are depressed people depressed all the time?

Question

or does the sadness like come and go, come and go..

Answer 1

it comes in waves for me, some days ill be fine, chillin with my friends or whatever, laughing havin fun, then when i get home ill just cry for like 30 mins, or cry myself to sleep, i'm rarely sad all day or for multiple days, and even if i am sad around other people i don't show it, till i'm home alone or whatever

Answer 2

I take medication for depression. When I wasn't on any medication my depression stayed. I missed a month of work, didn't get out of bed. I really had to struggle to interact with my children. I had NO, and I stress NO sexual desire. I started taking anti depressants about two months ago and I feel a lot better, but the sadness does still come and go, but when it does come, it doesn't stay as long. I hope that helps. Prayer helps too!

Answer 3

We're pretty much depressed all the time. At some times, it's not as bad, but we're still depressed. Sometimes it's so bad that we just start crying. If you're really sad, and then, all of a sudden, you're really happy, you probably are Bipolar or have Manic Depression.

Answer 4

I have been dx with severe clinical depression. Before I was in treatment I was always in a low, profound , depressed state.
Now the depression comes on in waves for me. Something triggers it and i sink down again, not being able to control the depression even on medication. Those times I am not able to unction, or get out of bed. It still happens, however, not as consistent anymore.

Answer 5

I'm always depressed all of the time, even with my medication. I also have horrible nightmares every single night and they never go away either. Don't know why, don't know why Dr's can't fix it.
I have Major Depression and I have to be careful what movies or TV I watch because that can put me in a bad state for days. Like not getting out of bed, not washing or brushing me teeth, just to tired to move.

Answer 6

a depressed person dose feel depressed all the time but it the amount of depression can go from feeling mild to unbearable at best a person with depression feels nub and some times can be elevated by medication other types cant be treated with medication

Answer 7

It depends, some people are manic depressive...which means it comes and goes, other depressed people are down and out all the time.

Answer 8

it ebbs and flows like waves -- with therapy and medication you can get the waves to even out a bit so that the highs aren't so high and the lows aren't so low...and so that the midpoints last longer and longer ...

Depression is hard to explain to someone who doesn't have it -- this could be because people associate the word depression with sadness and grief -- which are not necessarily what depressed people are experiencing.

Answer 9

Not necessarily. Sometimes depression is a sign of something more like BiPolar Depression, in which you are depressed sometimes and up other times. If you have questions about if you are depressed or not, please see a doctor.

Momma P

Answer 10

depressed people have different situations...
if they are under bad circumstances every second then they are depresed all the time
if they still have some happiness left then the thing thats depressing them will make them be depressed only on a few specific times