Have you had a period of remission from your depression

@utopia Hi utopia from my experience my mind has not gone back to normal, the way it was before..... maybe for others it has ..... and I do have schizo which has manifested itself differently when it comes to depressive episodes. Will be interested to see if others have fully recovered and gone back to the way they were before the mental illness developed.

GGood topic @utopia

Hi @Tab

Sadly, I'm state ting to think I have DYSTHYMIA (perpetual low mood) but on the he other hand - loneliness is a killer and o suffer terribly feeling alone & unwanted.

Be not cevif family & community could fill the hole, by everyonevos so busy with yheir own lives.

Mich MI comes from broken dysfunctional families which sadly perpetuate it.

My depressive episode remissions nearly always end around x8 months (along with any serious relationships p or job, it all only lasts 6-8months. I thought for a while, maybe I have nipolat, but Of cause this irrirrelivant to MH professionals I meet so far.

I'm so over it! and giving up with the damaging labels, labwhat a joke! some 12yo holding a folder determines which category I fit into, syjove that! Live or die like this. I don't need theirtheir useless patronising.

Hmm, think im still angry

Glad to her of your remission though... but I wouldn't be getting excited just yet...

but that's just me.

Stay positive 😉

I wouldn't say I am in remission but more it is controlled by meds @utopia

Much like you there is not a lot of joy or happiness but not the long periods of sadness and despair either - it is more like a no-man's lands. I lack motivation and energy to do things but also know that when I am engaged in things I feel much better. Maybe that is more the key - having a sense of purpose and activity. Working for me - whilst difficult - did give me some purpose and got me out of the house. I did find I had a greater sense of purpose again then regardless of the hurdles I had to constantly jump though. Since finishing work again last year I feel I have slipped back down and am quite flat at times - hoping that when I finally get placed at a new school will help lift my mood again.

So whilst I wouldn't say I was in remission from depression I would say that it is under control for now and I know I need things in my life that occupy both my body and mind to be able to move forward in any constructive capacity ...but I fully get also how hard that is when one feels flat constantly.

Thanks @Zoe7@Former-Member@Bunniekins

It's hard to know what's going on with my mental state. The only thing I'm sure of is that depression is not smothering me. It doesn't appear to be around anymore.

Oh god, I do hope I get back to my old original normal self.

I'm starting to think I have disthymia (perpetual low mood), but on the he other hand - loneliness is a killer & unfortunately goes hand in hand with MI. Be nice if family & community could actually fill the hole (tablets don't) -

but everyone is just so busy with their lives, earning money and keeping up with the Jones's. Paid professionals lack the care factor, and time. And broken dysfunctional families seem to only perpetuate the problem. We have to find a better way.

I think it is a double edged sword @utopia - we need to be occupied, feel worthwhile, be doing constructive things but still feel flat and unmotivated - without that motivation we cant do things and without doing things we don't have that motivation - it is a hard cycle to break.

hi @utopia, I got relief from depression & emotional numbness once I complained to my psychiatrist that I could feel nothing on the anti-depressant he had prescribed. He wisely prescribed me with a second anti-depressant and I feel much more now, including joy and enjoyment in things I previously enjoyed before I became mentally unwell.

I disagree with @Zoe7, in that I do not need to work to find joy, I need a second anti-depresssant. With this prescription I found the motivation and alive-ness to apply for work after 7 years of unemployment.

I guess every individual in different. For me the key was prescription medication and forcing my psychiatrist to help me in this way - complaining to my psychiatrist was a good thing.