News of Mood Disorders

New year, new meds. Today I have a good talk with my pdoc and I am trying DIVALPROEX SOD DR 500 MG TAB TABLET, DELAYED RELEASE (DR/EC) instead of Lithium. Please keep your fingers crossed so I can tolerate this well, as Lithium will kill my kidney. As I age it is way more dangerous than Depakote.
pdoc said I can taper off 2-3 weeks.

Hi everyone,

I'm new here and I didn't see a Presentation section, so I'll just go ahead with this topic.
I am a man in my early thirties, got a PhD which contributed to my depression together with a very difficult family history, I am currently starting to work as a teaching assistant in schools, and at present I have ups and downs.
The reason I am writing here now is that I am struggling ...

.... feel like.....?.....

Crying and depressed and thinking everything is useless, while singing along happily to a song?

Just asking....

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I'm not intending on harming myself in anyway, but like, my brain is all "hey, let's go kill ourself! WHOOPIE!"

Like, it's going away, I can feel it going away, but this I've been experiencing symptoms for ten years at least, and this is the first time I've had this happen. I've been suicidal in the past, but depression what was there, not mania.

God, I'm calming down, thank god, but like, it's ...

I lost control this morning. I started screaming at someone who wasn't there. It was a manager at work, in a scenario I made up in my head. It escalated to that point, where, in the scenario I made up and would have a one in a million chance of happening, he threatened to physically attack me, and I stood my ground. In real life, if that happened, I would probably run or be too ...

Hello all, it's exactly as the title says, I feel like I'm doomed to failure. I'm 23 and still not entirely certain what I want to do with my life (I have some ideas I guess but I'm not sure). It feels like no matter what I do I'm destined to become nothing but a burden on my family and society. I have no boyfriend, I've never really been in a relationship. My life is ...

hi,
i think it's vague when people say to exercise to help with depression, at least it's vague when the depression is due to the incident.

i'd want the psychologist to address the issue rather than suggest exercise or other stuff.

that's diversion. it's like ur body lacks proteins and ur suggesting carbs to repair the body.

again. it may help when the cause of depression isn't any incident /trauma. but for me (depression after ...

Hello, I am new here. I have been trying to find some answers about myself in order to improve, and this is part of that.

I'm in college, and I do pretty well, majoring in engineering with good grades. I am typically a very neat person, and I very much like to have certain places like my room in order, neat and tidy. I get into these moods where I do everything super proper, following ...

Do people not understand that emotional pain can be just as bad as physical pain?

I don't have the proper money needed to get the years worth of specialized therapy to even have a fighting chance and people think that just popping prescribed pills are going to help.

I have terrible reactions to the meds but my moods are stabilized. I feel that it just makes it easier for everyone else.

I've lost 6 friends ...

I had unprotected sex 2 weeks ago and period is a week late, got tests arriving tomorrow to find out if I am baby will be very loved but worried about my meds would ideally want to stay on my meds for the sake of my existing children, not sure if that’s possible. I’m very frightened know I’ll cope somehow but not if they take my medication of me. The dad I have been with ...