What to do Major depression?

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I'm not suicidal I want to make that clear, but what else can be done for Major Depression besides meds, I'm 16 it's gone on for 3 years now I know that dissent sound like much but when you get more sleep than the average person every day and still feel tired, crapy, and desperate. It sucks I don't know what to do I have tried almost every med there is, it's crazy I don't know what to do?

Are you sometimes a little hard on yourself? There is a lot to ease anxiety and I know two things in particular that are useful for me: -
Meditation, mindfulness.
Meditation can be handy in many forms - there's the heavy breathing aspect, the clearing of the mind, the guided journey and such helpful forms - meditation is a large subject.
Mindfulness I think is more about thinking in the present, and trying not to think much on the past and the future when doing such a thing is difficult.

I hope you feel well very soon.

Edit - by heavy breathing I actually mean deep breaths, not heavy breathing.

I hope you have a mental health team supporting you (physician, therapist, psychiatrist).

I like his idea of a meditation practice. I am not a meditator myself but my brother is and it helps him a lot.

I attended a workshop once and the presenter asked us to reconsider electroshock therapy. He told us that there had been so many advances in that field, that it wasn't as scarry as it was back in the day. I know of people who use it to manage their bipolar. I don't feel qualified to suggest it, but it is a thought.

I suffer from minor depression. Everyone is different, but in my case, my depression is very sporadic. I can feel depressed for days or weeks, and suddenly, it just goes away for no apparent reason. I've now learned that my depression is biological, and not because of something I did or that happened.

That's one thing to remember, that depression is never your fault. You are never worthless or useless or a hindrance to anyone, even in the thick of depression. Remembering that little fact doesn't make depression go away, but it helps me cope.

Make a list of fun things to do. Force yourself to do something from the list everyday.
Look in the mirror and force yourself to say nice things about yourself 5 times out loud. It does not count if it is silent. Do this a minimum of once when you wake up and once when you are ready to go to sleep.
Avoid people who bring you down and try to hang around people who make you feel good.
Eat with others, or in a public place if you must eat alone.
Get enough sleep. (I listen to a CD of lullabies every night to reinforce my bedtime.)
Force yourself to take a a 15 to 20 minute walk every day,
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Yeah it's a chemical depression so I have no control over it at all, I have already told my mom that come 3 more years when I turn 19 if Im still depressed this bad I'm going through with ECT, I do force myself to do things alot I usually try to stick with it for maybe 30 minutes or more, However latley my depression has gotten worse and it's come to the point where I sometimes don't feel at all, I have a therapist and he does study in the feild of AS, however last time we met I was told that he had nothing left for me, yeah was pretty depressing to hear that. As for sleep I do get plenty but I still wake up feeling tired and worse then before going to bed, I also have tried multiple meds but nothing has lasted longer than 2 1/2 weeks before it stops working. That is the reason I'm thinking of ECT because nothing has worked for me so far. Thx for the replies