How do you know whether you're suffering from Depression?

[Jorath Calar]

Good sign is that when you wake up and the first thing to enter your mind is "Oh F**k"... you might be a bit depressed.

[Gnarf]

Originally posted by Jorath Calar: Good sign is that when you wake up and the first thing to enter your mind is "Oh F**k"... you might be a bit depressed.

'tleast if it's "Oh F**K, it's me." [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[Vaskez]

Originally posted by Aelia Jusa: quote: Originally posted by Vaskez: edit: whoah, I never thought I had depression, but reading Aelia's second post, I have a scary number of those symptoms sometimes. But I tend to be like depressed for 2 days then fine for a day or two. Nah, I still don't think I have a major problem though.

Huh. See how cool self-diagnosis can be .

[/QUOTE]Hey, what you pickin on me for? I wasn't doing any self-diagnosis, it was Gangrell going on about that.

[Gangrell]

Originally posted by Vaskez: quote: Originally posted by Aelia Jusa: quote: Originally posted by Vaskez: edit: whoah, I never thought I had depression, but reading Aelia's second post, I have a scary number of those symptoms sometimes. But I tend to be like depressed for 2 days then fine for a day or two. Nah, I still don't think I have a major problem though.

Huh. See how cool self-diagnosis can be .

[/QUOTE]Hey, what you pickin on me for? I wasn't doing any self-diagnosis, it was Gangrell going on about that. [/QUOTE]What's wrong Vask? Only like it when I'm pickin on you?

[Aelia Jusa]

Originally posted by Vaskez: quote: Originally posted by Aelia Jusa: quote: Originally posted by Vaskez: edit: whoah, I never thought I had depression, but reading Aelia's second post, I have a scary number of those symptoms sometimes. But I tend to be like depressed for 2 days then fine for a day or two. Nah, I still don't think I have a major problem though.

Huh. See how cool self-diagnosis can be .

[/QUOTE]Hey, what you pickin on me for? I wasn't doing any self-diagnosis, it was Gangrell going on about that. [/QUOTE]I know! Sorry Vasky, I wasn't meaning to pick on you, I was using you as an example to pick on others lol

Something I noticed in a post you made earlier, Vask, about young people being depressed more than older people - that is true, BUT elderly people have quite high rates of depression, especially ones in nursing homes. Dementia is diagnosed a LOT when the person is actually suffering depression - there are only subtle differences between the presentations for each.

[Ilander]

I know that I'm depressed because I breathe.

[Hank Parsons]

OK I couldn't read the whole thread. But my simple way to determine if you might have Depression is, if you are not enjoying things you normally enjoy. If you don't feel like doing things you normally would want to do, whether it is talk to a friend, play a game, go swimming, watch movies, whatever.

There are different kinds of depression. Someone in this thread has described Manic Depressive w/ the ups and downs. If you think you might have some kind of depression you should talk to a counciler or a doctor or a trusted person.

One low-level kind of common depression is Seasonal. It comes from getting shorter daylight hours and more dark, in the winter. This can be cured with a light made for this, it simulates sunlight in your house. I have one of those lights just to make sure I don't get this because I used to feel somewhat depressed in the winter.

[Downunda]

You know you're depressed when you see a dwarf riding a mini motorbike and don't have a quiet chuckle to yourself. Seriously though, depression's a real downer ...sorry [img]graemlins/blueblink.gif[/img]

[Vaskez]

Originally posted by Aelia Jusa: Something I noticed in a post you made earlier, Vask, about young people being depressed more than older people - that is true, BUT elderly people have quite high rates of depression, especially ones in nursing homes. Dementia is diagnosed a LOT when the person is actually suffering depression - there are only subtle differences between the presentations for each.

Yeah I meant people in their 40s and 50s etc. When they get very old, they start getting depressed again, either cos of their loneliness, body not working as well as it used to, or starting to worry about death etc.

Although of course IW members will never have to worry about that, I mean about getting lonely, by the time we get old we'll all be talking to 3D holographic projections of each other, proper telepresence etc. And case in point, johnny will never have to worry about depression as long as his arm is able to lift the beer bottle to his mouth. Besides, there're always straws and eventually intravenous injection of beer is possible

[ 02-11-2005, 07:49 AM: Message edited by: Vaskez ]