Among teenagers, this possibility is more frequent. The average teenager has seven school classes, at least two hours of homework a night, one or more extra curricular activity, and parents pressuring them to do their best. Not only that, but they also have friend and family relationships, jobs and their future to worry about. With all these overwhelming factors, it is highly normal for a teenager become depressed.

However, there are many differences between feeling depressed and actually suffering from depression, the disease. Any person feels depressed at some time or another in their life. They feel worthless, tired and tend to want to be alone without human interaction. This is normal. It is when these symptoms become recurrent and much that it is time for the victim to seek pr

A drug prescription would probably be the next step. Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil are all commonly known anti-depressants, and all basically affect the patient the same way. Many complaints have been issued about such drugs, as they often induce severe side affects. Many doctors, such as the author of the novel "Listening to Prozac," Peter Kramer, also have complaints about these drugs. The majority of complaints deal with the "mask" perspective.

A doctor prescribed Valium to her for seven years. Her life was a haze because of the drug-induced stupor, and when she finally was eased off Valium at age fourteen, her childhood was a mere blur in her memory. The withdrawal symptoms were horrendous, but nobody bothered to explain to her why she was going through such pain, let alone that she had probably suffered from post-traumatic shock when she was seven, and that was why she had been prescribed the Valium in the first place.

2. Dorree, Lynn. Are you Depressed? 11, April 2000. 12 Dec. 2000.

Therapy is obviously the oldest cure for depression, and while it has no 'side affects,' it is not foolproof. A therapist or psychologist may not cure a person, as this happens very often, and then another suggestion may be implemented.

4. Anonymous interview.

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