Fight depression without meds.?

Ok, I know im depressed. I don't want to take meds. But my whole DAMN family keeps telling me" you need to take meds your depressed!" or " of course your deppresed you won't tale meds" please tell me there is a way to do this without meds, i wish i had their support but when i refused to take the pills they tried to get me locked up in chestnut ridge, so i do what i always do.... i put on a mask to everyone and they all fall for it, to them im happy and calm and satisfied with life. But really....im not, i feel dead, i don't know what to do anymore.... i droped out of school so now im worthless to some of my family, stupid, well... maybe they are right but they aren't helping. these are the people im sappoused to love? the people that hurt me are the ones i should always forgive? well i still can't really trust them, they want to go somewhere in the care. NO! last time i did that i ended up in chestnut ridge untill i lied and acted fine. so what do i do now

Fight depression without meds.?
Eat healthy and exercise! Definitely the first things you can do to help yourself. Exercise releases endorphins in your brain which is what makes you "feel good". Also, try getting sunlight. Sunlight helps make your mood positive. Try getting 15 - 30 minutes a day AT LEAST! Those are things you can do to start off with!
Reply:Look, my life is a lot better and easier since i started antidepressants. I wish i could have had them when i was a teenager.





But if you won't t consider meds, you can try exercising a lot, and getting more sunlight. I don't think it helps much, if at all, but it helps some people. Also, cut out alcohol.
Reply:i am bipolar and at times i feel fine so why take meds.

but when i get depressed i need meds so i beg borrow or steal to get them.maybe you need better meds to treat it differantly without the side effects. try st johns wart. or try getting a job that you can look forward to.get a purpose, a reason to get up and out. try looking at life with a new perspective. whatever you do dont smoke pot it will make it worse.
Reply:it can be done but it isnt recomended. thearpy is pretty much the only other option, otherwise you get to the point where you choose to die/completly insane or live not a good position to be in. good luck
Reply:I have depression but I don't take med.
Reply:smoke weed, and get laid
Reply:By all means consult with a doctor, but I have to confess that anti-depressants didn't work for me personally because I experienced too many side effects.



That was 10-15 years ago. I started doing much better when I got onto nutritional stuff and yoga (believe me, deep breathing makes a difference---and for scientific reasons--it increases the oxygen flow to the brain, etc.). And I started doing MUCH, MUCH, better this year when I got into Amino Acid (a natural nutritional substance) therapy.



Look into Joan Mathews Larsens book "Depression Free Naturally." Good luck, and contact me through Yahoo if you need more info. (contact me more than once, I sometimes miss an email or two).
Reply:I'm going through the same thing. Exercise helps sooo much, but it is kind of hard at first but I was doing it wrong. I was doing things I hated ... i started to just hate exercise, so I just started to dance and I really liked that .Then I started doing other types of exercise because dancing helped and I feel way better these days. Start off slow with what you know you can do [and like doing] and just work your way up.If you're not sure, just do experiments. I know it can seem overwhelming at first, but you'll get used to it. You'll be hella glad you did. There's a lot of articles online that exercise can be just as helpful as meds, just type in ''exercise depression" and a whole bunch of **** comes up.plus there's a lot of natural stuff like 5-HTP.
Reply:It is possible to fight depression without meds. I do it. It is hard though. I was diagnosed with depression and social anxiety and prescribed some meds. I got them filled and once I got home I decided I wanted to fight it on my own. I talked with my psychiatrist and we decided that I could fight the depression without meds. So instead I meet with a psychiatrist once a week just to talk. Its nice to have someone to talk to about daily life or random problems. I chose to hide all of this from my family and friends. I only told one of my sisters, who swore she would never tell. I’m slowly becoming more confident and am opening up to more people. These people can hardly believe that I cover up my depression and anxiety so well on the outside. But I really am getting better, it’s amazing what positive thinking and letting out your feelings can do.

Most importantly, if your family is trying to help, don’t ignore that. Sit down with them and calmly explain exactly why you choose not to takes the meds. Maybe they will understand that way. Taking your meds should also be discussed with your doctor, so make sure you talk to him/her before you decide to do anything.

Your not the only one who feels the way you feel. Not everyone is as happy as they seem on the outside. The more people I meet the more I realize how many people have as many problems as I do. Don’t feel sorry for yourself. It doesn’t solve anything. When things get low, I just think- hey, things could be so much worse, I am lucky to be who and where I am today.

so my advice to you, if you plan on not taking meds, would be to talk to a psychiatrist and your family, and keep active(maybe re-enroll in school?). the more you lay around and do nothing the more negative you will become. Just remember to think positive.

i hope this helps at least a bit.

good luck