being a functional depressed person sucks.

having to compartmentalize so much for almost all my life, through so much shit has made it easy to hide a lottt. so i am sorry nancy, that i am not writhing on the floor threatening to kill myself every time i hit rock bottom.

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SW-User

I've been both functional and non functional with depression. I was non functional when physical symptoms manifested from depression and anxiety. I had a form of dizziness that lasted about two years and put me on my back and that came purely from anxiety/depression. Then there was a period of a year or so where my life was in the gutter thanks to addiction and I was pretty non functional then too. You don't need to be laid up in bed with razor blades to have very real depression. Hell, if people can walk miles with a freshly amputated limb then you can certainly leave the house when depressed.

CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

@SW-User Was the dizziness 100% from anxiety/depression? Didn't you have some other health issue causing that?

SW-User

@CrazyMusicLover Yes, it was 100% from that, everything else was eliminated and it only improved with antidepressant medication.

CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

@SW-User How long did it take for the meds to start showing positive effects? Do you have to be on them for life?

SW-User

@CrazyMusicLover The dizziness symptoms were gone within two months and that was after having them for two years. My doctor did say that I'll probably be on medication for life, yes.

CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

@SW-User I have had temporary spells of dizziness since 20 and most probably they are related to anxiety but after I learned about tetany, whenever they appear again, I treat them with magnesium and they usually go away. It is quite unpleasant and I can't imagine being like that for whole two years.
But I admit I still should find a shrink for me and talk to them too.