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Carole,

I was diagnosed with dysthymia several years ago and I have done quite well

with Prozac every since. In the winter when I am a little more down, I have

a full spectrum light that I sit and read under which helps a lot too.

Re: depression

most depression leads to an apathy about life--nothing excites

> you or impresses you--you donn't neccessarily have a death wish--

> rather, feelings of just not waking up may be present without any

> overt thinking of ending it all. >>

> Thats kind of what I was thinking. I have been depressed most of

my life,

> but not suicidal most of my life or I wouldn't still be here!

> Carole

Carole--

There is a chronic low grade form of depression-called dysthymia.

This is very responsive to meds and and some behavior modification-

esp. in how you " talk " to yourself and respond to things around you.

Pammi

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From the MSNBC site

DR. GEORGE ZUBENKO, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh

School of Medicine, and colleagues screened 81 families with members

suffering from recurrent, early-onset, major depressive disorder, which runs in

families.

       They found 19 regions on chromosomes that seem to be involved in the

condition, they reported in the American Journal of Medical Genetics. Further

work should be able to pinpoint the actual genes involved.

       The information could eventually lead to tailored treatments for

depression, Zubenko said.

       “For example, individuals with particular genetic markers

in

these regions may respond better to particular current treatments than

others,â€

he said in a statement.

       

SOME GENES SEX-SPECIFIC

       Zubenko’s team found some mutations seem to be sex-specific —

some

for women and at least one for men.

       “Women are twice as likely as men to develop depression, and

genetic

differences appear to account for some of that disparity,†Zubenko said.

       These could help explain why women seem more vulnerable to depression

during puberty, pregnancy and childbirth and menopause, Zubenko said. "

Wow, when then find the gene or genes responsible for MO, maybe people will

stop looking at us as moral failures.

When I was in the depths of my depression, before meds, everyone would tell

me to just get up and snap myself out of it.

       

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