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health advisory Hospital Mental Health 2007-11-15 19:00:24

i heard that it can happen i heard people say it can cause death,heart deasise,digestive problems,bla,bla,bla is that true?

Answer:

Yes...because depression causes stress and stress causes many physical problems (like high blood pressure, etc..) and also aside from that depression can also lead to suicide. So yes depression can cause death in many ways if left untreated.

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look at anna nicole smith. part of her death was depression

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I think only if you intentionally kill yourself depression IS curable.

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Yes. It puts stress on the heart and nervous system. It can also get so bad the victim commits suicide.

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Most often people who suffer from depression end up with a weak imune system which leaves them vunerable to heart disease, pneumonia, ulcers, and even sometimes suicide.

Older persons with depression rarely seek treatment for the illness. Unrecognized and untreated depression has fatal consequences in terms of both suicide and non-suicide mortality. The highest rate of suicide in the US is among older white men. Depression is the single most significant risk factor for suicide in that population. Tragically, many of those people who go on to commit suicide have reached out for help -- 20% see a doctor the day they die, 40% the week they die, and 70% in the month they die. Yet depression is frequently missed.

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Yes it stresses the body. It can cause all that you mentioned. That's why it's important for someone to get help and others to be supportive and not ignorant and condemning the ill person. Check on line National Mental Health Association. There is a lot of information that one can learn there and you can see that they aren't sure how to handle many of there cases. Because most are substance abusers, because they don't know how to handle their feelings and men are more likely than women to suffer longer because they see help as a weakness, and really it's intelligent to seek better health. Physically or mentally they both matter.

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only if you let it, I've had depression for 15 years that's when i was diagnosed i probably had it longer, but i stay on top of my meds and i don't let it keep me down,

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I would like who are you because I really, really need a confident.is true.

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yes u can because u r sad so u don't feel like doing anything.

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