I Think Im Depressed, Now What?
So you’ve decided you need to see someone for your depression. Now what? Your first visit should be to your family doctor for a thorough checkup. There are several medical conditions that can cause depression symptoms, such as vitamin and mineral deficiencies, female hormonal changes and thyroid conditions. In addition, several medications may have depression as a side-effect. If your doctor does not find any of these factors as a cause of your depression, you may then be referred to a mental health professional. It is very important – especially if this is your first time seeing someone for depression – that you obtain a referral. Your family doctor may mean well in offering to prescribe you an antidepressant, but he is not the best qualified doctor to treat depression. He canno
