Depression and anxiety become a way of living for many of us. It is not the way life is supposed to be. The big advancement in the medical field is undeniable. Mind issues though are more difficult to deal with. Your brain is more complex than the myocardial muscle. Leave aside the risks associated with the Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) drugs like Paxil and Prozac, the problem is that these drugs address the effect and not the cause of the problem. The mechanism of action of these drugs is blocking the re-absorption (reuptake) of Serotonin by certain nerve cells in the brain.
Read More Expert Author: Kevin Flatt | Submitted: 2008-06-13 | Word Count: 1147 | Views: 74 Could correcting sleep apnea remedy depression? For more than twenty years studies have suggested the existence of a relationship between depression and obstructive sleep apnea in the general population, therefore the correction of sleep apnea may be a remedy for depression.
Read More Expert Author: Julia Sorensen | Submitted: 2008-05-25 | Word Count: 619 | Views: 364 Are you trying to overcome depression? Perhaps you suffer from seasonal depression that is just starting to lift as the spring months approach.
Read More Expert Author: Michael Lee | Submitted: 2008-05-21 | Word Count: 364 | Views: 174 While there is no clinical classification that separates male depression from female depression, clinicians have reason to believe that depression in men may take a different curve from the way women face depression.
Read More Expert Author: Brett Hoppough | Submitted: 2008-05-11 | Word Count: 483 | Views: 181 Depression affects ever imaginable part of your life. It has negative effects on important things like your success with employment, your social life, and even your physical health and appearance. One thing that being depressed has an absolute knack for ruining, is your relationships with others... especially romantic ones.
Read More Expert Author: Peter Hutch | Submitted: 2008-05-05 | Word Count: 525 | Views: 143 The exact causes of postpartum depression are unknown,but rapid hormonal changes that accompany pregnancy and delivery may trigger depression. Levels of the hormones estrogen, progesterone, and cortisol fall dramatically within 48 hours after delivery. Women who go on to develop postpartum depression may be more sensitive to these hormonal changes. Postpartum depression (PPD) is a condition that describes a range of physical and emotional changes that many mothers can have after having a baby.
Read More Expert Author: Peter Sams | Submitted: 2008-03-20 | Word Count: 547 | Views: 152 Research shows that depression runs in families and that some people inherit genes that make it more likely for them to get depressed. Not everyone who has the genetic makeup for depression gets depressed, though. And many people who have no family history of depression have the condition. So although genes are one factor, they aren't the single cause of depression.
Read More Expert Author: Neelima Reddy | Submitted: 2008-03-18 | Word Count: 550 | Views: 172 Manic depression, which is commonly know as bipolar affective disorder, or as bipolar disorder is a combination of several mood disorders. Depending upon the type of bipolar disorder a person is suffering with, he experience mood swings from high episodes of mania to low episodes of depression.
Read More Expert Author: Rebecca Marli | Submitted: 2008-03-09 | Word Count: 274 | Views: 161 Physical activity can increase your energy, make you sleep better, and bring a brighten mood. Physical activity cannot replace therapy or medical care for depression but it can make you feel better and self-confident.
Read More Expert Author: Michael Corvin | Submitted: 2008-03-06 | Word Count: 398 | Views: 179 Antidepressants are used most widely for serious depressions, but they can also be helpful for some milder depressions. Antidepressants, although they are not "uppers" or stimulants, take away or reduce the symptoms of depression and help the depressed person feel the way he did before he became depressed.
Read More Expert Author: Peter Sams | Submitted: 2008-03-06 | Word Count: 540 | Views: 140 Depression is a disorder of mood which remains nearly incomprehensible to those who have not experienced it in its extreme mode, although "the blues" give many individuals a hint of the illness in its catastrophic form.
Read More Expert Author: Muna wa Wanjiru | Submitted: 2008-03-04 | Word Count: 562 | Views: 139 At the age of 30, she thought she had dealt with all of her major issues. Though her marriage was somewhat rocky in the beginning, things were really starting to smooth out.
Read More Expert Author: Muna wa Wanjiru | Submitted: 2008-03-04 | Word Count: 739 | Views: 126 You’d think Aristotle and Sophocles bandied the question about, it has been such a plaguing question, one that has been asked for decades, for centuries, even: what is the cure for depression? A consideration of the symptoms, the causes, and the studies to find that all elusive cure for depression might at least set your mind at ease enough to realize you are not alone.
Read More Expert Author: Peter Sams | Submitted: 2008-03-04 | Word Count: 491 | Views: 69 Are there ways to prevent depression? Some forms of depression may not be preventable since current theory suggests that they may be triggered by chemical malfunctioning in the brain. However, there is good evidence that depression may often be alleviated or sometimes prevented with good health habits. Proper diet, exercise, vacations, not overworking, and saving time to do things you enjoy all help keep the blues at bay.
Read More Expert Author: Peter Sams | Submitted: 2008-02-22 | Word Count: 560 | Views: 41 Manic depressive refers to mood swings from overly “high” (manic) to overly “low” (depressed). Another name for manic-depressive illness is bipolar disorder. This refers to a person’s mood alternating between “poles” of mania (highs) and depression (lows). Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder that causes unusual changes in the person’s mood, energy, and ability to function. Depression or mania is diagnosed if a person demonstrates a certain number of symptoms. Interestingly, a mood change is not a necessary symptom for the diagnosis of depression or mania.
Read More Expert Author: Dr John Anne | Submitted: 2008-02-21 | Word Count: 611 | Views: 94 There are situations in a person's life where isolation and lack of happiness is experienced. Depression is a condition where a person feels bored and miserable.
Read More Expert Author: Sandra Newman | Submitted: 2008-02-11 | Word Count: 508 | Views: 77 This article helps you to learn about depression symptoms, so that you can overcome depression.
Read More Expert Author: Vinay Gupta | Submitted: 2008-02-08 | Word Count: 499 | Views: 114 Diabetes and eye have a very strong relation. Diabetes can affect the eyes and vision in a number of ways. The high blood glucose, can damage many parts of the body, such as the heart, blood vessels, brain, and kidneys (as commonly known). Diabetes can affect the eyes also and in a similar fashion.
Read More Expert Author: Dr John Anne | Submitted: 2007-12-24 | Word Count: 669 | Views: 88 Depression is one of the most serious medical and psychological problems. It is caused by different factors from physical to emotional to intellectual and spiritual aspects of being; and it could also result to various circumstances like suicide and mental abnormalities. Depression is the feeling of being low, sad and down for a long period of time.
Read More Expert Author: Craig Smith | Submitted: 2007-12-09 | Word Count: 774 | Views: 147 At one time, doctors believed that the hormones associated with pregnancy were a good protection against depression. In more recent years, however, there has been a growing body of evidence that depression during pregnancy is a serious problem, affecting 10-20 per cent of all women - the same proportion that women as whole suffer without adding pregnancy into the equation.
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