Depression and Anxiety

[Tigger]

Take this for what it is, just an opinion.

I've been there, depressed and self destructive over similar issues. The last thing you need to do is worry about another mate right now, baggage and such. Give yourself some time, enjoy life again. Meeting a mate will happen at some point without even trying.

Playing hockey is a great idea, you're also a creative person so get that guitar working as well. Getting comfortable in your own skin is easier said than done but probably the right first step.

Anywho, hope it all works out.

 

[Rick C.]

Oh goodie!  My psychiatrist added to my long list of meds again - this time Lithium. Side effects I can expect:
- even worse dry mouth than I have now (I'm ALWAYS dry from other meds I take daily)
- weight gain
- shaky hands

With a little luck, my moods will be stabilized with it...

 

[Rick C.]

Oh goodie!  My psychiatrist added to my long list of meds again - this time Lithium. Side effects I can expect:
- even worse dry mouth than I have now (I'm ALWAYS dry from other meds I take daily)
- weight gain
- shaky hands

With a little luck, my moods will be stabilized with it...

The meds actually are stabalizing my depression/suicidal thoughts.  I've been trying to lose weight with little success.  But I'm shaking like I have parkinsons.  It's horrible.

 

[Stebro]

I'm slowely starting to get better, and I'm surprised about some thing. I've been in therapy once a week since late September, but she works in a different way and it helps a lot. She is very interested in helping, and it's easy to be honest and open. She challenges me too which is good. I'm also on new medication which affects dopamine levels too, and maybe that was a good thing although I've gained a lot of weight. For a while when it was really bad I was down at 110lb, and I'm 5'10, last time I weighed that little I was like 14 or something. Now I'm at 158lbs, which is ok. Only problem I have is that I get hungry like all the time, and usually when I'm supposed to sleep, so my sleeping pattern is so and so. Another weird thing is that I think that my confidence and self esteem is better now than before, and I don't know whether it's due to the therapy or the pills, but hey what do I care!? And I'm actually trying to change things that I didn't have the strength to do before, and I'm having some success with it too.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

Glad to hear that buddy, keep up the good work.

 

[maplesyrup]

Fantastic news!

 

[#1PilarFan]

I'm slowely starting to get better, and I'm surprised about some thing. I've been in therapy once a week since late September, but she works in a different way and it helps a lot. She is very interested in helping, and it's easy to be honest and open. She challenges me too which is good. I'm also on new medication which affects dopamine levels too, and maybe that was a good thing although I've gained a lot of weight. For a while when it was really bad I was down at 110lb, and I'm 5'10, last time I weighed that little I was like 14 or something. Now I'm at 158lbs, which is ok. Only problem I have is that I get hungry like all the time, and usually when I'm supposed to sleep, so my sleeping pattern is so and so. Another weird thing is that I think that my confidence and self esteem is better now than before, and I don't know whether it's due to the therapy or the pills, but hey what do I care!? And I'm actually trying to change things that I didn't have the strength to do before, and I'm having some success with it too.

If the meds boost your dopamine, then the confidence and self-esteem is probably coming from that. Not to take anything away from you though, dopamine just happens to be a factor in things like coping, will and confidence. That might mean that, before the meds, you had an unnaturally low dopamine so the pills are just correcting a chemical imbalance. If for some reason you go off the meds and miss that dopamine boost, L-Tyrosine (among other things) is a natural alternative and it can help prevent a crash.

Of course, if the meds are supposed to lower your dopamine, then... well, I dunno.

 

[hockeyfan1]

Talk about the kind of assault that not only causes depression and anxiety but fear and emotional trauma...55% of men in the U.S. military are victims of male-to-male rape and sexual assault.  Can the Canadian Forces be far behind?  According to officials, the problem exists here, as with military women as well, being victims of male sexual assault.


Most of the male-to-male assaults are done by heterosexual men, usually by those in upper command.  The Canadian government has undertaken a (military) survey in a bid to decipher any of the above problems encountered by Canadian military personnel, who, all too often keep quiet for fear of reprisals or persecution.  Terrible.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/canadian-forces-survey-asks-troops-shed-light-sexual-150009010.html

 

[Bullfrog]

Talk about the kind of assault that not only causes depression and anxiety but fear and emotional trauma...55% of men in the U.S. military are victims of male-to-male rape and sexual assault. 

Perhaps you should reread the article or rephrase your statement, because it's not remotely accurate. It states:

"Eighty-five per cent of U.S. military members are male and the majority of sexual assault victims as estimated by the Department of Defense ? about 55 per cent ? are men, Lewis said.

Roughly the same demographic applies to the Canadian Forces, but it's unclear the extent to which male sexual assaults are happening."

 

[hockeyfan1]

Talk about the kind of assault that not only causes depression and anxiety but fear and emotional trauma...55% of men in the U.S. military are victims of male-to-male rape and sexual assault. 

Perhaps you should reread the article or rephrase your statement, because it's not remotely accurate. It states:

"Eighty-five per cent of U.S. military members are male and the majority of sexual assault victims as estimated by the Department of Defense ? about 55 per cent ? are men, Lewis said.

Roughly the same demographic applies to the Canadian Forces, but it's unclear the extent to which male sexual assaults are happening."

55% is correct, as per the U.S. military. 
As per the Canadian Forces, a survey will be undertaken.

In other words, in case you misread, it (male sexual assault) may exist in the Canadian Forces as well.

 

[Kin]

55% is correct, as per the U.S. military. 

No, it's not. This is quoted verbatim from the article you linked to:

According to a 2012 anonymous survey released last month by the U.S. Department of National Defense, an estimated 6.1 per cent of active duty women and 1.2 per cent of men were victims of unwanted sexual contact.

 

[hockeyfan1]

55% is correct, as per the U.S. military. 

No, it's not. This is quoted verbatim from the article you linked to:

According to a 2012 anonymous survey released last month by the U.S. Department of National Defense, an estimated 6.1 per cent of active duty women and 1.2 per cent of men were victims of unwanted sexual contact.

From article:
...an estimated 6.1 per cent of active duty women and 1.2 per cent of men were victims of unwanted sexual contact.  That translates to roughly 12,000 women who were assaulted and 14,000 men ? up from an estimated 19,300 victims in 2010.

Then:
Eighty-five per cent of U.S. military members are male and the majority of sexual assault victims as estimated by the Department of Defense ? about 55 per cent ? are men, Lewis said.

So, in other words, they are estimating that 55% of the male group were victims of male sexual assault.

 

[Kin]

55% is correct, as per the U.S. military. 

No, it's not. This is quoted verbatim from the article you linked to:

According to a 2012 anonymous survey released last month by the U.S. Department of National Defense, an estimated 6.1 per cent of active duty women and 1.2 per cent of men were victims of unwanted sexual contact.

From article:
...an estimated 6.1 per cent of active duty women and 1.2 per cent of men were victims of unwanted sexual contact.  That translates to roughly 12,000 women who were assaulted and 14,000 men ? up from an estimated 19,300 victims in 2010.

Then:
Eighty-five per cent of U.S. military members are male and the majority of sexual assault victims as estimated by the Department of Defense ? about 55 per cent ? are men, Lewis said.

So, in other words, they are estimating that 55% of the male group were victims of male sexual assault.

Oh sweet goodness, no. No, they're not. Do you see how in that first sentence they estimate a total of 26,000 total sexual assault victims? The United States military has millions of members. The 55 percent is in reference to the number of those 26,000 sexual assault cases where the victims are male.

 

[hockeyfan1]

55% is correct, as per the U.S. military. 

No, it's not. This is quoted verbatim from the article you linked to:

According to a 2012 anonymous survey released last month by the U.S. Department of National Defense, an estimated 6.1 per cent of active duty women and 1.2 per cent of men were victims of unwanted sexual contact.

From article:
...an estimated 6.1 per cent of active duty women and 1.2 per cent of men were victims of unwanted sexual contact.  That translates to roughly 12,000 women who were assaulted and 14,000 men ? up from an estimated 19,300 victims in 2010.

Then:
Eighty-five per cent of U.S. military members are male and the majority of sexual assault victims as estimated by the Department of Defense ? about 55 per cent ? are men, Lewis said.

So, in other words, they are estimating that 55% of the male group were victims of male sexual assault.

Oh sweet goodness, no. No, they're not. Do you see how in that first sentence they estimate a total of 26,000 total sexual assault victims? The United States military has millions of members. The 55 percent is in reference to the number of those 26,000 sexual assault cases where the victims are male.

That was the point I was trying to make!  Of the group of males in that category (of the total group), an estimated 55% were male sexual assault victims.

 

[Kin]

That was the point I was trying to make!  Of the group of males in that category (of the total group), an estimated 55% were male sexual assault victims.

You said:

...55% of men in the U.S. military are victims of male-to-male rape and sexual assault.

Not "...55% of the sexual assault victims in the US Military are male."

 

[hockeyfan1]

That was the point I was trying to make!  Of the group of males in that category (of the total group), an estimated 55% were male sexual assault victims.

You said:

...55% of men in the U.S. military are victims of male-to-male rape and sexual assault.

Not "...55% of the sexual assault victims in the US Military are male."

I see where I erred.  I got mixed up trying to re-phrase in my own words the article...
(Whenever I post on tmlfans, whether it's a sentence or a quote either from an article or a source, it's always highlighted (coloured).  When it's in black (uncoloured), then they're in my own words).

That's where I got mixed up.

Anyways, thanks for re-clarifying.

My bad. 

 

[Rick C.]

I'm slotted in to undergo a fairly new treatment for my severe depression.  It's at Western Hospital in Toronto. It's called rTMS and it's magnetic based.  I'm somewhat skeptical, but trying my best to keep an open mind.  I go every day for 20 weekdays in a row starting mid-July.  Quite a commute from Cambridge, but I'm running out of options...  Here's the info for anyone wondering:  http://www.rtmsclinic.ca/

 

[sucka]

I'm slotted in to undergo a fairly new treatment for my severe depression.  It's at Western Hospital in Toronto. It's called rTMS and it's magnetic based.  I'm somewhat skeptical, but trying my best to keep an open mind.  I go every day for 20 weekdays in a row starting mid-July.  Quite a commute from Cambridge, but I'm running out of options...  Here's the info for anyone wondering:  http://www.rtmsclinic.ca/

I got one of my co-workers to start eating bitter melon.  It good for diabetes and weight loss.  He started juicing it and eating it (cooked) regularly and said it really had noticeable effects, not just in controlling his sugar but he started to feel better in other aspects of his wellbeing as well.

 

[KoHo]

I'm slotted in to undergo a fairly new treatment for my severe depression.  It's at Western Hospital in Toronto. It's called rTMS and it's magnetic based.  I'm somewhat skeptical, but trying my best to keep an open mind.  I go every day for 20 weekdays in a row starting mid-July.  Quite a commute from Cambridge, but I'm running out of options...  Here's the info for anyone wondering:  http://www.rtmsclinic.ca/

Interesting, I've never heard of magnetic therapy before. Seems legit. All the best to you.

 

[TML fan]

Waiting to hear if I got an interview for a new job is....not fun....