re: How Does the OT Deal With Depression?

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Get outside and get some sun.

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I truly believe getting sun will help a lot. If you can't get 20 minutes of sun each day, start taking Vitamin D3. Eat right. Eat a variety of vegetables for the vitamins and minerals. Eat calf liver or chicken liver for B vitamins. If you can't do that take a multi vitamin and a B complex.

Maybe have your thyroid checked. Maybe take some seaweed capsules for the iodine.

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Hypothyroidism and Depression

Although they're separate diseases, depression is sometimes a symptom of hypothyroidism. That’s when your thyroid gland doesn't make enough thyroid hormone. The two conditions share so many signs that doctors sometimes overlook the possibility that someone who is depressed may also have low thyroid levels.

If you have hypothyroidism, you may have fatigue, sluggishness, and trouble concentrating. You may sleep too much, too. All of that may cause you to feel depressed.

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Since iodine is used to make thyroid hormones, an iodine deficiency can cause your thyroid hormone levels to plummet.

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I would definitely go the nutritional route first before contacting any pill pushing doctor.

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I'm 40 years old. Like most people, I've dealt with some bouts of depression here and there. This feels different though. First off, it's been for a couple months now. I always feel so down, and I just can't find joy in anything. Sometimes I feel like crying for no apparent reason. It's a horrible feeling.

I'm in good shape, and I force myself to get a work out in at least 3 times a week. What else can I do? And how does the OT feel about medication for depression?

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1. Schedule an evaluation with your primary care physician. Your PCP can run tests to rule out other issues that may be mimicking depression, like low testosterone, sleep apnea, etc.
2. If there is nothing physiological going on, I would consider treating with a true mental health professional. Primary Care Physicians can provide medication but are not equipped to treat multi-faceted mental health disorders if that is, in fact, what you have.

Good luck!

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How Does the OT Deal With Depression?

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Consistently keeping a journal is very therapeutic. It also allows you to look back on moments when life seemed otherwise hopeless and yet you are still alive taking on each day.

I recommend banging a 23 year old. They are like jet skis, it’s impossible to ride one and not smile

And how do they determine if it’s situational or clinical? Situational could end up clinical, no?

I'm no expert, but situational basically just implies that you are having acute depression due to or based on a current situation or feeling.

Chronic depression is a never-ending cycle of sadness, distress, hopelessness, fatigue, self-loathing. It doesn't end as soon as something happens to make you happy again.

Same with chronic anxiety...I only keep bringing up anxiety because the two go hand in hand and one often exacerbates the other. Situational anxiety occurs when there is a certain situation or moment that is causing stress or uncertainty. Chronic anxiety disorders lead to frequent distress...panic attacks, heart palpitations, crying, vomiting, insomnia, uncontrollable shaking, hyperventilation...for reasons that you can't express.

Like, nothing occurred in the last hour to make you feel that level of panic, but your mind just goes into a tailspin and your body follows.