I feel like a zombie everyday. No emotions or excitement for anything. I feel it won’t be long before I lose my marriage to this.
Is there anything that can be done to help with depression? I know how some feel about taking other drugs like Wellbutrion, but I have reached the point in which I am desperate. Has Wellbutrion worked for most that have tried it on here? Does omega-3 help?
Omega 3 Fish oils?
Hi, I know this is going to sound cliche, when I went through my crash I was seriously contemplating suicide I was that depressed, I would lie on my bed curled in the fetal position for days, one day I decided to get my shit together, I went to the gym and just started to exercise a little at first just built up, that is what bought me out of the deep depression, I am still not right with my mood but I am not in that dark place anymore. I now go to the gym regularly without it I would be lost. Also I was not aware why I was like that at the time, thank god you have this place.
I’ve felt too sick to go to the gym since Fin but obviously that would help. I hope to get to a point where I can start to get back. That was a huge part of my life before all this.
I’ve tried deplin and l dopa per Shippen. I’m still depressed but it helps me cope.
Yes, I was refering to omega-3 fish oils.
Pregnenolone fixed my depression. But for the emotions you need androgens – in my experience.
Review this document.
Neurobehavioral aspects of omega-3 fatty acids: possible mechanisms and therapeutic value in major depression.
thorne.com/altmedrev/.fulltext/8/4/410.pdf
Thanks for the study Mew. I will be looking for a good source ( brand ) of Omega-3 to start supplementing with. Sure it’s not a cure, but hopefully it can help a little.
How’s your sleep, messed up?
Yes, my sleeping pattern is messed up. I have a hard time falling asleep and a wake up through out the night.
For the first 6 months off propecia… Looking back, I was like a girl emotionally. Just mentally off. It was when I was able to get 5 and maybe 6 hrs of sleep in a row that I started to get back to normal mentally.
I was waking up every couple hours and it was killing me. I don’t think I would recommend sleeping pills, but, have you tried ZMA before bedtime? …or even just a magnesium supplement?
Drop all caffeine, stimulants.
Do a search here and find out what helped others with sleeping problems. I’m convinced this is the first step for anyone suffering the sides. After that, who the hell knows, but, work on the sleep.
I have noticed a small improvement in mood from fish oil. If I miss taking them for a couple days, I feel a little down. I have been taking about 2000mg spread out through the day
I was also thinking about trying a magnesium supplement for sleep. I haven’t ordered it yet, but I hear repeatedly from nutritionists that magnesium Glycinate is one of the most absorbing types. Glycinate is a bit hard to find. I couldnt find it in any stores, Amazon.com has it though
against depression and anxiety take 5HTP and GABA. It works!
Against depression and sleep Valdoxan 25 mg (Agomelatin) is good for me.
No sexual sides.
Try that, I got it as mp3 for 0,99$ from amazon
it´s cheap and simple to try I use while I´m sleeping.
google it: Depression Free - Binaural Beat Brainwave Subliminal Systems
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binaural_beats
My depressions are gone by that.
I was the same way emotional like a chick. Looking back the way I was, the way I was acting it was Embarassing buy I realize it was due to the drugs effects. Took me 14 months to really get over the worst of the depression… 8-9 months before I stopped feeling like ending myself everyother day. Tried a bunch of things natural stuff like fish oils, and also prescribed wellbutrin and other crap my doc gave me. Thing that helped most imo was time and resting.
Talk to your wife! If she is worth it, she’ll understand.
I was emo too. Would just start crying while driving, in meetings, in restaurants, anywhere. It was so bad I was pretty much immoblized by it. I don’t think I’d cried in years before that. You definately never forget your penis is shrunk down to nothing, among everything else, but you learn to accept it on some level which is a big part of learning to cope.
I’ve said this on other threads but niacin has also been shown to improve mood. Basically you increase the dosage until you feel your mood improve.
I’ve had bouts of depression on and off. I always tried to deny it to myself because before PFS I was ALWAYS in a great mood. The depression is most likely from…
-messed up endocrine (especially androgens)
-lowered neurotransmitters
-the fact that our bodies are fucked
Obviously none of us have had success with TRT + my neurotransmitter metabolites showed low serotonin, medium-low dopamine, and low epinephrine/norepinephrine, so I am gong to try to treat my depression with tyrosine, tryptophan, and b6.