Thread: Depression pills .

Originally Posted by stevo68

Geez mate....am I gunna have to send you that load of Kleenex tissues . Mate may I suggest a good book to read..."Awaken the Giant Within" by Anthony Robbins. Now I don't have depression....I'm to angry to get depressed ....but I have had to learn to kick a few bad habits and deal with some internal stuff. Part of being able to do that is in part due to this book...which I am still reading...makes you really think....about how you think. Anyway do yourself a favour and get it.

Also and take this the right way......many people have hard luck stories...some worse than others....but do you really want to be talking about them in another 15-20 yrs....as that is what most people do. It's their excuse for not achieving or doing things they wanted to set out in life to do. Ultimately and maybe hard to stomach is that to continue to let those things affect is a choice.

True story...many moons ago I had a young bloke working for me....he had long hair, tatts and built like a brick ****house. He also had a great personality and attitude. Told him to cut the hair, wear a long sleeve shirt ( we were selling security...best he look like he was on the right side ). Long story short...I ended up letting him stay with me as he was in between houses. One night after a few brews, he breaks down....he had been molested, lived on the streets, had a child with a woman who wouldnt let him visit.

I sat there....listened and told him that not in a million years could I feel or understand what he had been through. However right at this very moment...no one...and I mean no one is holding a gun to your head. Choices you make from here are your choices alone and nobody elses. If you want to see your daughter...you need to make the right choices...a choice to be a desparing person in 20 yrs time....or a choice to be a successful and happy person. At one stage he almost bopped me as he thought I was being harsh.

The company we worked for folded and went seperate ways. Some months later I get a letter. It was from this bloke and out of the letter falls a picture. A picture of him and his daughter. He wrote to say thanks.....he had a rental house....a good job and had weekly access to his daughter. He also said that he had made his choice and it wasnt to dwell and drown in his past....but to swim and take life face on.

I wrote him back telling him not to thank me...but to thank himself....where he was...was due to him.....I just gave him some advice...that was all. I hope you understand the story that I am telling and that it comes with care but maybe also a bit of a jolt. Get the book...its worth it,

Regards

Stevo

Thanks Stevo . I do know exactly what you are saying . I used to dwell on the things i have mentioned all the time and it would bring me to rock bottom everytime . I used to morn for my Dad all the time . But now i celebrate the time i did have with him as a kid . I'm back in the right frame of mind i used to be in before i have the breakdown . I'm loving life again and look forward to a lot of things . One of them is hitting the bush in Spawn . I spend a heap more time with the kids as well . As the good old saying goes " Life is what you make it." and i'm making the best of it now .

Originally Posted by Lucus

i don't mean to make light the seriousness of depression (my brother in laws sufferes badly so i have some idea what its like),

but has nobdoy else noticed the connection between depression and landrover ownership........ it seems to be over represented on this site........

Hahaha ! Spawn is going well at the moment so i'm very happy

Mick, give us a shout on FB next time you wanna head out in Spawn. I'll come down

Originally Posted by B92 8NW

Mick, give us a shout on FB next time you wanna head out in Spawn. I'll come down

No worries mate . I'm going to catch up with Brett soon and go out for a good day trip

I can sooo sympathize with you mate !
I lost my father recently , then my grandmother and they whacked me onto Lexapro ... then Sept 09 after a few months of feeling sick and tired all the time being told I have prob got a staph infection given countless antibiotics ect ect I was diagnosed with testicular cancer , that was on the Wednesday that Monday I was on the slab getting cut apart .
Lost my left testicle , heaps of tissue in my pelvic floor .They put me onto Lexapro ... only thing is Lexapro kills testosterone and is on the SSRI class of Drugs ... someone should have known something .

So my Testosterone level is 8.3 , should be around 25 I cant get a doctor to listen to me , no one knows squat about hypogonadism let alone the effects of antidepressents .

Since studying madly , and being taught by LIVESTRONG and testicular council ... i suggest all of you to go and get a testosterone level check ..
if it is low hypogonadism is to blame and is the leading cause of male suicide around the world , men from 35 and over should be checked annually at the very least .
Funny how Pfizer sells pills that drop your testosterone and makes you "addicted" to it .

Most of the dizziness and loudness in your ears dropping fast ect ect is because the drug has dropped your tesosterone levels and the seratonin can't cope .

I am still mending internally from the surgery [ belive me vasectomy has nothing on this pain] and have little core strength but with the correct monitored medications the end result will be worth it .

I so agree with the Landrover / depression thingy lol I nearly burnt mine til Lucus came to the rescue

Hey Mick sorry to hear I thought you were going well....you know how to find me if you need to talk


Mrs ho har

Originally Posted by The ho har's

Hey Mick sorry to hear I thought you were going well....you know how to find me if you need to talk


Mrs ho har

Geez Mrs HH....we dont wanna send him into a tailspin...poor bugger . 5 minutes with you and Im in need of a happy pill or 10

Regards

Stevo

Originally Posted by stevo68

Geez Mrs HH....we dont wanna send him into a tailspin...poor bugger . 5 minutes with you and Im in need of a happy pill or 10

Regards

Stevo

for your information we talk quite often Mick must be nicer than you


Mrs ho har