Is angriness a sign of depression?
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it may be................\n\nbut the surest sign is unstable mood\neasy fatiguability\nsleep disorders\nloss of appetit OR eating morethan normal\n\n\ntry to see a doctor OR BEST try to go away of the depression cause......\n\nwish u a good mental health
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Listen Honey, you have to go to a Doctor. They have medication for this type of thing. You are most likely suffering severe depression and an anxiety disorder which you seemed to have already figured out. You need medication and possibly therapy. There is nothing at all wrong in seeking help. It doesn't mean that you're crazy. If you were crazy, you wouldn't know that anything was wrong with you in the first place. You're not ready for the "foil hat squad" so don't feel that way. Once the medication balances you out, you'll feel much better and things will appear much brighter. Go now and find a Doctor. Good luck. :)
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Yes, definitely see your doctor. Anxiety, depression, ADD, and the like are complicated and are many times just the body and brain reacting to either an inherent or temporary chemical imbalance. Stress, in general, can hurt your arteries regardless of your coronary health.  You may also have a sleep disorder that you are unaware of. \n\nI had funny things happening in my chest and it scared me to death. The problem actually went away, but the doctor said that it was a normal expression of abnormal stress. It wasn't even a rough period I was going through. Although he didn't put me on medication, you may need it, and there are plenty of good, tested over time, anti-depressants/antianxietal drugs such as Wellbutrin XL that are for people who are dealing with anxiety but are still quite able to function in day to day life. So, no Prozac or Zoloft would be needed here... \n\nbut DEFINITELY go to the doctor to eliminate anything regarding your coronary system. But, like I said, if you are in good health otherwise, don't jump to conclusions about your heart and follow your intuition: Yes, it is possible to have mild anxiety all the time. You are not crazy, you are normal, and there are things that will help you...
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Feelings of hopelessness, sorrow, fatigue.  Not wanting to get out of bed in the mornings & being unable to motivate yourself to do so.  Unexplained sadness, crying.  Depression is an illness of the heart & not the head.  Try to give thanks for some little thing each day - even if you can think of one thing.  Try not to focus on the negative.  I hope & pray that you will feel better & that you get some help.
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being biplor and having other personality disorders has a lot more characteristics than just random mood swings\nif you already say you have depression, then i'm sure you are just in the "regular depression" like you say you are.\nhowever, it may all be just hormones, other stuff..being sad doesn't necessarily mean you are depressed, unless you have of course been diagnosed.
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"Depression: Poor me, what a world, what a way to go, what's the point, I am a dark cloud. Periodically depression and gloom will raise its head; no life is without it and depression as a stage follows no course or order. A treatment plan, medication, support groups, verbal therapy may all help when one is in despair. To fight depression one also needs to be proactive. I'm not telling anyone to walk around with an insipid, plastered-on grin, but to work with mental health professionals and keep your depression at normal levels. Depression can be a sign of acceptance and the possible drive to seek out treatment programs for your own emotional health, so again look at this as a warning sign."\n\ni got this from a site... anyways, i think the paragraph above is an insightful answer already... anyways, i personally think that it would be better if you talk your problems out to someone like a psych. they can even prescribe u with anti-depresants.. think of your access to drugs! haha.. just kiddin'!.. good luck, pal!
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Wow, there's a lot of ignorant people on here (not you, the folks who answered with apparently no real knowledge or experience).\n\nThe symptoms for being stressed out, depressed, or have anxiety can be similar, but the circumstances and the length of time, and the  will probably be your best way of telling if it's "serious" or not.\n\nWith all three, a certain amount of that wanting-to-pull-your-hair-out feeling is to be expected.  However, being stressed out on a nice, normal, annoying level usually coincides with something in your life causing extra stress.  Moves, exams, new jobs (or jobs with deadlines), wedding/marriage, finance problems, pregnancy and birth, a child going through the terrible threes (I change it because "two" was never a problem in our house...  "threes" on the other hand........  OY!), basically any situation that is temporary or can be changed, after which the stress lifts some, is probably merely stress.  Also, stress will respond to fix-its like a night alone, a bubble bath, taking a nap, having a glass of wine, getting a pedicure, or any of the thousands of simple things people do to try to relax themselves.  A lot of the time, we get stressed because we fail to take these little moments to relax, so they're a good thing to try first.\n\nIf that feeling is persistant or unrelated to any stress-factors in your life that would warrant it, you may want to look into something deeper going on.\n\nI know very little about anxiety as an illness, other than that it cannot be reasoned away (my sister's mother-in-law has anxiety, and she's scared or stressed when she's alone...  no amount of trying to convince her that having my 3-year-old nephew over for the night will probably not be a reasonable way to combat the burgler she's convinced is coming to her home can calm her down).\n\nI have depression.  I've had it for years.  It is persistant, even during times when I know I should be less, not more, stressed.  My signs of it aren't that I'm constantly in tears or that I want to physically harm myself.  When I'm not on my medication, I feel like I'm kind of floating through life.  Months can pass, and I know what's going on, I'm living day to day, going to work, all the stuff I'm supposed to do, but I can't recall all that much that has occurred.  Also, when I'm not on my meds, my eating and sleep patterns change drastically.  I stay up too late and get up too early.  I have to take sleeping pills to get any rest.  I don't eat healthy, and I don't eat often, but I drink a lot of sodas and coffee, to get caffienne to combat the lack of sleep.  My personal hygeine slips, with 2 or more days passing between showers, I don't bother to fix my hair so I wear it in a ponytail every day, I brush my teeth maybe once a day as opposed to the three times a day I otherwise know I need to.  I don't do the things I otherwise enjoy, so books go unread, holidays and birthdays go unscrapbooked, meals go uncooked, movies go unwatched.  I get irritable.  I'll really believe something is wrong, but I can't put my finger on what it is.\n\nThe best way to tell the difference is to compare behavior now to behavior before.  \n\nIf there have been changes in sleep, eating, hygeine, hobbies; if once you were really a people-person and now you stay home and never return phone calls; if you're irritable or sad for no real reason (usually if you have clinical depression, those feelings are persistant and real, but you may not know why you feel them), then you should see your physician or mental health professional.\n\nRemember, it's the changes that are important.  If you've never fussed about your appearance, not taking the time to "fix up" means nothing.  If you've always been a homebody, not liking to go out, having less than a vibrant social life is not a change.\n\nIf any of these chang
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you probably have depression
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There is no Such thing called Acute Depression in Psychiatry, however in certain situation like People who r having Depression it might exacerbate due to lack of Anti-depressant or \nSide effect from anti-cancer drugs like ISOTRETINOIN.
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Little by little!\nWell, if you are concern about afecting your little one, I think you maybe more inclined to do so by reacting this way. You are reacting with FEAR. \n\nDepression is a living hell, people who suffer it is not crazy. I understand your fear of going to the Dr. but going to make a checkup, or talk to him does not mean you are accepting that you have some sort of depression.\n\nMy guess is that you can go trought your life without the need of a physcologist or even worry about being depress or diagnosted for any.\nYou say you think you have it to. Why do you suspect that, just because you have been feeling bad or sad?\nyou will feel worst if you keep worring about it. Feeling sad, or depress does not mean you are clinical Depressed.\n\nWorrying, and panic are roads to do so. So fist of all, STOP. Dont worry anymore about it. \nMaybe because of your family you are inclined to depression. Most of the times Depression is trigered by something, an event, or an circular worrying cicle like the one you are doing. Few, very few are the cases when depression is a Pathological illness. \n\nMy best advice is:\ndont panic, ther is no reason to do so. \nIf you need to talk to a doctor, just to get to know the facts do so. or look it up in the Internet. just press "DEPRESSION" on a Search engine and you`ll find a lot of stuff to study.\n\nReally, dont be afraid.
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Yes, anxiety, like depression, sometimes doesn't need a reason.
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I was on edge at all time and really didn't help w/depression. It made me shakey and like I was on a caffeine rush at all times.\nEveryone is different though.\nGood luck.
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sounds a lil like anxiety and depression combined together. see a doc to get something 4 it.
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Yes, and depression can also cause stress.  It's kind of like the chicken and the egg question.  If your depression goes on for any length of time maybe you better see your doctor before it gets out of hand.
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Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression,\n But a good word makes it glad.  Proverbs 12:25\n\nMy grandfather believed that anything could be solved with the scriptures.  I can see what he meant, but I'm not so sure they should work alone.\n\nDepression is emotion (like anger, guilt, or anxiety) turned inward.  Some people rage at every little thing, and it's obvious they need to do some growth work.  Depression is insidious - especially in religious circles - because it is rewarded.  If you are angry and can effectively keep yourself from showing it, you're a good girl.   \n\nThe problem is that the anger isn't really dealt with in a more righteous way than if one flew into a rage.  Less people may be affected by it, but trying to control the rage and appear calm makes you live a lie.  Lies are not good.  They destroy our peace of mind and our health.\n\nIn that sense, sure, the Bible can help someone deal with depression.  If the depression is about dealing with emotions, a good Christian counselor should be able to guide someone to passages that deal specifically with thoughts and behaviors or attitudes or heart that need to be changed.  When we are at peace with God and ourselves, there is no depression.\n\nThe problem is that when my grandfather was alive and studying these things, depression was predominantly about thinking and feeling.  Now, it is also hormonal and chemical.  (I'm not saying that NEVER happened in the past, but I don't think it was a prevalent as it is today.)\n\nWe have so many new chemicals introduced everyday.  We are getting xenoestrogens in our food, water and product packaging.  We have all sorts of substances we are exposed to that may not kill us immediately, but pose a danger to us that most of us are blissfully unaware of.  Chemical estrogens can interfere with the way our natural estrogens work in the body.  Our hormones need to be kept in delicate balance or we start feeling unwell.\n\nBirth control pills are one example.  Premarin makes me cry uncontrollably, and it makes my hair fall out.  I don't want to be in the same room with it.  It alters my personality, and yes, it depressed me.  When I got it out of my system, I was no longer depressed.  If you're taking birth control pills or using patches, think back - how long have you been taking them?  Does your depression coincide with a change in prescription?  Have your cycles changed at all?\n\nGet a Basal Body Temperature thermometer (BBT), take your temp every morning before getting out of bed, and chart it on a calendar along with your cycle and any mood changes you have.  This will be useful information to take to your doctor.  \n\nDon't wait to see a doctor till you have charted yourself a while, but I think this is something every woman should do for herself.  It gives your doctor a good indication of how your hormones are affecting you.  It's useful for your long-term care.\n\nI'm not opposed to anxiety/depression medications, but I don't think they were ever meant to be used alone.  Be wary of any doctor who just wants to medicate you without getting you some counseling.  The meds are supposed to help you work with behavior modification and other therapies.  \n\nI think the drugs are amazing and I'm glad we have that resource for people, but I worry that we as a society are using them at times to avoid the growth work we need to do.  They numb us from the pain we need to come to terms with.  They enable us to continue unproductive behavior because we are too chilled out to care that our lives are unmanageable.\n\nLife is sad, sometimes.  And that's okay.  If we never felt the pain or sadness, something would be seriously wrong with us.  Even so, seek counseling.  Tell your doctor.\n\nStudy what your teachings say about anxiety, anger, guilt, and depression.  Pray for God to show you what you need to see and to do differently.  \n\nDo all of these things in balance and conj
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sleeping too much or too little. anger, agitation, anxiety. gaining or losing weight. feeling sad for no reason. don't like being around people. You have to see a therapist who will presecrive an antidepressant and give you therapy to help you get over it. i'm doing that now. good luck
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It's easy to tell when a friend or person is i depression, get for the signs:\n\n-Sad look on face\n-Sluggish\n-Once active, now lazy\n-Doesn't work as much\n-Confussion\n-Appears to have lost emotions, apathy\n-Avoids others\n-Avoids social situations\n-confusion\n-Foggy mind\n-Tired\n-Lays around\n-Doesn't enjoy activities anymore\n-Mood change, high to low (Bipolar)\n-lack of energy\n-Doesn't remember well\n-Doesn't care\n-No motivation\n-Glassy eyes\n-Bad memory\n\nHave you talked to them about this?