• Research has revealed that people with alcoholism are almost twice as likely as those without alcoholism to also suffer from major depression.
• More than half of people with bipolar disorder type I (with severe mania) have a co occurring substance use disorder.
• The risk of developing bipolar disorder remains approximately equal for males and females throughout adolescence and adulthood.
• In 2002, suicide was the third leading cause of death among young males, age 15 to 24.
• Before puberty, boys and girls are equally likely to develop depressive disorders, but after age 14, females are twice as likely as males to have major depression or dysthymia.

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.