Embarrassed to go to the doctor

[Ikith]

Note: This is not a livejournal.com or facebook.com or whatever post. This is a I need help getting help type of post.

Lately I have been noticing that I have been having mood swings (Happy then sad then depressed type of thing) and have been very depressed from time to time. I really don't like talking about it to my family or friends and have completely left it to myself to get help with this because I am embarrassed about it but with that being said I am even more embarrassed to talk to a complete stranger (like a doctor) about it most of this is because I have no clue how to set up an appointment or what to say during the appointment (yes I have thought ahead this far). I notice my emotions bleeding into my professional work life and this is why I am starting to want help with it as I deal with customers a lot.

Suggestions on how to tell a receptionist about this issue as well as a doctor are highly appreciated.

I really hate to say this but...
Please help I really need it.\

Edit: I have no thoughts of suicide.

[Tyche]

m/f?

[Ikith]

I was going to include that in my original post but completely forgot. M

[kuronosan]

Note: This is not a livejournal.com or facebook.com or whatever post. This is a I need help getting help type of post.

Lately I have been noticing that I have been having mood swings (Happy then sad then depressed type of thing) and have been very depressed from time to time. I really don't like talking about it to my family or friends and have completely left it to myself to get help with this because I am embarrassed about it but with that being said I am even more embarrassed to talk to a complete stranger (like a doctor) about it most of this is because I have no clue how to set up an appointment or what to say during the appointment (yes I have thought ahead this far). I notice my emotions bleeding into my professional work life and this is why I am starting to want help with it as I deal with customers a lot.

Suggestions on how to tell a receptionist about this issue as well as a doctor are highly appreciated.

I really hate to say this but...
Please help I really need it.\

Edit: I have no thoughts of suicide.

You're depressed, dude. Get a hobby and talk to a psychologist. Everyone has ups and downs and you're probably just in a down mood right now. Emotions always bleed into our work lives, we're not robots. Fuck sake.

Just talk to a psychologist. Tell them you're upset, don't know why, and just need someone to talk to. Make sure they're a counseling psych and not a clinical psych. Counselors like to help, Clinical Psychs like to medicate.

[Ikith]

You're depressed, dude.

ORLY?

[kuronosan]

YARLY. Everyone gets depressed. There isn't anything wrong with you, specifically.

What the fuck were you expecting?

[Ikith]

You're depressed, dude. Get a hobby and talk to a psychologist. Everyone has ups and downs and you're probably just in a down mood right now. Emotions always bleed into our work lives, we're not robots. Fuck sake.

Just talk to a psychologist. Tell them you're upset, don't know why, and just need someone to talk to. Make sure they're a counseling psych and not a clinical psych. Counselors like to help, Clinical Psychs like to medicate.

Thank you.

YARLY. Everyone gets depressed. There isn't anything wrong with you, specifically.

What the fuck were you expecting?

Well until you edited I would have said "Suggestions on how to tell a receptionist about this issue as well as a doctor are highly appreciated." but after your edit you were very helpful

[wyrmtung]

Does your work have a mental health program? Call them up and set up an appointment. Otherwise talk to your regular doc and get a referral there. Sometimes the best help for your depression is a medical professional educating you on your condition and showing you how to take care of it. Some people need medication, some people need therapy and some need both. Won't know what's best for your until you talk to a doc.

[elison]

If you need help, you need help. That's what doctors are there for. Why be embarrassed? Need to force yourself to get over it; depression really isn't something to fuck around with, let alone be embarrassed about. Shit snowballs with the quickness from what I've noticed being around some close friends with anxiety/depression issues.

[gandorf]

Just smoke some weed and forget about all your problems.

[Callisto]

If you need help, you need help. That's what doctors are there for. Why be embarrassed? Need to force yourself to get over it; depression really isn't something to fuck around with, let alone be embarrassed about. Shit snowballs with the quickness from what I've noticed being around some close friends with anxiety/depression issues.

This. If you have insurance, get checked out. I've dealt with similar shit for months upon months, I'm not like woe is me imma listen to shitty screamo depressed, but there's definitely something a bit jacked up in my brainy parts that didn't used to be. The second I have the proper medical coverage to get checked out without it costing a millions billions I fully intend to.

Depression comes in several forms, and regardless of whether it renders you into some sort of blubbering emo homo it can still have a solid effect on you. I keep a fulltime job, I have a girlfriend, I have dozens of friends and an active social life, but that doesn't mean I don't feel the unexplained mood swings and brutal droughts of motivation to carry out basic daily tasks that come with depression. They make counseling and/or medication for this stuff for a reason, don't be afraid to take advantage of it if you need to in order to keep up with your daily life.

[notorious bum]

Don't let those quacks talk you into meds for what amounts to having "the blues" from what you described. You will fuck your life up permanently if you take that shit.

[Akiyama]

Gonna agree. Avoid meds unless it's an absolute need, which in most cases it won't be. You'll become too dependent on them even if you think you won't be. Just how they work. Definitely see someone about the mood swings/depression and don't feel embarrassed about it. This is your life here and you only get one (unless you're a crazy fuck who believes in reincarnation)

[elison]

Don't let those quacks talk you into meds for what amounts to having "the blues" from what you described. You will fuck your life up permanently if you take that shit.

Don't think anyone was trying to talk him into getting meds. Getting help doesn't necessarily mean getting prescribed meds.

[Kerberoz]

It's called fucking "winter".

[clobetasol]

Get a lady friend, have kids.

[BerenTebogo]

gay

[Weeks]

Go see a doctor, and listen to your doctor, not a bunch of people on a message board. Any competent doctor can walk you through the limitations and dangers of SSRIs. In an ideal world you would get counseling to work you through your problems, but in the real world most people without major psychiatric illness get a little symptomatic care with medications and work things out on their own.

[kuronosan]

Go see a doctor, and listen to your doctor, not a bunch of people on a message board. Any competent doctor can walk you through the limitations and dangers of SSRIs. In an ideal world you would get counseling to work you through your problems, but in the real world most people without major psychiatric illness get a little symptomatic care with medications and work things out on their own.

Yes, selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitors is the way to go whenever you're depressed!

Don't listen to this guy. Medications are for the really sick, not for the naturally depressed. A good 70-80% of people in this country that are medicated should NOT be while the people that should be are allowed to run rampant. If you have a chemical imbalance, that's one thing, but don't medicate yourself just because you feel down. Fuck sake.

[Dimmauk]

Gonna agree. Avoid meds unless it's an absolute need, which in most cases it won't be. You'll become too dependent on them even if you think you won't be. Just how they work. Definitely see someone about the mood swings/depression and don't feel embarrassed about it. This is your life here and you only get one (unless you're a crazy fuck who believes in reincarnation)

This is assuming that there is nothing wrong with him chemically in his brain. Some people NEED those meds to operate like a "normal" person.