Posted by jamie on September 23, 1999, at 3:51:25
In reply to someone tell me what this is, posted by elle on September 22, 1999, at 18:57:29
You described me perfectly. We seem so similar. Hey, all of us have ups and downs and grieving and such. But what you describe goes deeper than that for a prolonged period. Perhaps a lifetime. Normal ups and downs don't affect a persons life in any substantial way, but what you describe has shaped you from the core and interfered with normal functioning. I'm the same. I've had two docs and three psychs and one counselor. They all had the same diagnosis and I think it fits you perfectly...DYSTHYMIA. Chronic mild depressin with overlapping bouts of severe depression. I believe you suffer from dysthymia and is probably inherited. I feel stupid offering a diagnostic opinion over the net, but when it looks smells and sounds like a duck, it probably is a duck. I could spot this duck a mile away.
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