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Q: How to get goverment help for depression?
I am 18 and depressed. I was wondering if there is anyway I can get goverment help to cover anti depressents? I live in Utah, if anyone has a number or knows exactly what to do. I really need this I have a LONG family history of it and a long history of abuse as a child. I know I have a chemical imbalance and very high anxiety but I also know I am depressed, I really just want the old me back. Please if anyone knows what to do please please help me.

A: Call your county mental health authority and ask those questions. Your family dr. can help you fill out a form (you might have to get it online from the drug company and then have the dr.s office fill it out) to get free medication from the drug manufactures if you don’t have insurance- most offer a program to help.Some generics are really cheap now from the pharmacy.

I think you need therapy for your abusive past, and not drugs to suppress the symptoms, Pills won’t help you get past those issues,they just cover up the symptoms of pain.You have depression and anxiety because of unresolved issues that wil always be there if you don’t get some help.
That doesn’t mean there is a “chemical imbalance” that you need to throw pills at. The term “chemical imbalance” is a term used by pharmaceutical company’s to get your $ .
They make billions (no kidding) from just ONE antidepressant medication.

Example of relief without medication- think about how good you would feel if I said you could have a month vacation in Hawaii,no responsibilities or bills ,just sitting on a beautiful sunny beach and having a wonderful vacation.

I bet that would lift your spirits for awhile.without medication, maybe you would feel the anxiety and depression lift. Therapy can lift your depression also. Take courage and deal with your past to give yourself a better future.

Q: help writing a Depression paper?
I have to write a 5 page depression paper in two weeks. what are some study tips for it? i have never done a paper this big and it is worth 1/4 of my grade so Pleas HELP!!
FYI it’s the great depression not like depression
What would be a good question to base it around? like how about did Government involvement prolong the great depression?

A: Try this out for size:

The roaring twenty’s can be called by many names; some good, other bad. After the great war, America was looking for a return to normalcy. What it found was corruption, intolerance and greed. In the larger cities, a party atmosphere existed despite the prohibition against alcohol. All that would change on October 24, 1929, when “Black Thursday” struck Wall Street down. The Great Depression had begun.

I.) Causes of the Great Depression.
a.) Stock market crash of October 1929
b.) Prosperity could continue only if demand was made to grow as rapidly as supply.
c.) The dust bowl – American farmers—who represented one-quarter of the economy—were already in an economic depression during the 1920s,
d.) International problems also weakened the economy. After World War I the United States became the world’s chief creditor as European countries struggled to pay war debts and reparations.
e.) In addition, the United States maintained high tariffs on goods imported from other countries, at the same time that it was making foreign loans and trying to export products. This combination could not be sustained.

2.) FDR and the New Deal.

Q: best ways to combat depression ? please help?
have gone to see the gp and have got anti depressants but dont want to have to rely on the completly i wonder if anyone had combated depression and had some stratergies that worked for them

A: Even when the days seem dark for you, I want to assure you that God cares about you and wants what is best for you. He loves you (whether you feel it or not), and the Bible’s promise is still true: “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you. … The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid” (Hebrews 13:5-6).

Whenever we face a problem (no matter what it is), God wants us to turn to Him and commit it to Him. But prayer and professional medical help are not opposed to each other, and often God answers our prayers by guiding us to the medical help we need. The Bible doesn’t look down on medical help, nor does it encourage us to turn away from it. Remember that the writer of two of the books in the New Testament was called “our dear friend Luke, the doctor” (Colossians 4:14).

I strongly urge you to see your doctor or another qualified health professional about this problem. Depression, I am told, may have many different causes, including biochemical imbalances in our bodies that can be corrected with proper medication.

Most of all, I pray that you may discover in a fresh way Christ’s love for you, and learn to trust Him even when the way seems dark. The psalmist’s words are true: “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble” (Psalm 46:1).

For a FREE easy-to-understand study Bible e-mail me.

David
believer_in_jesus37421@yahoo.com

Q: If I have bi-polar/depression and take prescribed medication for it, is that being a “drug user”?
Like I also have minor ADD and I take adderal. The adderal really helps with depression. It basically takes me right of it. Is this a bad thing?

A: Nope, its not being a drug user. You have a medical condition/illness which can be controlled by taking medication. It is not a bad thing to use medication! A drug user uses illegal drugs which are quite often dangerous & may not be what the buyer thinks they are.

Q: How well does zoloft work for anxiety disorders linking to depression?
How well does zoloft work for anxiety disorders or is there anything else better that u would recommend that would not put me to sleep. Ive feared social things, going back to school, getting a job and getting infront of people all my life Just wondering wondering if there is something that would help me have a productive life that would help my anxiety? I want even go into a store by myself I panic. Ive always been more to myself because of it no very social.

A: It works pretty damn good for me. I really don’t feel sleepy at all just better.

It’s more like your relaxed now that you don’t have anxiety. It was a change for me because I couldn’t think of a time where I was not panicky except when I was a little kid.

I started taking zoloft for anxiety/depression going on 2 months now.
I started at 25mg and am now at 100 mg, and I think I’m staying at 100.

It is truly amazing for anxiety. Anxiety has made me miserable, but not anymore.

I haven’t had a panic attack in about a month now, and let me tell you it is great. I can go out in public now without a problem, Heart palpitations from anxiety are gone, and it also helps with my obsessive compulsiveness.

Good luck, you won’t regret it!

Q: Would a Therapist or psychologist help me more…? Depression?
I’m 16. I’ve always had a hard life. Both of my parents are split up,my pa lives 3 houses down. They are both abusive mentally,emotionally and physically. I keep my emotions bottled up and I don’t know how to express how hurt and depressed I always am. So I cut. I fake smile and laugh for my friends and bf so they don’t know whats really going on with me. I feel like no one can help me unless they’ve bin where I’m at before. I think about death all the time and how fun it would be to kill myself slowly and painfully. I LOVE pain. It makes me happy when I feel pain. I get happy when I see myself and other people bleed. I laugh and get happy when other people get injured. I was also molested and raped. Molested from 6-10. Raped at 11. My mother is ALWAYS degrading me,cutting me down,saying hurtful things that would make any teen girl think cuicidal thoughts. She blames me for their split up. I want therapy so I have SOMEONE to talk to. Or is this just what normal teen girls think about? Who would help more,a therapist or psychologist..?

A: None of the things that you mentioned are your fault. I think you are having a hard life, and I think your mother is just crazy for saying you broke up the marriage, she is just trying to pass the blame onto someone else.
Children are not to blame ever. The parents are always to blame, or it is just a bad case of your parents being incompatible or unable to cope with each other.

You are crying out for help, and I think you deserve some help, go to a counselor – or a doctor or anyone to find help, keep looking until you find someone who will listen – don’t give up.

You are capable of getting past the problems your family has, to eventually have your own life, a better life than what your parents are offering you. I have a few friends that have come from totally dysfunctional and horrible families and they have matured and put it all behind them to become wonderful strong women and mothers and friends – so it is not impossible for you to rise above all of the crap in your life.

Don’t look toward violence to vent your anger, it will only make you more confused and hateful. Try and find some inner peace or a place where you can safely have some time alone to chill out.

I wish you all the best in getting help.

Q: If you apply for disability because of depression, and get turned down, does social security help you find a j?
If you apply for disability because of depression and get turned down, does social security try to find you a very undemanding job that you could still do in your hometown?

A: go to the unemployment office in your area, their job is to help people who need work to find it. also temp agencies can help, it is up to you to set the criteria of what type of work you are willing to take. while depression can be devastating it can be overcome through perseverance and the proper medical assistance

Q: I kinda had a “depression attack” yesterday. help please?
I had a terrible “depression attack” yesterday. i was getting ready to go work out and then all of a sudden i just felt incredibly sad inside. i started to cry then i threw up a few times. it went on for about 3 hours. today i kinda feel weird and awkward about it and when i think about it i feel kinda sad again. i take medicine for this. i know your gonna tell me not to think about it but its so hard not to. will i get over this?

A: Hey hun!! :) )
Don’t worry. These feelings are normal.
Did you know a lot of people experience these exact same feelings??? :) )

I am also going through the same thing right now.
You have a lot of things going on in your mind…
and it seems like nobody understands you…

You might get mad easily, or frustrated that you feel this way…
You might say “I just want to be myself again.”

Well here are some things you can do…
Its not going to be easy!!

1. Try not to focus on these feelings anymore, tell yourself “This is just anxiety, it will go away eventually. A lot of people are going through the same thing”

2. To help your anxiety, make sure you don’t smoke any weed, or smoke cigarettes, because those two things will make you hate yourself. I used to smoke weed everyday for 4 years and after I quit for a month I felt a lot better. Oh and when you smoke cigarettes you may feel like you feel a little better, but a second later you will feel even worse! :( ( And you don’t want that.

3. Start exercising!! Do NOT sit on your hiney.. that is the worst thing that you can do. Just go out for a run!! Start lifting weights, just make sure you ALWAYS keep busy.

4. Play a lot of video games, if you don’t like video games, then start a new hobby and just make sure you keep busy.

5. Get a part time job so your not constantly thinking all the time.

6. Don’t drink caffeine, that includes SODA/POP!! Just only water or juices.

I hope this helps. I really want you to feel better.
If you really do these things for two months you will start feeling better about yourself right away.

If after two months you still feel this way, I would recommend you go to your family doctor so they can prescribe you a anti anxiety medicine. :) ) Good luck!!

Q: Depression still, seeing shadows. HELP ME?
Okay, I’ve said this like twice already and get the same answer, talking to people I know. I’m a shy person, uncomfortable around people, not very sociable. I’m depressed and I can barely cope, my friend hates me and she was once my world. Now, I see shadows and they whisper things to me about my death, about my fears ETC. Am I psychotic? I feel like that sometimes. Could these shadows ever hurt me as long as I think they could ? Tell me what to do before they’re right about my death. I’m too close for question. I ask of you not to prejudice me, I cannot help what is wrong with me if you make me feel worse.

A: I have a mental health issue with people as well.I have social anxiety.Type it into your search engine and see if that fits what you are feeling about people.However that does NOT explain about the shadows and voices you are seeing and hearing.That sounds more like schizophrenia.Which is a serious mental health issue.You can look that up too.I suggest you see a doctor as these issues get worse with time.There are treatments out there but no cure.Unfortunately mental heath is not a life threatening illness so no one has ever really done a lot of research in that area.They have just started in the last 20 years or so.

Q: Where do i look for financial help for unemployed to carry on life and away from depression?…
Hello again, thank you for all the responses, I truly appreciate it. I’ve gone through the sites that was suggested but I am not a citizen of those country so I am not able to enjoy such a privilege in need. As I have mentioned in my earlier question which probably some readers may have missed out, that I am in desperate need in means to move on in search for a new employment and at the same to cover some critical personal financial issues and of course to survive through daily life. If such means and such situation is not critical in my life I would not go to such measures to post help on yahoo. I am pressured, stress and mentally drained from thinking so much trying to come out with a solution and was hoping maybe by posting help on yahoo will help me with some suggestions. I have no other options and no other ways to turn to. All i can is that i urgently need some opinion, advice, suggestion and help to go through this obstacle as time is really running out on me. I really hope there is somebody out there who can come out with a good suggestion and solution for me. God bless!

A: I have been unemployed for 1 month plus but I am not depressed. I pay for all my own expenses. Is there a problem? Just that I got phobia looking for job now. There are no unemployment benefits in Singapore though.

Q: Depression?
I have been suffering from Bipolar depression for several years now…somewhere around 10 years. The doctor has put me on several different medications that caused me more issues (weight gain, fatigue and other stuff like that) that I could not handle. I have not been on medicine since I had my son 2 years ago. Things seem to be getting worse lately with all the stress that has been added since my wedding in May. I have an appointment with my doctor today to try to get something to help me. It has gotten to the boilling point where I can see my condition hurting my family. Anyone have any suggestions on what medications worked good for you or someone you know? Or any other comments for me…please don’t be negative..that is not going to help me at all..it will only make it worse.
I agree with all of you. I appreciate soo much your suggestions or words of support for me. It helps.

Bill – you are right, I am lacking self-confidence but I have had that problem all of my life. It’s not something I can just snap out of by myself. I almost wonder if at times I need people around me that feel like I do so that we can support each other…I am too embarrased most the time to tell anyone about my problems.

A: I have had moderate to severe depression on and off for about 14 years now I have tried that many different medications its not funny my main complaint was weight gain or my dose of the medication would go up and up until I hit the highest dose of that medication – Im now taking Endep and although it caused weight gain to start with (for the 1st year ugh) that seems to have stopped and Im starting to ever so slowly lose the weight again – If I dont take it even for a couple of days I end up having severe depression and many panic attacks – I dont have bipolar and Endep does make you sleep but then this is one of the reasons I was put on it as I have pretty bad insomnia as well so I need the help to get to sleep… I know I havent answered your question but I gave up for a couple of years when I was pregnant and had my baby etc and things just spiraled in a downward direction until I went back to the Drs to try some new medications again – just remember they can take a little while to kick in (around 2 weeks) so dont get discouraged if they dont work straight away for you… I wish you all the best and Im glad you recognise whats happening to you before you do, do something you dont want to do.

Q: depression?
I kno that i have depression it runs in my fam and i think it might be bi-polar disorder.

some days im really fine and suicide is the last thing on my mind but other days (it comes really quick and out of nowhere) i feel horrible and just want to die bc theres no point to life at all.

i kno that i should get help but the thing is that i actually dont want to get better. i hope that i get so bad one day that i just get it over with and also i dont want to take meds for it.

i have no $$ to go to a psychiatrist or get treated and my mom dsnt care she told me its normal and that i’ll get over it. this is nuts bc now i’m just giving up. idc about school or my future nemore and i just don’t want to try nemore. plz sumone help idk what to do.
oh and by the way i dont wnt to offend but i dont believe in god and im not spiritual.
i was thinking about talkin to my councelor but hes an ass seriously he really dsnt like me and he dsnt deal with these kind of situations.

A: Is there anything happening to you that is making you depressed? I don’t know how helpful this will be, but here’s what happened and what I did.

First, I lost my father at the age of 7. He was bipolar and an alcoholic. My mother decided to leave him one day and he tried killing our entire family. My sister fought with me to get me out of the house, but I wanted to stay, even though I know he was trying to kill me. He eventually killed himself or was killed by my uncle for what he tried to do. When he died, my life was over. I became very mean and hated everyone. My mother wasn’t taking care of me properly and she began dating perverted and drug abusing men, who she allowed to mistreat me. Five years later, I decided to change my relationship with my mom. I wanted to spend time with her one day and she agreed. This was a big deal becaue we never spent time together. When her bf came home, he ruined everything. My mother told me I couldn’t go with her b/c her bf didn’t want me to go. She and I got into an argument and she hit me. I smacked her in her face, told her I hated her, and told her I wished she was dead. I got my wish about 2 hrs later. She passed out and died of a heart attack at the store. At twelve years old, I was without parents.

My disfunctional family fought about who was going to take us. The aunt without children and a house “won” two young and emotional messed up girls. Things didn’t click and I ended up moving at least 12 times in two yrs. I ended up moving with a cousin who was 41 and he raped and beat me for two years! I was only 14 at the time and I felt like I was soooooo alone in this world and had no one to turn to for love and help. Yes, I tried to kill myself, a few tmes, and thank God it didn’t happen.

I never went to a professional to get assistance with my depressioin. I went to church and read the bible. At that age, I was barely able to understand what it was saying, but some things I was able to get. I also wrote a lot. The more you write, the more you let ‘it’ out.

Despite what you may see from hypocrites who ruin things for people who are really seeking God, prayer works! Having a relationship with God makes it possible to get through the difficult times in your life, even the inherited disorders.

I seriously can relate to your issue. There have been many times when I didn’t want to get better and did things to put myself in danger without really doing anything. For example, I have a sleep disorder now after being hit by a drunk driver at 95 mph. I have to take medication to stay awake, especially when driving. Before I went to the doc, I was taking no doz. I purposefully avoided taking the pills sometimes because I just didn’t want to fight to live anymore. I also developed acid reflux really badly and not eating made it better. I got to the point where I wouldn’t eat or drink all day and couldn’t make myself, no matter how hard I tried.

I didn’t care about my future either at one point. Honey, please stay in school and make the best of your life, even if you don’t see it getting any better now. Your situation will only get worse if you quit and become dependent on others. A successful life will make you able to change your current situation.

Please don’t give up!!! THere were so many times I felt like that. I actually thought that God put me on this earth just to suffer. I know believe that everything we go through is for a reason.

Even if you’re not going through anything that’s that bad, being bipolar will make it seem that way. If you don’t want to go on meds, please remember to pray and work on your relationship with God. Also, this might sound weird, but eat properly and eat your protein. Diet has a lot to do with depression as well.

I’m sorry your mom isn’t supportive. You need someone that will take care of you, and I know first hand that God can and will take her place. Many people go through depression like symptoms and they are passed off as being normal, but it’s not if it lasts for two weeks or longer and reoccurs.

The world needs you and don’t forget that. Suicide is a very selfish action and if you believe in what the bible says, you’ll go to hell if you do it. Even if you don’t believe that, wouldn’t you want to be safe….just in case.

Please try praying to God and writing you feelings down on paper. God loves you and will heal all wounds.

I’ll be praying for you :)

Q: how was montreal affected by great depression?
i need help for a project that is due tmw please help me
i need to write a story on a family in the 20’s and 30’s in montreal who suffered because of the great depression i just need help on how citizens were affected
thank u

A: Pretty much the same as families all across the country. Some were okay if they still held a job and hadn’t been playing in the stock market. But others were in serious trouble. Businesses went bankrupt and that means thousands of people were thrown out of work. And no one was hiring. If you lost your job, you sometimes had to go on relief. Single men went to relief camps where they earned 25 cents per day, but at least they were fed and had a place to sleep.

Q: medication question, please help!?
I have anxiety and ADD and very mild depression. My doctor has me on welbutrin, i have been on that for 2 weeks. It has helped with my depression but not the anxiety or ADD. Well i went to the doc today and she put me on Buspone (sp?) i took it this afternoon and it made me extremely tired. I have taken adderall from friends before in the past for school and it does miracles, i feel weird asking her for it because i dont want her to think i am abusing it. I just really need it. Can i ask her for Adderall? or will she just laugh at me?

A: Continue taking buspone for a few days and see if the effects are any better. If they’re not, tell your doctor it doesn’t work. I don’t suggest getting adderall because it’s very addictive and you have to take it several times a day, and each time you take it you crash, which is miserable. I take vyvanse, which is long-lasting, and it’s much better than adderall. The effect isn’t as extreme, but it’s livable and vyvanse isn’t addictive.

Q: Prove that Hitler was innocent, providing one witness?
Need to provide 1 witness, facts that he was insane and was not responsible for all his actions, and some sample questions you can ask that witness in providing that Hitler was innocent and should not be held responsible for his actions.

how the great depression helped hitler rise to power ?

A: Innocent? He was a calculated fanatical first rate killer, a man who had in fact passed an ‘execution order’ on the European Jews and I may add, before the ”Wansee conference’ took place. He certainly was very aware of his actions at the time.

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