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Spiraling out of control

Posted: Feb 12, 2014

I have a history of depression in the past. I haven't been down like this for a long, long time. I lost my job. My unemployment benefits are about up. I have no prospects for a new job, but what feels cruddy is that for as many applications as I have thrown out, I've had 2 interviews only, dead ends. But only 2! I don't think I can sell anything else. I've got bills, bills, bills. I feel wretched and low. I can't even afford a visit to the doc right now, or OTC St. Johns... I take walks and do yoga, but I cannot get out of this funk. Im an older gal. I guess there's not much work for us.

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PLEASE GET HELP. - sm

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There are usually free mental health clinics or hotlines in every county across this great country. PLEASE use your local resources. You are important!!

Never give up.... - MT2

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Keep going, one step at a time. Try to find SOMETHING to do, even if only temporarily. Not sure what type of jobs you're applying too, but I would take anything, even bagging groceries. Getting amongst people will help. Having you thought of taking B vitamins? B3, B6, B12, Vitamin C - great for stress and not too expensive.

Em Tee, (sm) - Rose

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I'm older too, will be 61 in a few days. I have clinical depression and do well on Zoloft, but without it I would not be able to get out of depression, so I know what you are going through. Situational depression can sometimes need antidepressants to get out of it and our situations in the MT world are putting many in the same boat. I just posted on the Gab board about poverty and surviving, asking for input so you may want to check that later. Here are a few suggestions:
BILLS: Contact creditors explaining your position and see if they will put you on a plan with reduced payments. If they are not willing to help use the word bankruptcy and they will usually know they have to help or not be paid. Many still will not help but some will. The others, I have had to just stop paying so I can pay the utilities. Note, rewriting with lower payments will affect your credit, so you need to be aware of that if yours is still good. Prioritize your bills, rent/mortgage first, then groceries, gas and utilities. If the credit cards can't be paid, you just can't do it. You can find free consults with attorneys that handle bankruptcies to see if that would help you and the cost.
FOOD: You can apply for food stamps online, I think in most states. Your unemployment may limit how much you can get so you may want to wait until after it runs out and you have zero income.
IRA: If you have an IRA after age 62 you can take money out without paying taxes on it.
HEALTH: You may qualify for Medicaid. Many hospitals will provide care practically for free if you can show you are below poverty level. I found this out after an accident and had a $8,000 bill. I contacted the billing department about making low payments and they said since I was indigent, just send in proof of that and they would adjust my bill. To my amazement, I only had to pay $156.00 out of the $8,000 bill! They said they had funds from volunteers that they used to cover bills for the indigent. In the meantime, I would search online for a free clinic. You probably could benefit from antidepressants to bring back the motivation. It is very hard for us to find alternative work now, but you probably know the different antidepressants can make in bring back the enthusiasm that disappears with depression.
JOBS: I also recently lost my job. I'm using the following job search sites: indeed.com, elance.com, flipdog.com and monster.com. Also CraigsList. I think we have to get creative in our searches. I enter a search for all jobs in my particular city as you never know what is out there. I don't just enter MT but "medical terminology", and searching nationally for MT jobs. I also check MTjobs.com daily. You may also try searching your area for scribe jobs. I noticed many are listing the jobs as MT/Scribe.

That's all off the top of my head. I hope something is a help. Just know that others care and it's great that we can use this form to share ideas.

Depression - oldfarttoo

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I steep 3 bags of green tea per quart of water in my coffeemaker. Mix a glass half and half with cranberry promegranate juice. Keeps me awake for work, but makes me feel everything is okay. If you need something more aggressive for depression, I have read America's best seller is St. Johns Wart. Some folks like Noni or Sam-E or mix the 2. Everybody is different. A lot of older people work for temporary services to get started back to work and WalMart.

PS - oldfarttoo

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I also take blackstrap molasses.

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