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What are at least 5-10 different options for treatments that will help with depression and depression symptoms?

I need help
Yes this is for a research paper. I just couldn’t really find treatments for depression. After this, I have to describe each treatment in full detail. Then I have to do a journal on a kid’s depression case and diagnose them to which treatment would be best for them.

H****** asked:


I heard it here in an answer that adoptive mothers can get postpartum depression – how??!!! is that like a phantom pregnancy or something?
Postpartum: In the period just after delivery, as with postpartum depression. Postpartum refers to the mother and postnatal to the baby. From the Latin post, after + partum, birth.

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I am on Effexor and am experiencing several symptoms of depression but I do drink several times a week so I wanted to know if it’s because of the alcohol or I am becoming immune to the medication (which has happened to me before.) Thanks!

ღStarzzღ asked:


I just had a baby 1 week ago and told my doctor how I was feeling and he gave me a medication for it. For you women who had postpartum depression and were prescribed something how long were u on the meds and how soon did u see it take effect? I’m scared that I won’t get better.

Doll Face asked:


I know there is something mentally wrong with em but I’m not sure which it could be i know depression runs in my family but ive questioned if being bi polar does too my uncle killed himself because of it and my moms on medication for her depression. but i am wondering what the symptoms of both are so maybe I can get my problem more on the ****.

Whilst managing depression, it helps to understand it. In this article lets talk about symptoms. I have heard people with depression say that they can ‘feel it coming on.’ I would have to concur. You can almost feel it approaching like animals can sense an oncoming rare eclipse before they suddenly disappear.

What are the symptoms?

Depression symptoms are varied but most people experience one or more of the following. The symptoms (for some), often represent an almost complete change of character and create possibly the maddest thoughts you have ever had.

Because they are so way out, self destructive, self obsessed and often illogical depression symptoms come laden with guilt for added measure.

Self loathing and worthlessness.

Depression encourages that creeping feeling of worthlessness. Suddenly you feel that all your contributions so far have been worth nothing. YOU are nothing. Every one else is so much better and could someone explain the point of you being here at all?
This is backed up faithfully by thoughts of:

Suicide.

In the lowest points of depression I have gone through many variations of ******* attempt in my head, (aside from actual attempts) and uselessly scored them on their viability. Have you?

Which would hurt the most?

Which would be quicker?

Which would be more economically sound for the person who found me, (re carpets and all!)

Would you really feel the ‘thud’ if you fell off a building…

I mean totally crack-pot stuff right? But this is the absolute stark reality of depression. As a sufferer I would prefer it to be understood for all it’s mental bullying glory without sugar coating it, because I believe that exposing it’s dark power and understanding it rather than masking it with medication, as seemingly always the first step, is the most resilient way to try and control it.

Sleep.

You either sleep an awful lot, (more guilt for feeling lazy), or hardly sleep at all. You might find, like me, that it becomes a bit of a vicious circle where you can’t summon up the energy to eat therefore you lose more energy and end up sleeping too much, thereby getting weaker and weaker and more despondent.

But it is this vital life-energy that you get from activity that is required to create the oxygen to whizz around your body that you actually need to fight the depression….the most natural way.

Weight changes.

Then there are weight fluctuations as a result of depression causing your lack of appetite or causing you to gorge on food.

Lack of enthusiasm.

This one is hard. It is the symptom that makes ‘the shiny, happy people,’ (the non sufferers of depression), eventually lose patience with you ‘for not trying’. From experience they fail to understand that it is merely another manifestation of depression, just as tooth ache is a symptom of poor gums or rotting teeth, neither of which you can just choose to stop immediately, without treatment.

Unfortunately, the things that depression makes you do creates other issues that make you feel even worse. I do feel there is hope, (but bear in mind that I am writing this article in an up cycle!) Sometimes…just sometimes, current cures are obscured by a medical or financial agenda that is not naturally kind to us or our systems, which is why I try to seek out and trial transparent remedies that have no agenda other than to help our highly intelligent bodies work WITH us to make us feel better.

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Before I became pregnant with my first child, I suffered from major depression and mood swings. After having him (2 1/2 years ago) I have not had any symptoms of depression or mood swings. Has this happened to anyone else? Can your hormones get “in-check” after becoming pregnant?

Medication As Treatment

Sometimes doctors prescribe medication for severe forms of depression, but there are many cases where the person does not respond and so medication is not for everyone, but depends on the individual case. Doctors do not prescribe medication except as a last resort, when a person is severely depressed and has thoughts of taking his life, or if a person is delusional and could become violent, and again, if depression returns frequently thus impinging on a person’s life.

Medication for depression may be given if everything else has been tried and proved futile, or if a person has not responded to psychotherapy and is violent and cannot be controlled. Doctors will only go for medication after intensive probing into the causes that have resulted in depression – for instance, they will delve into the past and present life of the person, so that they can decide on the best form of treatment. If all else fails, then they will prescribe medication.

Different Types Of Medication

There are various types of medication that may be prescribed – the usual ones are serotonin or benzodiazepine tranquilizers or tricyclics. These medications are prescribed because the quantity of chemicals in the brain are not correct and this results in the neurotransmitters being dysfunctional, which in turn produces a ***** deal of worry and stress in the person.

There are any number of anti-depressants and tranquilizers that are used to treat a person. But the doctor has to consider each individual’s capacity to absorb the medication and decide whether it is suitable. Many medications have unpleasant side effects and therefore it is not advisable to continue them – also some medicines are habit forming, and like any harsh drug, will need to be slowly withdrawn. These drugs are very strong and the doctor will only prescribe them when absolutely necessary.

There are certain drugs that do not have the same effect as anti-depressants – in other words, they do not attack the same chemicals, but they have an effect on the moods and stabilize them.

Not everyone can take medication, especially if a person is pregnant or if a person is on other medication, then the two cannot mix. On the other hand, there are certain medications that can be safely taken together. Your doctor will advise you as to what is appropriate. As far as possible, it is better to treat the root of the problem with careful counseling, and only if there is no response and the condition worsens, can one resort to medication. As medications for depression are very strong with side effects, many people find it tedious to continue and so give it up. When the condition recurs, they have no option but to go back on medication. Whatever you decide, it is best to consult your doctor and take his expert advice.

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I am doing a paper on chronic depression and I need to have some pictures of the brain while taking depression medication.. help