• More than half of people with bipolar disorder type I (with severe mania) have a co occurring substance use disorder.
• An NIMH sponsored study of 9 to 17 year olds estimates that the prevalence of any depressive disorder is more than 6 percent in a six month period, with almost 5 percent having major depression.
• Researchers estimate that at least six million men in the United States suffer from a depressive disorder every year.
• Over 70 percent of older suicide victims visit their primary care physician within the month of their death; many have a depressive illness that goes undetected during these visits.
• In 2002, suicide was the third leading cause of death among young males, age 15 to 24.

MyLastSigh posted a photo:

I woke up twice in the middle of the night; at 2 and at 4. My chest felt constricted, as if there was a towel inside me being twisted and twisted tight. My heart is fine. It seems I had an anxiety attack. But it was rather frightening.