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Jan 29, 2009, 12:27 PM
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Brain mapping. I know I had MRI, CT scan and a CT Mylogram done of my brain. They asked when I had an injury to the top of my head. I wish the outcome of their findings had been explained. But I know such things as depression show up. If my brain was damaged it would have been when I hooked my wagon up to my dog and he took me head first into a tree. I know my incident in 1989 could have caused brain damage as well. In fact I am lucky I wasn't blinded. And I know I had memory problems after.
If I look back on it my depression started as early as 3 or 4. And by the time I was in high school, had permanently altered my life from normal. At age 42, I hit bottom after seeking treatment and finding I was not being taken seriously. |
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Jan 29, 2009, 04:41 PM
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Jan 29, 2009, 04:58 PM
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on the flip side is the prob many of us discover...not all T's and pdocs are equal in ability. i believe you when you say you have depression. i hope you can find someone who will take the time to 'hear" you. 
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Jan 30, 2009, 09:09 AM
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There is so much bias and false assumptions about depression in the world. The foolish seem to believe we are just feeling sorry for ourselves. Yet all of us here know it is so much more than that. It can be tiggered by events or brain chemistry or even be in our genes in my opinion.
For many periods of my life I was a functioning depressive and people don't understand that at all. When they think of depression they expected me to be unable to get out of bed. Yet I went to work or school and got by. The depression was in my mind and emotions. I observed life through a filter of depression. So of course it wasn't taken seriously. Until the word suicide came up eventually, I was treated with vitamins for anemia. Instead of calling my symptoms depression I used to complain of being so tired. I wonder what brain mapping would show? I know for me loneliness does seem to feed the depression. Yet I can be in a crowd and get even lonelier. I am learning to connect with people better, which means being more real and genuine with people who feel safe and that is making a dent in the loneliness. I hope making some contacts here will help you a bit too. My old therapist used to often say I was as lonely as I was choosing to be. I hated it when she said that but am beginning to wonder if she was right. Judy
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Feb 02, 2009, 08:02 AM
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You can not possibly get a depressed 4 year old.
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