Depression
Depression is a very serious matter, which does not
discriminate. Depression doe not care what your age is, what
gender you are, or even what your race or social class is.
Depression can often make a person feel sad, helpless, hopeless,
and irritable. It is normal for people to have these feeling
sometimes, but some people cannot just snap out of it and this
is the difference between what is normal and major depression.
It is the determination and brutality of the emotions that
determine the mental illness of depression from normal mood
changes.
We are going to talk about different types of depression and how
it can affect you. Depression is an illness that affects your
body, mind, disposition, thought, sleep, energy, concentration,
weight, and much more. Depression is not a mood, it is not a
sign of personal weakness, and it cannot be simply willed away.
Clinical depression is constant and can interfere significantly
with an individual's ability to function by emotional
experiences of sadness, loss, or passing mood states. Clinical
depression can be devastating to all areas of a person's
everyday life, including family relationships, friendships, and
the ability to work or go to school.
Bipolar disorder (manic-depression) is a mood disorder, which
means that the symptoms are abnormalities of mood. Bipolar
disorder involves episodes of both serious mania and depression.
Bipolar disorder can have a devastating impact on sufferer's
lives and can lead to suicide if it is not treated.
Major depression is a more common illness, the symptoms of which
are mainly those of 'low' mood.
Causes
Several things can cause depression; one of the causes can be
attributed to a deficiency of certain neurotransmitters in the
brain that signal from one nerve cell to another. The immune
system of a depressed person is usually very low and therefore
ineffectively responding to diseases, including cancer. The
everyday stressors faced by Americans have simply become too
much for many to bear, and reasonably so. In recent years,
taking an anti-anxiety medication or anti-depressant has become
as common as taking a multi-vitamin.
How to Alleviate
Two amino acids are known to alleviate depression in many
persons. They are tyrosine and L-phenylalanine. The two amino
acids are a natural precursor of certain neurotransmitters.
You can't afford what?
Perhaps the only thing worse than depression is having
depression and not being able to afford treatment. Needy Meds is
a website that offers all the information you need to get your
meds free, just click the name of your drug in the list on the
left side of the page.
The Medicine Program is for people who do not have insurance and
do not qualify for government programs you may qualify to enroll
in a privately sponsored program. They do charge a $5 processing
fee but the medications themselves are free. Volunteers staff
this organization and the processing fee covers their expenses.
This company will contact the drug manufacturer on your behalf,
or you can choose to contact the drug companies themselves. Free
Samples - Often pharmaceutical companies provide physicians with
free samples. Ask your doctor is he/she has any samples on hand
of your medication.
For more information, visit http://www.depressioninfocenter.com