Posted by Dinah on February 11, 2002, at 0:05:43
In reply to Re: Real Depression, posted by kiddo on February 10, 2002, at 23:12:19
Thanks for saying that, kiddo. It needed to be said. It doesn't seem to me to be all that useful to get into comparisons of depression. If someone is suffering and perhaps having suicidal thoughts, does it really matter if vegetative symptoms of depression are present?
I'm not depressed right now, but there are times that just the suggestion that my suffering was "only" mild depression would be have been extremely disturbing to me. And for the record, I was diagnosed at the time with major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate.> Excuse me for interrupting here....
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> How can you say that someone has never had real depression before? People's experiences are different and what may seem like nothing to one person may be completely debilitating to another...
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> > Yeah...I am the same way I am absolutely amazed at this stuff I hear from people about antidepressants. I can understand if the ADs are making you manic or hypomanic or whatever. Thats a serious side effect of antidepressants. However this stuff about weight gain, dry mouth, sexual dysfunction, etc. while troubling and a pain in the ass sometimes, its not a big deal compared to real deal SEVERE clinical depression!!!
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> > Im not coming down on anybody, but I do chuckle sometimes when I read that kind of stuff. I instantly think to myself "this person never had real depression before." Thats always what pops into my mind. Id gladly trade ten or even twenty pounds weight gain and some delayed ejaculation and some dry mouth for a good drug that got me to full remission and kept me there longterm. GLADLY.
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