Hello, I just wanted to get your guys' opinion on something. Well, I suffer from depression, I havent been diagnosed, but i suffer from most of the symptoms. The thing is, right now, my school work is hurting bad, I might fail out... I wanted to ask what do you think would benefit me more? I was thinking about either getting adderal or anti-depressants. The thing is, im really not trying to trip on them, or anything, its just that, with adderal, I can focus and work, with anti-depressants, I wont feel so guilty all the time. I really need to go to a doctor and figure something out. I am also staying away from marijuana for a while....I really let it fuck my school work up.
I get depressed alot too. Especially recently it hasnt been good. I think your best bet would be to go to a doctor as blowfish man said. Personally, i find bud helps me majorly with my issues, but maybe taking a break is whats best for you. Ide make an appointment with a doctor and go from there.
Step 1) Go to a doctor and come up with a plan to treat your depression, or at a minimum manage your symptoms. Step 2) Go to your professors and explain that you have been diagnosed with depression, but you are being treated for it, and that you can provide evidence of treatment if necessary (because you actually went to a doctor in Step 1), and ask if there's any way you can have some extra time to either make up work or retake tests. Step 3) Go to an academic counselor and explain the situation and say you really need someone "on your side" and that you just need a little time (it's not even half way through February, and most schools go till May, so there SHOULD be time), and find out if there's anything they can do for you. Step 4) Stick to whatever the doctor tells you and GET BETTER! Please, please seek professional help. With a "doctor's note" you can make your immediate academic problems go away (as described above) and you can probably get some slack cut for you. Getting your hands on drugs without a prescription might improve your studying in the short term, but it can't help to get your professor's off your back.
Thanks for the reply. For now, I should be able to manage my symptoms, I have a long 8 hour drive tomorrow, that should give me a little time to gather my thoughts. This semester has been a nightmare for me, I have skipped class more than I have gone and its all thanks to me getting high and I stopped caring. Right now is the point in which I either drop out, switch to a community college, or change and I am hoping that I can. It just seems that my life is fast forwarding. I buy an some weed, and its like a blur, I just sit there for a week high off my ass, and then I realize I accomplished nothing and got further behind in my studies. I think you are right about the meds. I have only taken adderall once and it was really nice, I went to all my classes, studied, I felt normal. I know that something like that might help my conditions, but I am not going to make it a priority at the moment. I think I need to take a break from weed for a while while I get everything back on track.