When to Drag Yourself Along

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Whether you are diagnosed with Clinical depression, Dysthymic disorder, Major depressive disorder, or Unipolar depression, you will experience symptoms that overlap with other related conditions. Doctors have ways to distinguish among them however. That's how they treat different patients with similar symptoms.

Finally, people all over the world accept that depression is a serious medical condition, that it is a real illness. Advocates continue to get the word out, to let people know that these are mostly treatable conditions. Despite it involves the brain, nobody should give up hope. Brain science is getting better now.

It helps so much when people understand that feeling down
or blue is part of an illness. There will be more compassion toward people who are suffering. I am beginning to feel excited about this.

More than 20 million people in the United States have depression. If the feelings don't away, they interfere with their job, usual activities and home life. 

Symptoms such as Sadness, Loss of interest for enjoyable activities, Change in weight, Difficulty sleeping or oversleeping, Energy loss, Feelings of hopelessness, and Thoughts of death may be severe enough to ruin every part of a person's life.

Even though depression is a disorder of the brain, there are other causes, including genetic, environmental, psychological,
and biochemical factors. You don't have to blame on any one 'thing' for your condition.

Depression usually starts early on, between the ages of 15 and 30.
Within this age group, there is a high risk for suicidal thinking associated with the use of antidepressants. It may be caused by many different things but among them are suspected to be: puberty, maturity, social pressure, stress, and life changes. 

One thing has not caught the attention of experts in the field, that is substance abuse. I would skip the antidepressant if I have let myself involved with another substance.

Doctors often voice out their boring advises about this but of course no one seem to care. If you start smoking, drinking or using other recreational substances, take note. They can lead to fatal consequences if you are also taking an antidepressant or other psychiatric meds.

While it is easier to use antidepressants on the go, consider going to talk therapy. It's the most holistic and noninvasive form of medical treatment known to date.

It is understandable that a depressive disorder can cause havoc in your daily existence. But it shouldn't keep you from going to treatment. 

Force yourself out of bed and drag your sluggish body to the therapist's office if you have to. That's the only way. With treatment, you will soon get better.

Although more girls and women than men get professional treatment, go for it even if you are a guy. Forget about

any differences or other biological and social factors that are stereotyped as unique to each gender, your illness must be treated.

Many men with a depressive illness never seek treatment. And more of them lose their lives over the condition. Let's change this statistic once and for all. 

Whoever you are, I'd give you a good pat on the back for getting help.

Thanks for visiting my blog. Look out for my book, the "7 Steps to Revive the Self," from Amazon, available soon. 

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