Manic Depressive going through a bad break up?
February 28, 2009 by How To Treat Depression
Filed under More Depression Answers
Can you answer Kim’s question about Depression?:
I’m worried I am going through my depressive phase of my bipolar through a really bad break up. Are there any tips I can have?
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I’m worried I am going through my depressive phase of my bipolar through a really bad break up. Are there any tips I can have?
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Various Types of Depression and Its Symptoms
February 28, 2009 by How To Treat Depression
Filed under About Depression
The American Heritage Dictionary describes depression as being “a psychiatric disorder characterized by an inability to concentrate, insomnia, loss of appetite, anhedonia, feelings of extreme sadness, guilt, helplessness and hopelessness, and thoughts of death.”
Depression is the common cold of mental disorders — most people will be affected by depression in their lives either directly or indirectly, through a friend or family member. Confusion is commonplace about depression, for example, about what depression exactly is and what makes it different from just feeling down.
The facts
If you are depressed, you may have feelings of extreme sadness that can last for a long time. These feelings are severe enough to interfere with your daily life, and usually last for weeks, or months, rather than days.
Depression can affect people of any age, including children. Studies have shown that 2% of teenagers in the UK, are affected by depression.
Symptoms
generally, the symptoms of depression include:
• Feeling sad, hopeless and despairing
• A loss of interest and pleasure in normal activities
• Loss of appetite or weight
• Loss of sex drive
• Sleeping problems, such as an inability to get to sleep or early waking
Types of Depression
Major Depression
When you hear the term clinical depression, it merely means the depression is severe enough to require treatment. When a person is badly depressed during a single severe period, he or she can be said to have had an episode of clinical depression. More severe symptoms mark the period as an episode of major depression (also known as unipolar depression and major depressive disorder). Many mental health experts say the key to judging this gradation lies in the amount of change a person undergoes in his or her normal patterns along with a loss of interest and a lack of pleasure in them. An almost-daily tennis player, for instance, who began to break her court dates frequently, or a regular bridge player who lost interest in weekly games, might be edging into an episode of major depression. The more severe the depression, the more it is likely to affect its sufferer’s life.
Dysthymia is another mood disorder. People who have it may feel mildly depressed on most days over a period of at least two years. They have many symptoms resembling major depression, but with less severity.
Symptoms of depression may surface with other mood disorders. They include seasonal major depression (also known as seasonal affective disorder), postpartum depression, and bipolar disorder.
Atypical Depression
We think of depression as one thing. It’s not. In this in-depth article, leading depression experts tell WebMD about the many forms of depression.
Psychotic
Psychotic depression is a less common type of depression and its symptoms include an even more severely depressed mood, more severe psychomotor disturbance, and psychotic symptoms (either delusions or hallucinations), and over-valued guilt ruminations. Psychotic depression has a very low spontaneous remission rate. It responds only to physical treatments (such as antidepressant drugs).
Cyclothymic disorder
Cyclothymic disorder is when a person has mild and alternating mood swings of elation and depression occurring over a long time period. Because the mood swings are mild, and the elation is often enjoyable, frequently people with cyclothymic disorder do not seek medical help.
The periods of elation and depression can last for lengthy periods, such as a few months. Often, a person with cyclothymic disorder has a relative with bipolar disorder, or they may develop bipolar disorder themselves.
Thanks to Peter sams for contributing this article to our Depression blog:
Depression is the common cold of mental disorders — most people will be affected by depression in their lives either directly or indirectly, through a friend or family member. Confusion is commonplace about depression, for example, about what depression exactly is and what makes it different from just feeling down.
The facts
If you are depressed, you may have feelings of extreme sadness that can last for a long time. These feelings are severe enough to interfere with your daily life, and usually last for weeks, or months, rather than days.
Depression can affect people of any age, including children. Studies have shown that 2% of teenagers in the UK, are affected by depression.
Symptoms
generally, the symptoms of depression include:
• Feeling sad, hopeless and despairing
• A loss of interest and pleasure in normal activities
• Loss of appetite or weight
• Loss of sex drive
• Sleeping problems, such as an inability to get to sleep or early waking
Types of Depression
Major Depression
When you hear the term clinical depression, it merely means the depression is severe enough to require treatment. When a person is badly depressed during a single severe period, he or she can be said to have had an episode of clinical depression. More severe symptoms mark the period as an episode of major depression (also known as unipolar depression and major depressive disorder). Many mental health experts say the key to judging this gradation lies in the amount of change a person undergoes in his or her normal patterns along with a loss of interest and a lack of pleasure in them. An almost-daily tennis player, for instance, who began to break her court dates frequently, or a regular bridge player who lost interest in weekly games, might be edging into an episode of major depression. The more severe the depression, the more it is likely to affect its sufferer’s life.
Dysthymia is another mood disorder. People who have it may feel mildly depressed on most days over a period of at least two years. They have many symptoms resembling major depression, but with less severity.
Symptoms of depression may surface with other mood disorders. They include seasonal major depression (also known as seasonal affective disorder), postpartum depression, and bipolar disorder.
Atypical Depression
We think of depression as one thing. It’s not. In this in-depth article, leading depression experts tell WebMD about the many forms of depression.
Psychotic
Psychotic depression is a less common type of depression and its symptoms include an even more severely depressed mood, more severe psychomotor disturbance, and psychotic symptoms (either delusions or hallucinations), and over-valued guilt ruminations. Psychotic depression has a very low spontaneous remission rate. It responds only to physical treatments (such as antidepressant drugs).
Cyclothymic disorder
Cyclothymic disorder is when a person has mild and alternating mood swings of elation and depression occurring over a long time period. Because the mood swings are mild, and the elation is often enjoyable, frequently people with cyclothymic disorder do not seek medical help.
The periods of elation and depression can last for lengthy periods, such as a few months. Often, a person with cyclothymic disorder has a relative with bipolar disorder, or they may develop bipolar disorder themselves.
Thanks to Peter sams for contributing this article to our Depression blog:
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What’s the difference between clinical depression and dysthymic disorder?
February 28, 2009 by How To Treat Depression
Filed under More Depression Answers
Can you answer Jus Dat Nena’s question about Depression?:
I know clinical depression is more serious, but lasts shorter, while Dysthymic disorder [or dysthymia] is chronic and less severe. But, is there another difference in between them? Like, what types of things would cause dysthymia and clinical depression? Is it a chemical imbalance or something like that? Or does it just develop? I just want to understand what I have to deal with better. =/
Signs Of Clinical Depression
I know clinical depression is more serious, but lasts shorter, while Dysthymic disorder [or dysthymia] is chronic and less severe. But, is there another difference in between them? Like, what types of things would cause dysthymia and clinical depression? Is it a chemical imbalance or something like that? Or does it just develop? I just want to understand what I have to deal with better. =/
Signs Of Clinical Depression
A Look at the Different Types of Depression
February 27, 2009 by How To Treat Depression
Filed under Anxiety & Bipolar
When people talk about depression, they usually mean a person who is feeling down and lethargic, and who has generally lost interest in life. Most people don’t realize that there are many different types of depression a person can be suffering from, with each type often showing different symptoms.
While this isn’t an exhaustive list, here is a quick overview of the most common forms of depression.
Mild/Minor Depression is the least severe form of depression. Usually the symptoms aren’t so severe that they have a major impact in the life of the sufferer, although the depression can still cause distress and disruption. Many people who are suffering from mild depression never seek treatment - they don’t believe the symptoms are severe enough.
Dysthymic Disorder is a long-term form of mild depression (lasting two or more years). Like mild depression, most sufferers never seek help as they don’t believe their symptoms are severe enough. Also like mild depression, the symptoms of dysthymic depression don’t usually have a huge impact on the sufferers day-to-day life. But when the long-term results from the depression are considered, the impact can be huge. People who suffer from dysthymic depression often can’t remember a time when they weren’t depressed.
Moderate Depression fits somewhere between mild depression and major depression. The symptoms of moderate depression are more severe and numerous than mild depression, and they begin to have an impact on the work, home and social life of the sufferer. While mild depression and dysthymic depression can go unnoticed by others, the symptoms of moderate depression are usually noticeable. If left untreated, people suffering from moderate depression can slip into major depression.
Major Depression (also known as clinical or unipolar depression) is what most people think of when they think of depression - the individual seems to have totally given up on life, and has a large number of obvious symptoms. It is unlikely that someone suffering from major depression could function normally in a work, social or home setting - their symptoms are too pronounced. Suicide can be a huge risk with major depression, and professional help needs to be sought to treat the depression.
Bipolar Depression (BPD) is sometimes known as manic-depression, and is characterized by the sufferer having large mood swings from very upbeat and energetic to extreme lows. Both periods normally last for several weeks at a time. Bipolar depression is usually categorized into a number of sub-categories. While there is no firm consensus on how many sub-categories there are, the four most common are Bipolar I Disorder, Bipolar I Disorder, Cyclothymic Disorder and Bipolar NOS.
People with bipolar I disorder have the most extreme mood swings. Their low moods can be classified as major depression, while in their positive moods they can engage in crazy, outrageous and even dangerous activities. During this ‘mania’ state they may even suffer from paranoia or hallucinations.
People with bipolar II disorder have much less extreme mania periods. Indeed, many bipolar II sufferers go untreated because people mistake their ‘mania’ phase for simply getting over their depression. People with bipolar II don’t suffer from paranoia or hallucinations.
Cyclothymic disorder is a milder but much more long-term version of bipolar disorder (usually lasting for two or more years). Like bipolar II the mania phases are relatively minor, but in addition their depressive phases aren’t so severe that they classify as major depression. If left untreated, cyclothymic depression can develop into bipolar II depression.
Finally, Bipolar NOS (Not Otherwise Specified) is a catch-all category for people who have some of the symptoms of bipolar, but those symptoms don’t allow the person to be neatly categorized in one of the three other categories. For example, the sufferer may have fast cycling between the manic and depressive states, or manic states without depressive states.
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) is a severe form of Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) that affects between 3% and 8% of women. Symptoms of depression appear around a week prior to menstruation, and disappear within a few days of menstruation beginning.
Postnatal (Postpartum) Depression can occur any time in the first 12 months after a baby is born. Some form of postnatal depression affects over 80% of new mothers, although most who are affected only have a very mild form of depression that usually passes naturally with rest and the support of family and friends. However around 15% of mothers get a more severe form of postnatal depression, and like major depression the sufferer needs treatment and support to overcome the illness.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of depression caused by the changing light levels throughout the year. The most common for of SAD is caused by the low-light levels of winter, but a much rarer form of the disorder is triggered by the high-light levels of summer.
As you can see, depression comes in many different forms - each type of depression has different triggers and symptoms associated with it, and each type of depression also responds better to different treatments. By being aware of the different forms depression can take, you can be much more prepared to help a friend of family member.
Thanks to Jason Anderson for contributing this article to our Depression blog:
While this isn’t an exhaustive list, here is a quick overview of the most common forms of depression.
Mild/Minor Depression is the least severe form of depression. Usually the symptoms aren’t so severe that they have a major impact in the life of the sufferer, although the depression can still cause distress and disruption. Many people who are suffering from mild depression never seek treatment - they don’t believe the symptoms are severe enough.
Dysthymic Disorder is a long-term form of mild depression (lasting two or more years). Like mild depression, most sufferers never seek help as they don’t believe their symptoms are severe enough. Also like mild depression, the symptoms of dysthymic depression don’t usually have a huge impact on the sufferers day-to-day life. But when the long-term results from the depression are considered, the impact can be huge. People who suffer from dysthymic depression often can’t remember a time when they weren’t depressed.
Moderate Depression fits somewhere between mild depression and major depression. The symptoms of moderate depression are more severe and numerous than mild depression, and they begin to have an impact on the work, home and social life of the sufferer. While mild depression and dysthymic depression can go unnoticed by others, the symptoms of moderate depression are usually noticeable. If left untreated, people suffering from moderate depression can slip into major depression.
Major Depression (also known as clinical or unipolar depression) is what most people think of when they think of depression - the individual seems to have totally given up on life, and has a large number of obvious symptoms. It is unlikely that someone suffering from major depression could function normally in a work, social or home setting - their symptoms are too pronounced. Suicide can be a huge risk with major depression, and professional help needs to be sought to treat the depression.
Bipolar Depression (BPD) is sometimes known as manic-depression, and is characterized by the sufferer having large mood swings from very upbeat and energetic to extreme lows. Both periods normally last for several weeks at a time. Bipolar depression is usually categorized into a number of sub-categories. While there is no firm consensus on how many sub-categories there are, the four most common are Bipolar I Disorder, Bipolar I Disorder, Cyclothymic Disorder and Bipolar NOS.
People with bipolar I disorder have the most extreme mood swings. Their low moods can be classified as major depression, while in their positive moods they can engage in crazy, outrageous and even dangerous activities. During this ‘mania’ state they may even suffer from paranoia or hallucinations.
People with bipolar II disorder have much less extreme mania periods. Indeed, many bipolar II sufferers go untreated because people mistake their ‘mania’ phase for simply getting over their depression. People with bipolar II don’t suffer from paranoia or hallucinations.
Cyclothymic disorder is a milder but much more long-term version of bipolar disorder (usually lasting for two or more years). Like bipolar II the mania phases are relatively minor, but in addition their depressive phases aren’t so severe that they classify as major depression. If left untreated, cyclothymic depression can develop into bipolar II depression.
Finally, Bipolar NOS (Not Otherwise Specified) is a catch-all category for people who have some of the symptoms of bipolar, but those symptoms don’t allow the person to be neatly categorized in one of the three other categories. For example, the sufferer may have fast cycling between the manic and depressive states, or manic states without depressive states.
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) is a severe form of Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) that affects between 3% and 8% of women. Symptoms of depression appear around a week prior to menstruation, and disappear within a few days of menstruation beginning.
Postnatal (Postpartum) Depression can occur any time in the first 12 months after a baby is born. Some form of postnatal depression affects over 80% of new mothers, although most who are affected only have a very mild form of depression that usually passes naturally with rest and the support of family and friends. However around 15% of mothers get a more severe form of postnatal depression, and like major depression the sufferer needs treatment and support to overcome the illness.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of depression caused by the changing light levels throughout the year. The most common for of SAD is caused by the low-light levels of winter, but a much rarer form of the disorder is triggered by the high-light levels of summer.
As you can see, depression comes in many different forms - each type of depression has different triggers and symptoms associated with it, and each type of depression also responds better to different treatments. By being aware of the different forms depression can take, you can be much more prepared to help a friend of family member.
Thanks to Jason Anderson for contributing this article to our Depression blog:
Jason Anderson is a long-time depression sufferer who finally decided to do something about it for himself and others. Grab a free copy of his report “The 11 Myths About Depression” by visiting http://www.masteryourdepression.com
How to Use Hypnosis for Stress and Anxiety/depression
February 27, 2009 by How To Treat Depression
Filed under Anxiety & Bipolar
Stress, anxiety and depression these three are the biggest enemies of yours and they must be treated.
Kill them otherwise they will kill you.
Why Stress and anxiety/depression is in your life
Your life is a garden, if you find this garden full of cactus, poisonous fruits or deadly creatures, it means you have seeded wrong seeds.
Stress- This cactus is the expression of ambition, competition and so called motivation given by your family, friends and society. Stress is difficult to define because its effect vary with individual.
Scientists believe that the individual variation in responding to stress is somewhat dependent on a person’s perception of external events. This perception ultimately shapes his or her internal physiological response.
Anxiety- Expectation is the seed for the flowering of anxiety in your life. People expects from you and you expect from your life and when these expectations doesn’t fulfilled it will take a form of anxiety.
Mostly social learning and genetics likely play a role in developing this disorder.
Depression- Repetitive exposure with negative feelings lead you to depression, you think that situations are controlling you and thus they control you.
Depressed individuals are 18 times more likely to attempt suicide than people with no mental illness.
Hypnosis Can Solve Many Problems
Hypnosis for stress and anxiety has the ability to solve your any problem. It directly effects your mind because all your problems are mental. It is nothing, only your thoughts and perception. Whatever you conceive in your mind you get that as a result.
If you perform this, Hypnosis for stress and anxiety/depression, it will give you tremendous changes in your life.
Why???
Self hypnosis has been using very widely. Many peoples have discovered this technique very effective. They have transformed their lives.
One of the greatest reason for using self hypnosis so widely is that it heals your problem very naturally and easily. You don’t even come to know that your problem has been all right because it doesn’t take your hard efforts.
Ones you have the formula you can solve problems very easily, that is the beauty of self hypnosis. It’s only a matter of getting the formula in your hand.
How to Use Hypnosis for Stress and Anxiety/Depression
To use hypnosis for stress, depression and anxiety you should follow three steps:
Recognizing problem - First recognize and understand your problem that what is your problem? You must know exactly about your problem and then find the best solution.
Understand Self Hypnosis - The second major step towards freedom is “Understanding self hypnosis”. If you expect a self hypnosis tape is going to solve your problem then you are on the wrong track. First understand How? What? and Why? self hypnosis works.
Take sessions of hypnosis for stress and anxiety/depression - Prior taking sessions you must have the belief that, this will give you the result. Same as, you take medicines with a belief of getting out of your trouble and diseases.
For
more information about how to use self hypnosis for better health
click here
Thanks to cheetu Jaisinghani for contributing this article to our Depression blog:
Kill them otherwise they will kill you.
Why Stress and anxiety/depression is in your life
Your life is a garden, if you find this garden full of cactus, poisonous fruits or deadly creatures, it means you have seeded wrong seeds.
Stress- This cactus is the expression of ambition, competition and so called motivation given by your family, friends and society. Stress is difficult to define because its effect vary with individual.
Scientists believe that the individual variation in responding to stress is somewhat dependent on a person’s perception of external events. This perception ultimately shapes his or her internal physiological response.
Anxiety- Expectation is the seed for the flowering of anxiety in your life. People expects from you and you expect from your life and when these expectations doesn’t fulfilled it will take a form of anxiety.
Mostly social learning and genetics likely play a role in developing this disorder.
Depression- Repetitive exposure with negative feelings lead you to depression, you think that situations are controlling you and thus they control you.
Depressed individuals are 18 times more likely to attempt suicide than people with no mental illness.
Hypnosis Can Solve Many Problems
Hypnosis for stress and anxiety has the ability to solve your any problem. It directly effects your mind because all your problems are mental. It is nothing, only your thoughts and perception. Whatever you conceive in your mind you get that as a result.
If you perform this, Hypnosis for stress and anxiety/depression, it will give you tremendous changes in your life.
Why???
Self hypnosis has been using very widely. Many peoples have discovered this technique very effective. They have transformed their lives.
One of the greatest reason for using self hypnosis so widely is that it heals your problem very naturally and easily. You don’t even come to know that your problem has been all right because it doesn’t take your hard efforts.
Ones you have the formula you can solve problems very easily, that is the beauty of self hypnosis. It’s only a matter of getting the formula in your hand.
How to Use Hypnosis for Stress and Anxiety/Depression
To use hypnosis for stress, depression and anxiety you should follow three steps:
Recognizing problem - First recognize and understand your problem that what is your problem? You must know exactly about your problem and then find the best solution.
Understand Self Hypnosis - The second major step towards freedom is “Understanding self hypnosis”. If you expect a self hypnosis tape is going to solve your problem then you are on the wrong track. First understand How? What? and Why? self hypnosis works.
Take sessions of hypnosis for stress and anxiety/depression - Prior taking sessions you must have the belief that, this will give you the result. Same as, you take medicines with a belief of getting out of your trouble and diseases.
For
more information about how to use self hypnosis for better health
click here
Thanks to cheetu Jaisinghani for contributing this article to our Depression blog:
Hi, I’m from India and people call me Cheetu. I’m 28 years old and for me, self hypnosis is my passion. From fourteen years, I have been interested in this area of “HIDDEN POWERS OF MIND”. I’ve tried each and every thing to tap hidden powers of my mind like yoga, tantra, mantra, meditation, affirmation, kundalini, fasting, breathing techniques, self hypnosis and about everything you can imagine. Now I own a website www.cheetu.com and providing customized solutions to their unique problems by self hypnosis.
