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Originally Posted by otterbearcat  I am so severely depressed right.
I am losing my job at the end of the month, I might be breaking up my significant other who has been most of my support as well.
I have no family, most of my friends were 'drinking buddies', and now that Im not drinking I cant be around some of them because they have bad boundaries or cant relate. So Im left with a couple good friends that live on the other side of the country, a couple aquaintices, a couple a people that I dont think I can be friends with anymore because I only really like them when I drinking.
I went to the store last night to get diet soda and ramen noodles. Ive started drinking the soda bc I need to something to open and have in my hands sometimes, and Im already having 4 cups of tea. Ramen noodles bc Im about to be completley broke.
So back to the point... I am looking at the seasonal beers thinking, mmm, I cant wait til I can drink again, then I think I want one, so I consider beering a six pack of na beer, end the I buy a 6 pack of vanilla cream soda bc they are out of rootbeer. Cost the same as cheap beer btw.
So Ive gained back some of the weight I orginally lost when I first quit drinking bc now Im drinking soda, over eating, eating tons of ice cream, when all i want to drink and be numb.
Did I mention I ramble and my stories are always waaaaaaaay too long?
I dont want to be an anti-depressants but if I lose the main support in my life on top of being unemployed, I dont know how Im not gonna drink. |
Hi,
I don't know if you've seen any of my other posts, but I am not a big fan of AD's. They seem to work for tons of people, but I always get a severe physical and mental reaction from them.
I have 2 months sober, and I have had depression for most of my life. When I first stopped drinking everything hit me like a ton of bricks. I still deal with anxiety and depression, but it seems to be improving slightly. I am trying to improve my depression by reading self-help books and excersise. Plus I am trying to find new hobbies and things I like to do. Your situation sounds very difficult and I don't expect you to have the motivation do these things. I gave it some time and I started to function better. There were also other times, I found it EXTREMELY hard to pull myself out of it.
If you feel you really need something to get a jump start, talk with your D.R. and see what he/she prescribes. You never know, you might have little to no side affects. There are also natural AD's such as St. Johns Wort and something called 5 htp I believe. Don't quote me on the last one, not quite sure if that's the right name. I was looking into trying something natural. They have side affects also, so just research them before you start anything.