Idealist,

I this caught my eye too, as my "old friend" has come to sit with me for a while right now.

Whew, there's so much I can say on this subject! I firstly agree with your dr. that depression can, and will, cause weightloss due to lack of appetite. However, when I do that, I also feel a lack of alot of this as well...a basic lack of zeal for anything. I FEEL the depression.

I've never suffered long, or serious depressions, and usually force myself to move past them by keeping very busy (I can do that because most of my depressions are psychological/situational. It they were physical, I couldn't do that more than likely, or not successfully)...during those times I will lose weight as well. Does this sound similar to you possibly? Have you recently been depressed?

If you know that you cholesterols, etc., are good, it sounds like your dr. has run good, and effecient bloodwork on you that would pick on on any obvious physical causes.

If you've been depressed and are "forcing" self to move past it, possibly you're doing like me and keeping self so busy that eating just doesn't happen like it should or at all?

Regardless, I do understand.

KD