Help for major depression and mood disorder

[Suicidaldepression]

I have been depressed and suicidal almost my whole life . Im here because i recently want to get better now. I have never seen a doctor or phychiatrist or whatever i was told by family to see them at a young age because they know the trauma and things i been through. What do i do i dont know whst to do nomore im sick of having to pretend to be happy everyday...

[Sophie_M]

Welcome to the Beyond Blue forums Suicidaldepression,

Thank-you for having the strength to reach out tonight as we know this can be a stressful and daunting task. We're so glad that you're wanting to feel better and are reaching out to our community here. We know some of our community members will be able to relate to what you're experiencing and will hopefully provide you with some advice on what has worked for them. 

We can hear that it's been a long journey for you and you're quite exhausted by it, but in case we can help at all, we thought you might like to take a look at the Beyond Blue "Treatments for Depression" page to see if it can give you any new ideas for treatment strategies -
https://www.beyondblue.org.au/the-facts/depression/treatments-for-depression

Or our page for "Reducing stress" here - https://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/staying-well/reducing-stress

Addtionally, If you would like some help finding mental health support, we would recommend that you get in contact with the Beyond Blue Support Service. They are available 24/7 by phone on 1300 22 4636 or on Webchat 3pm-12am AEST on our website: www.beyondblue.org.au/getsupport .They will give you support and point you in the right direction for help in your area. Thank-you again for reaching out here tonight. 

[Ggrand]

Hello Dear Suicidaldepression..

A very warm and caring welcome to our forums..

Im deeply sorry that you’ve been struggling with your mental health for so long.

Sophie has given you some links to really good threads that hopefully help you some..

Depression can be very exhausting and hard to know where to start to begin our journey to wellness..You are saying you want to get better now...I am proud of you that you realise that your unwell and need help..we’ll done..that is the first step..wanting to get better...

Suicidaldepression It can be really hard to see a Dr..about your mental health..by the sounds of it you are exhausted from trying to fix yourself..

Having depression especially with suicidal really does need professional help...just like a broken bone needs a professional to reset it..our mental health needs professional people to help us reset our negative and suicidal thoughts..it’s possible with help..but extremely hard without it..Do you think that you are ready to seek professional help?

Hoping so much to hear back from you Dear Suicidaldepression...We are here for you to help support you in any way we can,,,

My kindest and most caring thoughts..

Grandy..

[Defcon1337]

This isn't a cure but this does help with mood swings and depressive episodes a nice peaceful stable surrounding and a lot of money or a legit psychiatrist. Apparently it's not easy to achieve and life if full of obstacles that knock me of course epically with having a adhd diagnoses on top. Another tip that worked for me is study brain chemistry and make sure to L-dopa boosting produced from a good source and same goes for serotonin just start with basic steps. I really should be paid giving legit advice that works.

[Guest_1643]

hi there

I don't have any advice because i'm not convinced that going to a doctor, psychiatrist or therapist works for everyone

there are a lot of different ways to get support and care

but the most important i think, regardless of the approach or person u see, is to have someone, some human, who believes you, validates you and cares.

[Truc]

Hi...

I dont know what you have been through and I think there may be something you are not comfortable to share with. I think you dont have to pretend to be happy everyday, if you are a bit sad or bored, you can tell with your friends or your family then make a plan to do something or go somewhere with them, sometimes if I dont tell what I am thinking, my girlfriend does not know what I want actually then we may have an unnecessary argument because of no communication, then I tried to change myself and we are really good now. I think friends and family are close enough to put trust on them, and I also trust myself when I talk to them as well, sometimes miscommunication can happen, but at the end we try to explain further then everything is still fine. as a baby, we dont feel good, we ask or we cry, we are hungry, we cry and ask, we want something, we nag them...etc our nature is to ask when we struggle sometimes, I think it is normal and we can just embrace it. I hope it is helpful