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I'm 16 years old and I think I may have depression. I recently posted this similar post on another community but thought this community may have more experience in the matter. Point is...I'm not quite sure if I'm deppressed or not. I'm pretty sure online tests aren't very accurate and it's just so frustrating to try and figure out!  I have a good family life. I do! Both my parents love me and I have two sisters that are like my best friends so why am I like this?! Even though I have anxiety issues I do have some really good friends in high school too but yet here I am. I just don't get it. I've never had high self-esteem I admit, it's gotten progressively worse from as early as seven years old to now and it's turned from a harmless little insecurity issue to self hatred, self harm and even suicidal thoughts. It's almost selfish to be like this though...I have a stable life yet I want nothing to do with it. I'm convinced I was a defect that somehow got through the filter of brilliant souls that ended up here in this world. I am a huge failure. I am barely passing one class and failing another as for all the others I'm just trying to keep a B or C average. I can't even pass junior year let alone the college years headed my way! I just...can't do it. I have tried to cut to keep all the pain away and buried inside, I don't deserve anything better. I can't tell my parents because they wouldn't understand why their daughter who is always so 'happy' is doing this to herself. No one would understand. So...I guess in the end of this kind of meaningless rant the question is am I just being a complete idiot who is just being a baby or could this be something a little more?
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I feel for you too! I'm 36 now and went through the exact same things. Please tell your parents about the depression and ask them to take you to an endocrinologist and have all your hormones checked especially your LH level. Depression and anxiety are caused by a low Growth Hormone level which in turn lowers your LH level. Treating LH level if low is the best way to deal with depression. Please tell your doctor this as well and I hope this helps.
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Bless you for your message.  No it is not a meaningless rant, you need to talk to someone.  

It may not be the illness clinical depression that you have, it may be your are going through a difficult time in your life.  You could be depressed but not have "depression."  There is a difference.  

If you are feeling suicidal then you must tell somebody.  You cannot deal with it alone.

Don't put yourself down.  You have a stable family life and good friends.  If you really think you have depression and cannot deal with it, either tell a school counsellor or your parents, or someone close to you.  Only a doctor would be able to diagnose clinical depression.

~There is a teenage depression site here I think which may help more.  

I have had depression for a very long time, as have many others here, and we are pleased to "talk" to you, if that is what you would like.
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