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I've been dealing with depression for most of the past 18 years. Initially I thought it was just normal teen angst, but when I got to college and felt the same way while everyone else was having a great time, I went and got help. I was on Paxil for about a year, which didn't do much. Withdrawl was a bitch, but at least I did my own research and knew about that beforehand. I haven't been getting professional help since I graduated several years ago.
I think the most useful thing for me was the therapy, which was much more effective at giving me motivation and reducing my symptoms than drugs. After a couple of years it even gave me an episode of a few hours where I wasn't feeling unhappy.
I've tried the diet and exercise thing (I'm currently trying to stick to it) and it's about as effective as the Paxil was.
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And you believe Bush and the liberals and divorced parents and gays and blacks and the Christian right and fossil fuels and Xbox are all to blame, meanwhile you yourselves create an ad where your kid hits you in the head with a baseball and you don't understand the message that the problem is you.
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