Need some advice

[maxandgus99]

Around two and a half years ago I went through a really really rough patch with my mental health. My anxiety was at an all time high and I started to fall into a really bad depression. I ended up discussing this with my parents and ended up seeing a doctor, psychologist and a psychiatrist and went on an antidepressant. Through the medication and the counselling I received, I slowly began to feel better and eventually made it past the dark depressing time, however the anxiety stayed with me as it always has been, ever since I was a kid.

I'm now 18 and recently my anxiety has increased again to intense paranoia and stress and I've started to feel more and more down, unmotivated, sad, irritated, aggravated and just downright depressed. Going through this last time was the hardest thing I've ever gone through and I really don't think I can do it again. It took so much out of me and my family as I could tell how much of an impact what I was going through was having them. It's getting so bad that I can't sleep, nothing cheers me up and I can't go 2 hours without crying and I just don't know what to do. I just can't do it all again, and I need some advice on whether I need to just pull myself together and tell my mum it's happening again and take myself to a doctor or something because I seriously need help ans I know I need help, it's just so hard to get up and go get it this time because I just can't see myself going through all this again it just takes everything out of me to even think about the process it was last time and the strength it took

[KLG]

definitely tell your mum - depression can overwhelm us to the point where anything and everything can seem insurmountable - you are absolutely at the point where you need some help, time to act is now, dont leave it any longer.

[geoff]

hi Maxndgus, welcome to the site and sorry to hear that it's all happening once again, something you wished would never have happened, unfortunately it's something that may attack you from time to time so you need to get all the support you once had.

I'm worried that you may have stopped your medication once you were feeling better, but what you need to do is tell your mum, organise an appointment with your doctor and keep taking your AD's.

Once you or anyone has had depression/anxiety, and when I say this I'm not qualified to say, but from experience you need to take your AD's even when you are better, simply because we are never sure when our mind will break down once again, triggered off by something we have not been capable of solving.

You must remember that we are always temperamental in getting our depression back at any time so we have to be aware of the dangers, and to know when we have to contact all our support services, and that's what you must do, book an appointment with your doctor, tell your mum if she will help you and contact anyone else who has also helped you through this terrible relapse. Geoff.