New to Depression Forum

[KevinNJ25]

Hey All--I am new to the Depression forums.  I post primarily on the Anxiety forums since I have siffered from it for four years.  Now I believe I am battleing a form of depression.  I am in my last month of college.  I talk to my friends daily about how they are so excited to leave, move on etc.  I am also.  But my body has been acting differently lately.  Sunday (April 29) I had gone to the new Citi Field to watch a baseball game with good friends.  I came home that night and started to feel really "blah"  nothing was feeling right.  Felt like I was on 3 cylinders instead of 6.  It was a crummy day out also.  I ended up taking one of my anti anxiety pills (.5mg Nirvram).  Felt a lot better but I was tearing up these thread seeking a cause for my depessive symptoms.  I think it is important to mention I usually (only stayed 2 weekends this semester) go home on the weekends.  I did not this past one.  Anyway, the past two days I have slept out at a friends house, and not at my apartment with my three roomates.  Monday night I watched a hockey game at the bar with my friend and ended up staying the night at his place, and last night I slept over a girl friend of mine.  I like my roomates, I have no problem telling them my feeling or emotions but I think maybe I slept out because the two places I stayed make me feel more at "home" then my apartment here.  Anyway, I have this wierd new fear of diabetes.  I constantly check google to see what the symptoms are and its getting over the top.  The past three normal days are as follows:  I wake up at night maybe 2-3 times to urinate.  When I wake up I feel alright, not too overhwelmed.  If I go to school, when I enter my car to drive to school is when I begin to feel uneasy, and restless.  Some anxiety kicks in and I begin to tell myself I am going to go into a dibetic shock if I don't get some sugar in me.  I go down to te Cafe and get a sprite.  This whole time I feel depressed.  Very lethargic, no apeitite, slum look on my face, etc.  When I tell myself that the sugar should be kicking in I slowly begin to feel better.  About 20 minutes after drinking or eating whatever I did with the sugar I will feel like new.  Today though was the same except when I left my last class I was going to plahy basketball with a friend.  It ended up that the courts were closed and I walked back to my car to drive back home.  As I was walking back to my car I just got this really bad depressive episode.  Memory scrambeled, couldn't concentrate, felt blue, felt like I wanted to cry, etc.  I finally pulled myself together and drove home.  After I got here I just laid down and I went back to feeling my fine self.  I guess what I am aiming at is..Does depression cause a crave of sugar?  And if so has anyone expirenced anything similar to this?  I am going home tonight for the weekend.  Should I schuedle a DR. appt?  And if so should I print this out and show him?  Thanks for the help.
PS.  I feel a ton of bricks has been lifted off me after writing this.  Maybe I am just homesick lol?

[LeftCoastChick]

It sounds like a Dr's visit is in order. Anxiety can show up in many ways, and depression often accompanies it.  It's absolutely normal to be terrified of the world after a few yrs of academia. To rule out anything physical see your doctor, and if you do have a psychiatrist make an app't or get a referral. Anxiety can cause more frequent urination, I used to be in and out the bathroom before an exam and dental app'ts. Hang in there, it will smoothe out for you.

[skeetelmore65]

Hey,
     I sure hate to see that you feel that way.I do the same thing.So,yes depression can cause you to eat.I hate to ask, but are you overweight like I am. I have gained so much weight on Lyric for my nerve damage, but I do believe that I eat more because I feel depressed.
     It wouldn't hurt to schedule a DR. appt. just to check your sugar levels.It's always better to be safe than sorry.LOL ...sad but true.
     Maybe you just needed to vent.We all need to do that once in a while. Since you said it made you feel better that's what made me think of that.
     Homesick will definately make you depressed.Just being in that place of security and love gets us back to speed.
     I pray that things go well for you and can say one thing that most people do are to look for something to fill that void.If you do...chose God...He makes everything better.Just read a little, I promise you if you ask to understand w/sincerity,your life will take a turn always for the better. Remember...never make a permanent solution to a temporary problem. There is someone out there that cares...K  ***@****