Relieving depression

NICOLA JONES, about 1 year

Glen hodgkinson i wish i known you where depressed have not seen you lately around, i would of talked to you the times we use to go to your house a dinner time in school with everyone else, had a good laugh you were one of the lads. sadly you felt the need to end your life on Sunday 7th September 2008 and we have just found out it is such sad news to hear. I have wrote this comment on here in case Glen contacted anyone and they want to know what has happened. funeral is at St Martins church, Llay , Wrexham 2pm.

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carla tomlinson, about 1 year

i have suffered from depression for about 3 years but came with revenge 10months go . i have always carried on and never spoken out about how i was feeling .this time round it was very bad alot worse than ever before . its really hard to exsplain to someone how u feel cause your head is all over the place . i have had and am getting alot of support and can feel it lifting gradually, dont suffer in silence i was asshamed and felt a failure as a mum and human being , but its an illness and the more support and advise u can get the better . im still struggling but with help and support i will beat it !!!

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Chris, about 1 year

i suffer from clinical depression brought on after 18 months of intense pressure from work culminating in a perfectly good 21 year relationship ending. The first weeks after diagnosis are hell on earth, medication, well you think what the hell, it will never work for heavens sake it takes a month to start working. And boy do you feel screwed up and such a nut. But you know, for the first time you do come through it. My advice, get as much advice as you can. I had weekly GP visits, crisis team visits, practice nurse visits, mental health nurse visits, occupational health visits, counsellors and psychaiartists visits. (Never could spell it) Use what is available, dont suffer, accept you are ill, don't try to cope alone and you are not crazy, you are ill and it is treatable. Im on the road to satisfaction. Not going to say cured, but i needed the help of so many people to save my life. Im still sad but in control. Love life, exercise and ask for help.

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Brigitte, about 1 year

Since last week i started using B12 and i must say i feel much better! and i hope it's because of the b12, cause it's a relief. wish i would have known earlier about it ;) Greetings from The Netherlands

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Mrs. C. Murray, about 1 year

As a life long bi - polar depressive, I have come to realise that once we depressives have had one bout of depression, we can reckon that we will always be a depressive. Although we attend regular chats with our Drs. and take our medications daily we can again find ourselves low in mood again,which brings with it the realisation that the other symptoms of tiredness, lack of sleeping. poor eating etc are not far behind. It rids you of your self and somehow another mask comes down and smothers you for a period of months. After 50 years of careful management of my illnes, I have come to realise that the only peole who really understand depressives are Psychiatrists who have studied and worked with these patients - and therefore know how to medicate them. C. Murray

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David Thornton, over 2 years

St John's wort contains as an active ingredient "hypericin" named in the IUPAC system (1,3,4,6,8,13-Hexahydroxy-10,11-dimethylphenanthro[1,10, 9,8-opqra]perylene-7,14-dione). It can cause skin sensitivity to sunlight so talk to your GP before you take it. I belive some double blind studies have been carried out.

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