame in manning up and asking for help when you need it.

>>2347737
because going to a psychiatrist is for broken individuals who can't function properly in society, and the sole idea of that would depress me even more.

besides he cant do anything about it eccept giving me drugs, psychiatrists are a sham and only work for people with specific problem, not when everything in your life is shit

Because its way too expensive for me to go and have somebody tell me ITS OKAY, YOU JUST NEED TO ACCEPT WHO YOU ARE

>>2348392

Oh god, I just started taking fluoxetine a few days ago. Hopefully I can avoid a situation like yours.

I just need to grow the fuck up like most of r9k.

well i have the choice of either stop drinking like the alcoholic i am or being miserable all day everyday

guess i'll die of liver failure
happy :)

fuck a psychiatrist im a ride my tricycle 8 miles and hour like an optomist crossed with a giant lobster boxing lava fish. cunts get kicked fucked and tricked but never have your vaggies been happy as the cock meat. box's to feed like robbery of a babies candy mockery of a nun by fucking her for fun son. i get done when i cum rampant avid like an animal around all the holes apocalyptic snow storm galore
grow beards of muff and huff puff the abortion like my grandmas hysterectomy sauce just catche me lubing up my peeny with some period chudny. i get gutsy lovely the abruptly this red rose turns white and my kite falls froms the skies alll along i rammed a bone down and rocked the tonsils like tommy tootone you know. just fuck a hoe

P.L.C.

I already have. All she did was diagnose me with bullshit disorders (my parents were manipulative, controlling, and egotistical. They projected all of their insecurities and problems on me instead) and send me to family therapy, which also did not help for the same reason.

>>2348628
normalfag alert: code RED

>I NEVER HAD THOSE PROBLEMS SO PEOPLE HAVING THEM ARE BETAS

I'm poor as shit.

That explains why I have a shitty internet and not any kind of medical insurance, somehow.

>>2348642
>I NEVER HAD THOSE PROBLEMS SO PEOPLE HAVING THEM ARE BETAS
I hate this shit.
What I hate more is the posers who pretend they have problems to look cool or exaggerate and pretend like they have disorders when they don't. Ex: whiny emo kids who cut themselves to look cool and say they're depressed when they only just want attention.

I also hate when people use depressed as a mood or an emotion. Ex: "My bf just broke up with me, I'm so depressed." It's not synonymous with sad, it's a clinical disorder. And if anything, depression is more like a black hole that sucks out everything enjoyable in life and the energy to do anything, not a teary-eyed emotional thing.

>>2348642
>I was picked on in highschool
>I was a kissless virgin until age 18, and only lost my virginity because she made the first move
>I did not have my drivers licence until age 18
>I hadd no friends untill I was 17

I'm not saying none of you have problems, I'm saying most of them like all of mine can be fixed by just growing the fuck up.

P.s. I realize you have autism and I feel very sorry for you, but r9k is not your secret fucking club.

>>2348322
Tell us more, please, people never really talk about medications here and i'm very curious because i don't have the money to go to or the faith in therapy and i think meds are the only hope left

>>2348724

>that feel when that blackhole sucks everything out of you leaving you feeling like a husk of a human being and all decisions/changes can only make things worse.

>>2348824
>>2348824
>is not a virgin, had sexual intimacy
>listing his "car license" as a reason for depression even though he got it anyway
>friends after 17
>hueheuhue you le have le autism xDDxD

you don't even know what depression is you stupid normalfag scum

>>2348824
>its not your secret club but its my facebook xD

0/10

>>2348870
Yep.
Don't forget the constant feeling of nausea, loss of appetite, inability to love/emotionally attach to others causing you to have no friends or loved ones, lack of genuine emotion, lack of energy to do anything that a normal person could easily do, loss of sex drive, insomnia, realization that you'll never be relevant or important in any way, and your body feeling so heavy from the lack of energy that you cannot move your limbs or sometimes even chew.

It would look really bad on my application to join the US army.

I don't have the money, nor will my medical insurance pay for it..

>>2348980
Whoa. Makes me realise I'm just in babby depression.

I have friends.

/thread

>been to one
>he was dumb as fuck and it was a waste of time
>quit going there
>fixed problems myself thanks to relentless honesty
>win lots of self confidence
>feelsgoodman.png

>>2349021
>>2349017
some people just aren't born to be happy im glad you two aren't there, at least some of us can work properly

I did. Several times in fact.

Each time they toss you on meds and ask you the same shit day in and day out.You can optionally give group therapy a shot, which is essentially the same thing but you then have the embarssment of unloading your shit on complete strangers.

When that doesn't work they try to get you into a Psych Ward, which is again essentially the same shit as before, except you can't go home and your life is run by a handful of psychiatrists.

>>2347737
They're expensive. And I don't need one. I mean sure I have a slew of minor issues, mainly regarding sexuality and intimacy, but I stay happy and function fairly well.

Psychiatrists are for those who lack will power and are unable to solve their own mental problems.

>>2349156
you've never had real, continuous problems have you

>>2349141
Do you get a computer in psych ward? Just curious.

>See psychiatrist
>Nothing wrong with me
>Get prescribed a whole shopping list of drugs so I can get hooked on their program
>Don't get them and laugh at the spazzes who trust this pseudo-science

I know quite well, and discover more every day, of what's wrong with me. I doubt that anyone else could help me if I can't help myself.

>>2349086
Hey, >>2349021 here.

I think everyone has the chance to improve his situation. Of course I cannot give a recipe on how to generally escape the vicious cycle that you're in, but it works if you try hard enough.

The first step is understanding what's wrong. And then be willing to fix it. It really is that easy. You just need to be honest and relentless.

So you have bad teeth? Bad breath? Go inform yourself on the internet what you can do about it. Then do it. So you think you are ugly? Get a nice haircut, dress in a fashionable way, do something against these pimples. Work out a little to fix that shitty body language.

But how? I'm so scared of going outside to fix anything, because people will see me and they will know wah wah. So what? People are paid for helping you. Dentists want to make your teeth beautiful. A fitness trainer will love to see you rise from a skinnyfat to an athlete.

Just DONT. GIVE. UP. Keep doing it. Make photos of yourself now and make one each month.

>>2349170
Explain "continuous problems"

>>2349197
If you just cannot seem to get going, ask a doctor for some meds. I did it too. They helped me to get started so I can fix myself. Now I have fixed myself a lot and I am planning on reducing the dosis and eventually stop intake completely.

Do you like animals? Go visit an animal's home and ask to go for a walk with one of the dogs. Go see the cats they have. They will be grateful for everyone that spends time with these poor things. And they will make you smile at some point.

>>2349181
No, but I guess it's possible they might in other hospitals.

because there is absolutely nothing wrong with me. I'm a total normalfag

>>2349250
Actually I take that back, computer cords and such are probably a suicide risk. They're really tight ass about that kind of crap.

>>2349302
>They're really tight ass about that kind of crap.
Yep. You're not even allowed to shave yourself or use hair products like gel or straightener/curlers. It's fucking retarded.

>>2349197
>>2349233
come on we both know those situations you describe are just motivational bullshit, did you just copypaste that?
you want to know whats wrong? everything around me, thats what, and im unable to change anything or anyone.
>GO WALK RANDOM ANIMALS
oh for fucks sake who writes these stupid things?

because psychiatrists treat mental disorders as illnesses to be cured.

There are symptoms, and based upon those you are prescribed a medication to treat them.

The medication does not get to the root of your problem. Its just a bandaid.

Therapy, on the other hand....

Because I'm too afraid of asking anyone around me to take me to one.
I can't even go on my own because that would require calling a cab on top of calling the psych, and what do I say to my roommate if I'm suddenly gone one day? She knows I don't go anywhere. She'd suspect, question, judge. I can't take that.

I'll just continue to sit in the corner of this cage I call my life.

>>2349381
>question
I know how you feel. If there's one thing I hate more than anything else it is having to explain myself to people.

they're expensive as fuck and the one I went to was pretty useless. Just a reminder: they don't have definite cures to anything, only the physicians desk reference. I'm sure there are a few out there that are highly skilled but most are pretty useless.

>>2348336
Right now, I'm currently switching doctors, so I have no medication. I used to be on something for bipolar mania, and it seemed to work well enough, I didn't get so damn sad all the time at least. Currently I self medicate with alcohol. I already have fatty liver disease, so I know I'm just killing my liver.

>>2348833
Under my insurance, they give me a therapist and a psychiatrist. To be honest, the therapist never really helped in a significant way. He was a nice guy, but it was more like rent-a-friend. He did help me to overcome my problems, but I had to do it all myself. I guess his purpose was more to show me that I must solve my own problems. That being said, I do have a definite problem with my brain chemistry, so that's probably why meds work better in my case.