Re: Depression that worsens with age? » Bryn B

Posted by SLS on July 2, 2012, at 5:11:01

In reply to Depression that worsens with age?, posted by Bryn B on July 1, 2012, at 10:21:32

> I was wondering what everyone's experience has been re: their depression and/or symptoms getting worse or harder to deal with as they age.
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> I'm finding that my depressive episodes are more severe and longer-lasting as I get older. Medication seems more like a chemical band-aid than anything else.
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> Does this have anything to do with the type of mood disorder we are diagnosed with? Curious...
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> Thoughts?

Depression also tends to change in its symptom profile with age. It becomes less of sadness and depressed mood and more of cognitive and memory impairments. Of course, this is a generalization that doesn't fit every case.

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