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writes:Hi I am 25yrs. I have stopped laughing altogether for 5 years. I went to the doc today and he gave me cilift anti-depression drugs.When the meds start to work and I am on them will I be able to laugh again?I just want to laugh again. Please reply
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reader, anonymous, writes (4 October 2010): Hey there miamine.thanks for all the info.it gave me hope.thanks.mwah! O and i am the original poster of the Question
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reader, Miamine  +, writes (28 September 2010):
 Sounds like a bad case of clinical depression. The anti-depressants take some time to work. It can take about 2 months before you start to feel a little happier. The biggest problem is, that there are so many tablets, and you have to find the right one for you. If you don't feel better after a couple of months, you must go back to the doctor, and you will get another tablet to try. It took me one year to find the right tablet for me.When you find the right tablet, things will become easier, and yes, you will laugh again, you will laugh even when you don't know what your laughing for. The chemical's in the anti-depressants raise your serotonin (happiness chemicals) in your brain. When you feel a little more happy, you can concentrate more on doing positive things to help yourself.The best way to treat clinical depression is to try several methods all at the same time. This will help you get better and get back to normal, and eventually you'll be able to give up the tablets.The tablets alone, just make you happy because of the chemicals, but it doesn't cure the depression or the problems you are having difficulty with, it just masks the symptoms of sadness, so you find it easier to do other things.1. Take tablets, they may take 2 months to start working, and it could take about a year to find the right one for you.2. Get therapy, either a psychologist or a counsellor, someone you can talk to, who will find out why you feel so unhappy in the first place, and teach you how to learn techniques to think in more positive ways, or solve issues and problems that you may find difficult to overcome.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is good for challenging negative thoughts if you are having them.3. Self help is very important. You MUST sleep well, eat a good diet, and try to go for a walk every day. Exercise is a natural way to produce serotonin (happiness chemical's) in the body, it will also help with your sleeping which may be distirbed.4. Search the internet for Clinical Depression and learn more about your condition. Your not bad, your not lazy, wicked, or mad, your head is just sick because of a chemical imbalance and maybe some bad experiences you have had in the past.5. Stay away from negative thinking, and things that make you feel sad. Get comedy books, films, find things that you like and might make you laugh or smile.6. Animals and children as they are innocent, free, happy and silly. Spend time with people/animals like these who like to play and laugh and do it naturally.7. Religion (if you have any) can also help give you a rock to hold onto and give you hope that you WILL get better, you will get through this and you will be happy again in the future8.. Good friends and family a must.. if you don't have them, go and find yourself some.9. Vitamin B12 is good for stabilizing you. Certain foods are very good at lifting your mood. Don't take St Johns Wort, it's good for mild sadness, but you can't take it with anti-depressants. Keep taking the anti-depressants, do not stop taking them until your doctor tells you to. Some anti-depressants have bad side effects if you stop them too soon.I know you feel like your in a fog where nothing matters. It's like someone turned out the lights and now everything is just dark and grey.You must help yourself, tablets alone are no good. Do what you can on the good days, try to find positive things that are nice and make you happy. On your bad days, well, they are bad.. treat yourself nicely during these times, buy chocolate, hug a teddy bear, get some sleep, read a nice book and take everything easy until you feel happier and stronger.See your doctor regularly to see how your progressing. I wish you good luck, dysmorphia (sadness) sucks, it really sucks, but yes, with the tablets, some counselling and some self help, you will start smiling and laughing again.
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reader, iloveyou2 +, writes (25 September 2010):
 im not sure but maybe you should watch the hangover???? i watched it last night after a breakup and almost wet myself
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