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Depressed for No Reason at All??
Ok, this may sound strange, even cliche, but lately I've been getting let down, and right now I'm all out depressed. For no reason! I don't understand! The slightest thing can tick me off, and it's not even something I'd usually get upset over. My mother says it's just "teenage hormones" but I highly, highly doubt that. I'm debating going to the doctors on my own, and asking about some medication I could be put on. It'd be great to not feel this way anymore. I really hate it, and it's wrecking my relationship and friendships. Please help! Thanks!
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I think your mother might be right. But I would recommend you see a psychologist. I'm not saying that you're crazy or whatever. But it happened to me too. I would get depressed very often and it would be over the littlest thing.
But I think you should try and rest a little. Maybe it's just the stressing of the brain that brought your moods plummeting. If after that and you're still depressed a lot then I think the doctor might be able to tell whether you're a depressant or not.
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I am a great deal older than most of the advisers on this site, so my advice will be somewhat different from what you may have received and may continue to receive from others.
Your mother may be partially right. It could be the changes your body is going through that are causing you to feel depressed. You should see a doctor to be properly diagnosed. If you are old enough to make doctor’s appointments on your own then please do so. Teenage depression is quite common and easily treatable.
Just what cause’s teenage depression I cannot say, I am not a doctor. If you look at this problem from a realistic standpoint it is easy to see some of the stressors a teenager has to deal with. You have all these hormones raging through your body; there are higher expectations of you at school and at home. You have a new social structure to navigate. College expectations come in to play as well. If you are female you have the added stressors of the physical changes in your body to deal with. And this is the short list.
There is nothing wrong in asking for a little help while all this is going on. Medication and talk therapy can help you deal with the changes and the stressors. Help you put things in the proper prospective and to help relieve some of the stress you yourself impose on you.
When your parents and I were your age life was a lot easier than today; when some of us suffered as you are parents said it was something we would grow out of. Some of us did and some of us did not. Today when a child says they are feeling depressed we need to be cautious and have a doctor screen the child for depression. You may or may not fit the parameters of a clinically depressed teenager but only a healthcare professional can make that judgment. Once screened it is something your doctor can keep tabs on regardless of the results of the initial screening.
Many High School Guidance Counselors can screen you for depression; something to think about.
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Well, to answer this question accurately, You're gonna have to give me more information than that. Such as, do you begin to cry for no reason? Or do you sometimes wake up and feel like NOTHING matters anymore and there's no point in anything?
Because this to me sounds like teenage hormones.
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yea even I'm going throgh the depressed stage,
and I'm 16 maybe it's just that were getting ready to graduate soon and become real adults and the pressure is setting in and we don't even realize it because it's like a natural feeling everyone has ,
but with me it's more that I stress out over everything then it leads to mild depression for the rest of that day
But also my mom said it could be because your in love. Thinkng about that person could make you loose your appetite and so many other things like expecting more than what you feel like giving,
let me know if I helped please
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dude i went/am going through that at my age! im 16 and about a year ago i started feeling like that also. i HATE it also & so i asked my doctor & she said its a normal thing a teenager goes through. i guess. i thought it was anxiety of bipolarness.. anyways just try to be ariund fun people and not think so much. i mean dont think about negative, down stuff as much. its working for me! :)
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