anybody here NOT on depression medicine?

leslie, i could kiss you...
 
exact intent...no more, no less

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This is a serious topic and one that many people don't feel comfortable talking about let alone admitting that they might have needed help in the first place.
 
If this thread was started with the intention to let others know they are "Not alone" it was done in the wrong format.
 
Depression can hurt many people in many ways...I've seen the best commercial this year where it states...who does depression hurt? EVERYONE...from the spouse, children, work, yourself and yes even your dog.
 
This forum brings together many people with the same interests, lifestyles and passions but it should also be compassionate to the other members on the forum.
 
No, I am not medicated but many days I wonder if I should be, I try to be a strong person but somedays and i-dog, that can be hard...I fill my own hours with family and my dogs and as much light as I possibly can and look forward to longer sunny days...depression is a tough battle and I'm sure every person handles it differently, if they even handle it at all...it's not a joke or a joking matter for many....
 
Be considerate of the others here or you KNOW where you will be
 
 

i knew darth jaime could not be trusted...i have a new darth companion:
 
 

Why is it that you, Joel, never seem happy unless you're stirring up trouble?  It's a shame really, such a waste of your intelligence.

does everyone remember the story about the emperor's new clothes? everyone is praising the beautiful clothing...since some people insist he's wearing it, obviously, he must be, right?
 
so, because some insist i'm making fun of depression...treating it as a joke...therefore i must be, right?
 
try reading leslie's comment a few times, and see if any light shines through...

I don't think that being on meds is a laughing matter. Some of you may have taken me the wrong way. My father battled depression for years. I found him in his house near death from over dose when I was only 16 years old. If I had been 30 minutes late he would have been dead. Unfortunetly I couldn't save him the next time. He died the day before my son was born. He over dosed again on his pills. He died in his house and was there for  almost 2 days before anyone found him.
 
My uncle who I looked up to, he is 8 years older than me. I was raised with him so he was like my older brother. He was in the Navy, very active, fun guy. One day out of no where he ment manic. He was in and out of the hospital for a year before they found the right meds. It was so bad I was afraid to be around him. I was crushed and still am that he has to deal with this. He has a son and another on the way. Bi polar people do not always have long lives because of the meds he is on we were told he will not live long.
 
So do I think it's funny poking fun at people on meds, NO WAY. I do not think Joel implied it to be that way. He didn't start the thread saying "Are there any crazy people like me" I feel he was asking to see if anyone else was like him. Maybe I'm wrong.

Joel, if it maks you happy to know this I have never been on any meds except a multi-vitamin and calcium.  I had my first and last cigarette when I was 4 years old (don't ask - it was the same cigarette) and never tried pot.  I think you're absolutely right - if you can't laugh at something, it will in time, drive you nuts.  Laughter is a great healer. And if someone chooses not to share their personal situation regarding meds, there is certainly no obligation to do so.  Just ignore the question and go on to a different post.

o.k.
 
i'm getting on my boxing gloves....
 
i've gotten many posts since i first started discussing and joking on i-dog about my depression, including today, in which people who ACTUALLY suffered from depression, support my manner...
 
i know about depression...i hit bottom...and then scratched and fought my way back up...if you never had a real breakdown from it, you have no clue...
 
i don't want to hear from people who have no clue...and just because your husband, son, daughter, mother or father had it, or if you had a mild case...you are still clueless.
 
on the other thread, there are people offering their support...very nice...but i see you are clueless...which could end up being harmful when you offer advice....
 
i have not said anything insensitive, except your imagination makes it so...now get off my back...
 
 
 

I don't usually post at all, because..well, lets face it, it can sometimes get downright scarey in a thread. But I have a question. I know everyone has a right to their opinion and a right to express it but what i don't understand is peoples determination.

Example: If I stick my hand in a dogs face and it bites me then I am not going to do that again
If I eat broccoli and puke my guts out cuz it makes me sick, then I most likely won't eat broccoli again.

So why, if you know that joel just irritates the crap out of you......and this new forum is wonderfull about letting you know who the started the thread without you having to open the post do some of you continue to read and post in his threads.

Fine, you don't like him, don't like what he says or how he says it, don't appreciate his sense of humor (or lack of at times) - very very very easy thing to do.....don't open and read his threads.

I do understand that it is totally different if he posts in your thread and offends you but there are some members that seem to take offense to any and everything he says so why do you continue to go in there

I personally think Jaime and the other moderators should speak about that. There are people that like joel and his sense of humor, and they should not be deprived of the opportunity to chat with and encourage him because some people purposely go into his threads to say "i don't agree with you, you are an insensitive jerk, you have offended me". What you should be more offended from is your lack of mature action by staying away from a situation that you know will upset you.

This is just my observation. It does not mean I like or agree with any poster on this board at any time, nor is it an admission or denial of my usage or need for medication. Just kinda an outside view. And just for the record, I have agreed with many people here at different times but I have yet to always agree with any one poster. So, when I don't agree I usually just keep reading...no need starting a fuss and making enemies.

Forget it.

i know about depression...i hit bottom...and then scratched and fought my way back up...if you never had a real breakdown from it, you have no clue...

i don't want to hear from people who have no clue...and just because your husband, son, daughter, mother or father had it, or if you had a mild case...you are still clueless.

 
You cannot judge what anybody else has experienced when dealing with his/her depression based upon your personal experience.  You have no idea what I or anyone else has been through based on the limited amount of information I or others have chosen to share here.  That *we* collectively haven't publicly said that *we* have been where you were does not mean *we* have not.  You may read the other thread and think you are THE example of true depression, but you are not.  It manifests itself in many ways. 
 
Oh, to be right all the time like you are Joel.  Frankly, you are the clueless one here.

Joel already stated he was on his last warning, and then he posted a link to the Rodney King beating video with a supposedly humorous comment.  The offensive link was removed before it could create the stir that it would have and Joel is still here. While I never before really agreed with the accusations of moderator favoritism now I really wonder because I thought that post was so far over the line of decency there was no coming back from it. 
 
 

ok, lena, let's talk...
 
i was mildly depressed for a long time...i can tell you it in no way prepared me or gave me insight into the crash that followed.
 
my wife and children might now have more insight than others with zero experience...but i still consider them to be clueless...
 
besides a trained physician, i believe only a person who went thru severe depression can understand the steps you might have to go thru...
 
and although i was seriously depressed, i am clueless as to what is involved with a person who suffers from bi-polar...
 
i feel very bad that your children are suffering...i have 4 children and know what it is like to have a sick child...there is probably no worse pain than having a child be taunted, and there is nothing you can do...
 
i apologize that my comment aroused painful feelings...in no way was i teasing or taunting...i DO find it interesting and somewhat amusing at how many of us on the forum do have a problem...it is a friendly amusement...
 
 

Sooner, that may be true....I am not on here all the time....and I am not saying that Joel is always right or deserves a free pass and not be moderated....all I am saying is that if you don't like him or his post why open and read them. I see it as this. If you don't like him or his posts yet you open and read them anyway (as everyone is free to do) then you only have yourself to blame when you get upset.