Help with Depression & Dysthymia

This website is made in the hope that it can help sufferers from both Depression and Dysthymia .

You can find futher help at the Ukmentalhealthforums or at the related Yahoo Group where you can leave messages, chat etc either is well worth a visit.

In the future we hope to set up a full society to care for the needs of sufferers.

If you are looking for information on Dysthymia or can help us in building this website we would like to hear from you.

Dysthymia the unknown Depressive Illness

Depression is becoming one of the commonest illness in the Uk, causing suffering, illness, to people of all ages and most walks of life. However there is one type of Depression that although suffered by quite a portion of those who suffer depression in the Uk is little known about that is Dysthymia or Dysthymic Disorder.

Dysthymia has many similarities with depression as recognized in the UK. The main symptoms are discussed on the Dysthymia page. However like depression Dysthymia includes tiredness, lack of concentration, guilt and many other similarities, however the main difference is than with depression most people recover in a few weeks or a few months with Dysthymia the symptoms last for years possibly for life.

Treatments and Help for Dysthymia and Depression

The best known treatment for depression are antidepressants such as Prozac, but it does not work for everyone. Fortunately there are many other anti depressants and a vast array of alterative's both in terms of alterative medication such as St Johns Wort, along with therapies and counseling. We give a guide to these on our Treatments page, along with help when with problems related to dysthymia and coping with them on our coping page.

Experiences of Sufferers

The reason for starting this site is that in 1996 I was diagnosed with Dysthymia by a consultant Psychiatrist, at the time I had never heard of the illness, however from research I did it was likely I had suffered it from infancy. We would like others who suffer to come along and give there experiences thus help themselves and others to see they are not on there own.