How to cure depression

The first step in attempting to cure depression is to understand that not all kinds of depression are created equal. There are people who have legitimately unbalanced hormones or, for lack of a better word, crossed wires upstairs. There are people who are just in a rut, sad about a death in the family or losing a job. Then there are also teenagers, for whom the default setting is "depressed." Each of these states are different, and what works for one is overmedication for another, or not enough medication. That's why it's important to get to a doctor, because in order to cure depression you have to know if you're actually biologically depressed.

Medication is typically used for people who want to cure depression, but isn't always needed or helpful. A bit of anecdotal evidence: A friend of mine in college claimed to have depression as a result of a chemical imbalance. He went to the doctor, who tested him for said imbalance and found nothing of note. However since my friend clearly had symptoms, he was prescribed prozac (or a similar medication) to help him regulate his moods.

It didn't work. Why? Because he didn't have clinical depression. He was simply in a rut, unable to be happy with his accomplishments or attempt to break out of his pre-determined path.

So it's a good step to take a look at yourself before you really go off the deep end by taking drugs that mess with your biochemistry. Are you really, truly depressed? Or are you just looking for an "easy" way to make your life into something else?

For most people I think it's the latter. I say this because, at various points in my late teens and early 20s, I claimed to have "depression." Turns out, in hindsight, I was just lazy and unmotivated. What I needed wasn't drugs, but the will to get up every morning, work out, eat right, do my work and then party the night away. Instead I just self-medicated with cigarettes and alcohol, finding brief moments of happiness in between all the ennui. If I could do it over again, I absolutely would.

However, this isn't to say that "depression" doesn't exist. For many people, there are legitimate chemical imbalances that need to be addressed with medication. These are people who can't be permanently helped by a change in routine, exercise and diet, but need chemical treatment.

Sadly, even with chemicals, depression isn't one-hundred percent curable. Science can not yet cure depression. However it is managable, and managing your depression is the first step towards living a life where you're in command, rather than having a disease be in command of you.

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