Yeah, Thanks for the answers. No the depression is not why I think I might be a Vampire. I have read some of your descriptions and I felt like that was me, you were talking about. I haven't said that I am a vampire yet. I'm still reading about it and will not do anything before I have read further. I'm very use to reading about stuff like this and I know what I'm doing. So no worries. You seems to be worried about the risk that I could do anything stupid. But you can be sure that I won't. I have all the help I need and now I'm just searching for the fact. Thanks again for the answers you gave me and I guess I have to read from now on.

But why call it Vampyrism? Isn't that name already taken?

It's like taking bread and say that real bread is made out of stone?

That is the name that stuck because it best fit the condition.

First of all we don't all dress alike.
You wouldn't know most of us if you met us on the street, or the bank, or the supermarket. In fact you probably have and didn't know it.
We do laundry, have kids, scrub our bathrooms...you get the idea. We are just like everyone else.
We are just people that have something different about us.

Most of us do not take what we need by force or "stealing" it without permission. The few that do are looked upon as being- basically- criminals.

There are people who are called "Lifestylers" that often do try to emulate the vampires of fiction.  You probably won't find many of them hanging around this board, at least not for long.
There are also those who live a very high profile and enjoy attention. Most of us do not. In fact most of us tend to look at those who do as "media whores".

I understand that Johns Hopkins University is studying the "condition" by the way. If that lends it more credibility then great. If not...well. *shrugs*

What about your avatars? They are very "gothic". And just the name Vampire in itself. Why not parasite? A Vampire is an undead. A parasite is a lifeform surviving on other lifeforms.