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Location: USA
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Hello,
I want to know is there any body fully recovered from major depression? If yes please let me know how and how long till recovered? Thanks and hope we all get recovery as soon as possible. |
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Maybe try posting in some other sub-forum like Q&A? I have noticed that the depression sub-forum isn't very active - probably because it's difficult for depressed people to even type a response. I have some other type of depression, but it has been a problem for the past 30 years. Luckily it comes and goes. One day I can barely brush my teeth, and the next day I can function. Cardio exercise helps me. I don't take antidepressants, because they made me feel even worse. |
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I've had periods where it seemed like it was cured but it always comes back. Some of my remissions have lasted years and some as short as a few months.
There are some people that get on a med that continues to work and there are those that have short lived depression becoming "cured" in a short period of time. There is no way of knowing which category you fall in but I hope you have a short lived depression. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Bipolar I, Depression, GAD Meds: Zoloft, Zyprexa, Ritalin "Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most." -Buddha ![]() |
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There is a particular mini forum here called Depression Success Stories (I can't link because I don't have many posts but if you look at the main Depression forum page, you should be able to find the link. It's near the top.) that you might find better luck.
I myself had a major depressive episode for about.... 2 years? I was very luckily and had a lot of support. I'm doing a lot better now. In February, I will have been 1 year free. And when I say free I don't mean BAM it's gone and never coming back. I mean it's still a work in progress but it's certainly much better than it's been. No more sleeping 21 hour days. No more passing out in showers from malnutrition. etc. etc. etc. There are some days that are still bad but overall it has been much better. |
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Hi I'm sorry you're suffering from Major depression too. I understand that the majority of people do recover from major depression, they are more likely than the average person to have depression again in their lives, but don't necessarily have any relapse.
The recovery is long in some people's terms, usually over months or up to a year or so, occasionally longer. The only problem is that you won't find many of those people who have recovered from major depression on this site. They will probably not feel they need us any more and will be getting on with their lives, whatever that means for them. I hope you are one of those people who recover and live well. ![]() |
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Location: Mass
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I consider myself in remission not cured. I feel good right now and I continue to take my meds. I have no idea how long it will last. I have gone years between episodes and I have gone months. I see my Pdoc on a monthly basis and my family is very supportive.
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I had a major depressive episode 15 years ago. It remitted, and since then I've been managing a low-grade dysthymia that primarily is cognitive in nature. Its a real battle some days to challenge myself to view things as neutral or positive.
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My major depressive episodes have all been multi-year, and existed from being 5 to 12 years of age, then 14 to 16, and lastly from age 42 to 48. The stretches in between were great, times during which I had no idea that I would ever again endure another major episode and felt absolutely recovered and separate from the experience of depression. I can only hope that the wisdom I've gained this time around so late in life will help me to make sure that the current/next stretch (I'm in a recovery phase from the last episode right now) will be lasting or at least very very long.
I do consider myself to have been fully recovered each time. Since anyone could end up having a major depressive episode all of a sudden, even someone who never experienced it before, when I'm in between episodes I'm really the same as anyone else in that regard. There's at least no reason to assume (and possibly even contribute to self-fulfilling prophecy by doing so) that I will ever have an additional episode. __________________ “We use our minds not to discover facts but to hide them. One of things the screen hides most effectively is the body, our own body, by which I mean, the ins and outs of it, its interiors. Like a veil thrown over the skin to secure its modesty, the screen partially removes from the mind the inner states of the body, those that constitute the flow of life as it wanders in the journey of each day.” — Antonio R. Damasio, “The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness” (p.28) |
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I too consider my Depression to be in remission.
I had some very bad Depression this year, spending 8wks in the hospital. I had some pretty serious treatment including ECT. I also had a counsellor come to my home twice a week. In all, it took a month to get functional and another 8 weeks to truly get back on my feet. Thus far, the sense of being content has remained - even through this holiday season. |
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i was clinically depressed for years and i got passed it and got better but i still have problems im trying to get my life back on track but again finding it very hard
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