Depression And Treatment

Seasonal affective disorder is a type of depression which is dependent on seasons. Shortly termed as SAD is variation in victim’s mood with the change of season. Normally it starts with the fall and ends up in winter. Normally people confuse it with some winter disease which is actually not the case, it is apparent before winter too. SAD is also termed or recongnized as winter blues, winter depression, or even sometimes the hibernation reaction. Like many other depression types this perticular type of depression is also very much common in women than men. Well if we talk about age association then there is no perticular age group which is more likely to have this disease. Normally SAD is associated with following symptoms.

SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER SYMPTOMS:

Symptoms are the physical changes observed on the body of victim which confirms or intimates the presence of disease. There are many symptoms so presence of only one or two symptoms does not essentially confirms it, there should be more for final confirmation.

• Anxiety: not comfortable
• Away from social events: not meeting with people
• Loss of Energy: Less likely to take part in energetic activities
• Huge change in appetite
• feeling of inappropriate guilt
• Great tendency for more sleeping
• abnormal changes in weight

REASON FOR SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER (SAD):

Perhaps the changes in the normal circadian rhythm of the body are the cause of Seasonal affective disorder, Light entering into our eyes this lights causes changes in this rhythm. In the night melatonin is produced by a gland name Pineal which results in drowsiness. When the light enters in the morning (dawn) production of melatonin is immediately stopped. SAD is also caused by the side-affects of some antidepressants.

Psychiatric diagnosis characterized by presence of one or more episodes of depression and mania. Mania is condition with elevated moods. Normally it consists of continuing cycles between mania and depression.  Sometime both conditions are present at the same time and hence produces mixed episodes of both.  Bipolar depression or Manic depression includes extreme conditions of moods.

Symptoms of manic depression or bipolar depression are quite different from other types of depression primarily because of its two extreme levels. These levels are significantly different and hence the symptoms and signs. Therefore it is very important that you we should discuss symptoms for both levels here.

DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS OF MANIC DEPRESSION:

1. Depressive behavior in interests or pleasure in activities
2. changes in weight of body
3. Considerable observation of restlessness
4. Abnormal behavior in sleep
5. Great troubles in making decision
6. suicidal thoughts or behavior
7. Problems in concentration of anything

MANIC SYMPTOMS OF MANIC DEPRESSION:

1. Swift talking with variation in point of views
2. Extremely high euphoric mood
3. Poor level of judgment
4. Over expectation from someone’s abilities.
5. Sometimes its associated with denials from some activity
6. Racing ideas in mind
7. Exceptional increase in sexual desire with little sleep
8. Extra ordinary increase in energy level
9. inappropriate irritability

Well there is a good thing about it, as there are extreme values and symptoms involved in it therefore its very easy to find and diagnose Manic Depression or Bipolar Depression. Manic depression symptoms are easily diagnosed because of extreme level of differences.
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This is a very special kind of depression and is associated with women after delivery. Post partum depression is developed in ladies after they gave birth to the babies.

Normally every women feels this kind of feelings of depression after delivery but if it remain persistent then it turns into post partum depression. As can be expected it heavily changes the mood of women. Sometimes this kind of depression is also referred as Baby Blues.

These are the post partum depression symptoms.

• High level of fatigue
• Changes in appetite (Unusual behvaior)
• Crying leading to sad mood always
• Sense of being rejected, suicidal thoughts
• No bonding or little bonding with baby
• Quick changes in mood
• Anxiety
• thoughts of harming somone
• Anti-bonding with family and relatives
• Lost of interest in almost every activity

There are some other symptoms for this kind of depression which are different as these are more of physical in nature. Headaches, high heart beat, chest pain and mild decrease in breathing represents the presense of post partum depression.

Like other types of depression , post partum depression is also very much dangerous and should be treated as soon as possible. As its after delivery in women then you can expect that this illness can danger the health of baby so it becomes more important.

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