RE: How to cure depression?
June 28, 2012 at 7:00 pm
(This post was last modified: June 28, 2012 at 7:16 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
(June 28, 2012 at 2:39 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: I've got depression, and have recently started taking antidepressants, and even those don't totally cure it. The key thing is that there is no cure, only treatment.
I have suffered from unipolar depression on on and of for over 40 years. I have now been stable for 7 years,with only one major episode in that time. --with doctor's supervision, I had reduced my medication and there was a traumatic event.
Depression can often be controlled enough to live a 'normal' life,
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Zaphod; are you sure your doctor said "manic-depression"? I ask because that term is not used any more. The condition is called 'bipolar disorder' and is much harder to treat than 'reactive' or 'endogenous' depression. I urge you to see a psychiatrist for a diagnosis and treatment.
Below is some basic information about the condition. The full article is worth reading.
Quote:Bipolar disorder or bipolar affective disorder, historically known as manic-depressive disorder, is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated energy levels, cognition, and mood with or without one or more depressive episodes. The elevated moods are clinically referred to as mania or, if milder, hypomania. Individuals who experience manic episodes also commonly experience depressive episodes, or symptoms, or a mixed state in which features of both mania and depression are present at the same time.[1] These events are usually separated by periods of "normal" mood; but, in some individuals, depression and mania may rapidly alternate, which is known as rapid cycling. Severe manic episodes can sometimes lead to such psychotic symptoms as delusions and hallucinations. The disorder has been subdivided into bipolar I, bipolar II, cyclothymia, and other types, based on the nature and severity of mood episodes experienced; the range is often described as the bipolar spectrum.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-polar_disorder
