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hunter

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12. Depression may or may not have causes.

Tue Jun 26, 2012, 01:02 PM

Jun 2012

My depression is unrelated to either my environment or my history. Looking for "reasons" other than simple brain chemistry might make me crazier.

But untreated depression does cause certain habits of thinking that persist when my head is clear, my extreme pessimism for example. I can be a "happy pessimist," bringing misery with me wherever I go... Identifying these habits by therapy is useful.

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Hi! I was diagnosed with clinical depression about two or three weeks ago [View all] David in Canada Jun 2012 OP

welcome to our group fizzgig Jun 2012 #1

Thanks for the warm welcome! David in Canada Jun 2012 #5

Post removed Post removed Jun 2012 #2

That's a very familiar story to me... hunter Jun 2012 #3

I have had tremors since I started Wellbutrin. Neoma Jun 2012 #4

I'm sorry to hear that! David in Canada Jun 2012 #6

Well, my doctor left me on it, because he was adding a medicine to the mix... Neoma Jun 2012 #7

By the way. Neoma Jun 2012 #8

Thanks for the advice! ;-) David in Canada Jun 2012 #9

Psychiatrists don't usually do the blood tests. Neoma Jun 2012 #10

How about therapy mecherosegarden Jun 2012 #11

Depression may or may not have causes. hunter Jun 2012 #12

I'm the same way... David in Canada Jun 2012 #14

Talking therapy is not indicated for everyone that has depression. n/t EFerrari Jun 2012 #13