how do you know if your depressed. i have not been diganosed with depression but can you create the chemical imballence by having turrning it on the off. if your not chemically emballence and the pills like Zoloft is to correct the chemical imballence but you dont have it then will it work. if this sounds like a rittle and want me to rewrite it then i will.
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How do you know if your depressed
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are you trying to say that if you're not depressed and you take anti depressants then will the anti depressants make you depressed?
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The standard criteria for diagnosing someone as clinically depressed are, first, you must have five or more of the following symptoms over a two-week period, and they must include (1) and/or (2):(1) Depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day (in children and adolescents, can be irritable mood)(2) Markedly diminished interest or pleasure in almost all activities most of the day, nearly every day(3) Significant change (up or down) in weight or appetite(4) Sleeping little, or much more than usual, nearly every day/night(5) Seeming agitated or slowed down to others, nearly every day(6) Fatigue or loss of energy nearly every day(7) Feelings of worthlessness or inappropriate guilt (not just feeling bad about being sick) nearly every day(8) Diminished ability to think or concentrate or make decisions, nearly every day(9) Recurrent thoughts of death or suicide.The doctor also needs to make sure the symptoms are serious enough to cause you distress or impairment in functioning, and that they are not due to something else, such as a drug, or a medical condition, or the recent (within 2 months) death of a loved one.Anti-depressant medication works on most cases of depression regardless of the original cause, though sometimes it's necessary to try a few different medications to find the best for that person.
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i have been having little energy for the past years from my problem of not sleeping well. the doctors i went to have not been able to find the reason the only reason was that i havent been breathing well from the five sleep tests. but there could be some other complicatoions that havent been found. but o well they may come up. also is there a way to get a sample pack of medacatoin from the place that makes it? or do you have to get it though a doc.
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It has to be prescribed by a doctor. It generally takes some weeks to start working, and it's necessary to be careful that people don't get a bad reaction to it.
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this may be nothing but throughout the day my mood really changes it goes up then i crahs and then gradullly go up then it could go back donw again is this form lak of sleep or another reason
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hey MysteryManAlpha, maybe you do have a chemical imbalance if you seriously think you suffer from depression. You should see a doctor about this and maybe you can get some help
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Hormone levels do change during the day, so it could be that. There's also something called cyclothymia where people cycle between mild depression and mild elation, but that's usually over a few days.
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is there a way to get help i dont like talking about my problems in person. is there a way. it may be hard fore me to get pills becasue my parents get a very good deal witht the insrence company by mail ordering adn they will have to know but i dont wnat them to know (im in college) but ill get billed by my insurence company any tips?
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Does your college have free or cheap medical services to students? At the very least it should have a counselling service who should know what help is available.
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somewhat it is an art college not like a Univeristy taht has a 24/7 clinic all it has is a consuler
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Would it be easier for you if the college counsellor told your parents that he/she thinks you should be treated for depression?
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i dont know it is just that ill be asked questin after questing they would keep asking me and i dont like doing that
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I think to get any decent treatment you have to tell people what's happening. I can understand that it's not pleasant for you, but think of it as an unpleasant part of the medical procedure.
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it is very unplesent to tel people about it sometime durring each day i pace back and forth muttering non-snece i wounder if i am in the process of lossing my mind?
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Counsellors won't judge you - they're trained not to. It does sound like you're very stressed. You're in distress - it's only right that you get some treatment.
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In reply to: it is very unplesent to tell people about it yeah it is. but i keep gettign told u got to talk to feel better. u wouldn't think it would be that hard to just open ur mouth and talk but it is. one thing that has helpped me is letters. even to my nut doc. it's tlaking. just not with ur lips with a pen and paper. In reply to:sometime durring each day i pace back and forth muttering non-snece i wounder if i am in the process of lossing my mind? I muttering non-snece alot too i don't know if it's muttering it's more like talking undermy breath though. or is that muttering ...wutever...but i don't pace. i rock and do something else. i keep saying i'm insane and crazy but again i'm told i'm not. if u don't want to see a nut doc find u a good friend u can really really trust. write them a letter or email.
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In reply to: find u a good friend u can really really trust. write them a letter or email. and yet you still don't send them!
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why you mad? did i say something wong or stupid
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not you bud... CR above