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Sat-12-03-2022, 15:23 PM
As you write about this, hoping to find others who have similar experiences, you may also be helping others. Taking care of mental health is as important as taking care of physical health. I'm 57. My daughter at 22 is much better at proactively caring for her mental health than I was. Old negative stigmas associated with mental health care are sloughing off, thankfully.
Keeping a journal sounds like a smart idea.
I wonder if fatigue and lethargy may sometimes be confused and mistaken as depression. Because sometimes fatigue is a symptom of something else. Anemia, an injured liver, active auto-immune disease are just a few things that could lead to fatigue. I don't know how you would know, though, other than to stay on top of all care. Lethargy certainly speaks to depression, I think.
I'm glad you recognize your depression and that it usually eases. I hope that when you are in the depth of it, that you can know it's not forever and that you'll feel better again. But when you are in it, it's awful, and I'm sorry.
Keeping a journal sounds like a smart idea.
I wonder if fatigue and lethargy may sometimes be confused and mistaken as depression. Because sometimes fatigue is a symptom of something else. Anemia, an injured liver, active auto-immune disease are just a few things that could lead to fatigue. I don't know how you would know, though, other than to stay on top of all care. Lethargy certainly speaks to depression, I think.
I'm glad you recognize your depression and that it usually eases. I hope that when you are in the depth of it, that you can know it's not forever and that you'll feel better again. But when you are in it, it's awful, and I'm sorry.