so very, very depressed... need help...

[moeburn]

And now I'm happy again. Its like theres a little fairy floating over me intravenously giving me small doses of heroin every few hours. I keep going up and down and up and down...

[mrdevious]

I'd recommend learning the buddhist form of meditation. it trains you to recognize that suffering is the cause of impulses and chemical drives. through meditation, you can free yourself of being victim to the whim of your brain chemicals, and strengthen what really matters, your own consciousness. without the emotional interferrence, your consciousness can attain the happiness it desires and be freed from suffering.
many buddhist temples offer meditation instruction and classes, for buddhists and non-buddhists alike. they won't try to force you into conversion .

[Zero Revolt]

Its like theres a little fairy floating over me intravenously giving me small doses of heroin every few hours. I keep going up and down and up and down...

You my freind are on some really good shit.

[beachguy in thongs]

Whenever you're down, just come to this site and find the thread "I saw a black person...". You don't have to look in it, just at the title.
If that doesn't crack you up, look at your avatar.
I don't know how you can pass up my first idea.
That's like starting a thread, "I saw an elephant..." (or "I saw a Czechoslovokian-Aztec Indian", in case someone's thinking I'm being racist).

[mrdevious]

all I can tell ya man, is that you've always got friends here on the boards, and dont' depend solely on medications. if you ask me, meds are crap that just cover up the symptoms. that's how our whole medical system seems to deal with chronic illness of any sort, treat the symptom but never actually fix anything.

[flamingskullballs]

hey, depression is an illness, and you cant just say
"poof" and have it be gone...thats like trying to tell someone with the flu to instantly feel better...

maybe get a counselor (im serious), and talk about life...

and just like beachguy said, were not just a bunch of fucking burnt-out potheads, were a support group (pretty much) for good times and bad...

just remember, everyday is the first day of the rest of your life, exept the day you die...and try to treat it as such, maybe try actually staying sober for a month or so, i actually committed this feat of bravery, and i felt better...sometimes life just moves too fast (or slow) and you just gotta take a break...

[beachguy in thongs]

and just like beachguy said, were not just a bunch of fucking burnt-out potheads, were a support group (pretty much) for good times and bad...

Yup, I called us all fucking burnt-out potheads! Cool.

[Ganj]

It's not that simple bro. Manic-depressive people, or bi-polar people, it is not in their head. It is a chemical imbalance and is not something you can tell your brain to switch. It happens when the brain is lacking those natural chemicals that your body produces, using prescription medication helps get those clogged chemicals flowing naturally again so a person can function normally. When your body is lacking those chemicals, a person can't tell themselves it's all in their heads. They can't help it because they are trapped, and using the right kind of drugs free those chemicals. When those chems. ain't there, a person feels sad.

So unless you have a mental illness, you don't know jack. No offense

see, i had similar problems facing depression and anxiety and from my experience it is in your head. the fda aren't trying to help people - they'd lose all their money if they actually cured diseases and you can't tell me that all these years "researching" diseases that they haven't found a cure. the government is the biggest crack dealer in the world and the people keep falling victim.
moeburn, i suggest you do some research of your own, because there are natural cures for your problem...

[jkg114]

Yup, I called us all fucking burnt-out potheads! Cool.

I dont think you read it right, he said that you said we are NOT a fucking burnt out group of potheads.

[beachguy in thongs]

I dont think you read it right, he said that you said we are NOT a fucking burnt out group of potheads.

Uggh! Where's my head? Thanks, and sorry for that mistake!