Can undiagnosed cancer cause depression?

by Ron Sombilon Gallery

Can undiagnosed cancer cause depression?Can cancer chemically cause depression? I'm not talking about someone learning they have cancer and then becoming depressed. I mean can depression be a side effect of undiagnosed cancer?

Answer by april
No, that makes no sense at all. A person may be feeling rundown, general malaise, among other things and it be mistaken for depression, but cancer doesn't cause depression.

Answer by imperialpoetpurple
Depression is a kind of 'vague' term. Cancer doesn't make people happy, and any disease that makes someone feel tired or unwell can in a sense cause a person to be 'depressed.' In theory a tired unhappy person could be in a sense misdiagnosed as being 'depressed' when in fact there is else chemically causing it.


In my case, I was working up to 70-80 hrs. per week. I didn't feel 'depressed' but did of course feel a bit tired. I had my Kidney removedand noticed months later that I actually felt 'better' ie. I didn't feel so 'tired'. I had more energy. In all cases, I think it's best to look at the entire person ie.counselors who just play with 'mental health concepts' without taking into consideration a person's chemical - biological health - can really make some screwball mistakes. Likewise there are folks who try to medicalize every little thing to the point of hypochondria. I once saw a counselor use nerf bats...with a patient...to process their 'repressed anger'...BUT he didn't take into consideration that the patient had extremely high blood pressure and that getting help for the hypertension was the top priority. : o Holistic is the way to go!!!!

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