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Kev32

32 Years old. Fully recovered with light therapy.

Fully recovered with light therapy

Hi. My name is Kev and until recently I was living with chronic mild depression for 10 years. My mood was slightly low every minute of every day. I believe it was dysthymic disorder and that I would never get out of it. I thought I would try light therapy so after some research I bought a lamp from Britebox. Let me tell you it is the best... Read more Chevron

posted 01/23/2010, comments (7)|

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watsthematerwithme

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feeling much better off the lovan and on effexor i think its hormonal and the doc agrees

thank you everyone who answered my questions is so nice to know sooo many ppl take the type to help with great information and a sincere wish to you all to keep well

posted 12/13/2009, comments (0)|

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elvenwoman

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Working towards my Master's in Information Technolgy

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Not sure what I am doing...

To start off, I have dysthymic disorder. I have had it since I was a teenager. One would think that I would figure out how to deal with it - but I feel so alone. People do not want to deal with it so I rarely make friends. I have to hide it as best as I can. Then when it comes out, they disappear. Out of over fourty cousins and one brother, I am... Read more Chevron

posted 12/01/2009, comments (5)|

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aml0017

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Living with depression and anxiety for over 10 years.

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Other depression "treatments"

There is a lot of discussion on this site about depression itself and medical and alternative coping methods. However, I have not seen anything about the bad ways to cope. For example, excessive eating or spending, even drug use. Of course these things are bad but they are a "band aid" for depression. When I am in a... Read more Chevron

posted 08/01/2009, comments (3)|

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aml0017

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Living with depression and anxiety for over 10 years.

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Minor setback

I have been feeling pretty good the past couple of weeks. I don't have the morning depression so bad anymore. It seems that I am back to my chronic mild depression/anxiety. I'm not complaining. I will take dysthymia any day over the heavy cloud of major depression. I have been feeling so great I almost forgot about... Read more Chevron

posted 06/08/2009, comments (5)|

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