Posted by Rach on July 31, 2000, at 0:57:45
In reply to Some questions for everyone about depression, posted by Rach on July 31, 2000, at 0:46:53
My answers:
1. Do you believe your depression is biologically based or more mentally based?
I think both are factors, but more mental than biological.2. Do you take medications &/or have counselling?
Both, 100mg zoloft in the morning, counselling every 2nd week (or when I need it)3. Have you geared your treatment towards what you base your depression on?
Yes - I believe both factor into dep, so I treat both; meds & counselling. I also use the meds to keep me relatively stable so I can concentrate on getting better mentally.4. If you believe your depression is more mentally based, what events/actions etc. contributed to your depression?
Mainly deaths of family (5 deaths within my immediate family), and some 'abuse' I recieved in primary school. (I put abuse in '' because it wasn't physical or anything like that - it was a video I was shown from Grade 3 until Grade 5 that terrified me - I consider it mental abuse, especially as my mother repeated asked the school not to show me the video).5. Do you have any blood-relatives with depression?
Yes. My older brother and my Grandmother (my only grandparent left on both sides) have depression (my grandmother also has anxiety problems), my cousin has schizophrenia, and (undiagnosed but depressed in my opinion) my father, and at least one other cousin (who is the sister of the one with schiz.)6. Do you believe in 'recovery', or do believe in 'remission' (or both)?
I am not sure. Probably more remission than full blown recovery, as I believe I always need to be careful that I do not get on a downslide.7. Do you believe you will recover/remiss? (is that the right term?)
Yes. I have no doubt (now, anyway!) that I will get better.
poster:Rach
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