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Depression
Before I start I'm a sixteen year old girl.
Well I have been depressed for a while. Sometimes it is better but sometimes the urge to end my life is overwhelming. I have seen many counselors, pyschologists, and mental health physicians but onthing seems to help. A lot of my friends think I'm bipolar. My counselor says I'm not but when I read about all the symptoms it makes sense. I have 10 of the fourteen symptoms that the website said. I have really good days where you can't put me down but then again I also have the excet opposite kind of days. My counselor said that if I start having more suicidal thoughts or if my appetite keeps dropping then I should get in touch with her. About three months ago my appetite basically disappeared. My friends thought I was trying to lose wieght but I just wasn't hungry. I never eat breakfast and so I constantly feel weak or sick. I'm just so confused about what I should do. Can anyone help me?
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The best that you can do for yourself is to not give up hope when it comes to big problems such as depression. I know it is extremely hard to have hope when you're a person with depression, but if you don't give up, then you can stop depression before it literally takes over your life. Start seeing your counselor again, and tell her your concerns with being bipolar, or anything else. You have to talk. Tell her about your eating routines, and your decreased appetite, and if you're having suicidal thoughts, try not to say it like you're really thinking of killing yourself, most likely those feelings are just lonliness, and feeling that the world is unbearable. Sometimes, they aren't actually suicidal, they could just be that sometimes you wish you weren't here on this earth. Be sure to express true feelings and concerns especially to your parents, or guardians.
-TheTeenGirl
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Bipolar Disorder is VERY difficult to diagnose in adolescents. Our moods naturally fluctuate. The suicidal thoughts and loss of appetite definitely sound like depression! You need to call your counselor, and he/she can talk to you about it.
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I think you should ask your mother if you would be able to see a psychiatrist. If they think something is seriously seriously wrong, they can perscribe drugs. Counselors and psychologists can't do that. Ask your psychiatrist if you could be tested or if she knows the symptoms. If they apply to you, then you should tell her you're worried, you're scared. She'll help you.
I would ignore the people who say, "Well, WHY are you depressed?" because I know that most of the times, it's nothing. Sometimes it's just lonliness or the feeling of being unloved. Here's an idea for the meantime, however.
Get a piece of paper and fold it in half. One side is for positive, the other for negative. Once you're finished with your list, rip off the negative side and put it in a safe place. Begin to work on those things until they're positive. Then post your positive things on your ceiling above your bed. It'll make you feel good waking up. It worked for me when I was depressed.
That being said, don't undergo things to change your appearance or something that doesn't really matter to you, but it matters to someone else. Learn to love you for you, not for how someone else loves you.
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