Needing help

Okay so I'm a mother of 1, I do doordash on the weeks with my dad the best I'm able to, since the weekends aren't school days for my baby. I decide not to do doordash so I'm able to just relax and spend time with my baby, but even then it's sometimes hard too cause of how tired I am, but I am also struggling with depression which I'm told is one of the side effects of depression by my therapist, I don't do medication(I have my reasons), but I used to draw a lot back then and do so much more then what I do now like I've tried to do some more practice here and there with my digital art skills by doing my best to get better, but seems like I never have the time nor energy to do that. 😥 Any helpful time management tips?

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Hey girl! As a fellow struggler, the best thing I found was self compassion. Focusing on what I do accomplish in a day helps me not feel so weighed down. I have ADHD on top of the depression and time management is really not a strong point for me. I do like the app structured to dump and organize my to-do list, and then what I can get done I try to celebrate and have compassion for my self on what I can’t do. It’s definitely easier said than done but slowly it’ll get better. ❤️‍🩹

Also, idk what your reasons for no meds and I won’t push. I have found that Wellbutrin has helped me a lot because it works on the dopamine receptors and not the serotonin like Zoloft or Prozac.

thank you so much for sharing that and honestly reasons behind why I don't do medication just seems ridiculous to a lot of people.. like I'm terrified of not only swallowing pills because of bad past experiences of choking even on the tiniest pill to possibly having a bad allergic reaction. again bad past experiences, just all around terrified of going through that stuff again 😭 ..

Definitely used to be scared of swallowing pills. But i Definitely agree wellbutrin is a great first try. It doesn't help the pills are large but i have broken them up to get them down before. I would talk to your doctor and see what yall can come up with!

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