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As opposed to chronic depression, which may persist over years, recurrent depressions tend to come and go in a pattern not unlike bipolar, only without the pronounced ups into mania and hypomania (mania lite). Closely spaced depressions (highly recurrent) may be a sign that the depression should be treated as if it were a bipolar depression, with mood stabilizers.
