A Useful Depression Test

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Remnant, WHERE the HELL did that come from?


Depression IS lack of emotion in a way... I can't explain it though, my reactions to it are very extreme and they seem manic... but that's me reacting to the depression, trying my best to shove it away, that isn't a condition of mine...

I just mean that when you're talking about being excitable at the best of times, when you say it that way, it sounds perfectly normal to me. WHO is telling us when we express exaggerated effect, and why? What are they like and who do they work for? I think that it is unkind of them to make you worry so much.

Here Are Your Scores:
Disorder Your Score
Major Depression: High
Dysthymia: High
Bipolar Disorder: High-Moderate
Cyclothymia: High
Seasonal Affective Disorder: High
Postpartum Depression: N/A

Disorder Your Score
Major Depression: Very Slight
Dysthymia: Slight-Moderate
Bipolar Disorder: Slight
Cyclothymia: Very Slight
Seasonal Affective Disorder: Slight
Postpartum Depression: N/A

Somehow that doesn't seem right as I've fought depression, or at least depressive symptoms for the last 14 years or so.

Major Depression: Very High
Dysthymia: High
Bipolar Disorder: Slight
Cyclothymia: High-Moderate
Seasonal Affective Disorder: High
Postpartum Depression: N/A

Slight or very slight for everything except Cyclothymia, which is Moderate, and Postpartum Depression, which is N/A.

Major Depression - very slight
Dysthymia - very slight
Bipolar Disorder - slight-moderate
Cyclothymia - very high
Seasonal Affective Disorder - slight-moderate
Postpartum Depression - N/A

A most intriguing test. This sorta thing does interest me... I like to find out about these sorts of things.

Last edited by samtoo on 25 Aug 2007, 11:34 am, edited 1 time in total.

Major Depression- High
Dysthymia - Very High
Bipolar Disorder - Extremely High
Cyclothymia - Moderate
Seasonal Affective - Disorder Slight-Moderate
Postpartum Depression - N/A

I got the results, but most of the list of the symptoms were things I didn't say I have, lol, or are things that do not apply to me at all. I don't have feelings of hopelessness frequently, no suicidal thoughts, I definitely don't have mood swings that last weeks, never have excessive confidence, lol-all of those I think came from my answers that I do these things once in a while when I have a meltdown...

but nonetheless:

Major Depression: High-Moderate
Dysthymia: Slight-Moderate
Bipolar Disorder: Slight
Cyclothymia: High
Seasonal Affective Disorder: Moderate
Postpartum Depression: N/A

Major Depression: Moderate
Dysthymia: Slight-Moderate
Bipolar Disorder: Slight
Cyclothymia: High-Moderate
Seasonal Affective Disorder: Slight
Postpartum Depression: N/A

Major depression moderate? I want to die.

I hate these multiple choice style tests, despite them serving as a rough guide rather than an accurate diagnosis, I still find both the questions and answers far too vague and open for my ridiculously irritating mind to process.

For example, question 1: Do you have difficulty falling asleep at night?

Yes, often
Yes, occassionally
No

Well yes I do, but my whole life I've always taken at least an hour to fall asleep under normal circumstances as far as I can remember. Sometimes I can take 3 or more hours to fall asleep, so do I count my 1 hour 'normal' time as difficulty, even though it's apparent to me that it's not caused by depression which is what this test is all about? Therefore I would answer, 'yes, occasionally.' However, as far as I am aware, 1 hour is considerably longer than the average person takes to fall asleep, therefore it'd be perfectly reasonable of me to answer, 'yes, often', in fact, 'yes, almost always' would be even more fitting. But back to my previous point, the very fact that I've been like this for my entire life (to my knowledge) would indicate that it's not a symptom of depression and therefore it doesn't concern the test, but my memory is patchy and by answering, 'yes, occasionally' I'd be giving an incaccurate description, but it would seem necessary in order to serve the very purpose of the test.

So in order to receive the most accurate results I must withhold key information strategically with the intent of tricking the test into analysing me better than it's flawed design would otherwise allow. And that my friends, is what drives me insane. I'm still on question 1 and I've already sent my mind spinning like some intra-mental imitation of a whirling dervish, minus the religious connotations, obviously.

I know these tests were never designed to be accurate but if I answer consistently conservatively (now there's a tongue twister, or not, as testing has concluded that in reality it's actually very easy to say, despite appearing difficult at first glance, but now I'm rambling) or consistently liberally, despite both viewpoints providing the test with answers that seem entirely reasonable, I'd expect that it'll have a severe impact on the result, thus making the test totally and utterly useless to me. But maybe if I just shut the f**k up, and pick the answer that first jumps out at me, then I'd be fine. But I just can't shut my mind up.

If I try to move on to the next question my mind will implode so I'll end this now.

Apologies for my horrendously long winded and rambling writing style, I end up typing so much for someone who has so little to say. Then again, I'm posting this not for other people to read, but for me to offload and dump my thoughts to text, whether anyone else reads it or not is really none of my concern. So really, I'm apologising to myself. What a mind job.

lol, I got that when taking the test too, but I just answered the most honestly that I could. Does my mood ever fluctuate? Well, yeah... doesn't everyone's at some point or another? In my mind I'm thinking about a really bad meltdown I had last week, so I answer yes. Now they say it's possible that I have Cyclothymia as "high" just because I said my mood has fluctuated, I have trouble falling asleep (usually because my mind won't wind down enough for me to), wake up frequently (yes, I think of things that must be done in the middle of the night), and I'm tired at times... well, if I'm having trouble getting to sleep, waking up through the night, then logically I'm going to have days where I'm tired due to not being well rested. All of the rest of the things on the test that seemed to pertain to that one, were marked no, but it still took the "always" answers into account, of course.

Ah well, lol.

Here are my results:

* Major Depression: Slight
* Dysthymia: Moderate
* Bipolar Disorder: Slight-Moderate
* Cyclothymia: High-Moderate
* Seasonal Affective Disorder: Slight-Moderate
* Postpartum Depression: N/A

I think this thest is not accurate.

I'm more depressed than Alternative?

Now that's just scary!

Major Depression: Extremely High

Dysthymia: High

Bipolar Disorder: Slight

Cyclothymia: Slight-Moderate

Seasonal Affective Disorder: Moderate

Major Depression: Slight-Moderate
Dysthymia: High-Moderate
Bipolar Disorder: High
Cyclothymia: Extremely High
Seasonal Affective Disorder: Slight-Moderate
Postpartum Depression: N/A

Hmmmm. I was diagnosed with dysthymia before AS actually. Which is like the opposite of what it's saying.