Posted by Nemo2 on February 28, 2004, at 20:11:09
In reply to Your own opinion with depression Anxiety, posted by Sad and Blue on February 27, 2004, at 10:05:24
I know I've always been very "intense" and "serious". Since childhood. I'm 54 now. I know my emotions run very deep. I cry easily when drama happens on the silver screen. Even on commercials. I've been conscious of my emotional sensitivity since young adulthood and have worked hard to be professional and successful and "controlled". Today, after falling into a true depression over the last 5 years, I am convinced that this "intensity" is a high natural level of anxiety in my personal make up (my chemical balance). The depression and increased level of anxiety made me live from day to day, hour to hour, just trying to survive. Waiting for something good to happen. Lexapro has reduced the anxiety dramatically and the depression has all but evaporated. I see this as a propensity in my chemical balance to be anxious and susceptible to depression. Seratonin as adjusted by Lexapro has changed the balance and changed me. I am different. I am better. I love it. Who cares if my orgasms are less intense. Lord God, give me a happy and confident outlook on life and I'll give up sex and alcohol and golf and a few years of my life. Hot Damn !!
What came first, the "imbalance" or the life changes. They happened together and they fed off eachother. Complicated. Same thing happened to two of my Mom's brothers and her Dad. All three took their own lives by age 60. Maybe age has something to do with male depression. Complicate. Nemo2
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