Self medicating with alcohol for years. Nearly 10 months sober now! My depression hasn't gone away, but I'd like to think I handle it a lot better now.
I have been sober 6 years, and been off my psychiatric medications for over a year. It can take your brain around two years to level out from addiction. Also, addressing my chaotic past by doing several free 12 step programs (A.A.,ACA, and EA), has truly helped me find inner peace and freedom for my past, and I actually love myself now! I spent 5 of those years Sober, working NO program, and was miserable and my mental health was the worse it had ever been! It only took 6 months in 12 step programs for my life to start changing! It’s been 1.5 years, and I cannot even begin to express my gratitude for who I have become! Recovery is possible, and We do have a Choice! Acceptance ❤
It’s true, getting out of the house is so therapeutic and being around people and nature. Staying in bed all day makes me feel terrible cause it’s such a waste and I feel like “wtf am I doing?” I lost my job so my sleeping schedule is really bad now but I’m trying to adjust to a normal one again slowly
I have been off all my psychiatric medication’s for over a year, on top of being clean from alcohol for over 6 years. I had to face my past, and learn how to process it, manage my emotions, use coping skills, build a strong support system with diverse 12 step programs, and build a connection to myself and The Universe in order to improve my mental health. Also came from growing up in dysfunctional abusive environment, therefore I had to face that and learn about the dysfunction, and overcome my trauma! Mental illness is a sign that something is going on unaddressed within ourselves! Face that, process that, learn from it, accept it, and let it go! Healing is a Choice, and reprogramming the brain is possible! ❤
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@@christinekoenig5669I couldn’t agree more, this world is difficult enough and I wish and pray that more people will come to Jesus Christ and get to know him as their Lord and Savior only then will they truly b set free from all their pain !!! ❤ 😊
I agree especially with the getting lab work. I thought I was just tired and depressed turns out I had an iron deficiency and anemic which can lead to depression. Please everyone have your doctor do lab work.
I think this is a dangerous recommendation that assumes all depressive conditions are mild and lingering. If someone's in a deeper crisis that's built up relatively quickly and they're not used to dealing with it, or even if it's just rapidly got worse due to some trigger after being mere dysthymia for years, you do not want to mess around trying to exclude things that could be solved over the course of a month with vitamin supplements, without immediately guarding them against the possibility of greater danger of causing harm to themselves. That doesn't however mean you don't monitor their response and maybe check for other causes if there's no improvement, or use it as an excuse to not refer them for therapy as well, etc. Just throwing a script at them and packing them out of the door and out of your hair is just as bad.
Thanks for this - all great advice. I write down 20 things to be grateful for every night before I go to bed. Often I'm repeating many of the same things each night, but it doesn't matter. It's just a reminder of what I do have that I might otherwise take for granted. Takes a while to change your mindset and I'm not immune to down days, but it's made a big difference to my mood in general.
I heard a sermon where the preacher said, " imagine if you woke up with only the things you said you were grateful for " - like you, I make a list, which is all the same things, and try to add a new thing I'm grateful for each time. 🙏
@@gam940 There are so many things when you give it some thought. A person very close to me had Motor Neurone Disease (ALS) and lost the use of their arms, legs, voice etc. It's the one major life event that really got me thinking how much I take for granted - a body that works, a roof over my head, food to eat and so much more.
Actually as I'm a self motivator when I isolate myself I'm at my best. When I'm depressed I isolate myself and I watch myself. I will pray and try to meditate then all the miracles happen. I start to realise many things, the reason behind things etc. But before I have become like this I have gone through hell. The practice and discipline etc are important but faith is the magic. With the magic comes gratitude, uplift of frequency and everything changes.
Don't isolate yourself"? Where would I go? I have never been more isolated than now and I really like it. Dealing with people depresses me more than isolation, because they don't care anyway and they show it.
I'm so lucky I had a psychiatrist in my 20s that refused medication and sent me to a behavioral therapist. I watched my grandma and mother take what was prescribed and they both lost their minds many times. Even though ADHD meds work for me, it was too hard to get them so I learned work around ways to accomplish my goals. Do not let a regular MD prescribe mental health scripts willy nilly. It's like going to a carpenter when you need an electrician.
Sometimes it’s good, but often it stops working eventually & then you have to learn coping & thinking pattern skills that ya should’ve learned in the beginning
@@postrock12 agreed, I've seen the damage anti depressants and anti anxiety meds can do. If you need them of course go to a Dr but don't take them from someone who doesn't specialize in psychiatry.
@@SarahJames777 how right you are! Those type of medication destroyed my Dad's mental health instead of improving them! ...it was too late to stop it, we weren't educated on the fact that it was actually damaging and slowly eating out the brain functions!
This is from Dr. Amen's book titled (Magnificent mind at any age). "Once people believe that they are defeated, that they cannot do things to change their situation, they stop trying and give up, never to try again. Even if success or happiness is within their grasp, they are unable to reach out and grab it. If you have lost your voice, know that it is possible to find it." I have read and reread many passages in this book. Dr. Amen has many books to his credit. Since I could never afford therapy, books and videos such as this are an alternative for me. He is a clinical neuroscientist, psychiatrist, brain-imaging expert. When every day you have to make a choice between throwing in the towel or fighting like hell to keep trying instead of giving up, you need to find whatever works for that goal.
The reason it works for some people is because they have a shortage of serotonin. Not everyone who's depressed has a shortage of serotonin however, so what it does is deplete their sense of motivation, because serotonin is the hormone that is responsible for being content. If you're content with things around you, you'll have no desire to do anything, which can lead to people feeling flat and demotivated. Antidepressants making you "lose your mind" are almost entirely because the patient isn't taking it as prescribed though lol. If you don't take it at the same time every day in the morning or night, exactly as instructed, you will have a shit time. Don't take antidepressants if you struggle to stay on top of it.
So, just don't be depressed? It's so easy to recommend this things when you're not dealing with depression. I mean, when I'm well, i don't understand why i can't get up when I'm depressed, why i can't eat like a normal person when I'm depressed, why sleep is such a struggle in general... I mean... we know what makes us worse, we just can't not do it when we're depressed.
Here what works starve negative thoughts by refusing to interact with them and feed positive thoughts also use self hypnosis to write this into the subconscious and your set. This is how I’ve drastically improved my Severe multi formed OCD, C-PTSD, AVPD/Social anxiety and depression in a few days.
Thanks Dr Amen I did self medicate since I was 8 yrs old. I can say I haven't self medicated in years til I'm self medicating with ur vitamin system!! Um getting so healthy mentally and my deep depression is getting better. Thanks so much
The Asnwer to depression is be grateful for everything that you have, there's so many people begging to extend their life just to lived with their love one. Treasure your love one optimistic. Do some waking jugging keep moving everyday and be with family or friends. ❤❤❤
i had one summer where I was super sick depression and anxiety at teh same time, being grateful had nothing to do with it, it was a physical problem, depression is a symptom not a cause and it is not because you think wrongly. when you did not do that beforehand. a friend of mine commited suicide he suffered severe depression and it was not because he was ungrateful, he was sick. you cannot think yourself out of depression you have to change your diet and exercise routine I was miserable that summer but over time it seem to gradually lift adn I did nothing, it did it on its own.
When I started having severe panic attacks and became extremely depressed, I was never really checked out by any of the doctors I went to. They just handed my antidepressant after antidepressant, I literally got prescribed 5 different meds. I only ever tried one of them (low dose of sertraline), which made me suddenly suicidal and hallucinating after just two days. It took 9 months of highly debilitating 24/7 anxiety and panic for anyone to bother to run some basic tests to figure out if it could be a medical condition. I just got the standard labs every time I ended up in the ER, which were all good enough. Turns out, my hormones are all wonky and I am getting a diagnosis for a genetic disorder that affects my adrenal glands. Through all of this, I have come face to face with how isolated I am, and can 100000% confirm that isolation will make your depression SO MUCH WORSE. If you have ANYBODY, reach out and nourish that relationship like both of your lives depend on it.
Can I ask what labs were drawn when you found out your hormones were out of wack? I am going through something similar with debilitating anxiety & feel very lost. I’ve felt like something is off with my hormones ever since stopping birth control but my PCPs have refused to check my levels & just write me a script for antidepressants. I don’t know where to turn
@@celestejimenez4526 The hormones they found to be abnormally elevated were testosterone and 17-Hydroxyprogesterone. If your doctors are refusing to even check, that is absolutely negligence on their part
lol the more i listened the more i had to wonder "have YOU ever been depressed doc?" He's so cavalier saying "dont' do this, don't do that", but it's like saying "don't let depression inform your decision making, even though you're making decisions specifically to escape the depression." It's like a catch-22. Way more useful to look into emotional repression and work on the trauma causing the depression in the first place
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@@AmenClinicsounds good but i bet that's pricey, hence why basically nowhere does that kind of scanning, even though I'd much appreciate having it done just to see what's what. It's not like depression stands alone from all those other things though, it's often a fellow passenger and caused by non/denied recognition or non/mistreatment of them and the depressing effects they have on your life. And the treatments for them are kind of slow and long term if not lifelong. So you may need a bit of a chemical sticking plaster in the moment. And if people can't get the medical grade stuff they need to get by, then they are, one way or another, going to find as good an alternative as they can informally... Legal stimulants (caffiene, nicotine etc), alcohol, cannabis where legal, a whole load of illegal substances, gambling, or other quick dopamine fixes, etc.
Yes, I could not keep from scoffing, and asking the same things. It was like a satire, of the most deluded neurotypical, in existence, who is completely unaware how fragile his little self-assured illusion is. Depression differs, in severity. I'd be interested in how he presumes he'll enact this approach, once his brain stops performing his executive functions, correctly? 😂 This guy's got jokes. 🙄 Honestly, thinking people with severe or comorbid severe MDD aren't aware that those are better choices? Next, I feel like he's going to tell me that exercise will help, when I'm physically paralyzed, in the bed, catatonic and disassociated, literally UNABLE to reach for my water, that's on my nightstand, less than one foot away. "Once you get up," 😂😂😂 cute, but that doesn't even happen, during my depressive episodes. This poor guy wouldn't last, one day, with my depression. If his brain went on the offensive, he would snap like a toothpick, and probably never make it back. And mushrooms are great, for med resistant depression. They help reset pathways for developing new neuroplasticity, although I may not be exactly explaining the process, word for word, but it's close.
Yeah this pissed me off. I can barely shower some days let alone go out and see people. And because I have zero appetite Imma eat my pizza (cuz bad food is better than no food)
Top tier advice. With the going back to bed it’s like you get opportunities for active decision when you’re depressed but you might get used to a pattern of the norm and so let it pass and then feel crap about it and then try to make 10 or even 100 decisions in thought and about feelings. I would say depression is introverted because if it’s just about others for example then you would be frustrated at others alone, the longer circumstances go on for the easier it is to internalise it and some people internalise more as a part of their way straight off the bat.
This is all true. I learned the hard way by being prescribed antidepressants by my OBGYN who first thought I had postpartum depression then my regular dr continued to add on more. I became more isolated as I struggled to raise two kids. This started 15 years ago. There’s now so much information on RUclips. Information is power, and it’s the best thing about the internet.
The depression getting heavier throughout the day after you’ve gone back to bed is SO real! 😮💨 Also, I’ve had the prescription without a full evaluation before. I was postpartum, and maybe doctors thought it was a “quick fix”. I took the medication and stopped when I thought I felt better, but the doctor had me fill out a questionnaire and, upon seeing my results, immediately wrote me out another prescription. (It was years ago and I’m good now - prescription-free!)
My psychiatrist never said I needed lab work. What tests need to be done? Those things are easy for those who aren't depressed but really difficult for depressed people.
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Some of us can’t get up & do things. I can’t walk good because my feet hurt so much. Left foot had surgery & still hurts. I’m arthritic & there is no sympathy for the pain from the medical profession. I just had to give up my anxiety medication so I can have a pain pill, which just isn’t enough. Plus, I am depressed. There is nothing that could make me happy. Nothing. Maybe one or two things. I never thought I would end up this way. It’s easy to say what you’d do or not do if you’re depressed. But waking up with that heaviness down in your guts is reality every day for some of us.
If only it were that easy. Depression is what causes one to engage in these self destructive behaviours and of course that just makes one even more depressed. It’s a vicious cycle 😢
Great advise! I quitted alcohol completely when I was depressed. I had a really hard time getting up from bed. I couldn't find any psychologist or doctor who helped me. I tried maggic truffles just once out of desperation and it really helped but I recognise it might have been risky. Nearly no one gets what depression feels like, sadly 😔
I agree, staying in bed doesn't help, because all I think about is how everything went wrong with my marriage. I've noticed I started drinking more wine than usual at night before bed, it's not helping, she's not coming back 😢
Hey,um so I’m so tired I’m up at like 7:00 and I’m just feeling sad. I feel as like I have depression I do feel sm in my stomach.. I just feel like I’m ugly,fat, and annoying. And in the corner of my eye I see like really scary stuff… I’m only 8. So I’m worried! I just woke up like at 4:30 and I’ve just been here in my bed the lights on and me just chilling. When I was sleeping I had a very bad dream and now I have a headache. I’m starting to worry. 😢
What helped me and yes i know we are all different. Praying to God even when i am driving or cooking etc. Ashwaganda, vitamin D with k2, Magnesium with zinc and tulsi drops. I binned my setraline and propranolol hasnt been touched for a long time.
Yeah it’s easy to say all this but when you’re in the deepest depths of depression even getting up to pee seems impossible. These are great advice if your depression is minor or you are coming out of a really bad place but many of us don’t have the luxury of feeling well enough to even shower, let alone go out and be around people, eat healthy cuz sometimes bad food is better than no food. And ironically research is showing that shrooms, just like ketamine, can reduce depression in those of us with treatment resistant depression
The getting up thing doesn't work for me because i also have chronic fatigue. I find if i sleep as much as i want my awake time is more productive. I'm curious to know if he's ever had depression himself because i find that lived experience is so important in helping others.
im on antidepressants because i always think too much and anxious, i have a very physical and dangerous job, ive always been someone anxious, i stopped drinking alcohol recently and drastically lowered my cannabis use, mostly cbd instead of only.high thc dose, i eat well, i go out for sport, get much rest and try to meditate
Thank you so much, Dr.Amen, 1000 times. I am a big fan of yours. I watch all your videos and shows and will read your book. Can you do something about the autism spectrum disorder high functioning in adults? I have it, which ruins my life and puts me very behind.
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I truly wish the type of brain scans you do were done foundationally with all people. I think much we suffer with goes unresolved and sends mysterious due to not having brain scan information.
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I am severely depressed and I do all these almost every day. There is no cure for what I am experiencing. No cure for my suffering. I just want it to be over.
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I actually try my best to go out even while I'm very depressed. It's extremely hard because even when I'm out with my husband and kids, I still feel that heavy weight on my chest and my brain just feels so off then I also feel very very disconnected. What would help with this?
It is incredibly hard. Often you have to will yourself to rise and go throughout the day. Been there, it's not fun. What helped me was doing exercise, finding joy in the simple things in life, being thankful for being here. Don't know if that helped you but that's what I did during those times.
Going out does not always help. The mental health community needs to understand that and not make us feel anything negative about not doing what they say we should be doing.
@@susant8555it’s okay if you feel unable to do what he is suggesting. I think he’s just offering advice to help with depression. Different coping skills work for different people. It’s just trial and error. Take care ❤
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Well what to do if you are housebound with ME CFS for over 3 decades, health getting worse, unable to be active with body...and brain...everything exhausts ending in a crash
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It’s challenging not to get isolated as the behavior/ sadness will impact people around. Perhaps it would be recommended to say to the person „hey I want to see you but just so you know I’m sad or lacking excitement and hope it won’t impact your mood”. Any thoughts? I think it’s one of the reasons for isolations, so others don’t have to watch the person in that state.
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Thank you for sharing ,no one session with any councelor psychiatrist ,just follow a fool off a cliff,they over.madiate over psych labels,lab work is 💯 % important, for example Vit D decency effected me so depressed and other Vits and minerals,some psych meds are poison for some children ,young people even senior citizens,thank you for such wisdom
I asked my doc to test to see how all of my vitamins are and she said I already tested your D and B vitamins and they’re fine. There are too many vitamins on a blood panel. Go to a neurologist.
What if you don't have friends, can't drive, in a new country that has basically no public transport, can't afford help, married with kids and being around your new family triggers sadness and makes you cry?? What do i do then??
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Is it possible to have lab work in the UK? I've not found any clinics here that thoroughly assess our brain through lab work. If anyone knows of a clinic in the UK that gives thorough assessment / lab work, please let me know, it may help so many of us
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I can get up as early as 3.30 am. I know what triggered had accident in may. Had to make modifications was tough. Im hoping ill eventually wake at a more eeasonable hour as i go to bed at 11:30.
One thing that has really helped me recently is just surrendering to the depression like this therapist, advises and accepting that I have a problem and that doesn’t make me a bad person or any less human being. I now understand that I cannot control my emotions and that committing to getting a daily morning walk regardless of what time I wake up at, understanding that even though I may not feel like being social that spending time with human beings in person is making me feel better and lastly getting sleep seem to help with the depression triggers I think the hardest part about the depression is the lies that your thoughts tell you and the constant feeling of exhaustion and harmful thoughts which make life unbearable
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Something terrible happened to me, at the end of 2017 I was in a nightlife I had left my joint on the table and was gone for a while, after I came back I lit one up what happened next was indescribable some one changed my joint I felt something coming to my head and I felt a electric shock that caused my breathing to increase and my vision to blur and I had to walk compulsively, I lost all control. To this day we don't know what or who it was. It remained restless for weeks, months, years. I suddenly had severe anxiety, I couldn't sleep, I had to move, and I had breathing problems, namely a slowdown, I also suffer from tremors, vibrations and tingling. I also experience the world differently. These symptoms are different somewhere. to be linked to a substance? I am extremely tired and I notice that my electrical activity is not going well despite an EEG scan that looks normal. Do you perhaps have an idea what could cause this and what research can reveal more about the function of the brain, since an MRI only shows small non-specific white matter lesion right And an eeg shows allso nothing could HBOT help to restore the brain function like mitchondrieen, neurotransmission because i am really suffering
I remember the first time I saw you.Doctor Amen I wanted to ask you how to get off.Methadone I even thought about going to your clinic and paying a fee to be treated.I'm still on a Methadone I'm now learning.It's linked back to my childhood every time I wake up my miserable I found out that I was very sick as a child and probably not took care of my Father and mother were fighting. My father was an alcoholic. I grew up to be an alcoholic and drug addict I don't do those things today but I am on methadone and I would really like to get off but I'm really scared. Self talk only goes so far
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Excuse me sir you can make a video on without depression if i take antidepressants for 3 or 4 month or above then what is the solution gradually tappered dose or continue the medication please sir help me This is the mistake of my Doctor I m not feeling well before i was feeling good before taking this medicine
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One way to get out of bed is to start your day by saying, "Today is going to be a great day". This simple exercise can help train your brain to focus on the positive and set a positive tone for the day.
My depression is because I'm sick 80-90 percent of the time. I feel ok for a week then onto the next cold, or stomach bug, sinus infection, another cold, flu, covid, I hope I die suddenly in my sleep soon. Please God take me home this isn't a life worth living. Iv done everything to avoid getting sick, eating right, vitamins, washing hands etc. Now do your part
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Self medicating with alcohol for years. Nearly 10 months sober now! My depression hasn't gone away, but I'd like to think I handle it a lot better now.
praying for you on your healing journey!! you’re doing great!!!
I have been sober 6 years, and been off my psychiatric medications for over a year. It can take your brain around two years to level out from addiction. Also, addressing my chaotic past by doing several free 12 step programs (A.A.,ACA, and EA), has truly helped me find inner peace and freedom for my past, and I actually love myself now! I spent 5 of those years Sober, working NO program, and was miserable and my mental health was the worse it had ever been! It only took 6 months in 12 step programs for my life to start changing! It’s been 1.5 years, and I cannot even begin to express my gratitude for who I have become!
Recovery is possible, and We do have a Choice!
Acceptance ❤
Good luck to you. Hope you keep on the straight path.
You do! Congrats! 😊
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I have recently found getting up early(5am-7am), and having a to do list is really helpful with my depression.
Yes, even just go for a walk in the park or nature early helps
It’s true, getting out of the house is so therapeutic and being around people and nature. Staying in bed all day makes me feel terrible cause it’s such a waste and I feel like “wtf am I doing?” I lost my job so my sleeping schedule is really bad now but I’m trying to adjust to a normal one again slowly
me too ❤
@ goodluck!!
I have been off all my psychiatric medication’s for over a year, on top of being clean from alcohol for over 6 years. I had to face my past, and learn how to process it, manage my emotions, use coping skills, build a strong support system with diverse 12 step programs, and build a connection to myself and The Universe in order to improve my mental health. Also came from growing up in dysfunctional abusive environment, therefore I had to face that and learn about the dysfunction, and overcome my trauma!
Mental illness is a sign that something is going on unaddressed within ourselves! Face that, process that, learn from it, accept it, and let it go! Healing is a Choice, and reprogramming the brain is possible! ❤
Jesus is the answer for the world today. He will change us , give us a New ❤& thinking. His Word is powerful & gives LIFE bc God really cares about all Hes created!!.
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Your words are so powerful 👍
@@christinekoenig5669I couldn’t agree more, this world is difficult enough and I wish and pray that more people will come to Jesus Christ and get to know him as their Lord and Savior only then will they truly b set free from all their pain !!! ❤ 😊
Easier said than done but I'm working on it.
Better diet and exercise go a long way!
I want a better diet but I'm picky to the point of throwing up with lots of foods and vegetables.
I agree especially with the getting lab work. I thought I was just tired and depressed turns out I had an iron deficiency and anemic which can lead to depression. Please everyone have your doctor do lab work.
I think this is a dangerous recommendation that assumes all depressive conditions are mild and lingering. If someone's in a deeper crisis that's built up relatively quickly and they're not used to dealing with it, or even if it's just rapidly got worse due to some trigger after being mere dysthymia for years, you do not want to mess around trying to exclude things that could be solved over the course of a month with vitamin supplements, without immediately guarding them against the possibility of greater danger of causing harm to themselves.
That doesn't however mean you don't monitor their response and maybe check for other causes if there's no improvement, or use it as an excuse to not refer them for therapy as well, etc. Just throwing a script at them and packing them out of the door and out of your hair is just as bad.
Thanks for this - all great advice. I write down 20 things to be grateful for every night before I go to bed. Often I'm repeating many of the same things each night, but it doesn't matter. It's just a reminder of what I do have that I might otherwise take for granted. Takes a while to change your mindset and I'm not immune to down days, but it's made a big difference to my mood in general.
Love that!
I heard a sermon where the preacher said, " imagine if you woke up with only the things you said you were grateful for " - like you, I make a list, which is all the same things, and try to add a new thing I'm grateful for each time. 🙏
@@gam940 There are so many things when you give it some thought. A person very close to me had Motor Neurone Disease (ALS) and lost the use of their arms, legs, voice etc. It's the one major life event that really got me thinking how much I take for granted - a body that works, a roof over my head, food to eat and so much more.
@@skeovkp48598 Amen . God always gives me my daily bread.
Wishing everyone a blessed and positive start to their weekend
And always sending my sincerest love and positive vibes ❤️
Actually as I'm a self motivator when I isolate myself I'm at my best. When I'm depressed I isolate myself and I watch myself. I will pray and try to meditate then all the miracles happen. I start to realise many things, the reason behind things etc. But before I have become like this I have gone through hell. The practice and discipline etc are important but faith is the magic. With the magic comes gratitude, uplift of frequency and everything changes.
Don't isolate yourself"? Where would I go? I have never been more isolated than now and I really like it. Dealing with people depresses me more than isolation, because they don't care anyway and they show it.
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I'm so lucky I had a psychiatrist in my 20s that refused medication and sent me to a behavioral therapist. I watched my grandma and mother take what was prescribed and they both lost their minds many times. Even though ADHD meds work for me, it was too hard to get them so I learned work around ways to accomplish my goals. Do not let a regular MD prescribe mental health scripts willy nilly. It's like going to a carpenter when you need an electrician.
Sometimes it’s good, but often it stops working eventually & then you have to learn coping & thinking pattern skills that ya should’ve learned in the beginning
@@postrock12 agreed, I've seen the damage anti depressants and anti anxiety meds can do. If you need them of course go to a Dr but don't take them from someone who doesn't specialize in psychiatry.
@@SarahJames777 how right you are! Those type of medication destroyed my Dad's mental health instead of improving them! ...it was too late to stop it, we weren't educated on the fact that it was actually damaging and slowly eating out the brain functions!
This is from Dr. Amen's book titled (Magnificent mind at any age).
"Once people believe that they are defeated, that they cannot do things to change their situation, they stop trying and give up, never to try again. Even if success or happiness is within their grasp, they are unable to reach out and grab it. If you have lost your voice, know that it is possible to find it."
I have read and reread many passages in this book. Dr. Amen has many books to his credit. Since I could never afford therapy, books and videos such as this are an alternative for me.
He is a clinical neuroscientist, psychiatrist, brain-imaging expert.
When every day you have to make a choice between throwing in the towel
or fighting like hell to keep trying instead of giving up, you need to find whatever works for that goal.
The reason it works for some people is because they have a shortage of serotonin. Not everyone who's depressed has a shortage of serotonin however, so what it does is deplete their sense of motivation, because serotonin is the hormone that is responsible for being content. If you're content with things around you, you'll have no desire to do anything, which can lead to people feeling flat and demotivated.
Antidepressants making you "lose your mind" are almost entirely because the patient isn't taking it as prescribed though lol. If you don't take it at the same time every day in the morning or night, exactly as instructed, you will have a shit time. Don't take antidepressants if you struggle to stay on top of it.
The problem sometimes is that it winds up exhausting you and I know you don't want to lay down you feel like you are so exhausted that you have to.
Exactly. If you can't even properly stay on your feet, getting up and being active isn't that much of an option.
So, just don't be depressed? It's so easy to recommend this things when you're not dealing with depression. I mean, when I'm well, i don't understand why i can't get up when I'm depressed, why i can't eat like a normal person when I'm depressed, why sleep is such a struggle in general...
I mean... we know what makes us worse, we just can't not do it when we're depressed.
Literally don't be depressed. STOP IT! 😂😂😂
@user-sb3mm8nx2x man i wish that worked! My parents would have cured me decades ago!
"Just go out in the fresh air more. " 🤓🤓
Here what works starve negative thoughts by refusing to interact with them and feed positive thoughts also use self hypnosis to write this into the subconscious and your set.
This is how I’ve drastically improved my Severe multi formed OCD, C-PTSD, AVPD/Social anxiety and depression in a few days.
Try TMS and meditation. Rest if you need to don't push yourself, do less not more.
Exactly!
Dr. Daniel , thanks for your empaty to people in the all world 🙏
Thanks Dr Amen I did self medicate since I was 8 yrs old. I can say I haven't self medicated in years til I'm self medicating with ur vitamin system!! Um getting so healthy mentally and my deep depression is getting better. Thanks so much
The Asnwer to depression is be grateful for everything that you have, there's so many people begging to extend their life just to lived with their love one. Treasure your love one optimistic. Do some waking jugging keep moving everyday and be with family or friends. ❤❤❤
i had one summer where I was super sick depression and anxiety at teh same time, being grateful had nothing to do with it, it was a physical problem, depression is a symptom not a cause and it is not because you think wrongly. when you did not do that beforehand. a friend of mine commited suicide he suffered severe depression and it was not because he was ungrateful, he was sick. you cannot think yourself out of depression you have to change your diet and exercise routine I was miserable that summer but over time it seem to gradually lift adn I did nothing, it did it on its own.
When I started having severe panic attacks and became extremely depressed, I was never really checked out by any of the doctors I went to. They just handed my antidepressant after antidepressant, I literally got prescribed 5 different meds. I only ever tried one of them (low dose of sertraline), which made me suddenly suicidal and hallucinating after just two days. It took 9 months of highly debilitating 24/7 anxiety and panic for anyone to bother to run some basic tests to figure out if it could be a medical condition. I just got the standard labs every time I ended up in the ER, which were all good enough. Turns out, my hormones are all wonky and I am getting a diagnosis for a genetic disorder that affects my adrenal glands.
Through all of this, I have come face to face with how isolated I am, and can 100000% confirm that isolation will make your depression SO MUCH WORSE. If you have ANYBODY, reach out and nourish that relationship like both of your lives depend on it.
Can I ask what labs were drawn when you found out your hormones were out of wack? I am going through something similar with debilitating anxiety & feel very lost. I’ve felt like something is off with my hormones ever since stopping birth control but my PCPs have refused to check my levels & just write me a script for antidepressants. I don’t know where to turn
@@celestejimenez4526 The hormones they found to be abnormally elevated were testosterone and 17-Hydroxyprogesterone. If your doctors are refusing to even check, that is absolutely negligence on their part
lol the more i listened the more i had to wonder "have YOU ever been depressed doc?" He's so cavalier saying "dont' do this, don't do that", but it's like saying "don't let depression inform your decision making, even though you're making decisions specifically to escape the depression." It's like a catch-22. Way more useful to look into emotional repression and work on the trauma causing the depression in the first place
Thank you for the comment. 😊
It is not uncommon for depression to be misdiagnosed for other mood disorder, such as bipolar disorder, or for other conditions like ADD/ADHD or even dementia. Getting the wrong diagnosis and the wrong treatment can make your symptoms worse and keep you in a downward spiral. Our brain imaging work allows us to distinguish depression from other conditions and to identify any co-existing issues that also need to be treated. Brain imaging has taught us that depression is not a single or simple disorder, and that giving everyone who’s depressed the same medication will never work. Based on your brain scans, we can better determine how you will respond to treatment so you can feel better faster.
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@@AmenClinicsounds good but i bet that's pricey, hence why basically nowhere does that kind of scanning, even though I'd much appreciate having it done just to see what's what.
It's not like depression stands alone from all those other things though, it's often a fellow passenger and caused by non/denied recognition or non/mistreatment of them and the depressing effects they have on your life. And the treatments for them are kind of slow and long term if not lifelong. So you may need a bit of a chemical sticking plaster in the moment. And if people can't get the medical grade stuff they need to get by, then they are, one way or another, going to find as good an alternative as they can informally... Legal stimulants (caffiene, nicotine etc), alcohol, cannabis where legal, a whole load of illegal substances, gambling, or other quick dopamine fixes, etc.
Yes, I could not keep from scoffing, and asking the same things. It was like a satire, of the most deluded neurotypical, in existence, who is completely unaware how fragile his little self-assured illusion is. Depression differs, in severity. I'd be interested in how he presumes he'll enact this approach, once his brain stops performing his executive functions, correctly? 😂 This guy's got jokes. 🙄 Honestly, thinking people with severe or comorbid severe MDD aren't aware that those are better choices? Next, I feel like he's going to tell me that exercise will help, when I'm physically paralyzed, in the bed, catatonic and disassociated, literally UNABLE to reach for my water, that's on my nightstand, less than one foot away. "Once you get up," 😂😂😂 cute, but that doesn't even happen, during my depressive episodes. This poor guy wouldn't last, one day, with my depression. If his brain went on the offensive, he would snap like a toothpick, and probably never make it back. And mushrooms are great, for med resistant depression. They help reset pathways for developing new neuroplasticity, although I may not be exactly explaining the process, word for word, but it's close.
Yeah this pissed me off. I can barely shower some days let alone go out and see people. And because I have zero appetite Imma eat my pizza (cuz bad food is better than no food)
Top tier advice. With the going back to bed it’s like you get opportunities for active decision when you’re depressed but you might get used to a pattern of the norm and so let it pass and then feel crap about it and then try to make 10 or even 100 decisions in thought and about feelings.
I would say depression is introverted because if it’s just about others for example then you would be frustrated at others alone, the longer circumstances go on for the easier it is to internalise it and some people internalise more as a part of their way straight off the bat.
But for some people, mixing with people who never let them express makes their depression even worse.
Yes, for REAL. Like, people is a big part of why I'm depressed
This is all true. I learned the hard way by being prescribed antidepressants by my OBGYN who first thought I had postpartum depression then my regular dr continued to add on more. I became more isolated as I struggled to raise two kids. This started 15 years ago. There’s now so much information on RUclips. Information is power, and it’s the best thing about the internet.
THANK YOU. No, I did not self medicate. But I did eat way less and lose 70 pounds.
The depression getting heavier throughout the day after you’ve gone back to bed is SO real! 😮💨
Also, I’ve had the prescription without a full evaluation before. I was postpartum, and maybe doctors thought it was a “quick fix”. I took the medication and stopped when I thought I felt better, but the doctor had me fill out a questionnaire and, upon seeing my results, immediately wrote me out another prescription. (It was years ago and I’m good now - prescription-free!)
My psychiatrist never said I needed lab work. What tests need to be done?
Those things are easy for those who aren't depressed but really difficult for depressed people.
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Some of us can’t get up & do things. I can’t walk good because my feet hurt so much. Left foot had surgery & still hurts. I’m arthritic & there is no sympathy for the pain from the medical profession. I just had to give up my anxiety medication so I can have a pain pill, which just isn’t enough. Plus, I am depressed. There is nothing that could make me happy. Nothing. Maybe one or two things. I never thought I would end up this way. It’s easy to say what you’d do or not do if you’re depressed. But waking up with that heaviness down in your guts is reality every day for some of us.
Thank you for sharing
Feel better sorry to hear
If only it were that easy. Depression is what causes one to engage in these self destructive behaviours and of course that just makes one even more depressed. It’s a vicious cycle 😢
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such great reminders to help with the pains of depressions experienced by many. 👏🏼💯
Great advise! I quitted alcohol completely when I was depressed. I had a really hard time getting up from bed. I couldn't find any psychologist or doctor who helped me. I tried maggic truffles just once out of desperation and it really helped but I recognise it might have been risky. Nearly no one gets what depression feels like, sadly 😔
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I am 0k. I do not drink or take drugs..or mushrooms. Everyday is a blessing.😊
Thank you so much, Dr Daniel.. A good advise for me is " never go back into bed after haven stood up"..
Awesome!
Which lab work needed before taking the medication?
I agree, staying in bed doesn't help, because all I think about is how everything went wrong with my marriage. I've noticed I started drinking more wine than usual at night before bed, it's not helping, she's not coming back 😢
Thank You Doc!!! 😊
Thank you for watching! 🧠 🙌
Easier said than done - I will keep trying. Thank you ❤
Thank you. I agree, get up and get dressed right away.
Many thanks for the tips. God bless you
Hey,um so I’m so tired I’m up at like 7:00 and I’m just feeling sad. I feel as like I have depression I do feel sm in my stomach.. I just feel like I’m ugly,fat, and annoying. And in the corner of my eye I see like really scary stuff… I’m only 8. So I’m worried! I just woke up like at 4:30 and I’ve just been here in my bed the lights on and me just chilling. When I was sleeping I had a very bad dream and now I have a headache. I’m starting to worry. 😢
What helped me and yes i know we are all different. Praying to God even when i am driving or cooking etc. Ashwaganda, vitamin D with k2, Magnesium with zinc and tulsi drops.
I binned my setraline and propranolol hasnt been touched for a long time.
Thanks for sharing!!
When depression is bad like now I know the bed makes it worse but am emotional shaky mess out of bed 😢
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The last one is key. If you wake up early, get out of the bed.
Very easy to say when you arnt depressed
Such a great list, thanks for sharing doc!
Exercise has helped me! I wish I had exercised more a couple months ago…that probably would have helped not be so depressed
Exercise is great! Even just walking like you're late for 45 minutes!
Yeah it’s easy to say all this but when you’re in the deepest depths of depression even getting up to pee seems impossible. These are great advice if your depression is minor or you are coming out of a really bad place but many of us don’t have the luxury of feeling well enough to even shower, let alone go out and be around people, eat healthy cuz sometimes bad food is better than no food. And ironically research is showing that shrooms, just like ketamine, can reduce depression in those of us with treatment resistant depression
Thank you for sharing your feedback!
The getting up thing doesn't work for me because i also have chronic fatigue. I find if i sleep as much as i want my awake time is more productive. I'm curious to know if he's ever had depression himself because i find that lived experience is so important in helping others.
im on antidepressants because i always think too much and anxious, i have a very physical and dangerous job, ive always been someone anxious, i stopped drinking alcohol recently and drastically lowered my cannabis use, mostly cbd instead of only.high thc dose, i eat well, i go out for sport, get much rest and try to meditate
“I would NEVER self-medicate with drugs or alcohol”
*sips drink and hits blunt* 🫣
Thank you so much, Dr.Amen, 1000 times. I am a big fan of yours. I watch all your videos and shows and will read your book. Can you do something about the autism spectrum disorder high functioning in adults? I have it, which ruins my life and puts me very behind.
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@@AmenClinic Thank you so much; a video will be greatly appreciated!!
I truly wish the type of brain scans you do were done foundationally with all people. I think much we suffer with goes unresolved and sends mysterious due to not having brain scan information.
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No wonder I’m so depressed. I’m making all the wrong choices.
What labs should be done? Thanks
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I really appreciate your advice thank you.
Any suggestions if you happen to be a caregiver for someone with dementia... Hard to get them to do what they need to do
He has lots of videos on RUclips just about every subject. His name is Dr Amen.
I understand your pain with that. My mom has dementia, and boy, is it, difficult!
I am severely depressed and I do all these almost every day. There is no cure for what I am experiencing. No cure for my suffering. I just want it to be over.
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I actually try my best to go out even while I'm very depressed. It's extremely hard because even when I'm out with my husband and kids, I still feel that heavy weight on my chest and my brain just feels so off then I also feel very very disconnected. What would help with this?
It is incredibly hard. Often you have to will yourself to rise and go throughout the day. Been there, it's not fun.
What helped me was doing exercise, finding joy in the simple things in life, being thankful for being here.
Don't know if that helped you but that's what I did during those times.
Going out does not always help. The mental health community needs to understand that and not make us feel anything negative about not doing what they say we should be doing.
@@susant8555it’s okay if you feel unable to do what he is suggesting. I think he’s just offering advice to help with depression. Different coping skills work for different people. It’s just trial and error. Take care ❤
With a right mind it’s clear but with depression you’re not able to follow your own advice 😢
Navigating depression is tough, but small shifts can make a big difference. Here’s what to steer clear of for your well-being. ✨💛
The world needs more doctors like this! 99.9% just toss meds out and makes everything worse.
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As a private clinic, our patients self-pay. This is because our approach to mental health treatment is unique and comprehensive. We use advanced neuroimaging techniques along with a holistic approach to mental care that goes beyond traditional methods which is not covered by insurance at this time.
We provide a variety of services tailored to your needs, starting at $250 for consultations and extending to in-depth evaluations that include brain SPECT imaging and up to 10 hours of personalized clinical care. Since we customize care options for everyone, we invite you to call our care center for detailed pricing information and to find the best option for your healing journey.
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Well what to do if you are housebound with ME CFS for over 3 decades, health getting worse, unable to be active with body...and brain...everything exhausts ending in a crash
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Thank you doctor
i needed this
Iam trying to not isolate myself, but become strongly depressed after with feelig how good are others doing...
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It’s challenging not to get isolated as the behavior/ sadness will impact people around. Perhaps it would be recommended to say to the person „hey I want to see you but just so you know I’m sad or lacking excitement and hope it won’t impact your mood”. Any thoughts? I think it’s one of the reasons for isolations, so others don’t have to watch the person in that state.
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Great advice!
Can owning a pet help reduce depression significantly?
Here is a blog we think you'll enjoy: www.amenclinics.com/blog/7-ways-dogs-help-fight-depression-anxiety-and-more/
What kind of lab work though, of course there's no test for depression, but what exactly could indicate it in terms of medical tests?
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Thank you for sharing ,no one session with any councelor psychiatrist ,just follow a fool off a cliff,they over.madiate over psych labels,lab work is 💯 % important, for example Vit D decency effected me so depressed and other Vits and minerals,some psych meds are poison for some children ,young people even senior citizens,thank you for such wisdom
Yikes.... I've been doing five out of six. Maybe only 4- only done fast food very infrequnetly.
I asked my doc to test to see how all of my vitamins are and she said I already tested your D and B vitamins and they’re fine. There are too many vitamins on a blood panel. Go to a neurologist.
Hi. Thank you for sharing.
i like his advice.. simple
Have you looked into the benefits of mushrooms?
Here is a blog we have discussing this topic: www.amenclinics.com/blog/magic-mushrooms-for-mental-health/
What if you don't have friends, can't drive, in a new country that has basically no public transport, can't afford help, married with kids and being around your new family triggers sadness and makes you cry?? What do i do then??
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Mushrooms helped the most of people who tried them
He says don’t self medicate, not don’t Medicate with mushrooms.
@@agentbertmacklin9880You are right. I think that the most important is to to some test for schizophrenic disorder
How do i find a therapist like you??
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And if theres NO energy at all to do anything? How do we get up? I havent been able to work or go to school since I was born due to depression.
Here is a blog that may help: www.amenclinics.com/blog/7-worst-ways-to-start-your-morning-for-mental-health/
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Are mushrooms not meant to be good for depression?
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What kind of lab work do I need to do?
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Is it possible to have lab work in the UK? I've not found any clinics here that thoroughly assess our brain through lab work. If anyone knows of a clinic in the UK that gives thorough assessment / lab work, please let me know, it may help so many of us
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I don't have friends and am always single so isolation is not a choice
You have us! We are here for you
I can get up as early as 3.30 am. I know what triggered had accident in may. Had to make modifications was tough. Im hoping ill eventually wake at a more eeasonable hour as i go to bed at 11:30.
My nighttime’s are so difficult for me because I can’t sleep just thinking about it
Thank you for sharing
One thing that has really helped me recently is just surrendering to the depression like this therapist, advises and accepting that I have a problem and that doesn’t make me a bad person or any less human being.
I now understand that I cannot control my emotions and that committing to getting a daily morning walk regardless of what time I wake up at, understanding that even though I may not feel like being social that spending time with human beings in person is making me feel better and lastly getting sleep seem to help with the depression triggers
I think the hardest part about the depression is the lies that your thoughts tell you and the constant feeling of exhaustion and harmful thoughts which make life unbearable
Lab work? No one ever suggested this to me! What sort of lab work? And is this also relevant to bipolar depression? Thank you.
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How can i have you as a psychiatrist for my Son?
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Something terrible happened to me, at the end of 2017 I was in a nightlife I had left my joint on the table and was gone for a while, after I came back I lit one up what happened next was indescribable some one changed my joint I felt something coming to my head and I felt a electric shock that caused my breathing to increase and my vision to blur and I had to walk compulsively, I lost all control. To this day we don't know what or who it was. It remained restless for weeks, months, years. I suddenly had severe anxiety, I couldn't sleep, I had to move, and I had breathing problems, namely a slowdown, I also suffer from tremors, vibrations and tingling. I also experience the world differently. These symptoms are different somewhere. to be linked to a substance? I am extremely tired and I notice that my electrical activity is not going well despite an EEG scan that looks normal.
Do you perhaps have an idea what could cause this and what research can reveal more about the function of the brain, since an MRI only shows
small non-specific white matter lesion right
And an eeg shows allso nothing could HBOT help to restore the brain function like mitchondrieen, neurotransmission because i am really suffering
I remember the first time I saw you.Doctor Amen I wanted to ask you how to get off.Methadone I even thought about going to your clinic and paying a fee to be treated.I'm still on a Methadone I'm now learning.It's linked back to my childhood every time I wake up my miserable I found out that I was very sick as a child and probably not took care of my Father and mother were fighting. My father was an alcoholic. I grew up to be an alcoholic and drug addict I don't do those things today but I am on methadone and I would really like to get off but I'm really scared.
Self talk only goes so far
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The isolation thing is not a choice most of the time
Thank you for sharing your feedback!
What if I have no one?
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What kind of lab work would be needed to asses if should take meds?
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Excuse me sir you can make a video on without depression if i take antidepressants for 3 or 4 month or above then what is the solution gradually tappered dose or continue the medication please sir help me
This is the mistake of my Doctor
I m not feeling well before i was feeling good before taking this medicine
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Why no mushrooms?
You can have a bad trip and Develop PTSD and or Psychosis which can turn mild depression into full on suicide.
Psychosis and PTSD leading to Amplified depression or worse.
But how do you get out of bed?
One way to get out of bed is to start your day by saying, "Today is going to be a great day". This simple exercise can help train your brain to focus on the positive and set a positive tone for the day.
@@AmenClinic thank you.. I will be doing this every morning
Easy for you to say. Being healthy is expensive and time consuming. Today's working world doesn't really allow for it. Thanks big pharma.
Try walking like you're late for 45 minutes 3-4 times a week 😊
My depression is because I'm sick 80-90 percent of the time. I feel ok for a week then onto the next cold, or stomach bug, sinus infection, another cold, flu, covid, I hope I die suddenly in my sleep soon. Please God take me home this isn't a life worth living. Iv done everything to avoid getting sick, eating right, vitamins, washing hands etc. Now do your part
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That waking up and staying in bed is a doozy. Minutes can easily turn into days. And then you feel worse and it’s just a repeating cycle.