Posted by fires on March 6, 2006, at 19:38:49
In reply to The TRUTH about depression..., posted by SLS on March 5, 2006, at 10:38:18
> The truth about "depression" is that it is but one word used to describe countless individual experiences.
>
> What does "depression" mean to you?
Much worse than dysthymia. Must meet the following criteria (mine):Therapy is worthless, even CBT.
Severe anhedonia.
Very sudden onset(possibly dysthymic for some time before).
Not related to any life events.
NO feelings of worthlessness. Some guilt, but not worse than that with any other illness.
Inability to drive a car.
Psychomotor retardation mod. to severe.
Inability to hide it from others. Others look at you and think OMG. If your pdoc has only seen you when dysthymic he things OMG.
Memory very poor.Trouble speaking with normal volume. Hand gestures and head shaking used in place of speech.
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