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Thu 31 Oct, 2013 12:25 pm
I've learned of an 82-year-old who recently, for no apparent reason, came out of a funk that for decades had included even suicidal depression, especially in the morning before coffee. "If there's a God," pleads he, "please make my new state permanent"
Suggesting--to me at least--how mysterious those workings of the mind; for instance some trace chem in the blood caused by, say, a particular food, pollen from a nearby shrub, or of course a long-term med, might result in suicide or at least cause him to apply for psychiatry at $100 a session
How long has this depression been going on?
Was this a CHARACTER change or a do you believe that an outside influence caused this depression all this time?
@PUNKEY,
Quote:How long has this depression been going on?
Years or even decades I'm led to believe
Quote:Quote:Was this a CHARACTER change
Doubtful as this fellow's well set if not curmudgeon
Quote:or a do you believe that an outside influence caused this depression all this time?
That's the very q. Suddenness suggests some kind of specific influence, could even be largely internal
@dalehileman,
Maybe I ought to reword: The Psych Establishment should consider the possibility that much cerebral trauma arises not from deep anxieties and conflict but from the chance circulation of some trace element or compound
@dalehileman,
Isn't anyone else occasionally or often anxious or depressed
@tsarstepan,
Wonder Tsar if you might know or guess a specific cause; how prolonged an "attack," etc, and whether you had ever considered the possible cause a trace chem that might be tied to some specific food, med, etc, as opposed to so many of presumed psychological origin
@dalehileman,
I have no idea. Never asked the specifics with my doctor. I can tell you it isn't food related.
@tsarstepan,
Okay then Tsar, how about meds or other non-food input like tobacco, herbs or flavoring, airborne like pollen, etc etc, that might be suspect
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