Originally Posted by
Char1ie
It's a common thing with mental illnesses. People would obviously seek help for cancer and follow the doctor's orders, and you'd take paracetamol for a headache, but people seem to avoid doing the same for mental illness until they hit rock bottom.
If you spot the early signs, seek help.
The Wakefield questionnaire gives you some idea of the signs of depression:
http://depression.about.com/library/...efieldquiz.htm
Charlie
I agree, if you genuinly have depression (not just a bad day/week) then medication works. Personly I have suffered depression, and anixiety (bad) for years untreated. I have been through various states of it, and finaly seaked help a month or so ago. I haven't looked back, I'm on a ssri and I'm feeling so much better with everything.
CBT isn't helping, but the med is. Some people have an imballance in the brain, such as I do and meds have made me feel normal again.
I felt so, so low, and actually have a drink and drug problem from trying to mask my mental problems