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Friend suffering with years of depression and now with grieving

starrlite2500

My friend has had years of depression. Mood swings, sadness, loss of appetite (which is recent we think due to her grief), feeling weak,...

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Does anyone else feel extremely unmotivated, tired, hate having to go anywhere?

Paulswife_1

Hi. I'm 58, female, married to a really good man that does a lot around the home and for me. I'm semi-retired, work 3 days a week, ca...

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Does anyone else spend all of their time feeling depressed and worrying about death?

Sher13

Hi. I am 46 years old and have struggled for years with anxiety and depression. I always have this heavy depressed feeling hanging over m...

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Too many Meds ?

Tina5588

My psychiatrist has had me on Lexapro 10mgs & Xanax 1mgs as needed for quite a while now. However I have been in a deep depression for ...

2 answers | 1 comment

Depression after losing both parents

ocdhelp

I lost both my parents. I lost dad a few years back, and my mom a little over a month ago. I’ve always had depression but have been able ...

1 answer | 3 comments

Ssri effects on cognitive performance and memory

Cipro

I have saw a topic about it. I’m a 16 years old boy who have generally high IQ. I was studying to programming olympiad until few weeks ag...

10 answers | 24 comments

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