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The question was submitted 31/01/2008

Subject: on and off with depression

Hi

Why is that for few days you can be really great and then get really angry and hate the world and finally just want to give up and cry because it is too hard. Yes I am on medication and I feel that I have no support around to help through these emtions

Answer from DepNet

Hi “On and off”,

There can be a number of reasons that you feel like this and they range from bipolar type 2 disorder to your personality characteristics to your environmental stressors to name just a few.

I’d encourage you to seek further help and keep asking “why” and “what else can I do about it” until you achieve some improvement. It’s stating the obvious to point out that antidepressants (alone) are not always the complete answer and we often need a lot of understanding of day to day events to workout the answer to a question such as the one you ask.

The answer was published on DepNet 01/02/2008