Therapy is one of the best treatments for chronic depression or dysthymia. Talking on a regular basis with a psychologist or therapist will help, as medication alone is not as effective in treating dysthymia. Some studies have found that a combination of therapy and anti-depressant medication is ideal.
When I was finally diagnosed with depression at age 27, after twenty years of suffering from one type of depressive disorder or another, it was because I was going through a major depression at that particular time. It was only the third major depression I had experienced, and all three had occurred after the age of twenty. For all their ferocity,…
Christopher Lukas, Health Guide, posted Therapies for Dysthymia Of course, there are others who write for this site who are much better able to talk about some…