Teenage depression - biological?!
Question: Is it natrual for a teenager to become depressed without any factors other then biological? (i.e. social position/ work load/ stress aside)
Answers: Is it natrual for a teenager to become depressed without any factors other then biological? (i.e. social position/ work load/ stress aside)
Yes
It is very common for teenagers to become depressed and/or have mood swings
The body is going through a lot of hormonal changes during puberty and adolescence and the moodiness is a side effect
It will pass - try St Johns Wort (available from health food stores and chemists) which is a naturally occurring health food supplement (comes in capsules) and it can alleviate mild to moderate depression.
Good Luck!
Hope this helps
Yes, it happened to me.
Please see your doctor.
Of course! Being depressed isnt biological at all. Lots of things can cause depression especially for a teenager.
1.Adolescent sorrow may linger through life. Teens who experience a major episode of depression are at greater risk of suffering a low quality of life in adulthood, according to recent research. Furthermore, these teens are more likely to have a depressive relapse later in life.
Peter Lewinsohn, of the Oregon Research Institute, and fellow researchers studied teens with major depressive disorder (MDD) as they grew older. They found that as adults, the disorder had a wide-ranging impact on their lives. They were more likely to perform badly at their jobs, and they had less satisfying social lives than non-depressed individuals.
Overall, the once depressed teens reported a lower quality of life as grown-ups. Along with worse physical health, they experienced more stressful life events. Fewer graduated from college and more had been unemployed in the last year. A large percentage--62.3 to be exact--had developed a mental disorder.
"Our findings emphasize the need for effective interventions," writes Lewinsohn, "and given the high rate of MDD recurrence, effective monitoring and intervention efforts."
Lewinsohn and colleagues tracked 851 teens who participated in the Oregon Adolescent Depression Project. They were interviewed twice before the age of 19. Researchers met with them again, when they turned 24, to judge the state of their mental health. The research is published in the August issue of the American Psychological Association's Journal of Abnormal Psychology.
I really do think so.
It happened to me when I was 15.
Depression is a really serious and I encourage you to see your Family Doctor ASAP.
Thanks,
Teenage is the age for hard work in studies and progress. Please be focussed on studies, take light food to satisfy the appetite, have good friends who are concentrating on studies, be religeous and attend prayers, have neat habbits amd hygine, have an excellent Teacher/Guru to guide you every day after hearing what you have done from morning till bed time. Depression vanishes to your surprise and you will be full of positive engy wsithin two weeks and you would like to be a teen-ager for ever!