Depression

DEPRESSION

Depression is a major health disorder now a days. Depression is directly or indirectly related to mental health. Depression is basically mood disorder related to negative thoughts, sad life and lack of interest in all the life matters.

It is a persistent emotional feeling that not only effect emotional as well as mental state of a person. It is a persistent feeling of sadness that leads to many other disorders. Depression is a mother of many other disorders. It effects a physical appearance of a person greatly. Anyone can judge a depressed person through his face specially eyes as eyes reflects the mental state of a person. Now a days depression becomes a common disorder. Most of the person pretend to be happy but actually they are depressed. It is very dangerous for any person. It is a fatal disorders. The negativity that it creates and latter on the negativity from mind spread into the whole body leave very bad impacts on any human. Even the major reasons behind suicide or suicidal thoughts rather the basic reason is this fatal depression. Feeling of being giving up is a major symptom of depression.

Types of depression.

Major types of depression are as follows

Major depression : it is that type of depression in which a person’s mood persistently becomes sad. Suicidal thoughts, lack of interest, feeling emotional, loss of appetite, weakness and feeling exhausted are the major symptoms of major depression.

Persistent depressive disorder : It is the basic formal type of depression often called as dysthymia. It basically refers to low and sad mood for at least two years. But it may not reach to the level of major depression. A person can often function normally as a normal person can. symptoms are feeling of being low self esteemed, hopeless, weakness, loss of energy and loss of appetite.

 Bipolar depression : manic depressive order is a term used once for the sufferers of bipolar depressive patients. It may be followed by the feeling of high self esteemed and overconfident for some time also it sufferer may show high energy despite low energy as in other types. But later on it is followed by low self esteemed over a period of time and feeling of a low energy. The opposite feeling may last for a long or short period of time depend on the environment you get. Medications for this type of depression is also different because it depends on mood of a person.

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) : This type of depression is seasonal as it caught a person mainly during short days or winter as during humid days. It depends on the natural body rhythm of a person especially related to the sensitivity of a person’s mood and body.

Women can majorly get the general depression but they may be get other two types of depression which are as follow.

Perinatal depression: It may be a minor or major depression occurring in episodes during pregnancy or up to the twelve months of pregnancy. It may affects the child health during child birth, during pregnancy or later on in the life also with it, It may effect the normal life of families. The treatment for this type of pregnancy is proper medication and counselling. The cause of this type of depression may be a mental stress during pregnancy.

PMDD: It may directly occur during menstrual cycle just after ovulation as it is a severe form of premenstrual. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and such as fluoxetine (Prozac) and sertraline (Zoloft) may reduce the symptoms.

Common symptoms :

General symptoms by which anyone can diagnose that a person is suffering from depression.

Loss of appetite

Loss of weight ( weakness)

Low energy Loose of hope ( being hopeless)

Feeling of low self esteemed

Suicidal thoughts

Negative thoughts

Sadness

Feeling of being ignorant

Lack of interest in daily life matters

Common causes :

Some of the common causes that may be a cause of any of the six types of depression. One of the biggest and major cause is

stress

Tension

Failure or fear of failure

Hopelessness

Lack of resources

Loosing a near or dear one

Family disputes

Fear to loose someone special

Abuse

Past physical or sexual abuse

Hormonal imbalance

Past incident

Effect on daily life:

Depression effect a persons life greatly and in the last stage it becomes fatal. Negative and suicidal thoughts effect the daily life activities. A person can completely loose his interest in his matters. He will not be able to move in society. He will rum away from success. It also effects a person’s family. Peevishness will become a cause of daily quarrels. A person can’t be happy if he is a victim of depression. Persistently sadness becomes his friend.

Effect on social life:

When a person becomes a victim of depression, his social life is effected greatly. He can’t meet people normally. He can’t trust any one easily. He will become a failure. Low energy, lack of interest and weakness will be like a stone in his success. Happiness, joy, laughter and all the good things will disappear from his life and he will persistently caught by sadness.

Is brain plays its role in depression or any kind of chemical imbalance?

Yes, depression is actually a mind game. Our whole body is controlled by our brain. Brain is the major organ of the body, any changes either it be a physical or chemical (hormonal) changes, the changes are readily detected by brain. Enlarged and hyperactive amygdala along with abnormal behavior become a cause in disturbance of sleep and activity pattern that is a major cause of depression. Clinical depression May also known as. chemical imbalance depression. That’s why most of the drug treatments are based on it. Reduction in amount of certain neurotransmitters that are used to transmit nerve impulses may also cause chemical imbalance depression ( Monoamines such as serotonin and norepinephrine ). Serotonin is secreted from pituitary gland and regulates mood, happiness and anxiety. Low levels of serotonin may cause depression whereas high level of serotonin may cause decrease in arousal. Effect of age factor in depression. The person of the age 40 to 45 are at the major risk of major depression. According to graph the persons of middle ages at the bell of the graph are at the risk of major depression. While the persons on the start and the end of the graph that are young and old age at the risk of severe depression.

Treatment

Depression may also deal with other disorders like asthma, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, and obesity. There are some useful types of treatments like

Using an

Anti depressant

Anti anxiety

Anti psychotic

medication

Psychotherapy

              U should better talk with your physiotherapist. He will listen your problems and give u beneficial suggestions. It will take many sessions to recover but will be fruitful.

Light therapy

                    Exposure of a body to different intensities of white light. It may be helpful in seasonal depression.

Alternative therapies

Acupuncture

Meditation

Exercise

Proper and healthy diet

Essential oils

Vitamin intake

Get in a routine

Set your goals and try to achieve them

Enough sleep Challenge

negative thoughts

Check to your doctor before taking any supplement

Do something new

Take on responsibilities

Try to have a fun Smile ( the best ever free therapy ).