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Originally Posted by West Ender
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.
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Point taken and i guess as in not aware of your symptoms cant really say however bereavement and divorce are just two of the causes of clinical depression and you only have to have three out of the ten symptoms to diagnose clinical depression feeling low in mood, sleep pattern changes lack of appetite,and you would then be diagnosed as clinically depressed most people although not all would have these factors after such events in their lives some people are fortunate and soon recover however others take years as this can then turn from clinical depression into a long term adjustment disorder.