| I'm not in the Marines but I am in the AF and I also have clinical depression. It's a horrible thing to have. It runs in my family so it wasn't a shock when I was diagnosed last year. I was so miserable all of the time and I just remember staying in my dorm room for days crying and sleeping. I didn't want to see any one or talk to anyone. You get so caught up in being miserable and focusing on the negative that it's hard to concentrate on anything else.
When I was diagnosed they put me on SSRI's. Clinical depression is a disorder in which not enough serotonin is released in your brain. The SSRI's help to correct that and they are wonderful things. I was pretty against taking meds but once I got on them I felt so much better. I was on them for over a year and recently when I was deployed I decided I didn't need them anymore and I've been off of them for almost 4 months.
If you have any questions I'd be happy to try and answer them... It's a crappy place to be but I know where your brother's at and when you're at that point getting back up to the top seems nearly impossible. |