How many of you who call yourselves depressed have been diagnose

About a month ago I was diagnosed with major depression and bipolor. I have been put on two different meds. The first one wasn't working so we switched. Now that I have taken my new medication for about a month my doctor and I don't feel that it is working so I have to switch again. which sucks hardcore.

~AloneForever12~

yea i have been diagnosed with depression but i don't think i am cuzz i have always felt like this. i take meds but i don't tell n e 1 that i do or that im depressed ........ i hide my life

So... forgive me if I have taken the tone of the post wrong, but it sounds as if your claiming that your special because you have a diagnosis...

So are you trying to claim that everyone who doesn't have a diagnosis isn't actually dealing with pain?
If so, what about those who don't want the attention and don't go to doctors begging for it, and seclude it to themselves?

people who say they have been diagnosed in here don't want attention theyr answering a ? and i do agree .. just because u haven't been dianosed doesn't mean u don't deal with the same pain as someone who is. but i don't think people who are depressed want attention ...... thats just me

~ShAtTeReD*HeArT~

I was dianosed with manic depression and being bipolar i thought it was the same thing, whatever, close enough.

I'm diagnosed with pills too.....But I don't take them, I just try to hide it all away....

you mean prescribed pills* a diagnosis is an explanation as to whats wrong with you, not the medication that your provided with

i was many times
i was sent to a hospital
then to counselers and all of the counselors
sent me to a new one
i was "too much to handel"
i was put on 2 different pills
but had i a reverse effect to them
so yes i am

Im sorry but I have to agree with pinkalias's first reply to this post. People can still be depressed even if they havent had a doctor confirm it. It sounds as if you think you are different because you have been diagnosed, but really there could be many depressed people who simply havent let anyone know how depressed they are. And dont you think people might be able to judge themselves better than a doctor, seeing as only they can know what they feel like?