WHAT IS DEPRESSION?
Depression is a
treatable mental illness experienced by approximately 9% of Americans at any
given time, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Depression can be experienced at any stage of life and similarity in depression
symptoms and statistics have been found across countries like the U.S., Canada,
Japan, Iran and Switzerland. Depression in women is diagnosed significantly
more frequently than in men.1 (See: Depression in Men: Understanding Male
Depression)
While major
depressive disorder is the most common, other types of depression also exist
based on additional specific symptoms. Clinical depression classifications
include:
Major depressive
disorder (MDD) – a period of two or more weeks in a depressed (low or sad) mood
episode
Depression with
melancholic features – depression, as above, but with additional symptoms like
waking up two hours earlier than usual. Depression that is worse in the
morning. Feeling excessive guilt.
Depression with
catatonic features – depression, as above, but with additional symptoms like
extreme negativism or mutism, motor immobility and uncontrollable repetition of
words spoken by another
Atypical
depression – depression that includes symptoms like an increased need for
sleep, increased appetite, weight gain and feelings of heaviness in the arms or
legs (see: What is Atypical Depression? Symptoms, Causes, Treatment)
Seasonal
affective disorder (SAD) – depressions that occur corresponding to a season,
generally the winter, in the last two years or more; often atypical depression
(see: What is Seasonal Depression Disorder? Symptoms, Treatment)
Postpartum
depression – major depression immediately following childbirth (see: What is
Postpartum Depression (PPD), Postnatal Depression?)
Depressive
disorder not otherwise specified (NOS) – depression identified by a clinician
but of a type that does not explicitly fit into a defined category
Major depressive
disorder is most commonly referred to as simply "depression."
Depression is also often termed "unipolar depression" to
differentiate it from bipolar depression. Bipolar depression has the same
symptoms as unipolar depression during a depressive episode, but bipolar
disorder also contains manic or hypomanic episodes.
Doctors
recommend some Antidepressants
Pills to the patients suffering from Depression. The treatment of Depression
& Anxiety may also comprise consuming certain medication like Deprotal N by Dr, Bhargava which Helps
in conditions of mild to moderate depressionTension, Nervousness, Stress,
Anxiety, Mood swings, Irritability, Exhaustion due to excessive mental or
physical work.
Deprotal-N:
Battle the stress you handle every day!It does not have any side effects and
the dosage is also easy to manage.
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