Depression Recovery

Question:

> Hiya Theory > My advise is to get to your doctor / psychiatrist as soon as possible.  

Jeanne since I think too much, I decided against going to a psychiatrist right now. My reasoning was that this is the first time in over 13 years I’ve been drug free (no nicotine) and I wanted to give myself and my brain some time to heal on it’s own. The depression is bad but I’m going to try and stick it out for awhile and give myself a chance to learn how to deal with almost uncontrollable emotions of anger and depression etc. I’m always looking for a quick fix and right now that’s how I see an anti-depressant. It’s only been a month. I > remember reading here a few times of quit depression and even tho i never > experienced it,

Lucky you  I can imagine what it must be like > Good Luck and keep us posted > Love > Jeanne

I’m feeling better yesterday and today. Thanks Jeanne. -theory ONE Month, 5 days, 14 hours, 46 minutes

Response:

Hi theory I am glad to hear you are feeling better. My theory is that we go through a kind of grieving process when we first quit, as we are losing something that was part of our lives for such a long time. I have lost quits at 4 to 6 weeks due to quit depression. This time I have stayed with it and it does get better – but I’ve used St. John’s wort at times to ease me through the bad days, and took it for the first 2 months of this quit. After that, I no longer needed it. You sound like you are doing great Liz 6 months and a bit

Response:

>  I knew the only thing that would ruin my quit would be depression, > and here it is. Now the real fight begins. >  -theory > ONE Month, 3 days, 10 hours, 15 minutes

Hi Theory, I’m pleased to hear you’re asking your doc for help, the depression has got the better of my quit more than once, but things are looking up now. hugs padders (