I'm 22 years old and I've recently slipped into the second major depression of my life. My last one was brought on by anxiety attacks, and I was medicated with Zoloft for about 4 months to 'fix' the problem.
After feeling 100% better, I stopped taking the Zoloft. Lo and behold, I started becoming even more depressed than originally. Since Zoloft worked before, I started taking it again. It's been 7 weeks, and I'm still depressed as heck. I feel like I'm running from the problem by medicating it. So, I've begun the process of weaning off Zoloft.
I've made the decision to try this program; I'm hopefully also going to get a therapist to help me cope.
I'd say the worst part of depression is only being able to function with 10% of my brain, with the other 90% being consumed with self-defeating thoughts like 'why am I so depressed.' Also, the fatigue is amazingly hard to combat; I don't understand why it's so hard to get out of bed.
Good luck to everyone, and if you need someone to talk to I'd love to try and help; maybe you can help me as well.
