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Disclaimer: This post is not sponsored by any of these apps - these apps may not work on every device but there are so many out there that probably have the same function these are just my favorites 1. Buycott This app allows you to select causes that are important to you, such as, avoiding companies that support tr*mp, boycott NRA supporting companies, and campaigns against animal testing. All of these campaigns and more are yours for the choosing. After that, you can scan the barcodes of anything at a store and see if that company gets flagged for supporting something you are trying to boycott. Small steps can make a huge difference.  2. Bearable & Round  Bearable is an app that lets you track your activity, sleep, anxiety levels, and all other symptoms. You can customize it to work with anything that bothers you. It is nice because it has a calendar view where you can see all your flare-up days.  Round is a pill tracker app. You can enter any medication you take, the dosage, tim

Disclaimer: I can only speak from my own experiences, everyone experiences medication differently, my experience is not the end all be all solution, it just happened to be so for me.  I do not talk about anxiety in this post because my life has been much more severely impacted by depression not anxiety The number of emotions that coursed through my body on December 26th, 2019 knowing that I was going to start anti-depressants is insurmountable.  I was terrified of the side effects listed on every pill bottle I felt guilty that I had come to this point where I couldn't help myself and I needed medication  I was excited that there was a chance I could be happy  I was jealous of the people who were born chemically balanced But most of all I was scared. The side effects were absolutely terrifying.  tremors  nausea  increased appetite loss of appetite weight gain loss of sexual desire fatigue  drowsiness  insomnia dry mouth  blurred vision constipation  feeling agitated  shaky excessive

Disclaimer: This is all from my own experience, I cannot speak for everyone, I can only give advice and knowledge on what I have experienced. Also, I wanted to title this "holidays while chemically unbalanced" but Christmas and chemically - I had to go with the alliteration   The holidays are a stressful time for everyone. Making sure that you got enough presents for your friends & family, making sure your house looks nice and decorated and making sure that it was better than the year before. Because for some weird reason as humans we always try to one-up ourselves.  For someone with depression, this is the least of your concerns. While you are depressed you spend a lot of time in " survival mode"  this is the mentality that you just have to get through the day. Your main goal is to wake up and then go to bed. That is all that your brain can handle to process because staying alive is the only concern. And that in and of itself is tiring enough.  ( leave a commen