Medica

[juuro]

A WHO survey published in the British medical journal The Lancet calls depression "a non-fatal disease".

I'm afraid not. Untreated depression leads unfortuntately often to death.

Luckily depression responds pretty well to treatment. If you suspect clinical depression, seek a medical professional. Mind is an organ, and it is as susceptible to

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[juuro]

Quite. My cholesterol typically goes wild during depressive episodes, blood pressure tends to elevate, and body weight may increase or decrease significantly. All of which are somatic risks.

[juuro]

I've thought seriously of acquiring some livestock. But what with the irregular business trips and my unwillingness to let non-family (and even some family) to roam about my lands, I've thought not.

[janetmiles]

Huh. I wouldn't have thought to compare depression to an RSI; I usually equate it with diabetes ("your body chemistry is screwed up") or epilepsy ("a part of your brain is broken").

I'll have to think about whether that works for me.

[juuro]

Well, it is a personal thing. For me depression and burnout tend to walk hand in hand, thus I perhaps overassociate the RSI aspect of burnout with the depression. In the more general case, indeed, it is more a matter of body chemistry being wonky.

[weofodthignen]

Probably depends how early in life it starts whether the comparison to RSI seems apt.

Actually, I would be unlikely to seek treatment for either, though if either could be treated with a single steroid shot and instructions to do less with the affected part like my tennis elbow (which may have come from grading or from shoving doors open), I might.

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[juuro]

Doors are supposed to be kicked in , not shoved open.