Originally Posted by jljack

I did go through a bout with depression during menopause. I can tell you it is nothing to fool around with...it is debilitating!! Medications for depression can be a life changing and life saving thing for some people. Chronic depression is a horrible disease that some people deal with on a daily basis. It is a disease.

However....some people do let the pressures of life get them down. In that case, I think a person's attitude about life in general has a lot to do with their state of mind, including allowing themselves to sink into depression. Too much worry, too much alcohol, too much of lots of different things can cause it. Lots of "depressed" people could change it by changing their "self" centered lives to "others" centered lives. I've seen it happen. I work in that field.