Posted by cubbybear on November 25, 2004, at 9:04:39
In reply to Re: Were You Depressed in the 80s?, posted by Buckeye Fan on November 25, 2004, at 7:24:24
> Very good question Cubbybear!
> I only suffered one episode of depression in the 1980,s....but I had no idea what was happening to me..nor did the general non-medical counselor I talked to about it have any idea!~
>
> I just "rode it out" and over the next 6-9 months I cahnged my situation...moved back home ( I was in college) got a new job...and the depression lifted on its own after much suffering.If you've never had another depressive episode since then, you're pretty lucky. For many of us, the first episode greatly increases the likelihood of a second,and the odds of recurrence get greater and greater each time. That's why I expect MAOI Parnate to be my friend for life.
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