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Depression (cont.)

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Depending on the severity of your depression, you will see your health-care provider more frequently, perhaps as often as every week or every other week, for the first six to eight weeks after the initial diagnosis of depression.

Be sure to tell your health-care provider about any medication side effects or urges to hurt yourself or others.

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