h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

The first person I ever told I suffered from depression was my boss.

I told him because he told me off for making phone calls. I told him sometimes I needed to talk to friendly people to feel better.

He went and dobbed on me to the next boss up.

It occurs to me now that my boss probably isn't so nice.

Yeah I think you might be right there.
Be strong mate, and have the courage to stand up for the right to be treated with dignity and respect... and that right does /not/ involve getting in trouble for making a damn phone call.



BTW why are you still online? I hope you're at home, at least.

Yeah, he's not a big concern of mine before.

It's just funny to spend *years* not telling anyone, because you're worried about stigma or backlash, then you finally tell someone...and all you get is stigma and backlash

Since then (all those months ago) I figure it's best to just be as artless about it as possible...if other people have a problem about it, they can go see my doctor

W**k's just finished mate...now I'm just waiting for Mum to give me a lift home

The biggest pity is that depression is seen to be more contagious than it really is; it hinders people from offering the help that would get rid of it so well.

I'm off in a second too. Yay my program's finished! Well... finished enough.


Night!

I love it how he won't even really talk to me any more, like he's scared I'll break or something...he used to have a go at me all the time before that

Congrats on finishing your program ! The Boy programs...it's all greek to me...

This seems a good moment to mention that I have the depression thing happening too... I'm a big fan of the little white pills the doctor has given me - I'd sooner not be taking them, but I can definitely feel the difference.

I'm lucky that my boss has a husband who suffers from clinical depression and is on incapacity benefit so she has some understanding of the problem

I have a bright shiny new prescription that I have left unfilled for the last two months or so...part of me would rather be sad and aware of it...the stuff he's put me on in the past has done my head in too much

I've given up on the anti-depressants I've been prescribed as I couldn't notice any effect they were having (and neither could anyone else). Given my bouts of depression usually occur between October-March I may well have SAD anyway which isn't treatable with anti-depressants. All I need now is to get a to agree with my diagnosis.

My pills (a cheap rip-off of Prozac, chemically) have stopped me being miserable all the time - now I'm just miserable at w*rk, where everybody else is in the same boat... The deal with my is that I'll stay on the pills for a year, or until I get another job, whichever happens first.

Well with any book I read, I will give it to half way, toil through it if I have to, but it has to take me the rest of the way itself (there's only one book I haven't finished using this process, so I consider it a good one ).

Similarly with pills, I will give them a month to kick in, but if, in the 5th week, I can feel no change, I will give them away...

...the last lot he gave me kind of turned me off for good...I had terrible nightmares, messed up sleeping patterns, and was obviously more edgy and anxious during the day...which is why I am loathe to fill in this new prescription...

What I *need* to do is find my old family doctor...I think he'd be able to help me

thats the thing
with most of them you have to be on them a while before they have any effect and I have rarely managed a week without missing a day or 2, organised I'm not, so the could've got the right 1s for me, who knows

Ahhh...what is it they say about misery loving company

Oh well... as long as we've got each other...



(I'm singing theme songs from 80s shows...I think I need a )

well... we all love you tanzen!

And I love you guys too

*still can't get that song out of my head though *

hiya Arisztid
*glad he doesn't know that song*

hey bc!
whats hip and happenin'?

you're asking me this

of course....

well...perhaps i'll ask tanzen...

you're welcome to try but Tanzen has a very individual opinion of whats