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Originally Posted by turkishdelight
After one month of symptoms clinical depression would be diagnosed ie its a reactive depression.Most depression is not due to a chemical imbalance or genetic factors low serotonin levels are a result not a cause of depression, This is a misunderstanding is also the reason why drugs for depression miss the point and treat the symptoms instead of the cause.
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If you read my first post properly you will see I said I was depressed for
6 months. My doctor did
not diagnose clinical depression after one month and he did not prescribe any medication. I was offered bereavement counselling but declined it. I knew, just like my doctor did, what the problem was and even though I didn't want to believe it at the time I knew, deep down, that I was going to get over it eventually.
You then go on, more or less, to paraphrase what I said about medical intervention - not to say the whole reason for my posting at all. I was trying to point out that not all forms of depression are clinical and need chemical remedies.