Hi guys! I am new to this site and signed up to this thread bc i saw a topic on mental illness. I am struggling hard and dont know what to do. I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety when i was 19. I am 30 years old now and on top of depression and anxiety i also have substance abuse problems with opiates and benzos. I have been on almost every single antidepressant and nothing seems to work. I also have some health issues and stomach problems and opiates r the only thing that helps but then it starts my vicious cycle of addiction. Anybody else feel the same or has been through it, any advice someone can give me? Am i always going to feel this way or can i ever be helped??
i've dealt with this and my bipolar my whole life.. do a wellness regime for you and your body. detox/meditation... if you have a little money go get a professional massage... and if cannabis works for you, I suggest a sativa dominant flower. i've been in groups / therapy / etc., all in all I'd have to say the only thing that really works is focusing on yourself and your body and how to cleanse it and be physically well to meditate and lead to a little more mentally 'well'. it's not bulletproof, but it does help. just my thoughts. and i wish you well on your journey to wellness.
Yes i have had substance abuse issues with "poppy" based drugs, and still do. I have been clean, and it wasn't until I actually quit that I began to realize how much better I feel without the substances. I think you should do a detox and get off the "poppy" based drugs. Despite as painful as it might be, I suggest getting off cold turkey. It will take about a month before you start to feel better, but you will feel even better than you did while on. Weed helped me a lot, but it doesn't help much with acute withdrawals and helps more with maintaining abstinence from harder drugs. I hope you find peace with yourself and to do that it will take one step at a time. I truly believe that substance abuse can interfere with that progress, and i think your first step needs to be to quit substances.
Thank you for your suggestions! I know i need to quit substances first and foremost but its easier said than done! Mix it in with depression its the only thing that makes me feel better but i know it will just kill me in the long run! I have started doing yoga, and want to get into meditation. Its just hard to get motivated when the depression hits! But i do want to start my journey of wellness n spiritually n quit substances at the same time. If that makes any sense at all... LOL...,next question - where do I start first?
Exercising and eating is crucial but more so in the long run. You have to start finding ways to make yourself feel good without using external sources, such as drugs. Finding and delving yourself into a new hobby could be a start. But like a said, first things first, you need to get off substances, being physically dependent really hinders further progress in helping your depression, at least for me it was that way.
