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Dec 29, 2013 at 03:46 PM
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How long are your periods of normality and episodes of depression? I sometimes have weeks or even months where I'm completely normal, then all of a sudden I'll become unmotivated and depression will take its course from there, and usually last around a month.
Are episodes common in people with depression, or are we usually depressed continuously? Sorry if I'm talking gibberish, I'm a bit drugged up at the moment, struggling to stay awake. |
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Dec 29, 2013 at 03:50 PM
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My depression episodes have ranged from one week, to 4 years. It is normal for someone with depression to always be at a "low" and then get worse sometimes. But is also normal to have depression come and go, with periods of remission in between. It just depends on the individual and what they are going through and how their brains operate. For me, for a long time I was at a constant low, with it getting more severe every now and then. I was moderately to severely depressed most of the time for a period of 4 years but now my normal mood is about in between low and high. Sometimes I have depressed days but they aren't very severe.
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Dec 29, 2013 at 03:55 PM
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Not gibberish at all, good questions.
It's gonna be different for everyone with some sort of similarities but nothing is engraved in stone. I have different levels of depression, from mild all the way up to Major. The lengths vary too. From just a couple of hours to several months. I can be normal or rather "baseline" which really is different for every one too. It's the best they can expect to be with the least amount of issues. I can be baseline for days, weeks, months, even years. I also go the other way to feeling extremely good, a natural high, on top of the world, more energy and very happy! These too can last hours, days, weeks, months. I also go thru mixed episodes too, my mixed can include depression, anxiety, irritability, baseline, and elevated. My mixed usually last days or weeks. |
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Dec 29, 2013 at 04:26 PM
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Depression feels permanent these days. Maybe I need a meds update.
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Dec 29, 2013 at 04:30 PM
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I usually have 3 weeks on, a couple weeks off, and then the depression's back. Of course, we haven't ruled out bipolar for me, so I don't know if this is helpful.
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Dec 30, 2013 at 09:09 AM
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I would say my episodes last typically...... forever. Give-or-take a little.
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Jan 03, 2014 at 12:31 AM
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Constant depression for six years.
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Jan 03, 2014 at 01:16 AM
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From days to months. These crazy cycles have been jerking me around since the '70s
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Jan 03, 2014 at 11:41 AM
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I'm like several people in that mine has been for about 3 years straight now, but there is a pattern to my major depressive symptoms. It is a pattern that the last therapist picked up on, but since I was a kid it's been increasing in duration and frequency; at 16, then at 25, then at 32 and then the last at 37. This last "episode" though seems to be permanent and I'll probably be on meds the rest of my life.
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