Depression: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Depression is a negative state of mind and it is a mental illness. It can happen due to genetic factors and chemical changes in the body and external surroundings and events play major role. Depression can be linked to functional aspect of the brain chemicals, which are called neurotransmitters. It is also found that certain change in hormones also leads to depression. This biological chemical imbalance brings negative changes in one’s behavior, mood, feelings and thought process. Antidepressants are thought to correct some of the present in a depressive illness.
What Causes Depression?
�· Failure in career
�· Death of loved one
�· Monetary burden or financial insecurity
�· Emotional insecurity
�· Inferior complexities
. a number of things can trigger depression
The main reason for depression may not be clear but it may be linked with accumulated negative feelings, negative thoughts and ideas such as fear, anger, helplessness, suspection and having doubts of something happing unpleasant.
Typical symptoms of Depression
Physical symptoms
�· Changes in sleeping habits: sleeping much or sleeping less.
�· Changes in eating habits: eating much more or eating much less.
�· Tiredness, lethargy and weakness.
�· Frequent headache and stomach pain.
�· Body cramps and unexpected body pain.
Behavioral pattern
�· Cannot discern funny happenings. Neither enjoys any situation nor allows anybody to do so. Loses interest in outing with friends.
�· Thinks hundred times before making a decision: Situation and circumstances change by the time the decision is made
�· Withdrawing from responsibilities and carelessness towards personal appearance.
�· Irritable behavior
Emotional symptoms
�· Gloomy and low feeling, apathetic, irritable, negative thinking, disparity and hopeless, guilty feeling, anxiousness, etc.
Ã?· Tendency to commit suicide – destructive attitude
�· Sense of unworthiness of self.
�· Lack of confidence
The medication and the ways to combat depression:
There should be thorough checkup by professional psychiatrist. The Antidepressants are to be taken by the patient to get cure from depressive illness. There are many antidepressants such as Serotonin, Reuptake Inhibitors, Tricycilc Antidepressants, Monamine Oxidase Inhibitor are available for the treatment of depression. But these Antidepressants should be taken under the supervision of the doctor or physiatrist. Counseling or psychotherapy and anti-depressant treatment should be done for short duration of to bring positive change in the patient. There are also Ayurvedic and Homeopathic treatment for depression and hypertension. Patients have benefited and permanently cured by these two fields of medicines.
Having balance diet, drinking sufficient water, regular exercises, having proper sleep, keeping away from any kind of intoxication. Learning time management skills and techniques to do the work systematically.
Yoga and meditation has great power to cure depression. Regular practice of different ashanas or yogic exercises can bring miracle change in depressed people or mentally ill people.
For many people an optimistic and spiritualistic approach can bring positive changes that relieve and even prevent depression.
