Should i go to the doctor for depression and anxiety HELP?

Question

I'm 30 and have struggled my whole life. I was on medication but didn't stick with it. There is a free mental health facility but i can't drive there-I used to go there, but then i got low on gas and i have no one to take me (now i have no license). I'm not working and hardly ever leave the house. I have no quality of life. the only thing i look foward to is practicing music, but what good is it if i can't get out there and jam, and also make money to buy worthy equipment in the first place.

I don't have heath insurance and owe the hospital a few hundred dollar from a couple years ago.

Let me add that just walking to the store or someone knocking on the door of my mom's house freaks me out. I'm an alcoholic and used to drink like crazy...i don't now, but then i again i never leave the house. I don't want to have to drink to function.

Do you think i should walk to the local hospital and tell them i need help for depression and anxiety?

I don't have family doctor.

Thanks for your time

19 hours ago - 3 days left to answer.

Additional Details

18 hours ago

i can go without drinking it's the depression and anxitey that i need help with.

18 hours ago

I try to eat healthy as possible and work out daily.

Answer 1

Yes, I think that you should walk to the local hospital and see if you can get treatment for depression and anxiety.  I also think that you should pay your free mental health facility a visit to see if they have any support groups available, or any free counselling to help you get back on your feet.

I suggest that you make a plan of leaving the house every single day so that you can take exercise and look towards practicing your music in a local bar or cafe, if you play a wind instrument or a guitar well.

I think that you should make plans to get a job in the near future after you have bought yourself a car and got your drivers license again.

Keep away from the alcohol and see what you can do to improve your quality of life.

Answer 2

You need to establish a plan on how to get back to where you need to be.

1.) Make a log of your daily feelings- self expression/reflection is important in this

2.) Get the best job you can- It will create an influx of money, and you will be able to a)get health insurance or b) save up for a car

3.) Stop the drinking- The money you spend on alcohol could be used for saving for a car/or to pay your debts.

4.) Get out of the house. Even if it just for a walk.

5. Reduce your music time to a "me time" while you get your affairs in order

Remember that you only have the power to control the things that are controllable in your life and the only way to deal with lifes problems are to attack them head-on, piece by piece. It is impossible to climb a mountain in one day, but if you work at it a little a time, you will eventually get to the top, but if you don't work at it, you will continue to stay at the bottom.

Answer 3

I had the same problem and chose to drink to keep the panic attacks at bay. The problem was the drinking and effects of alcohol made the panic worse the next day. I would over-examine every ache and pain I had and convinced myself I was either having a heart attack or dying of cancer.

Doctors do ONE thing for panic and anxiety....prescribe mind altering drugs. In my opinion they do more damage and harm to your mind and relationships (not to mention pocketbook) than if you just dealt with it on your own by talking to others who have it.

Try going to www.healthboards.com and read some posts from anxiety sufferers who have the same symptoms you do, it really helps to read their stories and respond to them.

I beat my panic and anxiety by figuring out what caused them and knowing that I was bringing on the symptoms myself.  20 years ago there wasnt a doctor in the world that could convince me of that but in time, I realised what made me tick and adjusted my drinking and stress to fix the problem. If you tend to take on others problems with no regard to your own, if you tend to turn the other cheek way too often, you are on the road to Anxiety. You have to start pushing back sometimes.

Good luck.

Answer 4

go to the hospital. you need to be put on medication