Introduction

Hello fellow depressed people,

I have been charting my moods for quite sometime and thought I should interact with my friends who also chart their depression. I have found that it is helpful for me and my husband to have a place to journal and keep track of my progress. I have switched my meds and have not updated the data below. I just started taking Cymbalta and hope to continue to stay at my baseline. I am usually mildly depressed. I am at work now, so I can't write much. I wish I had more time or did this on my lunch hour. Better go now.....just wanted to introduce myself.

--Suzy :)

Hello and welcome to the forums.
I'm actually Bipolar but you will notice a lot of us spilling over to this forum when we're depressed.
I'm in the middle of my monthly mild depression. I tried Pristiq but the side effects were too bad so I had to stop.
I don't know what my pdoc is going to try next. It's scary for me because us bipolars don't do well on mood elevators and besides this mild depressive time for two weeks I'm doing very well.
Oh well. I trust my pdoc so I know that she'll go easy on me.
I don't know why I had to write that all out tonight. I just did.
Go figure.,
Oh well. Welcome Suzy.
Take care.

Hi Mooky,

Thanks for your response. Sorry to hear that you are in the middle of your mild depressive time. It must be frustrating to know that is it is going to happen, but at least you know what to expect.

I appreciate your welcoming me. :)

Take care

--Suzy

I am glad that you at least recognize that you are in the middle of a depression, albeit mild. I am so confused that I am not sure what is wrong with me. I have a job that I love, that I am sure that I am capable of being successful, and yet almost everyday I have anxiety attacks and major feelings of inadequacy. I don't understand why I feel this way, and at times all I want to do is run. This can't be normal and I am concerned that soon people at work will begin to suspect something is wrong with me. Maybe they already do. I think that I am a little paranoid as well, as I frequently test and monitor some co-workers to see if they know more about me than I want to let on, even though there really is nothing to hide.

Welcome Henry.

Thanks for telling us about your situation. I sometimes feel like my co-workers will find out about my depression. My good friend at work has helped me to be open with her and it helps to get another perspective on things.

I have an incredibly difficult time being open, as much as I want to be. Part of the problem is that I am really confused about what my real feelings and thoughts are.

Hi Suzy,

Like my friend Mooks, I have Bipolar disorder but I check out the depression thread because it applies to my disorder so frequently. I am in the middle of a pretty long spell of depression after a year of very personal difficulties, including the death of my Mother on March 15th.

I have been charting my mood for nearly two years now, here at Mootracker.com. My Pdoc and I find the mood data a very helpful tool in looking at patterns and knowing when things might be starting to get out of hand. I subscribe to the Plus features so that I can use the pie charts too.

We watch for patterns over months, over quarters, and from year to year. This has been especially helpful in managing a dreadful seasonal depression that has become quite predictable in the fall. We also watch to see if my sleep begins to taper off, which is usually a very early indicator that I'm about to have a mood shift. Without the mood tracker, we would not be able to see such amazing data.

I am a generally geeky girl... so I am fascinated with data anyway. It just so happens that these data have an extremely important role in my life. My Pdoc thinks so too.

Thanks for starting this topic. Geeky girl, here, loves it!

be well,
Jules
(by the way, the unbelievably long cycle that you see indicated happened after the initial implantation of a Mirena IUD that is supposed to STOP my cycle because I have such UNBELIEVABLE mood swings... we'll see!)