Depression how do you if you have it?

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I'm not sure if I am depressed or just pissed off with my life and not particularly happy at the moment. If you have/had depression how did you know you had it? I have looked on dr google and like most illness you look at on there you can convince yourself you have it so not sure that is a good guide.

When I initially thought things were going pear shaped my GP got me to do a phq-9 and GAD 7 and then come back in a week then she started meds

I have no idea what that is, I might have worded my question badly. I meant how did you know it was time to see the go?

GP

I think Grump meant you could see how you do on those questions?
Eg
patient.info/doctor/patient-health-questionnaire

Apologies , yes the results of those gave the GP something to work in with a general chat

I got 2 points which means I am not depressed must just be a bit pissed off. Thank you for the link it saved me wasting a GP appointment unnecessarily