Seeking a depression diagnosis

**gwahir** · 02-16-2011, 06:56 AM

historically there has been nothing that can snap me out of it; if the "trigger" problem goes away, i can come out of it... otherwise it takes a good while and i just have to wait it out.

in the meantime, till my next appointment on monday, it's good to have this thread for people's thoughts and also so i can vent. i mean right now my heart's beating really hard and breathing is a little laboured but acknowledging it and mentioning it somewhere does help me keep control of the wheel, so to speak.

**sycld** · 02-16-2011, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by gwahir

i mean right now my heart's beating really hard and breathing is a little laboured but acknowledging it and mentioning it somewhere does help me keep control of the wheel, so to speak.

those are signs of anxiety, not depression.

also, depression is not like just "being sad"; it's like being in mourning. sometimes something to take your mind off of it works, but often it makes it hard to concentrate or work on anything just like mourning over something would.

**ozzy** · 02-16-2011, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by gwahir

historically there has been nothing that can snap me out of it; if the "trigger" problem goes away, i can come out of it... otherwise it takes a good while and i just have to wait it out.

in the meantime, till my next appointment on monday, it's good to have this thread for people's thoughts and also so i can vent. i mean right now my heart's beating really hard and breathing is a little laboured but acknowledging it and mentioning it somewhere does help me keep control of the wheel, so to speak.

Do you know what the "trigger" problem is?

And yes, feel free to keep posting. I'm genuinely interested.

Originally Posted by sycld

those are signs of anxiety, not depression.

They are, but that doesn't mean he isn't depressed. Trying to figure out whats causing him to be depressed is likely to bring on anxiety.