Severe short depression episodes Posted: 05-22-08 19:27pm
Hello, i have a question. My girlfriend
has been having these episodes and i
believe its depression. She doesn't
though, Also she doesn't want to get
medication or therapy unless she needs it.
She thinks that she will become addicted
to any medicine that she is given (an
example is that when she had strep throat
she was given pain medication, but she
only took it 1/4th of the time so she
wouldn't become addicted). I tried to tell
her that you don't get addicted so easily
but she wouldn't listen.
let me explain the sittuation
It started when her grandpa died, She
became very sad and admits that she was
depressed then. She was so sad that she
cut herself and contemplated suicide or
overdosing. This lasted a few months. Its
been almost a year now and my girlfriend
gets these episodes twice a day that last
for about 2 hours each where she feels
EXTREMELY depressed where she can hardly
keep herself from her kitchen to get a
knife. But when its over she is back to
normal. She believes that because she
isn't constantly depressed that she isn't
technically 'clinically depressed'
would this be considered clinically
depressed?
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antigone
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Posted: 05-23-08 01:21am
Definitely. She is having some mood
swings. She really needs to see a
psychiatrist and get an evaluation done.
Suicidal thoughts are dangerous. It takes
only the right moment and enough energy
and a person may act on the thoughts.
Encourage her and be supportive. Offer to
take her to see a doctor. The medications
that are used for depression and other
psychiatric disorders are not addicting.
My children have been on several different
medications and they were successfully
taken off of them. Try to reassure her. I
hope she will seek out professional help.
Depression is painful and she doesn't have
to live with this pain.
