How To Tell If You Suffer From Depression Or If You're Just Unhappy?
82What is depression
Depression is quite common condition. It is a problem in Your brain chemistry. There are hormones that are needed for the brain to function normally and with depression the hormones aren't acting the way they should.
There are good treatments to all levels of depression. If You think You suffer from depression, You would want to contact Your doctor!
Warning signals of depression
- Less enjoyment from usual activities
- Disappointment with yourself
- Hopelessness
- Irritability
- Sleeping difficulties
Common symptoms of depression
Other symptoms that might suggest that You suffer from depression are:
- Self-criticism (overly so)
- Difficulties completing work
- Fatigue
- Difficulties to concentrate
- Difficulties to remember things
- Difficulties to make decisions
- Lost interest to Your partner
- FeelingYourself inadequate
- Feeling guilty with no apparent reason
- Blaming Yourself
- Thinking that it goes wrong anyway if I start
These are general symptoms and You may or may not have them all. Having multiple symptoms of this list doesn't necessarily mean that You are depressed. You doctor will know after You have met him/her!
What is depression?
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Some known treatments
As mentioned above there are ways to treat this condition. Depression can be treated with medication and therapy. Medication helps for sleeplessness and mood. Therapy aims to find what's basically wrong and helps You to overcome it.
Types of medication are various as are the therapies. Your doctor has the competense to choose the best for You. You might want to ask about experimental treatments also, if none of the common treatments help and Your condition is severe.
Rule of a thumb is that the time it takes to recover from depression is the same as it took to suffer from it. So, if You have had depression for one year, it takes a year to recover fully.
How to tell if just unhappy
You could be just unhappy if You have only few of those symptoms. Also You might want to clarify Yourself excactly what You are unhappy about and then remove/minimize that factor. Does that bring happiness back to Your life?
(Please, note that I'm not a doctor and I'm not trying to tell You what to do . I just share the information I have on this subject)
Fit to Fight Depression
A couple of helpfull links
- Depression Screening Test
You can use this screening test for preliminary assesment of your condition. This test is not meant to replace a formal psychiatric evaluation. - Five Top Warning Signals Of Depression Identified
It is critical for a primary care physician to recognise these five warning flags of depression. - Top 5 Blogs on Depression
Few collected blogs about depression or to just make you feel better. - Medication Options
Antidepressants come in many types. This type of medication is used to treat depression itself and other conditions that have depression as a component.
Medication
There are four main types of medication for depression. They are called antidepressants.
- Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
- Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
- Serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs)
The first two are very powerful drugs and typically they are not used as the first medication. Both may have strong side effects and/or dietary restrictions.
The latter two are newer drugs. SSRIs alter the amount of serotonin in the brain. SNRIs increase availability of serotonin and norepinephrine.
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
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Wow! This is very informative over all.
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That was a great hub about the subject of depression. Thanks for writing it. I wrote a hub about depression and it deals with the importance of removing the effects of negative personalities from our lives. You can search the title: How to Overcome and Treat Depression
Very informative and well done page. I'm familliar with the topic and want to say that I've learned a few things here.
that was very good... I have learned alot.. I really liked the tapping thing. I must say I suffer from Major Depression... My ex boyfriend told me that he couldn't handle my "angst" which depressed me even worse... I still love him, and I honestly have been empty since he left.... He was my world, but since he left, i feel alone, and neglected... also, I have had depression for about four years now, so, it's just getting worse and worse for me... Everything gets too me...
i just feel so depressed all the time , my brain keeps telling myself that everything is ok but i still think that everything is my fault , i need help . im so losted in life i blam everything on myself , i have have nothing , i have been hurt my hole life as a kid and all i need is anyone that can tell me what to do ....
but whet if going for treatment will make things worse than they are
i got a friend going for treatment but she is getting worse day by day what should we do to help
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I've been a caregiver to a sick parent for a long time and it's hard to tell sometimes if I'm depressed or just sad with the situation or both. Ultimately, its difficult to feel genuinely happy when you're going through something that ultimately you have no control over. And then every now and again, I meet someone that's just unhappy for something insignificant and think, hey, I'd rather be me.
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i am a teen who has been depressed for two years. my mother won't let me see a therapist because she says it's too expensive.
so for a couple weeks ive been feeling sadder than usual and i dont really know why and i just dont feel right
i have been feeling nothing exept sadness for about 5 months now and im wondering if its depression. i feel like im nothing,worthless,hopeless and helpless in this time.im only 12 years old and im scared to tell my mum and it says to tell a doctor but i dont have anyone to take me. :\
thanxx ive wondered if i have depression and i have 9,10 of the symtoms f depression and its been this way for years and im only 13
Excellent hub. Very informative, accurate and well written. Thank you for this hub.
I feel as if everyone blames me and tells me that I am an idiot all of the time. I get the feeling that everyone is staring at me and critising me all the time I also feel that my husband isn't supportive in anything I do. Just want to be left alone all the time. When my husband yells at the kids I hate it I want to hit him and tell him to shut up and to stop yelling. I am fed up with everyone nagging me and telling me what i should be doing with my life for example I have horses and I show them why is it that everyone tells me I should sell them and give it up, it shits me to tears and I wish they would all just shut the hell up. I have no other hobby this is it. why can't anyone be positive for me rather than negative all the friggen time. I want to see someone for help but then when I mention it I get told that I am a dickhead. So then I self doubt myself and think that I am really a dickehead and that I am useless and that I am not pretty. I recently cut my hair into a bob saught of a cut and I got told on a number of occassions that "you look like a dyke" So now i hate my hair cut and want my long hair back. Am Ijust pleasing other people because their uncomfortable with the way I have my hair? Little things get to me big time and I fell that no one says anything positive about me it's always negative.
No you're not an idiot you're only human. I can't I know what you're going through but I can say I feel your pain. You're not alone Louise I'll keep you in my prayers day and night. If you ever need to talk my email is beckie.brazier@yahoo.com Don't let anyone bring you down I'm also on facebook and just posted something you may understand look me up we will talk Good night and God Bless you
Ah thank you for this information, I have had these symptoms for a quite a while and if they continue I shall go speak to my doctor.
And if others with depression read my comment dont be afraid to get help, doctors are there for both mental and physical pain. If anyone disrespects you for having depression just ignore them because in truth, if someone is like that they shouldn't matter to you, it took me a while to not care about what they say and even if you feel you don't have the strength to show that you disagree with them keep the thought close to your heart because it will help you're mind recover. And remember, you are never alone because their will always be people ready to help and support you.
thanks now at least i know i suffer from depression. i know i do iv got the symptoms :'(. i dunno what to do thou because if i do go to the doctors and i get medicine how do i keep this from my parents ?
i am 15 and depressed, this at least made me realize i wasnt just unhappy and i need help. thank you
I just felt different. Things just changed i live In a smallish town and last year i was a liitle sleezy I was only 13 and just looked up to the movie stars who got all the women. I know understand that being a sleaze isn't a good thing and girls deserve better than to be used. But now alot of different girl schools think I'm a dick head which I think is fair but it was a long time ago I'm only 1 month til I'm 15. I feel excluded now, everyone used to know who I was and I had many friends, now I only have a few mates and like 2 girls that are friends, it makes life seem unsatifying and I feel left out and loney. Also i feel in love this year, did not end well she's now having sex with 3 grade 11s which gives me closure I guess and I'm starting to like another girl so that's good. Why I am I telling the world? Because I can't tell anyone else.
I don't know if I suffer from depression or not. I'm 99% sure I am.. I have a ton of symptoms of it and I also have cut myself once.. But when I told my mom i have depression she said I don't and wasn't supportive of me at all and didn't listen and doesn't seem to care.. Idk what to do.
Im 9 but I don't know if I do or don't have depreession I feel like im nothing. My brother has cancer he has it for 10 years going on 11 years I do a lot of stupid things in my life that I don't forgive myself for those things. I feel like a jerk, nothing, useless. I want a lot of things that I will never get I dream about a happy place, a place were I'm alone. I feel like crying all of the time I nearly eat as much before my bro got sick
is it possible if something really bad happens in your life, then you develop depression? a little over a year ago i didnt have depression. i dont think i did, i didnt really feel that depressed back then. i just kind of kept to myself back then. then, bad thing after bad thing happened and i just stopped seeing the values in life. i was always depressed, and i dont eat much anymore. sometimes, ill go like 2 days without anything but maybe half a bottle of water. ive tried suicide, but didnt work. now, ive tried to bring myself back up, but it feels like depressing things always bring me back down. i can relate very strongly to the symptoms, people tell me im nice, but i cant seem to believe it. when i look at myself in the mirror, all i see is failure and i feel like i dont belong. ive never told my family about it, just because i dont know how to tell them. any advice?
i have read this and i can relate to some of the symptoms of depression but i think i am depressed because of bulling at school but i dont know if you can call it bullying because its never from the same person only different people and a lot of people not just a few but alot alot. i have only just thought that it could be depression. i have been 'bullied' all my school life and now i am 14 and i completely hate school because of it. i have missed time off school from the problem and i dont want to know because exams are coming up. i haven expressed my feelings to my family yet but i want to and need to because i dont want to attempt suicied or anything like that. should i talk to the school nurse at school or should i not or am i just being silly about the whole thing?
very nice attempt to fix the depression in humans..depression as we all know is a disease have no medication from outside...and requires energy from inside to get out over it.
thanks for another attempt here.
im a teenager and idk if im depressed or not.. i feel like my heads all cloudy and i never have any energy. my mom and her boyfriend fight everyday which dont help and i hate my step mom. what can i do to feel better.?
I'm a teenager, and I'm afraid I suffer from depression. Everything I've researched indicates that I probably suffer from severe depression. All of the symptoms listed above are present in me. Things have gotten as bad as self-harm... I really want to be able to talk to someone, and a good friend of mine keeps saying I need to see a therapist. Any suggestions on how to see any sort of doctor or specialist without your parents/guardians knowing? They don't know or think anything's wrong with me, even though I've tried telling them. I don't feel like I can trust them with this, and I just want to be able to talk to someone. Please help???
to ala sad if your parents are unable to take you, talk to one of your teachers and ask for a referral to see an on site guidance / school counselor often times they have training or may be able to make arrangements so that a school counselor can see - also see if at all possible there are community support groups that offer help it is important - you may also speak to your primary doctor who might be able to work something out with counselor colleagues - finally, there is always the priest or ministers if they carry such title they have counseling training but likely unable to prescribe medication if you need medication -- go back to mom, tell her you need her help.
Depression is a serious issue it would seem. I know One who can cure depression. His name is Jesus Christ. He's the Almighty Physician. If you need help with depression talk to Him about it. I'm gonna be praying for all of you.
I'v been masivly depressed since i was about 7 years old and it got worse when i was in middle school i would cry my eyes out almost every day i even began to cut myself ... Im 16 now and i feel like everything has gotten better i dont get so down like i used to and i feel happy for once... I have never told anyone how i feel and i belive i still auffer from depresion but over the years it has gotten better buti would like to speak to a shrink or someone but im to afraid of telling my mom...or anyone for that matter..
Im 15 and i was just recently told by a girl that i really like that she has no feelings for me and since then i am constantly feeling down and i have every single one of the symptoms listed and i need to talk to someone who knows exactly what its like. So please help me :(
the grammar on this page sux ass! I found 5 grammatical errors within the first 30 seconds of reading. You lost a shit ton of credibility because of this. Fix your page if you want to be taken seriously. In fact, your very first sentence has grammar errors! "Depression is quite common condition." Your missing the word "a" between the words "is" and "quite". You should be very embarrassed.
The first sentence actually does have an error. One, so that's error, not errors as you wrote. Also, the correct place for "a" is as follows: "Depression is quite common a condition."
I'm 17 and this helped me realize i need help and i'm not just being sad or whatever. thank you so much. kinda made my day.... :)
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