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turquoisesea · Dec 02, 2009, 09:56 PM

opaquemind0, I think Sweet and True is right, depression has its ups and downs. I'm not saying you have depression, but it sounds like you're at the least going through a rough patch.

There will ALWAYS be ups and downs in your mood, in anyones mood. In this case, I would be more worried about how LOW the mood can go (it seems it is more extreme than others when you are sad) and how much these feelings are affecting your school and your life in general (again, it seems like these feelings are getting in the way of these things).

It's GREAT that you've had an ok few days. But it's NOW when you feel BETTER that you are best able to get the help you need. Sometimes at least for me when I'm the lowest its the hardest to talk, and the hardest to get the ENERGY to seek help.

So in my opinion (whatever that's worth) I think you should seek help now. The sooner you catch something like this the faster you'll recover

I have major depressive disorder, when I had my first major episode I waited until it was very late to get the attention I needed. I ended up needing to take time off of school, from this experience I realize how important it is to voice what you're feeling and seek help earlier rather than later.

Here's an example. Lets say you're coughing up icky stuff, feel run down, and you feel a bit warm. But you figure "it's not that bad, I'll wait till later or maybe won't go to the doctor". You go about your daily life just wishing it away.... the likelihood is that it will get worse. Sure there's a chance it will just go away, but maybe it's Bronchitus that needs antibiotics. By not going to the doctor, you would have made things worse and the illness to last longer. By going to the doctor you could have gotten better sooner, and the worst that could happen is for hte doctor to say "don't worry about it, if it gets worse let me know

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I hope this made sense, and I hope you feel better soon. *sends hugs* I'm here to listen if you need