tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848169765624381269.post2170951659906104152..comments2013-05-04T17:21:12.929-07:00Comments on WSR Dysthymia: Chronic Depressive DisorderWSR Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578476190552952347noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848169765624381269.post-71255928469437583012013-05-04T17:21:12.929-07:002013-05-04T17:21:12.929-07:00If you have a bright outlook on life, and no depre...If you have a bright outlook on life, and no depressive symptoms you are either being treated or you by definition do not have dysthymia.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14174950911794729315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848169765624381269.post-86901674297142975852013-02-14T08:30:01.977-08:002013-02-14T08:30:01.977-08:00I have dysthymia and have a bright outlook on life...I have dysthymia and have a bright outlook on life and am NOT depressed. Therefore, I am VERY upset about the change, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848169765624381269.post-80050187365104541412012-05-19T05:36:41.860-07:002012-05-19T05:36:41.860-07:00While I have plenty of problems with proposed chan...While I have plenty of problems with proposed changes in DSM-V, I have to disagree with you on this. Dysthymia is certainly different from very severe depressions, but I have yet to meet a psychiatrist who could tell me where "severe dysthymia" ends and "mild major depression" begins. They don't know either! And while I'm glad that "dysthymia" hasn't ruined your life, it has robbed me of pretty much everything. I have had a couple of "major depressions", and I could cope far better with limited (and generally treatable) episodes of that than trying to cope with the endless misery, lethargy, pessimism, and hopelessness that is dysthymia--which never ends.Southernbellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435688373360191498noreply@blogger.com