First Time Posting - Greetings to you all.

[Gumiho]

Hell there everyone.

I am 25 years old and I suffer from depression and anxiety. I am currently seeing a psychologist about them, and I am on medication, but they never really help. I have graduated from university a few years ago, but have never been able to find a job in my field, plus I lost my job two years ago and haven't been able to get a new one.

The anxiety I have suffered for years. I've been to a number of psychologists over the last five years, and it helps for a bit, but the I degenerate back into an anxious wreck when my triggers are hit. The depression on the other hand is relatively new, I've only had it for the last year and a half. Then earlier this year I lost someone very important to me.

I feel empty inside. I've lost enjoyment in all the old things I liked, I don't do anything new, I don't see my friends anymore. I don't look forward to the future. I just don't know what to do.

[Hope_for_the_best]

Welcome, Gumiho! Sorry to hear what you are going through. It is good that you are under the care of professionals, but it sounds like you are still depressed. Have you followed up with your GP/psychiatrist how you are doing with the medication? If not, I would suggest that you go and have your medication reviewed. Possibly you need to have your dosage adjusted or switch to another medication. I am not sure how long you have seen your psychologist, but if you have seen him/her for a while and you find him/her not helpful, then switch to another psychologist. You may have your GP referred you to another one or find one using the directory on this site.

Get well soon.

[Forest_Critter]

Hi Gumiho, welcome to the forum.

I'm so sorry you've lost someone close to you, that you've been on the receiving end of career misfortune, and that it's seeming as though progress with psychologists has been stagnant. These can definitely be frustrating things for mental illness.

On the positive side though, it's fantastic that you are getting treatment, and that even though some psychologists haven't worked out, you're still going. There are many ways of treating anxiety, and without the right connection, a psychologist may not find the one that works best for you. With depression, especially since it is more recent, medication can take time to be effective, and treatment with your psychologist may change to accommodate this. It can be especially challenging to grasp feelings of emptiness and lack of enjoyment as symptoms that are not who you really are.

I definitely would like to hear more about you. What are some of the old things you liked?

For now, I would try to avoid placing pressure on yourself to get to where you think you should be, very quickly. Putting extra pressure on yourself to solve things can have the opposite effect. I think what you are doing now is fantastic. Receiving treatment and sharing yourself with us shows that you actually care. I believe that in time, you'll be able to try new things that you want to, and enjoy the old things you liked; and it may take time to conceive of this emptiness, this bitterness and dark lens, of something that doesn't control what you do, even though it feels particularly heavy at times. You're definitely in control.

Hope to hear from you again. Wish you all the best.

- FC

[geoff]

hello Gumiho, I join those above me in their comments, and it's catch-22 thinking that your anxiety and depression will disappear once you get a job, but in fact you might end up back where you are now, I know this concerns you, but all your triggers need to be written down and then given to your psychologist, because these are what they need to focus on at the moment.
There never seems to be any future when someone is suffering from anxiety/depression, try and put this on hold and worry about the present.
I also agree if you don't believe the psych is helping you then choose someone else, plus I would like you to contact Reachout, another less informal approach for people who can be young but trained to start from another angle. Geoff.

[Gumiho]

Hello, thank you for replying. I am sorry about the delay in getting back to you.

Hope.for.the.best

I am currently in the middle of switching medications. I'm switching because the last lot have not been working on my depression, so hers hoping the new one does.

Forest Critter

I used to be a gamer and read a lot, mainly sci fi and fantasy based books. However I when I try to do these things now, I find myself not caring about them at all, and I find it hard to actually start anyway.

Geoff

I have been working with my psyclogist on my triggers but their strategies don't help.

To everyone.

Yes I am thinking about switching to new psychologist, I just need to find one first.

[Hope_for_the_best]

Good to hear that. Hope the new medication works for you.