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camhs - low mood

toffuna101toffuna101 Posts: 4,129 Community Veteran
in Health & Wellbeing
why in camhs do they call depression low mood? last week i saw a letter from my psychiatrist since they usually make those and in one of my diagnoses it says that i have low mood. this is confusing because low mood within itself isnt a diagnosis, depression is.

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  • NathanNathan Community Connector Posts: 3,186 Boards Guru
    toffuna101 wrote: »
    why in camhs do they call depression low mood? last week i saw a letter from my psychiatrist since they usually make those and in one of my diagnoses it says that i have low mood. this is confusing because low mood within itself isnt a diagnosis, depression is.

    @toffuna101 just medical terminology sadly. Trust me, half the terminology makes no sense. It describes just one element of depression, the low mood, and ignores the countless other elements of it. It might be worth speaking to your psychiatrist about it.
  • toffuna101toffuna101 Posts: 4,129 Community Veteran
    DonnerKebab wrote: »
    toffuna101 wrote: »
    why in camhs do they call depression low mood? last week i saw a letter from my psychiatrist since they usually make those and in one of my diagnoses it says that i have low mood. this is confusing because low mood within itself isnt a diagnosis, depression is.

    @toffuna101 just medical terminology sadly. Trust me, half the terminology makes no sense. It describes just one element of depression, the low mood, and ignores the countless other elements of it. It might be worth speaking to your psychiatrist about it.

    yeah probably. ive been wanting to get a schizoaffective disorder depression type diagnosis for a long time now but i likely wont get one until im 18.
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