Depression.

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So last week I didn't feel like getting out of bed at all. I was just moody all the time and just felt super "meh" about everything. I managed to be able to work from home which was great for me because it meant I didn't have to deal with people.

I went to the doctor on Thursday and she prescribed me some natural stuff for anxiety. I didn't think I have anxiety up to that point. And yesterday I was trying to explain to someone about how my head works and I stumbled upon this. https://ask.metafilter.com/280046/How-do-I-stop-worrying-about-my-loved-ones-getting-hurt

I don't think I'm a control freak so the last sentence of the post doesn't apply to me (I think), but this is pretty much how I feel 90% of the time.

Anybody that can recommend a psychiatrist in the Fourways area that's not super expensive?
 
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I'm depressed all over again. Was in a happy mood this morning on my way to work only to find out that I'm still on leave.

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Jings said:
Kratom might not be the substance best suited as it reported to increase heart rate, of which mine is already high to the elevated levels of triglycerides.

Luckily, an alternative has been found to prescription drugs. Bought some Sceletium tortuosum yesterday afternoon. Side effects are few. Last night I had a mild headache but today it's gone, slept like a baby. Also not clenching down on my teeth so much.

About once a month is coffee time, and have maybe one or two drinks on a Friday, if that. Not in amounts that would contribute to anxiety.
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Not to be funny but are you sure your psychological symptoms are not stemmed from the vast amount of substances you consume. Sceletium, Shrooms, Cannabis, etc, that is a clear assault on a chemical front. Perhaps you need to find less chemically invasive methods.
 
semaphore said:
Not to be funny but are you sure your psychological symptoms are not stemmed from the vast amount of substances you consume. Sceletium, Shrooms, Cannabis, etc, that is a clear assault on a chemical front. Perhaps you need to find less chemically invasive methods.
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Nope, only used shrooms once and cannabis was after the sceletium. And cannabis use has nothing to do with anxiety.

As it turned out the anxiety was caused by another version of bezafibrate, which the pharmacist failed to inform was out of stock at the time. I took the medication for a whole month wondering why my brain was so messed up. Tablets looked the same. Pharmacist apologised but these days I always check first.
 
copacetic said:
Everyone okay? :)
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Yeah lol I'm not depressed anymore :P.
I was however told by an "friend" that all of us are weaklings and unsuccessful in life when it comes to happiness because we depend(ed) on anti depressants to get through the day.
 
CamiKaze said:
Yeah lol I'm not depressed anymore :p.
I was however told by an "friend" that all of us are weaklings and unsuccessful in life when it comes to happiness because we depend(ed) on anti depressants to get through the day.
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Well, I hope they never themselves have to go through the sort of personal experiences that will teach them how wrong they are...
 
CamiKaze said:
Yeah lol I'm not depressed anymore :p.
I was however told by an "friend" that all of us are weaklings and unsuccessful in life when it comes to happiness because we depend(ed) on anti depressants to get through the day.
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Whatever gets you away from that cliff edge is a good thing in my book.
 
copacetic said:
Well, I hope they never themselves have to go through the sort of personal experiences that will teach them how wrong they are...
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They make those insensitive comments because they are closed minded and not know how it affects the next person. That can push someone over the "cliff" all in all.
 
It is easy to believe that your mind controls your body. That is until the body decides it has had enough of that game and wants to do it's own thing. In my case it is actually my mind that got bored and decided it was going to go have fun somewhere else.
 
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