What is your diagnosis?
My GP hasn't really given it a name other than 'Depression'
What is that?
Depression, also known as Clinical Depression, Major Depression, Unipolar Depression, Unipolar Disorder or Major Depressive Disorder; is a mood disorder characterized by persistent low mood lasting for 2 weeks or more without noticeable improvement. Symptoms include, feeling sad, anxious, empty, worthless or helpless for long periods of time. Sufferers will often feel very pessimistic, hopeless about the future and may experience excessive or inappropriate guilt. They often have decreased energy or fatigue and can become more irritable or agitated, they struggle to concentrate and may experience trouble with memory and making decisions. Sleeping and eating patterns are often disrupted, with sufferers eating or sleeping too much or too little. Sufferers will often get little or no pleasure from activities they would usually really enjoy. Recurring thoughts of death or suicide are quite common with some sufferers turning to self harm and others attempting or committing suicide.
My GP hasn't really given it a name other than 'Depression'
What is that?
Depression, also known as Clinical Depression, Major Depression, Unipolar Depression, Unipolar Disorder or Major Depressive Disorder; is a mood disorder characterized by persistent low mood lasting for 2 weeks or more without noticeable improvement. Symptoms include, feeling sad, anxious, empty, worthless or helpless for long periods of time. Sufferers will often feel very pessimistic, hopeless about the future and may experience excessive or inappropriate guilt. They often have decreased energy or fatigue and can become more irritable or agitated, they struggle to concentrate and may experience trouble with memory and making decisions. Sleeping and eating patterns are often disrupted, with sufferers eating or sleeping too much or too little. Sufferers will often get little or no pleasure from activities they would usually really enjoy. Recurring thoughts of death or suicide are quite common with some sufferers turning to self harm and others attempting or committing suicide.
"This emotional rage also manifests in physical rage and I have on occasion punched things, thrown things, and smashed up my personal possessions"