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Discussion Topic: Situationl Depression?
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 Lynn |
02-13-2003 @ 1:00 PM |
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A woman I work with says she has situationl depression. I didnt see anything in the information here about that. Is there such a thing?
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| Barbie |
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02-13-2003 @ 11:14 PM |
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I don't know what situational depression is. The only thing I can think is when a person gets depessed over a certain situation. I believe this is different than Major Depressive Disorder which lasts for days,weeks,months or longer. A professional could answer this question best.
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| Anne-Marie, Site Director |
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02-14-2003 @ 12:11 PM |
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Hi, Lynn. Certainly stress can make symptoms worse
and the onset of depression often has to do with
"situations" such as loss, interpersonal disputes and
life/role transitions. Perhaps your friend means
something like that.
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| Lynn |
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02-20-2003 @ 2:08 PM |
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Thanks for your answers. I'll have to show her this site and your replies. My workmate says she knows she has SAD in any case.
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| Cat Power |
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03-03-2003 @ 12:29 AM |
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High levels of Melatonin can cause SAD.
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| Barbie |
03-03-2003 @ 2:38 PM |
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What is SAD?
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| Anne-Marie, Site Director |
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03-03-2003 @ 5:17 PM |
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Hi, This is an acronym for seasonal affective disorder. You'll find a definition of it and other terms in our Depression Glossary at the left.
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| Ann |
03-05-2003 @ 11:20 AM |
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In my experience, situational depression can trigger an episode of major depression. That is, although a particular situation may "set you off" what results is a major depressive episode. I know it seems to go that way for me. I seem to be pretty easy to "set off".
Hope this helps!
Ann
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| Michael |
03-06-2003 @ 7:54 PM |
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Many years ago when I was in school, there were supposedly 3 kinds of depression: manic-depressive depression, situational and major depression. Since then the DSM has been rewritten a few times and new names have been assigned to these disorders. As I understood it, situational depression was something that resulted from a sudden change in life-death of a loved one, house lost, divorce, etc. something with an abrupt onset and a relatively short duration of emotional change...6 months or a year, I think it was. Anyhow, things have changed with diagnostics and definitions and labels.
I thought my bout with depression was situational 5 years ago. Thought that it was brought on by 1) quitting smoking, and 2) loss in income due to weather interference with my business outdoors. So I started smoking and nothing changed. Then I began working regularly and still nothing changed. In fact, I could not get up and going to GET TO WORK, so I saw my doc and got on antidepressant medication and that is when my depression lifted. While the therapist I saw was understanding and helpful in being compassinate about both the smoking and the loss of employment, it was the medication that actually changed the way I felt on waking.
I am not sure that I would have the ability to discern one type of depression from the other once I am in it. I am scared to death of it, no matter what kind of depression it is. It is a matter of life and death to me, as far as I am concerned. It runs in my family,too.
Michael
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| Karen |
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06-11-2003 @ 11:47 PM |
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Hi Lynn - I've been struggling with depression for six years now and the first time I ever knew I had a "real problem" was after getting through an extremely difficult summer job as a camp counselor. I didn't know it, but I melted down towards the end of the summer and it just kept getting worse. I became so depressed I was hospitalized by the first week in December. I was told that my situation had triggered this intense bout of depression, but that indeed it was just a trigger and there were many underlying issues. So, I definitely believe in situations triggering depression, but for me it hasn't been the kind of thing where I just deal with the situation and the resulting depression, it's been an ongoing battle since then. As far as I know situational depression isn't a formal diagnostic term, but I could be wrong on that one.
Karen
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