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Benefits of antidepressants

The medication that help me?

- Most people find an effective antidepressant.
- Six in 10 people feel better with the first antidepressant they try. The rest need to try different antidepressants to find the right one.

How long does it take to feel better?

- Most people need to take an antidepressant regularly for at least 6 weeks to begin to get the full effect.
- If you still do not feel better, your doctor or nurse may prescribe a different antidepressant or adding another.
- Most people should continue taking these drugs for 6 to 9 months. Some people need to take longer. Read the rest of this entry »

Depression is a deep sadness does not go away. Can also be expressed by loss of interest in normally pleasurable things and activities. The most common symptoms are:

- Feeling sad, anxious or “empty” that lasts longer than 2 weeks.
- Trouble sleeping.
- Changes in appetite, either decreased appetite and weight loss or increased food intake and weight gain.
- Loss of interest in things you once enjoyed, including sex.
- Feeling of restlessness and irritability. Read the rest of this entry »

We often think that adolescence is a stage of life away from depression. But it is not. Many young people suffer from depression and is often difficult to diagnose because normal adolescent have ups and downs in mood, which may alternate over a period of hours or days.

This disorder during adolescence involves continual sadness, discouragement, loss of self-esteem and loss of interest in usual activities. It is common due to the normal maturation process and the stress associated with this stage of life, the influence of sex hormones and independence conflicts with parents. It can also be a reaction against a disturbing event, such as the death of a friend or relative, a breakup with a girlfriend or boyfriend, or failure in school.

So we must be careful if you have a teenager in the family and view any doubt, and that adolescents with depression usually see everything more negatively and are unable to imagine that any problem or situation can be resolved in a positive way. And teens with a history of depression in the family are more prone to this disorder.

A recently published data on adolescent depression is that nearly half of young people recovering from severe depression are likely to suffer a relapse within two or three years, regardless of treatment received. This has been published in JAMA – Archives of General Psychiatry, and the paper stresses the need for long-term monitoring and rigorous monitoring of symptoms among adolescents with depression, even when they have indicated an improvement.

According to the results of research conducted by the psychiatrist Golda Ginsburg, parents, doctors and mental health professionals should consider depression in adolescence as a chronic condition marked by remissions and flare-ups of the disease, so should be monitored regularly both medication and psychotherapeutic treatments. Read the rest of this entry »

Depression in women is twice as common in men and can occur at any stage of life.
Women of all socioeconomic levels, ethnicity and education level may be affected. The reason seems to be an interaction of genetic, hormonal changes and life events.

What are the symptoms of depression?

Women who are depressed not only feel sad, but also miserable. Most suffer from extreme fatigue and a total lack of energy, and even the smallest tasks seem impossible and daunting.
The attacks of anxiety, loneliness and antisocial behavior are also common.

Women with depression have trouble concentrating and feel like a failure and a burden to others. These feelings in turn give rise to a feeling of guilt and inability to see the future. The depressed person may display anger or irritability, often says that life is unfair to her.
Insomnia is a common symptom and physical pain for no apparent reason are also common. Read the rest of this entry »

What causes can lead to a depression in the elderly?
Depression at any age in life has a multifarious origin. On the one hand, there are hereditary factors. People with a family history of disease are more likely to suffer illnesses such as depression.

There are also factors related to the aging process itself, as it causes a number of changes in brain neurotransmission make these people more sensitive to the time of depressive symptoms. In addition, there are other social changes that are important, such as those related to the loss of status, work, economic and, of course, the loss of family and loved ones who are dying. Finally, the person-from the psychological point of view, is forced to make a major effort to adapt to these changes and this can cause stress that increases the vulnerability of the individual.

Are there other physical conditions in this regard?
There is increasing data we suggest that cerebrovascular disease may precipitate type depression in the elderly. This is a major issue and that the presence of these problems can become reason enough to develop a preventive strategy: exercise, healthy habits, tobacco control, and so on.

What are the physical or mental signs that indicate that a person suffering from depression? Read the rest of this entry »

Depression and anxiety are characterized by all sorts of irregularities in the behavior of the sufferer, this is due to the constant tension of certain triggers that may tend to easily cause a person’s excessive nervousness and stress. In addition, a large number of women who get nervous easily in any everyday activity, they are really prone to depression and anxiety, it’s just a matter of willpower when it comes to coping with difficulties and stress-prone activities. It can be very difficult to overcome this at first, but try to be calm and relaxed in times of pressure to safeguard our sanity and not fall into a downward spiral, where we sink more.

When it comes to remedy this situation, we must bear in mind that you have to be really honest with yourself and evaluate how you feel to see a psychiatrist or psychologist who can make a correct diagnosis and establish treatment guidelines for depression appropriate to your situation.

Here are the different types of depression:

Manic depression or bipolar disorder – characterized by sudden and extreme changes in mood wherein one minute you’re in a high state of euphoria, while at next minute you feel being in a personal hell.

Postpartum depression – characterized by a prolonged sadness and a feeling of emptiness by a new mother and physical stress produced during childbirth, a feeling of insecurity to be responsible with the newborn baby can be just some of the possible factors why some new mothers go through this depression.

Dysthimia – characterized by a slight similarity with depression, but this time, it has proved far less severe, but of course with all cases should be treated immediately.

Cyclothemia – characterized by a slight similarity with Manic or Bipolar depression wherein the individual suffering from this mental illness may occasionally suffer from severe changes in one of those moods.

Seasonal affective disorder – characterized by falling in a rut only during specific seasons (ie winter, spring, summer or fall) studies however, show that people tend to fall more in this disorder during the winter and autumn seasons and, finally, mood swings, where the mood of a person can change from happy to sad in a short time.

People who have experienced trauma and abuse during childhood are more likely to develop chronic fatigue syndrome, according to a recent article in the journal Archives of General Psychiatry.

In addition, neuroendocrine dysfunction, ie abnormalities in the interaction of nervous system and endocrine system seems to be associated with childhood trauma in people with this syndrome, suggesting a biological pathway by which early experiences influence the vulnerability to disease in adulthood.

Chronic fatigue syndrome affects approximately 2.5 percent of adults in the United States, health officials said. Little is known about the causes and development of this condition. Read the rest of this entry »

DEFINITIONS
Depression is a very deep feeling of sadness, which can occur after the loss of someone or other sad event, but not comparable with such events and is constantly felt longer than normal.

Approximately 10% of people who visited a doctor for psychological complaints actually suffering from depression.
Depression began to arise at the age of 20, 30 or 40 years.

An episode of depression usually lasts for 6-9 months, but at 15-20% sufferer can last up to two years or more.
Recurrent episodes of depression tend to be several times.
Situational depression is depression that occurs after a traumatic event, such as death of loved ones.
Holiday blues is a depression that happens when you’re on vacation or celebrating a something, is temporary.
Endogenous depression is a depression without a definite cause. Read the rest of this entry »

If we see someone look thinner, we would assume that maybe the person is stressed. Or, maybe he was hit by the problem so that he becomes no appetite. However, it turns out this view is mistaken. Stress is not going to make a person lose weight but instead trigger obesity.

This was revealed by health experts David Zinczenko was quoted by the magazine Men’s Health. According to him, stress will trigger a person becomes obese. Cause, in a state of stress, the body will produce two hormones are adrenaline and cortisol.

The two hormones that will activate the genes in the fat cells in the body to multiply. Cortisol is a type of hormone corticosteroids can increase blood pressure and blood sugar levels as well as a hormone or suppressing the immune system.

In addition, when one of stress, one would not sleep well. Difficulty sleeping is a production of cortisol increased. This was confirmed by the results of research the University of Chicago, the United States that suggests if we only slept for four hours a night, will raise levels of cortisol 37% higher than that sleep eight hours a night.