You cry all the time, for no reason. You try to feel happy about stuff, but you just can’t. You sleep all the time, entire weekends go by and you just stay in bed dozing. Friends try to get you to come out and join them for activities, but you’d rather just sleep. You don’t even really feel like eating. You’ve lost 15 pounds this month and you’re starting to really look kinda sick and skinny in that “not so good” way that people are commenting about. Your mom is getting worried. She thinks you’re on drugs, but you’re not. You don’t have the energy to even go out and get drugs even if you wanted some. You’re just really, really sad. It’s just nothing. Just like dead space. You’re depressed.
Millions Suffer from Depression
You aren’t alone. Millions of people suffer from depression. In one form or another, they suffer from pain, anxiety, sadness, insomnia, weight-gain, and despair. Some get it year-round, some only in winter. Some get it from hormones, some from childbirth. For some, it’s puberty. But for millions, it’s a fact of life. Are you suffering?
Common Signs of Depression
· Feelings of sadness, hopelessness, despair that don’t go away
· Chronic sleep issues – sleeping all the time or having insomnia
· Weight issues – either gaining or losing weight rapidly
· Physical aches and pains including muscle aches, headaches, etc.
· Feeling anxious and panicky for no rational reason
· Having trouble making decisions or focusing, feeling “wishy-washy” and indecisive
· Feeling severely moody and emotional, including severe anger and rage
· Lose of sexual performance or desire
· Inability to enjoy things and activities you normally would enjoy
· Thoughts of death and suicide
Types of Depression
Depression comes in many forms. Woman can suffer during the weeks around their period from premenstrual dysphoric disorder. It’s a severe form of PMS that causes symptoms that disrupt regular life. Sometimes, after giving birth, new mothers will suffer from postpartum depression. This form of depression can be severe and prevent new moms from bonding with their babies. Anxiety disorder is a type of depression where suffers have severe anxiety and can experience panic attacks. Individuals with bipolar disorder, often known as being “manic depressive”, have severe swings between being very “up” and very “down”. This can feel extremely intense and often scary. People with seasonal affective disorder get depressed during winter because their bodies react to a lack of sunlight. They need extra vitamins and they have to sit under special lights to relieve their depression symptoms. Suffers of major depression feel extremely sad and hopeless. And people who have suffered chronic depression for several years have what is known as dysthymic disorder.
Getting Treatment
If you think you may be depressed, you should make an appointment with your doctor. Once you’ve had a medical evaluation, you will know one way or the other what the diagnosis is. If you’ve been diagnosed with depression, there is help out there and some wonderful treatments. Talk therapy with a psychologist or psychiatrist is a great method of treatment. You will be amazed at how much this can help you. There are several methods of talk therapy that a mental health professional will use to get to the root of your depression and help you to alleviate the problem. And depending on what type of depression you have, you may be a perfect candidate for antidepressants. Anxiety disorder and bipolar disorder are best treated at least in part with medication and these treatments can make a world of difference. You will be amazed at how much better you feel. When you get your depression treated, it’s like stepping out into the sunshine after being in a rainstorm. All of a sudden, you’re warm and dry and everything feels hopeful and happy again.
Depression doesn’t have to rule your life. There are treatment options out there and you can find them. Don’t wait any longer! Doom and gloom don’t have to be your life sentence. You can have the happiness and joy that life has to offer.
Millions Suffer from Depression
You aren’t alone. Millions of people suffer from depression. In one form or another, they suffer from pain, anxiety, sadness, insomnia, weight-gain, and despair. Some get it year-round, some only in winter. Some get it from hormones, some from childbirth. For some, it’s puberty. But for millions, it’s a fact of life. Are you suffering?
Common Signs of Depression
· Feelings of sadness, hopelessness, despair that don’t go away
· Chronic sleep issues – sleeping all the time or having insomnia
· Weight issues – either gaining or losing weight rapidly
· Physical aches and pains including muscle aches, headaches, etc.
· Feeling anxious and panicky for no rational reason
· Having trouble making decisions or focusing, feeling “wishy-washy” and indecisive
· Feeling severely moody and emotional, including severe anger and rage
· Lose of sexual performance or desire
· Inability to enjoy things and activities you normally would enjoy
· Thoughts of death and suicide
Types of Depression
Depression comes in many forms. Woman can suffer during the weeks around their period from premenstrual dysphoric disorder. It’s a severe form of PMS that causes symptoms that disrupt regular life. Sometimes, after giving birth, new mothers will suffer from postpartum depression. This form of depression can be severe and prevent new moms from bonding with their babies. Anxiety disorder is a type of depression where suffers have severe anxiety and can experience panic attacks. Individuals with bipolar disorder, often known as being “manic depressive”, have severe swings between being very “up” and very “down”. This can feel extremely intense and often scary. People with seasonal affective disorder get depressed during winter because their bodies react to a lack of sunlight. They need extra vitamins and they have to sit under special lights to relieve their depression symptoms. Suffers of major depression feel extremely sad and hopeless. And people who have suffered chronic depression for several years have what is known as dysthymic disorder.
Getting Treatment
If you think you may be depressed, you should make an appointment with your doctor. Once you’ve had a medical evaluation, you will know one way or the other what the diagnosis is. If you’ve been diagnosed with depression, there is help out there and some wonderful treatments. Talk therapy with a psychologist or psychiatrist is a great method of treatment. You will be amazed at how much this can help you. There are several methods of talk therapy that a mental health professional will use to get to the root of your depression and help you to alleviate the problem. And depending on what type of depression you have, you may be a perfect candidate for antidepressants. Anxiety disorder and bipolar disorder are best treated at least in part with medication and these treatments can make a world of difference. You will be amazed at how much better you feel. When you get your depression treated, it’s like stepping out into the sunshine after being in a rainstorm. All of a sudden, you’re warm and dry and everything feels hopeful and happy again.
Depression doesn’t have to rule your life. There are treatment options out there and you can find them. Don’t wait any longer! Doom and gloom don’t have to be your life sentence. You can have the happiness and joy that life has to offer.
