I'm 25 years old and just moved to a new town with my boyfriend - he has a bunch of his old friends around and I know nobody.  Now he's gone camping with the guys for the weekend and I can't go because I don't have a pee nis. (I love camping!)  Since I have no friends, I'm stuck at home, by myself, again.  I think I'm depressed.  Any good drugs out there for depressed people?
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I doubt that drugs are the answer. You just need to get proactive and get involved in your new community. Start at your local library; see if your town has a newcomer's club. Check out your local community college for adult classes -- meet some new folks over a pottery wheel or ceramics class. Look at Yahoo Groups for groups that are listed in your city, pick a few that match your interests, join and start meeting people. Develop some online friends that you can take anywhere -- consider blogging, chat rooms, etc. If you're into religion, local churches are always involved in activities where you might meet friends. Volunteer! You will be making a difference while meeting others. I know that's a lot to throw at you, but if you think about it, that's how we all make friends. We find people who share our interests, begin with those interests as common ground, then develop a relationship over time. \n\nIf you're really bugged with the boyfriend, you should certainly talk to him about it. Of course, you could also just plan a private camping trip, just the two of you. Try not to be annoyed, though. You will be thankful that he wants to have his own friends when you have a passel of girlfriends and you all want a girls' night out.
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i've battled bouts of depression for years.this weekend i figured out that i probably should live in a warm climate in the winter, because from the holidays until the weather starts getting warm i just hate everything.   it took years to figure this out.  but sit down and try and feel why you are so down.  if it's not because of what is going on in your life, it could be something chemically going on in your brain.  and there are meds to help that.  just tell your doctor .  i know my doc gave me a couple of books to read about life,etc. and a prescription.  i analyzed myself and i think i know what the problem is now.  next step is what can i do about it.?  as much as i'd like to i can't go to florida every winter.  but i can make it a goal for myself.  please talk to your doctor.  especially if something is going on in your life.  doctors don't judge you.  they are there to help you.
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Hi\n\nI am 42 an have suffered from depression since my late teens early 20's, depression can be more than just an environmental issue it can also be a chemical in-balance within your brain, anti depressants work by balancing this problem, your brain releases a chemical called serotonin if it is absorbed by the brain quickly this can cause depression of varying levels antidepressant medicines inhibits it's up take. \n\nThough having said this I believe antidepressant's can be dangerous to teens as it can also increase the depressive state greatly.\n\nYou may also be as said before just going through a hard time. \n\nIf you have suicide on your mind you really need to see a doctor.
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xanax,  as i take it to\nthis depression group im in , few takes it to,\nhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHRONIC_DEPRESSION_ANDPANNICK_ATTACKS/  your welcome to join.& any one Eles To!!
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Try listening to Anthony Robbins' books-on-tape/CD. That's what I have done to get further in what I want to do and to stop the things in my life that are only hurting me.\n\nI used to always go to the liquor store to buy alcohol when I felt depressed. Now, I don't. Don't know how to explain it. If you have a library card (or if you don't, you can get one usually for free), you can take out books-on-tape and such. I really do recommed Robbins. Great motivational speaker. I just finished my first and only tape of his so far called, "Awaken the Giant Within." Listen to it over and over and follow what he asks you to do. Remember, everything you do basically has to do with your mind. If you change your mindset, in your case, you can change your body, and in your case as well, it doesn't take prescription drugs. I know myself. I am on 4 very powerful anti-anxiety prescription drugs and I'm not being over-medicated. It's just that my condition is pretty bad if I don't have the meds. But, there are other things you can change without the meds AND you CAN improve the parts of your life that you have been medicated for, i.e. depression.\n\nGood luck!
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What makes me happy?  well, talking with people I feel are really listening and sharing our differences and things we have in commmon.. sometimes, I think i'll never be really happy again because I RARELY get out of the house.. and I need to do this!  If you can come up with a plan.. maybe we'll both go out to soomewhere new (or old).. and we can compare notes?  I do run a small home-based business so I do see people every day.. but they're just not really friends (tho they do treat me as a friend) and I could use a real friend who doesn't whine about everything!  \nReally, if you come up with a good answer, let me know, ok?\nBest wishes!
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Sometimes it is hard to go to a parent and admit that you aren't feeling like you used to or like you should. Maybe what you can do is seek an adult who you trust. Try talking to your doctor. Maybe you can have her/him talk to your mom so that way it is easier. My whole family has gone through depression. My little sister who I am very close to has been battling depression since she was 10. I never knew someone who was so sad she wanted to die and almost succeeded at 10 years old. I know all her feelings. She becomes sad too for no aparent reason. Usually it's because she isn't getting the time she needs with friends, or she feels like no one cares. It could be stress. It could be because something more than what you think is bothering you. If I were you I would talk to a counciler. At least if you talk to someone you can get help and get to the point where you feel better. Your mom should be your support system so let her know too. She'll be willing to help you. I know she would like to know if something is bothering her son.
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Awww so sweet. \n\nRide it out cowboy! Talking to people would help too.\n\nYour not alone.\n\nI feel alone, because I am sad, not because I don't have someone.
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The best ways to rid yourself of sadness and loneliness:\n\nJoin clubs any hobby you are interested in (chess club, astronomy club, bridge club, womens club etc) you will make all kinds of friends.\n\nGet out of the HOUSE often. You need contact with people, any people (like at the store, library, swim center etc)\n\nGet lots of exercize, it promotes serotonin for good feelings (go swim at a pool, jazzercise, biking, hiking, walks, tae bo etc).\n\nEat healthy, very important to nourish the mind so you wont be depressed (lots of fruit and veggies and lean meat) Also take supplements (vitamins and minerals and herbs) Talk to someone at a herb shop or health food store. They have amazing stuff.\n\nRead Books (fiction for pleasure and non0fiction to learn about health, wellness, hobby, and more)\n\nGet involved (community service, find something you can help with) My best days were spent helping others. Very important for your well-being.\n\nMake contact with family and friends (make the effort to visit them, talk on phone and email them asap) See your child more often you are her mother and she needs you.\n\nHere is an important book I want you to read. It can change your life for the better.\nThe Luck Factor by Dr. Richard Weisman (amazon)\nTells you the steps to make your life better, more luck in every aspect of living, even how to pick a mate. This is one of the best books I have ever read. Please read it too.\n\nGood Luck & keep you chin up.
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I live with long term depression and can not take the anti-depressants doctors prescribe, yes, I have tried the new ones with the same results, they make me more depressed, not less!\n\nOver many years I have developed a lifestyle that alleviates the depression in a natural way. Here is what I do, I hope it is of help to you and others as well.\n\nCounselling: I find having a person I can rely on to talk to is very helpful when the depression is bad, many counsellors now agree that depression in many cases should be treated in a more natural way.\n\nFood: Eat lots of raw fruit and vegetables and if you have to cook them only just cook them! Natural foods are bright in colour and so are pleasing to the eye to eat. Also ensure you eat fish once a week every week.\n\nDrink: Limit coffee, alcohol, soft drinks and tea, instead try lots of water, fruit based cordials, herbal teas and fruit juice\n\nExercise: Walk outdoors in the sunshine and fresh air for 20 minutes a day. During the walk really look at your surroundings and take note of the big strong trees, cool soft grass, blue sky, and if you are lucky enough to live near water notice the water and how it responds to its environment. We tend to breathe more shallowly when we are depressed so some exercise helps us breathe deeper and increases the oxygen intake making us feel better all over. You dont need to run a marathon, just exercise regularly and only do what is possible.\n\nVitamins: Take multi vitamins one day and Multi B the next. You dont need to overload your system with vitamins otherwise you simply end up with expensive urine! If the Multi B and the multivitamin both have Vit C in them then that is even better.\n\nSunshine is the best and easiest way for human beings to absorb Vit D. So being outside in the sunshine is a good thing. Being sunburnt is not, so take care to wear a shirt, hat and sunscreen. And sunshine just makes you feel good! It actually releases some chemical in the human brain that makes you feel good.\n\nIf you eat lots of white flour based foods, fried foods, and processed foods you will find that this tends to make your digestion system sluggish and seems to add to depression so avoid them.\n\nNew Things: Learning a new thing alleviates depression because it gives us a sense of satisfaction and achievement and you cant feel satisfied and depressed at once! Take on new challenges whether it is getting around to learning a musical instrument, painting, riding a bicycle, or learning Tai chi you will find that a sense of accomplishment feels very good.\n\nGrow something: Carig for something else turns your attention to positive things like what you can do right and what is possible. If you think that you are the worlds worst gardener try this: Ask someone for cuttings of geraniums stick the cuttings in some dirt and water daily for a week. Geraniums are the most amazing flowers to grow because they grow from cuttings so there is no cost involved and if you plant half a dozen cuttings you will get two or three plants from that. Their bright colours and often scented leaves are a delight. An old fashioned plant but a cheerful one. Daisies also grow from cuttings and are bright cheerful plants. Both daisies and geraniums grow really well in pots and so do many vegetables! There are lessons we can only learn by osmosis, we have to absorb the lesson and growing something gives us some of those lessons.\n\nGet Involved in Your Community: Join an interest group, a local health centre committee, or a church or other organisation. Being with others with a common goal can be very upliftng. Being with, caring about and learning about other people leaves no room for you to be wound up in your depression.\n\nMusic: Get a good collection of music of all kinds, try some classical, some heavy rock, some lilting little melodies, african drumming music, aboiriginal music, the more variety the better. listen to all kinds of music.\n\nGet a pet: You dont have to buy a d
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hi- i'm not a teen anymore but i've been there. i wish i had seen a dr. when i was a teen. it would have saved me a lot of trouble as i got older. if you are feeling depressed, don't let people tell you it's just growing pains or teen angst. it's as real as anything else.talk to your parents or another adult you can trust and see your dr. \nanti-depressants do work! just be careful with them. best of luck to you. i truly hope you feel well soon.
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What a difficult question to read.  Please try some sentence structure and spelling check on your next one.\n\nThere should be some community or school groups for people with whom you share common interests.  This can help you socialize with people that you can easily talk to - talk to them about your common interest.\nAlso talk to your parents and/or doctor about your depression - it may be chemically-based due to all the hormones flooding your system.\n\nI was basically depressed from age 10 on, and was not diagnosed until after age 30, so take it from me, seek out help now.  Life will be much better.\n\nYou shouldn't feel the need to "act"  any particular way other than how you truly are.  After all, isn't that what you want people to like you for vs. a character you are pretending to be?\n\nGood luck!
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I can relate to what you're going through. When I was 14, I attempted suicide. I was put into psychiatric wards, and sent away from home. I understand depression. But I can tell you, that it is the worst mistake I ever tried to make. I didn't realize that until it was almost too late. So if you want to kill yourself, it depends on what you're taking. If it's a strong medicine, take the entire bottle. If not take two whole bottles, wait an hour and say goodnight.\n        I don't know what your situation is, but I strongly suggest not ending your life. Things may seem bad now, but they will get better. Trust me. If you need someone to talk to or vent to, here's my email address.... vigilantris@yahoo.com\n        Email me anytime day or night. I'll  be here, I promise.
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I feel your pain.  I hate to sound like everybody else, but suicide does not solve anything.  I am not a therapist, I am simply a guy that knows exactly what you are going through.  I have been dealing with a severe case of depression for a coupple of months now.  I also have had some pretty dark thoughts about how things would be if I was no longer around.  I know you said you don't want to see a theripist.  That is exactly the same way I used to feel.  I at one time felt very alone in this  world.  I thought the entire world was hell-bent of making my life harder than everybody elses.  I would see happy people out and about and it made me want to throw up!  All I wanted was to just have one day where I did not feel any pain, physically or mentally.  I was not wanting to be the richest most popular person in the world, I just wanted to be happy... I did not think that was too much to want out of life.  One day I found myself sitting in my car looking for a good place to put an end to my suffering.  For some strange reason, I just drove home.  The next day I woke up and made an appointment with a theripist to try to get some help.  I have been seeing her for a few months now, and I am feeling pretty good.  I also was perscribed Zoloft.  I used to be against just "masking" symptoms with Meds, but I really do have to say the Zoloft really does seem to smooth out the bumps of everyday life.  \nBack to you... I know you feel all alone in your depression, just know it effects many more people than you would think.  It really does help to talk about what you are feeling with someone you feel comfortable with.  You say you are not afraid of death... I used to say the same thing, I used to think I had already lived "enough" life.  That is untill My best friend from college died a few weeks ago.  We were both the same age, It hit me like a ton of bricks... I have not lived a full life yet.  There are so many things I have yet to experience... I realized I was not ready to end things.  Sure I still get "down" from time to time, but the therapy has taught me to work through things, and not to always put emphisis on the negitive of every situation.  It may sound like a line of pure crap... But Positive Thinking really does work!  You are in controll of your life... try to look for the light at the end of every tunnel.... I assure you, things can get better, but you need to be willing to let those changes happen.  \nI hope I helped you out.  If you ever want to chat to somebody that has been in the same situation you are in, you can always e-mail me jam961@yahoo.com  Sometimes it is easier to open up to a sympathetic ear.  I wish you the best of luck!  I really hope you start to feel better.  Just remember, you are never alone, you have all of us here on Yahoo Answers to talk to.
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baby girl. you are depressed. you need help.\n\nyou are a GOOD girl. you are a GOOD person.\n\nyou need your parents, family, friends -- to show you care and love you.\n\nyou need a psychologist.\n\nbut remember you are an AMAZING person. you are SWEET, you are GOOD.\n\nyour self-esteem needs uplifting through love and care of ....whoever you can get ---\n\nparents, friends, family, psychologist etc
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First of all, I am very sorry for the loss of your friend. I know it feels like the whole world just got up and walked out of your life, doesn't it? It hasn't, just a part of it has, one that meant a great deal to you. Do you have anyone at this time that you can talk with on a regular basis? If not, then get one. It will help you grieve for your loss and be able to accept it and move on. A support group is absolutely your best option for now. Not only are you hurting inside but there are others there that are hurting just like you, as well. There are others at group therapy that know what your're going through and know of ways to offer support and help for you too.\nPlease go and seek out a support group in your area. You don't know how therapeutic talk therapy can be until you have gone to one of these meetings. It's free, and not only will you shed tears but others will be right there with you to help you and they too will shed tears. I am sure your friend would want you to move on and take care of yourself. You are also having I'm sure what is called situational depression and might need the help of a pyschiatrist right now. Call your doctor if you feel like your suicidal or if you feel like your gonna hurt yourself in anyway then call 911 and get help please. I wanna hear back from you to know your okay and gonna be alright. Think of all the good memories you had with this special person. I believe in the spirit world and I think those that have left before us are still with us just in a different way.\nTake care of you, and the best of luck to you my friend.
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I know how hard it is to be depressed because of a drunk driving situation because my uncle died in a car crash on the way home one night from a drunk driver. My aunt has coped with depression and we gave her the advice to try new things like go to a casino if you dont like to gamble and get out and meet new people and make some friends and people who make you feel good and so far it has worked even if you are 35+ years old you can still have friends and have fun my other uncle is 55 and is enjoing life to the fullest just being around friends (people who care and make you feel good).\n\nHope this Helps!!! Sorry about your wreck