What are you doing to cope?

[Ysabel]

16. I hope your depression gets better...

I used to drink but I quit about five years ago because it was literally getting the best of me and I wanted myself back so I quit smoking then too cold turkey to both and I feel better...

I had quit drinking for 15 years also prior to that and those were good years...

Another thing that helps is I'm taking anxiety medicine now because I was having so many panic attacks (like about 10 to 20 a day and then eventually from the moment I woke up to the moment I fell asleep (I did not get much sleep then either) that I shut down and quit eating (not a thing other than water and some energy drinks for about 3 months) and I ended up in the hospital last year...

Anyway the anxiety medicine works wonders (it works really really well and there are no bad side effects either and it is non-addicting and it's okay for older people too {I'm 66} so I'm feeling a lot better now and that helps me to cope as well)...