Posted by Racer on April 28, 2006, at 13:06:22
In reply to Re: Does deep depression often end abruptly?, posted by SLS on April 28, 2006, at 7:04:20
I once saw a guy switch from a very dark depression to full-on mania during a support group. It was very frightening, and I can't describe it so that anyone else could quite see it, but he kinda slunk in to the meeting depressed and hanging and miserable, saying it had been about a week -- and he had to leave the meeting about halfway through to head to the ER because he was becoming so manic. I'm not sure what that means for unipolar depression, but would suspect that something similar is possible.
Also, while I tend to discount this in my own life, many other physical variables can be involved. No matter what's happening in my life, I get depressed when I am sick. I can be on top of the world, on medication, excited about something in my life -- but a virus will have me crying and thinking it's not worth the effort of showing up for life. My menstrual cycle can do it, too, which really throws me for a loop! How much sunlight I'm getting. What I'm eating. Probably even the levels of nutrients in the soil in which the vegetables or fruits I eat were grown. It could be as simple as something that you weren't aware of, a mild virus maybe, just finally passed.
And, of course, there's also the theory that no one knows what causes depression, so know one knows whether something is 'normal' in it.
I do know that spontaneous recovery is possible, and I imagine that could be quick or slow, depending on the person.
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