Any tips on dealing with it?
Doctors, tablets, relax.
Depends on how bad it is. If it is bad, then GP, specialist help and medication is required certainly. The earlier the better. SSRIs are pretty effective at targeting now and no side effects.
If it is not so bad, cut out the alcohol and stay active.
Can't understand why people are so against drugs/tablets to help the situation. Well known fact that medical imbalances in the brain can cause depression and no amount of counselling or exercise can resolve those imbalances. I've been suffering on and off with depression for over 15 years, and drugs, along with all the other things, counselling, exercise etc makes it easier to live with. Depression needs to be understood, not ridiculed. And ignoring medication IMHO is ridiculing depression.
Its because tablets are the awnser to everything in this country,and from what i,ve seen most people get a lot worse dropping all these tablets.Can't understand why people are so against drugs/tablets to help the situation. Well known fact that medical imbalances in the brain can cause depression and no amount of counselling or exercise can resolve those imbalances. I've been suffering on and off with depression for over 15 years, and drugs, along with all the other things, counselling, exercise etc makes it easier to live with. Depression needs to be understood, not ridiculed. And ignoring medication IMHO is ridiculing depression.