Dysthymia

There are varying degrees of the condition, from major depression, the most severe form, to a less debilitating but still serious version called dysthymia. ❋ Bob Greene (2010)

If you are feeling "down," you are suffering from depression that is usually short-lived and readily treatable (called dysthymia). ❋ Unknown (2008)

All participants had either major depression or a type of chronic depression called dysthymia, or a combination of both. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For now Prozac's most popular unapproved target is "dysthymia," or chronic discontent that falls short of clinical depression. ❋ Unknown (2008)

(F33), and persistent mood disorders such as dysthymia and cyclothymia (F34). ❋ Unknown (2009)

"dysthymia", which by definition is a mild form of depressive disorder, but without the crippling severity of major depression. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Like other mood disorders, dysthymia is diagnosed about twice as often in women as in men, but men may simply be more stoic, less willing to seek help or attempt to self-medicate. ❋ Melinda Beck (2011)

Other studies have found that nearly 80% of people with dysthymia also have episodes of major depression—sometimes known as "double depression." ❋ Melinda Beck (2011)

Because symptoms often wax and wane over the years, some experts have recommended combining dysthymia, double depression and chronic major depression into a single category of chronic depression in the next edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual DSM 5. ❋ Melinda Beck (2011)

Often, people with dysthymia only discover they have it when they get much worse, and finally seek treatment and realize they've felt gloomy all their lives. ❋ Melinda Beck (2011)

Officially, dysthymia affects only about 1.5% of the U.S. population in any given year and 5% at some point during their lives. ❋ Melinda Beck (2011)

I had lost all interest in my work, and the doctor I saw in desperation diagnosed my condition as dysthymia, a low-grade depression. ❋ Joseph Pierce Farrell (2011)

As with other forms of depression, there's no blood test or brain scan for dysthymia. ❋ Melinda Beck (2011)

Marriage counseling led her to individual therapy that finally diagnosed dysthymia—mild, chronic depression that can sometimes last for decades. ❋ Melinda Beck (2011)

And about one-quarter of people with dysthymia never do find much relief. ❋ Melinda Beck (2011)

Alternatively, some people with dysthymia are extremely high achievers and make an effort to be upbeat, but it may be hard to sustain. ❋ Melinda Beck (2011)

Everyone said that he always seemed exceptionally [detached] and [unhappy], but nobody knew he was suffering from [dysthymia]. ❋ Elastic_Logic (2004)

He has [dysthymia] and should be [treated] [right away]. ❋ PlessyVFergunson (2022)