Posted by Joslynn on December 30, 2005, at 11:39:11
In reply to can depression make you mean/hateful?, posted by spriggy on December 29, 2005, at 21:57:11
In my opinion, I think my Dad probably had undiagnosed depression most of his life and it made him mean. He self-medicated with alcohol (bad move) and was alcoholic. Always yelling. Now he is sober, but still has a very dark, negative outlook and can have an outburst about the weirdest things. He picks fights with cashiers at the grocery store. Seriously. Other times, he can be nice. He doesn't believe in meds or therapy so won't seek help.
However, chain smoking and drinking ten gallons of coffee is just fine with him! But SSRIs are bad.
I love him, and he yells a lot less than when he was drinking, but I do think the mood disorder makes him mean/angry for no reason at times. I am glad not to be living there.
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