Thread 33474993

I'm turning 27 this year, and this summer I've started to work on my dysthymia (light but long-ass version of depression) which was fucking me for 9 years with various intensity, leaving me and keeping me as a total zero with no real skills, talents, goals and plans.
I do have some random and sporadic pieces of knowledge, abilities and very slight interests, but they're all useless and non-applicable. I also have uni bachelor's and master's degrees in Telecom, which I've chosen randomly and found them not really interesting and useless after. And by pure chance I've found a job in vocational school as an electronics teacher, which I'm currently working on, but, of course, with no real interest in this field, only to share my pieces of knowledge from uni and to have some money and routine to going,
so I won't be sucked into any deeper depressive state.
I've already took some steps by going to therapist, taking the meds that he prescribed (Valdoxan, meldonium+ethylmethylhydroxypyridine succinate) and fixing up my sleep schedule, just to check out any kind of biochemical and somatic shit. For now, it kinda works: I don't really feel like shit and I do have some internal energy going on. But I know I have to find some other ways to fix myself, so the positive effects of meds wouldn't be wasted in vain and to not just wait from one appointment to another.
I've consulted ChatGTP and some other stupid machines about my overall state before and after going to therapist, and they all giving the same long as fuck solutions: micro-actions, minimal exercising, balanced diet etc. They all sound good on the surface, but I can't help but find them too long, too tiresome and not very useful and helpful in a short-term.
So I'm asking it here: is there any kind of quick and working solutions for dysthymia?

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>>33474993 (OP)
>dysthymia
doesn't exist. problem solved.

>>33475198
Looking for any quick and working solutions for my long and persistent depressive state that wouldn't require months or years of a lifetime.
>>33475223
> doesn't exist
What's this then?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysthymia

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>>33474993 (OP)
Megadose nutrient supplements (orthomolecular medicine).
Strength training.

>>33476543
Isn't it for athletes or something? I'm not going to try to be one.

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Going through the exact same. Have the meds made you feel more motivated?

>>33476586
Not really motivated for anything in particular, but slightly more energetic than usual.

>>33476580
>I'm not going to try to be one.
Howie detected. Ignore howie thread.

>>33477147
> howie
Is this some kind of a household name now?
And for any advice about getting ripped and such - I understand that this could be very beneficial to me, but I just don't really see as myself as one, nor am I jealous to anyone who is physically strong and muscular. So I don't really understand why this would help me mentally.

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Bump. Been dealing with it for 4 years now man. Entered senior year of high school depressed, and now I’m entering senior year of college the same and working on a Poli Sci degree because I don’t have the brain power to do something better

>>33483376
How are you holding up down there?

5-htp. It's the direct percusor to serotonin. Dont take with ssris or it can cause serotonin syndrome.

>>33474993 (OP)
>Is there any kind of quick and working solution for my 9 year long problem?
No. Therapy and drugs may work a little bit. What actually helps is doing things that keep you feeling productive and balancing it with unproductive fun things and also having "productive" fun things that make you feel accomplished. The job is a job, and you won't necessarily have your passion as a job. Most people don't, and even for those who do, the second it becomes a job the passion for it becomes stressful because now your livelihood is involved and you can't do it your way if you work for someone else. That or it is the best thing ever for some people. Results vary.

ChatGPT skims existing articles to summarize things but often can give bad advice about people problems. I wouldn't use it for this. AI cannot possibly understand what it is to be human. Most humans struggle with that.

Some actions and diet can make you feel better if you stick with it, but if it feels like a chore consistently, find something else that doesn't feel like a chore, something that gives you energy. If you remember those times when you had energy when your issue was almost nonexistant, think about what sort of things you were doing for hobbies at the time and maybe get back into those. The only thing that sucks is when life takes time away from the things you like.

>>33484288
You've reminded me that's the thing the doctor has also prescribed, thanks, I'll look for it.
>>33484316
> find something else that doesn't feel like a chore, something that gives you energy
And how do I find it?
> If you remember those times when you had energy when your issue was almost nonexistant, think about what sort of things you were doing for hobbies at the time and maybe get back into those.
Well, I liked drawing only with pencil and paper when I was a kid. Tried a couple of times learning how to draw more professionally later in uni times, but couldn't keep it with consistency and regularity, because it started to feel like a chore, so I've stopped. Was trying to learn coding in school and uni times, but the issue was the same and it was way less interesting for me from the start.

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>>33474993 (OP)
how do you benefit from your "dysthymia"? Imagine that tomorrow you woke up and it was gone, what would be different?

P.S.
stop bumping your pity post

>>33488565
> how do you benefit from your "dysthymia"
I guess it keep my mind from any imaginary failures in my future endeavours. "If you don't want to fail - don't even try", that sort of thing.
> what would be different
I won't be able to at least devalue my own interests as just some passing fads that won't lead me anywhere. And I would be able to find something that would be genuine interesting to do for life beside just jobbing it away and sitting it at home burrowing down in my shitty mood and attitude.

>>33488653
I must add to "benefits" that it also keeps me from a fear that my efforts would be in vain if I find something uninteresting for me in a long run.