There is no test for worry! But there are tests for chemical imbalances.
IF your doctor thought for one moment that it was chemical or medical he would have run those tests. I truly think that you are worrying too much.
BUT if you can't handle it ask your parents too book an apointment with your doctor and have a blood test. Then when it comes back it will DEFINITELY give you a yes or no. And you have too believe that test OK?
IF your doctor thought for one moment that it was chemical or medical he would have run those tests. I truly think that you are worrying too much.
BUT if you can't handle it ask your parents too book an apointment with your doctor and have a blood test. Then when it comes back it will DEFINITELY give you a yes or no. And you have too believe that test OK?
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in my position i truly believe i have a chemical imbalance simply because there is no reason for my depression. ive realized that when im feeling down, there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING that will cheer me up. coming up from being down is like trying to get ur head above water when someone is holding it down. its that bad. ive never experienced this in my life and i really hope it goes away soon. so just a regular blood test right? what sort of chemical imbalances mean depression?
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There is only one blood test available for so called chemical imbalances and that is for Seratoning levels.But what you have too remember is this, there are MANY factors that lead to someone being depressed, it can be biological, genetic, lifestyle etc. So doctors don't really go on one blood test, there are also hormone level tests that can be done.
I would think that your doctor will ask for a Psychiatric Assesment of you! Just know that there are no easy answers when it comes too why someone is depressed. And like I said before hon, I don't want you too be labelled unneccasarily! If you are prone to being a person that blows things out of proportion, then it is going too be hard for a professional too get too the route of your problem. You ahve already mention that you can be a hypochondriac, so that could be a BIG problem going forward for you getting treatment for someting that you see as a "problem" and others see as normal! Do you understand what I'm trying too say?
It is NOT that i don't believe that you are depressed and anyone that feels that way ALWAYS feels like they can't get their head above water. BUT what you have too realize is that due too your being a hypochondriac, you will ALWAYS believe that something is worse than it is, and because of that you wont believe people when they say certain things. So I think seeing a counsellor or a Psychologist too get too the route of your hypochondria first. There HAS too be a route cause of that, I think if you can get that worked on 1st and figure out where all this comes from, then you are more likely too accept proffessional advice. There HAS too be something that has gone on in your life for you too have this outlook on things, and I think therapy will definitely help you get too the bottom of it.
Ask your parents too set up an apointment too see either a counsellor or a Psychologist OK? Then you can really get too the bottom of everything and why you feel the way you do!
I would think that your doctor will ask for a Psychiatric Assesment of you! Just know that there are no easy answers when it comes too why someone is depressed. And like I said before hon, I don't want you too be labelled unneccasarily! If you are prone to being a person that blows things out of proportion, then it is going too be hard for a professional too get too the route of your problem. You ahve already mention that you can be a hypochondriac, so that could be a BIG problem going forward for you getting treatment for someting that you see as a "problem" and others see as normal! Do you understand what I'm trying too say?
It is NOT that i don't believe that you are depressed and anyone that feels that way ALWAYS feels like they can't get their head above water. BUT what you have too realize is that due too your being a hypochondriac, you will ALWAYS believe that something is worse than it is, and because of that you wont believe people when they say certain things. So I think seeing a counsellor or a Psychologist too get too the route of your hypochondria first. There HAS too be a route cause of that, I think if you can get that worked on 1st and figure out where all this comes from, then you are more likely too accept proffessional advice. There HAS too be something that has gone on in your life for you too have this outlook on things, and I think therapy will definitely help you get too the bottom of it.
Ask your parents too set up an apointment too see either a counsellor or a Psychologist OK? Then you can really get too the bottom of everything and why you feel the way you do!
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yea my dad is making an appt for a phsychiatrist. my dad told me he had anxiety disorder when he was younger and he got medication and it really helped. but he says hes not sure i will even need medication or not. what im really waiting for is next friday because thats when pretty much ALL of the THC will be out of my system. my health teacher told me if a natural happy person started smoking, it would take about 20 days after they stop smoking to feel naturally happy again. the ONLY possible thing i could think of thats causing these depressive episodes (which are actually getting longer and longer) is the fact that about a week ago i managed to ejaculate without a full erection. it really scared me because ive never had problems getting erections in the past and with masturbation itself. so that REALLY FREAKED me out. but the next day i was able to masturbate successfully. the depressive episodes started about a day after that. so MAYBE the reason im depressed is cuz i have erectile dysfunction related depression, or maybe i worried so much about ejaculating w/o a woody that night i lowered my serotonin levels because i read that anxiety lowers them and can lead to depression. IF by any chance their is something wrong with me physically whether its erectile dysfunction or something, will the psychiatrist be able to lead me to get that figured out, or are they just going to tell me NOTHING is wrong and try to calm me down?
heres the only list of things i could think of that may have led to depression in me.
stopping smoking weed, but not likely cuz i only did it like once a week
erectile dysfunction related depression
low serotonin caused by too much anxiety
the fact i didnt acheive a woody that night is stuck in my subconcious mind
heres the only list of things i could think of that may have led to depression in me.
stopping smoking weed, but not likely cuz i only did it like once a week
erectile dysfunction related depression
low serotonin caused by too much anxiety
the fact i didnt acheive a woody that night is stuck in my subconcious mind
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I PROMISE YOU! I PROMISE YOU!! That you DO NOT have erectile dysfunction!!! THC is a depressive. You just stated that "you read that...." That is my whole point, you are reading too much into all of this.
Your dad suffering from anxiety this isn't a genetic problem, it is usually caused by outside influences. The psychiatrist isn't going to tell you that nothing is wrong. Because there is, there is a MAIN cause why you look at everything in a worried state. So you and the psychiatrist - which I think it should be a psychologist - should be able to get to the root of what made you think this way. A psychiatrist can perscribe drugs, a psychologist cannot. I just want you NOT too be on pills that is all. When you dad was on medication for Anxiety that is a TOTALLY different thing, it is apples and oranges. You HAVE too go into this meeting with an open mind and ears! And not already decide on what someone is going too say and what is going too happen.
A true professional WILL help you too the best of their ability, and hopefully they ask you questions so that you can put the pieces of the puzzle together.
Your dad suffering from anxiety this isn't a genetic problem, it is usually caused by outside influences. The psychiatrist isn't going to tell you that nothing is wrong. Because there is, there is a MAIN cause why you look at everything in a worried state. So you and the psychiatrist - which I think it should be a psychologist - should be able to get to the root of what made you think this way. A psychiatrist can perscribe drugs, a psychologist cannot. I just want you NOT too be on pills that is all. When you dad was on medication for Anxiety that is a TOTALLY different thing, it is apples and oranges. You HAVE too go into this meeting with an open mind and ears! And not already decide on what someone is going too say and what is going too happen.
A true professional WILL help you too the best of their ability, and hopefully they ask you questions so that you can put the pieces of the puzzle together.
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i have really been feeling better lately for like the last 5 hours. this is the longest ive stayed in a good mood, so hopefully im starting to get over this. i sort of have this feeling that it could just be a part of adolesence cuz i know that mood swings are common with it. also my hormone levels may be off which could explain my innability for an erection that night. the other thing i know is that when someone develops depression for no reason, it is a good possibility that this is a chemical imbalance.
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Actually hon, you've just hit the head on the nail. Hormone swings WILl have a direct corelation too your erection and your mood!!!! There is NOTHiNG you can do about teenage mood swings. Just try and keep yourself physically active. And this will increase your good hormone levels - which is seratonin. By George I think you've got it!!! And DON'T count the hours OK?
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I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE CONFUSED IN MY LIIIIIIIFE!! i almost just wanna give up on hoping to overcome this because whenever im feeling good and THINK im over it, the down always makes its way back, and there is NO escaping it. i talked to my health teacher about it today. he said that for a case like mine where it happens all so suddenly could be due to a chemical imbalance. and i WANT to get that tested somehow to see if they can detect it. let me just explain to u what its like to be down:
like im going 70 miles an hour into a brick wall
im drowning
my life has come to a hault
the door to move on in life is completely locked and theres no way around it
i feel like life is over
i look at my NORMAL side in a different perspective
i feel like im mentally insane
very pessimistic and hopeless
look at everyone and everything in a negative way
all emotions dissappear, i cant laugh, i cant cry and i cannot feel comfort
an evil person has taken control of my body
but now ill explain what its like to feel up and NORMAL
i feel like myself!
i feel very optimistic
very hopeful to overcome this phase
happy
everything is entertaining
i look at everything positively
i look at my bad side in a different perspective
think of uppers for when im down, but they always fail
another thing that makes it so much more possible for chemical imbalance is that sometimes ill even get above my normal state, almost a high. also, this is probably just because there is no possible thing anyone can do or say to make me feel good, NOTHING. i want these swings to be over soooooo bad, that id rather have someone punch me in the face 1000 times when i feel normal than have someone give me a million dollars when im down. that is how bad they are and thats how far down i can get. how can i get a chemical imbalance test?!?!?!
like im going 70 miles an hour into a brick wall
im drowning
my life has come to a hault
the door to move on in life is completely locked and theres no way around it
i feel like life is over
i look at my NORMAL side in a different perspective
i feel like im mentally insane
very pessimistic and hopeless
look at everyone and everything in a negative way
all emotions dissappear, i cant laugh, i cant cry and i cannot feel comfort
an evil person has taken control of my body
but now ill explain what its like to feel up and NORMAL
i feel like myself!
i feel very optimistic
very hopeful to overcome this phase
happy
everything is entertaining
i look at everything positively
i look at my bad side in a different perspective
think of uppers for when im down, but they always fail
another thing that makes it so much more possible for chemical imbalance is that sometimes ill even get above my normal state, almost a high. also, this is probably just because there is no possible thing anyone can do or say to make me feel good, NOTHING. i want these swings to be over soooooo bad, that id rather have someone punch me in the face 1000 times when i feel normal than have someone give me a million dollars when im down. that is how bad they are and thats how far down i can get. how can i get a chemical imbalance test?!?!?!
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There isn't an actual thing as a "Chemical imbalance test" It is a number of things, like I said, go get checked out by the psychiatrist, and he/she will do several tests on you, probably will get a blood test too see if it is homronal or your seratonin levels are off. Then they can evaluate the big picture. Help WILL be coming I promise hon.
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ok thanks i will say this though. the good moods are starting to last longer and longer. the only problem is that when i woke up this morning, that bad mood was there, that feeling of LIFE SUCKS. that feeling of why do i ever feel happy, theres no point to it.
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I know me telling you that this is normal for your age, doesn't help you when you are down. I have a question, was there anyone that went too your school lately and talked about mental illness - in particular bipolar and manic depression? My son - who like I stated is the same age as you - had someone come too his school and talked about that. Just wondering!
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no, noone came and said anything about this. it was something i just noticed during the day and it really freaked me out. im at the point now where i understand that there are 2 of me. the normal and the not normal. the normal me can feel any emotion even if it is depression. i had a girl break up with me in the past and this made me depressed in my normal state of mind. but when i get these episodes nowadays i am not in my normal state of mind. when im in the not normal state, i feel as if ive felt like that forever. any thoughts and feelings i had in my normal state completely VANISH, they are gone and cannot think of them. but when i am in my normal state, thoughts and feelings i had in my not normal state completely vanish and i feel like ive been normal forever. the thing im trying to say is that there are 2 of me. a normal person with normal feelings and a not normal me with only one feeling, depression and i wanna die cuz nothing is good in life. i feel as if the rest of ppl in the world that are depressed are depressed in their NORMAL state of mind. thats the huge problem here because thats why i cannot get help with words, i feel like i need to take some sort of medication the make this NOT NORMAL state completely get out of my life.
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the best explination of this not normal state is that it worse than any physical pain the body can take, its about 1000 times worse than depression in the normal state. this is so overwhelming
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I understand hon, and when you get too see the psychiatrist he/she will DEFINITELY help you with this. The reason why I ask is that, my son came home and said "I think I'm bi polar!!!!!" Because he thought his symptoms - of being a regular teenager - matched totally too the guy that was talking. So don't worry about how you feel and don't feel OK? Help is on it's way for you. They will make you feel better I promise, I know it can be a terrifying thing, but MANY more and more people are having problems with depression and anxiety, I just wanted too make sure that it wasn't just normal teenage angxt thats all hon! Keep me informed how the meeting goes and what they think is going on with you OK?
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yes i will deffinitely keep you posted. its so wierd, my mood is ALL OVER THE PLACE. i just try to make the best of it when its good. sometimes i even feel beyond normal, as if im like high. this has just been such a crazy week, it went by sooo slow and it felt like the only week of my life. this might sound wierd but i havent masturbated since last friday, is there any chance that if i do, it can have a negative effect on my mood? just wondering because last friday was the first time i experienced this sudden mood change, and it happened about 2 hours after masturbation.
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