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Depression Support #7
The last one hasn't been officially closed yet, but it's on post 252, so I hope this is OK.
Link to Crossbow's even longer list of Depression resources More than you needed to know: Crossbow's list of depression resources. "You can survive suicidal feelings if you do either of two things: (1) find a way to reduce your pain, or (2) find a way to increase your coping resources. Both are possible." Hotline in the US: 1-800-784-2433 (1-800-SUICIDE) Hotline in the England: 08457 90 90 90 If you are thinking about suicide, read this first! http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/ S.A.V.E. (Suicide Awareness Voices of Education) Website (American) - includes warning signs, how to talk to someone who is suicidal, Grief, Q&A, a depression checklist, why people do it. http://www.save.org/ SAVE's link page: http://www.save.org/linkspage.shtml Samaritans Website (U.K.) - http://www.samaritans.org.uk/ Befrienders International Website - links to sites all over the world. http://www.suicide-helplines.org/uk.htm WebMB resources page: http://my.webmd.com/content/pages/5/1663_50606 Another very extensive directory of resources at Teradex: http://directory.teradex.com/Health_Fitness/Mental_Health/Disorders/Suicide/Support_ Groups The Open Directory Project (currently listing 55 Suicide support goups and 278 listings for Depression) http://dmoz.org/Health/Mental_Health...upport_Groups/ Psychiatric articles: [URL=http://www.psychiatrymatters.md/index.asp?sec=sres&criteria=suicide%20AND%20prevention]http://www.psychiatrymatters.md/index.asp?sec=sres&criteria=suicide%20AND%20prevention[/ URL] Books (S.A.V.E.'s recommended reading list) Depression & Other Brain Illnesses Adults: Understanding Depression - A Complete Guide to Its Diagnosis & Treatment By Donald F. Klein, M.D. & Paul H. Wender, M.D. Questions & Answers About Depression and Its Treatment By Ivan K. Goldberg, M.D. Overcoming Depression By Demitri Papolos, M.D. & Janice Papolos The Broken Brain By Nancy Andreasen, M.D. You Mean I Don't Have to Feel This Way By Collette Dowling On the Edge of Darkness By Kathy Cronkite Triumph Over Fear By Jerilynn Ross Surviving Schizophrenia By E. Fuller Torrey, M.D. Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs By Jack M. Gorman, M.D. Undoing Depression - What Therapy Doesn’t Teach You and Medication Can’t Give You By Richard O’Connor, Ph.D. Choosing To Live - How to Defeat Suicide Through Cognitive Therapy By Thomas E. Ellis, Psy.D.& Cory F. Newman, Ph.D. Change Your Brain, Change Your Life By Daniel G. Amen, M.D. When Going Through Hell….Don’t Stop! By Douglas Bloch Children & Adolescents: No One Saw My Pain - Why Teens Kill Themselves By Andrew Slaby, M.D. & Lili Frank Garfinkel Helping Your Depressed Teenager - A Guide for Parents & Caregivers By Gerald D. Oster, Ph.D. & Sarah S. Montgomery, MSW Helping Your Depressed Child - A Reassuring Guide to the Causes & Treatments of Childhood & Adolescent Depression By Lawrence L. Kearns, M.D. It's Nobody's Fault - New Hope and Help for Difficult Children and Their Parents By Harold S. Koplewicz, M.D. Depression in the Young – What We Can Do to Help Them By Trudy Carlson Sad Days, Glad Days By DeWitt Hamilton (a storybook for children about adult depression) When Nothing Matters Anymore: A Survival Guide for Depressed Teens By Bev Cobain Depression - Challenge the Beast Within Yourself and Win By Cait Irwin Suicide Night Falls Fast By Kay Redfield Jamison Suicide: Survivors - A Guide for Those Left Behind By Adina Wrobleski Suicide: Why? By Adina Wrobleski Suicide: The Forever Decision - For Those Thinking About Suicide, and For Those Who Know, Love, or Counsel Them By Paul G. Quinnett Suicide: Intervention & Therapy - Undoing the Forever Decision By Paul G. Quinnett Preventing Youth Suicide - A Handbook for Educators & Human Service Professionals By Marcia L. McEvoy and Alan W. McEvoy Child Survivors of Suicide: A Guidebook for Those Who Care for Them By Rebecca Parkin with Karen Dunne-Maxim Suicide Survivors' Handbook By Trudy Carlson The Tender Land: A Family Love Story By Kathleen Finneran After Suicide By John Hewitt Why Suicide? By Eric Marcus No One Saw My Pain - Why Teens Kill Themselves By Andrew Slaby, M.D. & Lili Frank Garfinkel (over) Bart Speaks Out – Breaking the Silence on Suicide; an interactive storybook/workbook for children By Linda Goldman, M.S. When Nothing Matters Anymore: A Survival Guide for Depressed Teens By Bev Cobain Choosing To Live – How to Defeat Suicide Through Cognitive Therapy By Thomas E. Ellis, Psy.D.& Cory F. Newman, Ph.D. Autobiographies An Unquiet Mind By Kay Redfield Jamison Darkness Visible - A Memoir of Madness By William Styron The Beast - A Reckoning with Depression By Tracy Thompson A Brilliant Madness By Patty Duke Conquering the Beast Within By Cait Irwin Grief After Suicide Suicide: Survivors - A Guide for Those Left Behind By Adina Wrobleski Child Survivors of Suicide: A Guidebook for Those Who Care for Them By Rebecca Parkin with Karen Dunne-Maxim Suicide Survivors' Handbook By Trudy Carlson After Suicide By John Hewitt Tragedy to Triumph By Reuel Nygaard A Grief Observed By C.S. Lewis My Son, My Son By Iris Bolton Healing After the Suicide of a Loved One By Ann Smolin, C.S.W. and John Guinan, Ph.D. The Grieving Child: A Parent's Guide By Helen Fitzgerald When Dinosaurs Die - A Guide to Understanding Death (a storybook for children) By Laurie Krasny Brown & Marc Brown Helping Children Grieve By Theresa Huntley Talking about Death: A Dialogue between Parent and Child By Earl A. Grollman The Suicide of My Son - A Story of Childhood Depression By Trudy Carlson Bart Speaks Out – Breaking the Silence on Suicide; an interactive storybook/workbook for children By Linda Goldman, M.S. But I Didn't Say Goodbye By Barbara Rubel BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER The Angry Heart: Overcoming Borderline Personality and Addictive Disorders: An interactive self-help guide by Ph.D. Joseph Santoro, Ph.D. Ronald Cohen (Contributor) I Hate You - Don't leave me: Understanding the Borderline Personality -- Jerold J. Kriesman, Hal Straus Stop Walking on Eggshells: Coping when Someone you care about has Borderline Personality Disorder -- Paul T. Mason, et al New Hope for People with Borderline Personailty Disorder: Your friendly, authoritative guide to the latest in traditional and complementary solutions Neil R. Bockian, et al; Paperback Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderlline Personality Disorder by Marsha Linehan Lost in the mirror: an inside look at the borderline personality disorder by Richard A. Moskovitz M.D. Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder by John F. Clarkin (Author), et al Even More Crisis Lines: Suicide Hotline Numbers "If you are thinking about suicide... Read this first": from Metanoia.org Hope Line Network: (800) SUICIDE Crisis Counseling: (800) 999-9999 National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): (toll free) (866) 615-6464 National Foundation for Depressive Illness: (800) 239-1265 National Mental Health Association: (800) 969-6642 Suicide Prevention (800) SUICIDE Covenant House Hotline: (800) 999-9999 Boys Town Suicide and Crisis Line: (800) 448-3000 or (800) 448-1833 (TDD) In the UK:The Samaritans 08457 90 90 90 In Ireland:The Samaritans 1850 60 90 90 International Suicide Helpline Numbers Domestic and Child Abuse Friends of Battered Women and Their Children: (800) 603-HELP National Domestic Violence Hotline: (800) 799-SAFE, (800) 787-3224 (TDD) Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network: (800) 656-4673 Childhelp USA National Child Abuse Hotline: (800) 422-4453 National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: (800) THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678) Child Find of American Hotline: (800) I-AM-LOST (1-800-426-5678) Elder Abuse Hotline: (800) 677-1116 Addiction Alcoholics Anonymous (212) 870-3400 Narcotics Anonymous (818) 773-9999 Focus on Recovery Helpline (Alcohol & Drug Treatment): (800) 234-0246 Al-Anon/Alateen Family Group Services: (800) 356-9996, (888) 4AL-ANON National Helpline: (800) COCAINE Substance Abuse Treatment: (800) 622-HELP National Association for Children of Alcoholics: (888) 554-COAS Parents Resource Institute for Drug Education: (800) 279-6361 Elder Care American Association of Retired Persons: (800) 424-2277 Eldercare Locator Information and Referral Line: (800) 677-1116 Elder Abuse Hotline: (800) 879-6682 Hospice Education Institute: (800) 331-1620 Medicare Telephone Hotline: (800) MEDICARE National Council on Aging: (800) 424-9046 National Institute on Aging Information Center: (800) 222-2225 Service Corps of Retired Executives Association: (800) 634-0245 Missing Children Child Find: (800) I-AM-LOST Child Help USA Information Center: (800) 4A-CHILD National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: (800) THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678) National Child Watch Campaign: (800) 222-1464 National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence: (800) 422-4453 (child abuse); (800) 799-7233 (domestic violence); (800) 787-3244 (TTY) Vanished Children's Alliance: (800) 826-4743 Volunteering American Red Cross: (800) HELP-NOW Make a Wish Foundation: (800) 722-9474 Organ Donor Hotline: (630) 758-2600 Volunteers of America: (800) 899-0089 [ 05-02-2004: Message edited Crossbow ] [ 05-04-2004: Message edited Crossbow ] [ 05-04-2004: Message edited Crossbow ] __________________
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[img]smilies/wave.gif[/img] hello everyone. New thread, and how is everyone? Good i hope. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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I'm OK. Grumpy because my website is down for no apparent reason. Which is why I had to paste all those resources in. The whole point in me having a website was so I could just link to my resources pages without having to do this. [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img]
Otherwise, I'm fine. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________
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oh that sucks big time. Grr to it and i hope it starts working. I am glad you are good other wise. It's always nice to have a good day you know. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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I need some advice. It really isn't mental health related or anything. Its relationshipy.
I've been with my boyfriend for two years. In those two years I've never..you know felt in love. I've been talking with my ex, who wasn't a good guy when we were together but he seems to have changed the bad. I talk to him, I get butterflies. I rush home after work to see if I have an emal from him. And I feel guilty. I feel like I'm cheating on my boyfriend. I do love him, but I want butterflies. I'm very confused. My boyfriend is the only guy i've dated who has really treated me well...I don't know what to do. |
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I'm still surviving, but on a tiny thread. I don't know how I'm going to make it by the end of the month.
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Cherie, are you looking forward to graduation or does it make you nervous?
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Cherie -
You'll make it. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Wiva - Did you have butterflies when you first met your current boyfriend? Did you always have them when you were with an old boyfriend? I only ever get them when I very first start dating someone. I suspect it's nerves, not love, but then that's me, not you. My website is back. Crossbow's EVEN LONGER list of depression resources. [ 05-04-2004: Message edited Crossbow ] __________________
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The thing I'm nervous about is one class. I'm having a really hard time in my Physics class and it's not getting any better. Let's just say I'm close to not graduating b/c of this class. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] __________________
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edited to add this- a site i find really useful for stuff about meds. very un-patronising, unlike a lot of other sites on the subject. also not run by a major drug company (as far as i can tell) [ 05-05-2004: Message edited indium ] __________________
i really need a better sig. but till then click here if you feel like it
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Cherie: Physics is hard. I haven't taken it, but everything I've heard is evil Are you in a situation that you can slack a bit in your stonger courses to focus on that one? Or tutoring with the teacher always if nothing else shows extra effort and they might be more willing to help you out.
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I took a class called "contemporary concepts," better known as "physics for poets," which was supposed to be an overview of physics for people who don't know math. In reality, it turned out to be more like a review for people who already KNEW physics. Most people who didn't already kow physics failed. I scraped by with a B only because I sat next to a guy who already knew physics and he helped me.
ETA Last night was my first dose of Effexor. So dar so good. Sunday I took 20 mg of Lexapro and 100 mg of Welbutrin. Monday I wuit the Welbutrin and cut down to 10 mg of Lexapro and started Effexor. I expected withdrawal from the Lexapro because I always got vertigo when I increased my dosage and I had bad vertigo as Paxil withdrawal, but maybe Effexor is similar enough to prevent the withdrawal. Anyway, I'm to continue with 10 mg of Lexapro and increasing Effexor for a week, then stop the Lexapro and keep icreasing the Effexor. Wish me luck. __________________
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Day 2 on Effexor. So far so good. Had a minor dizzy spell this morning. I'm also getting sick.
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My life right now = bad.
If I don't have a break down before Graduation, I will be surprised. Nothing seems to be going right in my life right now - I'm trying to remain positive and realize that everything happens for a reason but sometimes you can't feel that way no matter how regilious you are. |
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