Posted by SLS on September 26, 2010, at 6:35:05
In reply to depression? Fatigue? what's the difference?, posted by floatingbridge on September 26, 2010, at 1:11:08
> Haven't you read about someone who goes to the doctor for something like high cholesterol and says oh yea, I feel tired. No psychological complaints. The doctor suspects depression. So depression can be *just* physical and not psychological?
Yes. Although depression can be initially induced by psychosocial stress, once it evolves, depression can present with primarily vegetative (somatic) symptoms. Somatatization is an extreme example of how one can experience physical symptoms as the expression of depression. Through the CNS and neuroendocrine systems, the brain directs the activities of almost every organ of the body. It is my belief that the consequences of having a biological brain disorder like MDD and BD, where the dysregulation of interacting systems is evident, is a syndrome of physical symptoms.
What happens when someone with an affective disorder goes through years of productive psychotherapy despite the persistence of MDD or BD depressions? You may end up with a very psychologically healthy depressive. Perhaps you are psychologically healthy and still suffer the persistence of a physiological depressive disorder.
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