What causes depression
By getnbuy
@getnbuy (1312)
United States
February 4, 2007 12:40am CST
Today I went to a brief seminar and I learned that clinical depression is caused by long term stress. Stress makes our adrenaline surge, and since we can't survive with high adrenaline, the serotonin in our brains lowers to make the adrenaline go down. Low seratonin makes us depressed. Interesting, huh?
4 responses
@slickcut (8140)
• United States
7 Feb 07
sometimes it can be caused by long time stress.I have depression and the doc said i did not have enough seratonin and I was put on paxil..I do very well on Paxil and i am happier now,but i do wish I could not take medication..I have gotten off of it at times but I feel myself going down...I just hate to feel the way i use to before I took my meds...so i just take them,but I wish i could just be happy without them..If I were alone maybe i woul try to be off of them,but I am married and I know how I get and I don,t want to put my husband through the irratations ,and crying spells and the anger that over takes me when off my meds...anyway thats all I can tell you ...
@sandgroper1 (628)
• Australia
7 Feb 07
that sounds just like me, i wish i could go back to feeling normal and happy without the meds, but for me if i go off them i slide downhill fast and i dont ever want to be back there again. at least when youve got a hubby or someone they can help to keep an eye on you for when you do go on the downhill slide and they can then step-in and hopefully stop it before it goes too far, goodluck
@getnbuy (1312)
• United States
7 Feb 07
Don't feel bad about taking medication. We have a physical illness. Just like diabetes or anything else. We are lucky that these medications were developed. My Dad drank himself into oblivion because he was depressed and no medications had been developed back then.
@sandgroper1 (628)
• Australia
6 Feb 07
that's very interesting, as i had lived a extremely stressful life and was always on edge until i met my partner and sent my son (problem child) to live with his dad, as soon as my stress level came down and i felt like my life was finally happy and taking a turn for the better, i fell in a heap ( clinical depression and panic attacks and paranoia ) i felt so lonely and depressed i wanted to die ( i didnt realy want to die rather stop feeling the bad feelings that i had) now 3 yrs on im still fighting to get back to some sort of normal life but at least i am alive
@sandgroper1 (628)
• Australia
6 Feb 07
yes my dr put me on Lexapro and that seems to be going well, ive also had counceling, the hardest part is trying to stay focused on the positives and not falling back into the negative thought pattern. if one or two things go wrong i can cope, but if a few things happen in a short space of time (week) one after the other then i seem to stumble have a bit of a dummy spit and a cry and then tomorrows another day. i am so lucky that my partner is used to it now so he just picks me up and dusts me off
@besthope44 (12123)
• India
21 Oct 10
Most time, its my work..with ontime deliveries and work loads. I try to divert mind on music and i feel better.
