What does it mean to be clinically depressed?
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I've suffered from depression my whole life, while it hasnt been cured, it can certainly be managed with medications. You can search depression on almost any site and get the answer to your question. Usually, it starts with a depressed, or sad mood. What is depression?
Depression is a mood disorder that causes you to feel sad or hopeless for an extended period of time. More than just a bout of "the blues" or temporary feelings of grief or low energy, depression can have a significant impact on your enjoyment of life, your work, your health, and the people you care about.
Depression affects people differently. Some feel down for extended periods of time; for others the feelings of depression come and go. If you have short episodes of mild depression, you may be able to continue to work and take care of daily activities. However, if you do not seek some form of treatment for your depression, you are at risk for getting more depressed or becoming physically ill. In severe cases, depression can cause people to become incapable of communicating, unable to do routine activities, or suicidal. In these cases, it is essential to seek medical attention.
People with depression may be reluctant to seek help because they feel that it is a sign of personal weakness or a character flaw or that they should be able to "pull out of it" on their own. We now know that depression, like other medical conditions, has a chemical and biological basis. Treatment for depression is safe and usually effective even for severely depressed people.
If you think you may have depression, take a short quiz to evaluate your symptoms:
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The lines are blurred here. Genuine clinical depression is a chemical imbalance of the brain, whereas most other depression stems from strictly emotional sources. Your physician can have the tests ordered to determine which one is present.
I means that you have been tested and the results show you are depressed.
If you are clinically depressed you already know the symptoms.
Controlled yes and maybe cured.
You do have a psychiatrist don't you? See him/her now!
Go to Wikipedia and type in Clinical Depression. It will tell you everything you need to know!! Pretty much losing interest in everything. Not caring about yourself. Wanting to die etc. The good news is, yes, it can be cured. Read about my bout with depression on my webpage: http://www.geocities.com/seabulls69/AntidepressantThatWorks.html
To the R.N.: What would the term be for someone like me who was diagnosed with major recurrent depression, was suicidal, and non-responsive to drug therapy. then managed to find his way out following Dr. David Burns' mood therapy techniques? Being in denial? If I'm not cured, I've been living a dream for a little over a year now. Perhaps I've been blessed? I'm really curious what the word or description would be. How about recovered? No matter. life is good.
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