Posted by mair on March 15, 2002, at 17:17:12
In reply to Dysthymia, why don't they screen people at school , posted by janejj on March 15, 2002, at 9:55:54
Jane - I think I'm in the same boat as you, except that no one figured out (or talked about) the dysthimia piece until I was in my 40's. I was treated for a major depression in my 20's but double depression was never discussed. I think you'll find that there are lots of people on this board who never recognized that they were depressed as children or teens until they become depressed as adults. This is all very unfortunate but I can look back on my life to see discrete examples where maybe adults were trying to reach out to me some when I was a teen. I pretty much blew them all off.
What's more unconscionable to me is that after major depression #1, I waited much too long deluding myself that I was over that before I got back into treatment. You'd think I would have known better since I was familiar with the symptoms and knew I was at somewhat of a higher risk. I think you believe what you want to believe however, and pretty much hear what you want to hear. But I do wonder if the last 5 years or so wouldn't have been so much of a struggle if I'd picked up on things much sooner.
Mair
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