On this day I’ve been diagnosed with depression

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On this day I’ve been diagnosed with depression.
It’s a biochemical illness of the brain,
Or so I’m told by the medical profession.

Research proves it’s a serotonin depletion,
And just as physical as chest pain or chilblain.
On this day I’ve been diagnosed with depression.

It has somehow become a common condition,
But popping a pill can make us normal again.
Or so I’m told by the medical profession.

Doctor, please, I think that I may have a question,
I’m afraid that you may find it rather profane.
‘I am a proficient, experienced clinician,
But there is only so much that I can explain.’

On this day I’ve been diagnosed with depression,
Or so I’m told by the medical profession.

– NB

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  1. I know your condition
    Don’t take any pill
    Just change your nutrition
    Medication is overkill

    Homeopathy is worth a try
    Don’t let your brain fry

  2. the drugs don’t make you happy
    only filter
    black and white
    until your world is filled with greyness
    and you cannot reach the light

    the drugs don’t make you happy
    they only keep you numb
    you can’t fall down
    you can’t climb up
    and it’s difficult to cum

    the drugs don’t make you happy
    just null the symptoms
    of this disease
    they give us pills and send us home
    while our soul shouts please

    these drugs won’t make me happy
    trapped here in this abyss,
    where fog and dark
    surround me and my days
    are all like this.

    these drugs won’t make us happy
    this is separation of our parts
    and only bringing them together
    can bring colour to our hearts.
    dezJ Mar2011

  4. it was a only 5 minute poem but relates to depression being not only a set of chemical imbalances and symptoms but as Alice Miller writes, a loss of our true selves. what is the Hippocrates prize? I’m not a hypocrite : (

  5. it’s ok Neel, i googled it and i know now. very interesting, the submission date has passed but a very interesting link and this; “International Hippocrates Research Forum for Poetry and Medicine” which i intend to follow up. thanks for the suggestion.