Might be suffering from depression

[Catzsy]

Well I hope it all goes well or went well if you have been.

[FlyingJesus]

Excersise and start eating properly, you will feel like you have more energy and should gain more confidence when you see the benefits of the excersise

This advice is far more useful than it may seem. It's simple things but seriously if you don't stay active and at least somewhat healthy (not saying you need a diet and exercise plan or anything) then you will feel bad in yourself. Due to my evening work hours against most of my friends working during the day, I spent a fair while not doing much at all and my mum then had the same worries - I was up late and sleeping in the day, eating poorly, not having much energy and generally being inactive. All I did was make sure I got outside more (often go out at like 5am for a run as I'm still up then) and got plenty of fruit even alongside the other crap I eat, and I've felt better and looked better since. I still sleep half the day but that's just my sleep pattern I need to sort out

Good look with it all, and importantly try not to worry about it too much - worrying about depression is only going to make it worse!

[Mint]

I didn't go, had an argument with my parents about it. I heard my mum on the phone saying "sorry we couldn't make it". Not sure what I'm going to do now. Thanks for your advice anyhow.

[Stefy09]

I stopped going to school after christmas, stayed up late, was always moody etc so I had to go to the doctor and he said I might be depressed, then he gave me a piece of paper which had questions like "Do you ever feel like harming yourself?" and you have to tick the right box (like 'sometimes', 'all the time', 'never' etc) then he judges the depression level by that, I then had to see a phychiatrist, I already had to see one every months 2 years ago because I stopped going to school then but got over it after my mum almost got sent to court for my absense from school which didn't help.

If its only a minor depression then you will probably get over it, you don't need medication, tbh you just need someone to talk to

[LoveToStack]

I stopped going to school after christmas, stayed up late, was always moody etc so I had to go to the doctor and he said I might be depressed, then he gave me a piece of paper which had questions like "Do you ever feel like harming yourself?" and you have to tick the right box (like 'sometimes', 'all the time', 'never' etc) then he judges the depression level by that

That's crap if it's the only thing the doctor did. Just because I don't wanna drag a blunt butter knife across my wrist doesn't mean I'm not depressed.

[RandomManJay]

I've felt like that for the past 3 years and no one has suspected me of suffering from depression, probably cause I act like that all the time . If you want to get it sorted out, you don't really have to directly involve your parents, go to the GP on your own or contact a helpline or see if there are counsellors in school, it's better than nothing. Sometimes parents can aggrivate the situation by forcing certain things on you when you should have the choice, but usually you will grow out of the phase since it doesn't sound major.

[Nixt]

All your GP will do is talk to you, they aren't qualified to make any diagnosis but what they can make is a referral. .

Negative. My GP diagnosed me with depression a good few weeks ago now after I was having serious trouble sleeping. To begin with she sent me off for a week and gave me a questionnaire which I filled out. I went back and due to a number of reasons which I will not go in to, we decided I was depressed. I was referred to a counsellor and I am on the anti-depressant Fluoxetine (more commonly known as prozac). The only side effect I get is the occasional runny stool (ew, I know). I am aware there are more side effects but it depends on the person. I am not amazing with advice, but if you would like to talk to anyone I am just a PM away, mate! This is something I can relate to in a number of ways and I'd be happy to listen - it helps a lot .

[leah]

Good luck with everything, and just be honest when you're there!

[Jorc]

My sister was going through a lot of hard stuff, so she got depressed and was prescribed antidepressants. So taking them might do some good for you. Hopefully everything works out well for you!

[brandon]

I think you're just going through a phase of minor depression. When you've had clinical depression, minor depression feels like nothing. Cheer up!