[toomanytearss]

I found those articles very interesting.  I will probably read them over numerous times.  I don't know if my h is depressed or mlc for sure, but I suspect it.  He hasn't moved forward, things still here, still at motel, but talks about his future still without us.  I think he suspects there are issues, been to the doctor, but I don't think he will ever seek the help he needs. 

So these articles help me to understand and remember that I can't help him and I have to take care of me and d.

[dadspearl]

Thank you for posting, D!
Excellent info!

[God's child]

What has been described is my exh to a tee! Now I have not been around him but have heard bits and pieces from family members. I am trying to understand it all but I find it so very difficult to deal with. All of his symptoms that deal with depression are clearly evident in his attempt to be considered sane but he is not. The OW is dealing with  him thinking he is ok and probably the love of her life. He will marry her soon and I will no longer be a part of his life if he does. I must move on because he has and will be in bearable to be around.

[DaRealist]

Very interesting!  Thanks for the posts and links!

[toomanytearss]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/16/blood-test-depression_n_5826592.html

Found this interesting.

[Windsofchange]

That would be absolutely amazing!!

[kikki]

Despite the research hurdles she still needs to overcome, Redei is confident that her test can make a positive impact on the millions who struggle with depression -- not only by making treatment more precise, but by bringing psychiatry "into the 21st century,” Redei said. “We’ll get to the point where there won’t be any discrimination between physical illness and mental illness.”

That sure would be a good day.
Thanks for sharing the article.

[Anjae]

Very interesting.

However, with High Energy MLCers doubt anyone would bother to send them to do a depression test.

[toomanytearss]

I believe in the article it says this test would or could become a routine test that is done when you have a regular exam and would be available to all testing facilities.  You would just get tested along with all the other stuff they test for during your regular exam. 

[Anjae]

What the text says is this:

"But perhaps just as important, said lead investigator Eva Redei, Ph.D., is the potential the test has for taking some of the stigma out of a depression diagnosis. When depression can be confirmed with a blood test like any other physical ailment, she said, there’s less stigma about having the disease and getting treatment."

It does say it will be done along other blood tests. It may be a test like for some other diseases that has to be spicifally asked for. But we really do not know. There is not much info on that on the article.

"Once you have numbers in your hand, you can identify that [depression] is an illness -- not a matter of will.”

Agree. Wonder if one day they will have one for MLC.

But the article states that the blood test for depression has not yet been aproved by the Food and Drug Administration and that they don't know if it will be.

This is also very interesting
"Redei’s study compared the blood samples of 32 patients who had been diagnosed with depression in the traditional way (a clinical interview) with samples taken from 32 people without depression. She found nine RNA blood markers -- the molecules that carry out DNA's instructions -- that differed significantly between the two groups, which she then used as the basis for the depression diagnosis.

Then, the depressed patients went through 18 weeks of cognitive behavioral therapy, a common treatment for depression. Re-testing their blood, Redei was able to tell which patients had benefitted the most from therapy, just by examining the changes in their RNA markers. In other words, the test was also a biological way to tell if treatment had been effective.

Finally, Redei also noticed that there were three RNA markers that didn’t change in depressed patients, no matter if they had benefitted from cognitive behavioral therapy or not. She suspects they may be markers that show if a person is predisposed to depression."

Even if I think that brain tests may also help to diagnose depression.