| People's mood isn't stable in time. Every now and then we feel happy or upset due to some external action. For example, when you are paid a pleasant compliment or become promoted you feel absolutely happy. Otherwise, in case you understand that it isn't your day and everything goes wrong you are completely upset and disappointed with your life. Sometimes your mood does not depend on what's happening around you, and your spirits are in accordance with your inner processes. To be upset from time to time is normal. But when this moodiness becomes a normal state of mind it is a real problem. A permanent state of low mood and aversion to activity that can influence people's behavior, feelings and physical state is known as depression disorder. Depression disorder is not just a caprice of a person, it's a serious medical disorder. It will not clear up of its own accord, you will have to visit a physician and to use some drugs to overcome this dysfunction.
The signs and symptoms of depression are generally characterized as feeling of anxiety, hopelessness, emptiness and worthlessness. From time to time people in depression feel themselves guilty or restless. It is also common for people suffering from depression to lose interest to all sorts of activities, to get indifferent to what is going on around them. People suffering from depression disorder even find it difficult to concentrate on something particular and to remember details. Loss of energy, fatigue and insomnia are also common symptoms of depression disorder.
The most typical treatment for depression is psychotherapy together with administration of antidepressant drugs. The activity of most antidepressants is based on slowdown of the elimination process of certain chemical substances from human brain. Such chemical substances are known as neurotransmitters and they are essential for normal brain activity. Antidepressants keep neurotransmitters in human brain for longer period of time, and in such a way the state of mind of a depressed person is normalized. Antidepressant drugs are usually taken during 4 to 6 months. But due to their interaction with other drugs you should see a physician before taking any antidepressant drugs. |
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