This is going to be a bit of a sob story tbh but it's a conversation I think I need to have and hopefully I might get some good advice on here instead of being mocked and ridiculed by silly jacked-up kids like I was the last time I reached out for "personal" help on a bbing forum..
About me:
I've battled with different degrees of depression for a long time now (approx 15 years) that it has almost become a normal way of life for me now to be unhappy and miserable 90% of the time but I want to make changes this year and at least try to be positive and see some beauty in being alive. (P.S I've never had suicidal thoughts.....I'm just mentally and emotionally numb most of the time and day to day life is just a boring grind for me with no pleasure at all coz I really don't care about anyone or anything anymore).
I'm early 50s now and I have remained single since the end of a really long and deep relationship with a woman who was my true soul mate in life and I know I could never find anyone as special as her ever again so I've detached myself from forming real relationships and trust with women coz I never wanna feel that type of pain again. It's a self destructive way to think, I know, but I just can't shake it off. I've been through some tough experiences in my life and always bounced back but the end of that relationship broke my soul and my spirit beyond repair and turned me into a totally different (negative) character.
Being honest, I drink more than I should (booze) and I hate it coz it does nothing good for me but on the other hand it helps coz it keeps me emotionally numb and uncaring and in a "neutral" state of mind. I don't wanna spend what's left of my life thinking this way though so changes are on the horizon no matter how hard they might be.
I cycle gear regularly (low doses) and I always eat a reasonably healthy diet. I train consistently too but being honest I don't give it the required effort that I should.
I've set a date in my mind of May 1st for the start of a new direction in my life and I'll be spending the weeks prior preparing myself mentally and reducing my alcohol consumption and listening to "positive thinking" seminars online.
Any helpful advice and support from MESO members would be much appreciated.
It takes guts to come out and say it, whether it being with your family members at the dinner table or as anonymous online. It takes significant courage.
I also suffer from it since I was a child, I had a very sick mother and I let’s say I didn’t take it lightly, it’s very damaging for a child’s mind to be held with that burden.
I honestly think that I’ve been robbed of my life…. A truly debilitating and sickening disease that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.
It truly is a cruel illness, something I can’t imagine god would have created for this earth.
Although that being said I’ve never given up and I’ve always kept the chin up and looking for answers…..
I’ve tried countless antidepressants and psychiatristric medications and unfortunately IME I can say that none of them have worked.
The antidepressants just seem to dull all emotions and carry a lot of unwanted side effects, it’s not a very pleasant feeling and I would rather be crippled with sadness than feel absolutely nothing at all…. After all it’s emotions that make us human.
Antipsychotics…… are what can say….. vaguely the shit is poison and the fact they prescribe it to people is a violation of human rights.
As for rec drugs I’ve done a lot of lsd and other shit but lsd stands out because I had a complete mental breakdown on it…. A life changing experience both good and bad.
Now I’m currently trying alternative methods, Russian pharmaceuticals which I’ve seen mentioned time and time again on meso and in a good light.
I’m on my first week of bromantane and semax and I must say I feel much more emotional…. Which is a good thing because I go through this horrible phase where I feel absolutely nothing and it’s the most disguisting and horrible feeling I’ve ever felt.
So far so good, I’ll keep you updated.
I’m also going to try a course of Cerebrolysin in the next few weeks.
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
No one deserves to be miserable mate and I know exactly how you feel.
We’ll work this out together. There’s always an answer.