I have a history of severe depression. My mom is very against medication and counseling, and reluctantly allowed me to go on the lowest dosage of zoloft. It helped, but now she wants me to go off of it and stop going to my doctor. My fear is that my depression will return. What are the chances of my depression returning, and how can I handle it if and when it does?

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How strong can depression be? How harmful is it? For instance, does depression make your bf/gf want to break up with you over a stupid reason especially when they’re the one suffering depression? What makes them want to push you away and be alone? What makes them want to ignore you to consult their own feelings? Do they realize what they’re doing especially they’re the one in pain?

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I’ve been in Iraq for well over a year and while I have been pretty much out of harm’s way for the most part, it has been a rough year emotionally. I have not been diagnosed with depression before because I never saw a psychiatrist or anyone of that nature, however, I can tell you that for a good part of ten years, I’ve been having a series of depression which last for several days.

Here in Iraq, it’s been the most prominent. I would get depressed and feel empty inside and this will last for a week and then I would feel better for a week and get depressed for another week and feel better for three weeks. Usually, my depression is sudden. I would be at work and I will feel fine and then all of a sudden I would feel this uncontrollable saddness and empty feeling inside me. Almost like disappointment or like I lost something. Which would eventually turn into iritability and hostility and back to silence again.

I want to see a real psyciatrist but don’t know what to do. Thanks.

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Although, the MLB seasons are open to post-WWI and begin of Great Depression era since America’s economy and banks had none on the money. (this time, the world also have same on that during Great Depression).

The season and playoff are still opening during the Great Depression era. I think that the MLB didn’t earns more money during that era as more people don’t attended the games or playoff games.

Can u tell me about how does MLB had survived during the Great Depression?

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Ironically, I was diagnosed with bipolar II in drug rehab treatment after a 9 month period of prescription drug abuse, unbenounced to my father. I was using drugs to cope with issues of depression and mood swings as well as to cope with manic phases not … I am now sober over 10 months, working in management at a very successful non-profit and following a regiment of medications to control my mental illness and addiction. One of the major medications I am on is Suboxone, …

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I’m just wondering whether pundits and economists called it a "recession" or a "downturn" or other such euphemisms until long after it was over, when it was finally acknowledged to be a depression, or whether they called it a global depression right from the start.

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A man’s emotional and mental health are just as valuable as his physical, yet the former receives much less attention. One of the most common mental illnesses in men is depression . 10 % of men will suffer a major depressive episode during their lifetime. ….

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I have servere depression (I believe it’s called clinical depression). I am completely fed up with feeling this way, and have been this way for the last 6 years. I kept thinking that it would get better, but it’s obviouse that it’s not.

I’m going to be 25 yrs old in November and I realize that there are so many things that I would have wanted to accomplish by now, but my depression has prevented this.

I keep reading about how depression is caused by ‘chemical imbalances’ in the brain, and it feels like I don’t stand a chance at beating it without going on Anti-depressants, but I don’t want to go down this route cause I’m worried about the side-effects.

Can anyone suggest natural ways to beat depression that don’t involve medication?

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