does anyone suffer from dystmia?its a type of mental illness. if so what helps you and how do you feel?

Answer 1

Dysthymia is chronic depression. Typically the individual can function but always struggles to find pleasure and satisfaction in much of anything. Unfortunately, people with the disorder have a much higher than average probability of experiencing periods of major depression which have a serious effect on regular life functioning (job, relationships, etc).

You need to learn more about the illness and others have given you good starting places. Generally, the best results are psychotherapy and maybe anti-depressants as well. Due to the chronic nature, it's generally not an illness someone can decide to fix on their own. Ha, if that were possible, they wouldn't have the illness!

Yes, I deal with this. Excersize, nutrition, therapy, and ADs help, but I lived with this for many years before sliding into major depression and learning what all was going on. Don't wait that long. Your odds living med free and healthy will be much better.

Answer 2

Hello. I am going to try and answer your question. First though I have a question. Is the name of the type of depression called tysthymia? This is what I suffer from. What helps me is to talk about the things that are bothering me to someone who is patient, kind, and doesn't mind listening to me. I also try to find something that I like to do so when I am feeling sad I can get lost in what it is that I'm doing and forget about whatever it was that was making me sad. Next, I do take anti-depressants. I also am in therapy. Give your self permission to cry, scream, shout, sleep, whatever it is that you feel you need to do to relive your anxiety. Remember that no one is perfect and letting go of your emotions in other words letting you feelings come out really helps. One more thing before I go. I try to keep a journal of some type. This helps me because sometimes if I'm really angry I can curse, rant, just let it all go with out the risk of hurting someone.
Hope this helps...

Answer 3

dysthymic disorder is a form of the mood disorder of depression characterized by a lack of enjoyment/pleasure in life that continues for at least two years. It differs from clinical depression in the severity of the symptoms. Dysthymia can, though not always, prevent a person from functioning, affecting sleep pattern and daily activities.
Doctors most commonly use psychotherapy, including cognitive therapy, to help change the mind-set of the individual affected. Additionally doctors may prescribe a variety of antidepressant medications[1], with most individuals with dysthymia responding to Prozac and Tofranil in a positive manner. For mild or moderate depression, the American Psychiatric Association in its 2000 Treatment Guidelines for Patients with Major Depressive Disorder advises psychotherapy alone or in combination with an antidepressant as possibly appropriate
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Answer 4

I think you meant Dysthymia, and yes it is a from of mental illness. It is also known as Chronic Depression. I don't have Dysthymia, I am bipolar. I could give you some short answers but you really need to read about it. The link in the SOURCE section below is by WebMD and their information is very good. I hope this helps.

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