For instance, an incredibly traumatic event may trigger the type of imbalance that leads to depression....yet the true "cause" of the disease would be the event, not necessarily the imbalance that resulted.
Thusly, depression is usually combatted with a combination of drug and behavioral therapies, as both can be effective in correcting the imbalances at the root of the disease.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ben Doom
To: CF-Community
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: Post partum depression
> Were the symptoms ever..."severe"? Did she ever describe how she was
> feeling, or why? Do you think it may be chemically based? How long did
> it last? Does she ever reflect on it now?
Asking if depression is chemically based is like asking if height is
based on the length of your bones. All depression, even the "my puppy
died and I'm sad" non-clinical depression that lasts a few days and goes
away, is chemically based. Clinical depression and other long-term
depressions (post-partum depression being one good example) are the
result of a chemical imbalance in the brain.
--Ben
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