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I'm from Ireland, dublin to be specific and i wanted to know if there was anyone that could help me find something to do or somewhere to go that would help me to feel better? I'm in counselling but i still have a lot of issues, theyve just upped the dosage of my meds and i think thats helping a bit ...

hi, its been a good long time since i was on this site now, i've been doing a bit better. i've been seeing a counsellor once a week that actually listens to me, my mam has changed, well for the moment she has anyway, she has really gotten into cleaning the house. i've been on the lexapro 6 months no...

thanks for the reply, that makes a lot of sense now!

hey i'm pretty new to all of this and was wondering what triggering was? i've seen it mentioned a few times.

thank you so much shatterhopes! just knowing theres someone there and getting a reply like that really helps. yeah i was quite proud of myself for how i handled the situation with my friend yesterday cuz i wud usually just clam up and try not to cry in a situation like that but instead i tried talki...

well today started ok. i spent the last few days working on this really difficult essay for college and i handed it in today and it was amazing for me because i don't usually put much effort into my essays but i put a fair bit into this ine and even though i'm not sure if i passed or anything it did...

well you've to come to a good plaxce anyway. anytime u feel like no one can understand u can come here and talk to people that are going through similar experiences and can relate to how u are feeling or like me u can just go on a long rant as its a safe environment just to spill your guts. i've fou...

i'm going to my fourth counselling session on tues morning but i don't think its doing much good really. its the college counsellor and there are only two of them on staff so i only get to see her once every one to two weeks. i guess i just really need to talk to someone and i feel like theres no on...

So i have that feeling in my gut again, like all the pain in bad feeling is right there but its being slightly muffled. i don't really kinow how i feel. i don't know whether i'm on the verge of crying or i just want not. does anyone else sometimes feel like maybe they like feeling this way? i know t...

i've been on lexapro 10mgs for five weeks as of today. can anyone tell me when they started feeling the affects of meds and how the felt? will i feel better? or will it be so gradual that i won't notice it for ages? should i have noticed something already? feedback appreciated!

i've been slowly telling this forum more things about myself than i've ever told any one person and i think thats a good thing. i just feel so vulnerable exposing myself like that, constantly wondering if people will judge me or just laugh at me or think i'm crazy.. well anyone heres another part of...

hey i'm going away to italy in two weeks and was wondering if anyone knew what the story is about taking my meds with me? i'm going with my friend and she doesn't know that i'm on them and i'd prefer to keep it that way. i don't know what the situation is with bringing stuff like that out of the cou...

hey, i've been feeling really low since i got home from work today. this is gona sound completely pathetic but i just finished watching this dvd series i was watching and got really into, it was something to look forward to, after college and work and to fill those hours in the evening where the dre...

I've been on lexapro 10mgs for about three n half weeks now and one of my biggest fears is that even if the meds make me feel better that i'll realise that this person i am now is really the person i am and that the depression was just on top of that. i've been told that i feel down on myself and i ...

why bother? hmm i definitely feel like that. some days are better than others. sometimes even the smallest thing will set me off and sometimes its just the moos that i wake up in. when i'm out in college or in work, sometimes i'll just look around and everyone just seems so much happier and better o...