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Depression or the Blues?

Pecker31 · 2014-09-10 23:59:11

This might sound like a silly question but how do you know if you have "depression" or if you are depressed. I suffer from really bad panic/anxiety attacks with years and after they happen I could spend days crying. Now at the drop of a hat I could cry. It might be over a programme on tele, thinking of my past, thinking of…

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Pecker31

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This might sound like a silly question but how do you know if you have "depression" or if you are depressed. I suffer from really bad panic/anxiety attacks with years and after they happen I could spend days crying. Now at the drop of a hat I could cry. It might be over a programme on tele, thinking of my past, thinking of bad things that MIGHT happen or just a general feeling of being low. This isn't all the time but it could be once a month. It might be PMS. But how do you know...

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#2 11-09-2014 12:00am

Sir Arthur Daley

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Are you watching the notebook?

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#3 11-09-2014 12:04am

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Could be anything from poor diet, a thyroid issue, to a whole host of things.

See a doctor and if they don't help, see another one.

Eat well anyway. That should always be the human default setting.

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#4 11-09-2014 12:08am

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Pecker31 wrote: »

It might be PMS. But how do you know...

... if you're a woman? Pretty handy to check.

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#5 11-09-2014 12:10am

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The Purveyor of Truth wrote: »

See a doctor and if they don't help, see another one.

This, and just this.

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#6 11-09-2014 12:11am

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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=75955119

Maybe check this out.

No one can really know here.

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#7 11-09-2014 12:16am

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Bafucin wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=75955119

Maybe check this out.

No one can really know here.

Yep, excellent thread but obviously a check up with your GP is your first port of call as mentioned. Wishing you well.

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