| Clinical depression (also called major
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| | 1. Persistent feelings of sadness,
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| depressive disorder, or unipolar
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| | irritability, or anxiety
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| depression when compared to bipolar
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| | 2. Overreaction to irritations
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| disorder) is a state of intense sadness,
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| | 3. Loss of interest in activities
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| melancholia or despair that has advanced
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| | previously enjoyed, including sex
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| to the point of being disruptive to an
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| | 4. Sleeping too much, sleeping too little
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| individual's social functioning and/or
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| | 5. Losing or gaining weight.
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| activities of daily living. Depression
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| | Treatment of Clinical Depression
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| affects people differently. Some feel
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| | Medication that relieves the symptoms of
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| down for extended periods of time; for
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| | depression has been available for several
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| others the feelings of depression come
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| | decades such as citalopram (Celexa),
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| and go. Depression is a mood disorder
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| | fluoxetine (Prozac), paroxetine (Paxil),
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| that causes you to feel sad or hopeless
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| | and sertraline (Zoloft). Under some
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| for an extended period of time. More than
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| | circumstances, medication and
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| just a bout of "the blues" or temporary
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| | psychotherapy may be more effective than
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| feelings of grief or low energy. Many
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| | either treatment separately. Family of
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| people identify the feeling of being
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| | drugs includes fluoxetine (Prozac),
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| clinically depressed as "feeling sad for
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| | paroxetine (Paxil), escitalopram
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| no reason", or "having no motivation to
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| | (Lexapro), citalopram (Celexa), and
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| do anything." One suffering from
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| | sertraline (Zoloft). These
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| depression may feel tired, sad,
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| | antidepressants typically have fewer
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| irritable, lazy, unmotivated, and
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| | adverse side effects than the tricyclics
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| apathetic.
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| | or the MAOIs, although such effects as
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| Clinical depression is not just grief or
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| | drowsiness, dry mouth, nervousness,
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| sadness. Clinical depression is
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| | anxiety, insomnia, decreased appetite,
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| generally acknowledged to be more serious
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| | and decreased ability to function
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| than normal depressed feelings. It often
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| | sexually may occur.
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| leads to constant negative thinking and
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| | Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake
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| sometimes substance abuse. Extreme
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| | inhibitors (SNRIs) such as venlafaxine
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| depression can culminate in its sufferers
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| | (Effexor) and duloxetine (Cymbalta) are a
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| attempting or committing suicide. There
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| | newer form of antidepressant that works
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| are three main types of depression;
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| | on both norepinephrine and 5-HT.Selective
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| unipolar disorder (major depression),
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| | serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are
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| bipolar disorder (manic depression) and
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| | medications that increase the amount of
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| dysthymia (prolonged sadness). Major
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| | the neurochemical serotonin in the brain.
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| depression usually strikes people between
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| | Norepinephrine (noradrenaline) reuptake
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| the ages of 25 and 44, although it can
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| | inhibitors (NRIs) such as reboxetine
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| affect any person at any age. For most
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| | (Edronax) act via norepinephrine (also
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| people, episodes of major depression last
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| | known as noradrenaline). Tricyclic
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| from six to nine months. Feelings of
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| | antidepressants are the oldest and
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| total indestructibility are common, and
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| | include such medications as amitriptyline
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| the manic person may believe for example
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| | and desipramine. Tricyclics block the
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| that not even moving cars can stop him or
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| | reuptake of certain neurotransmitters
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| her, or that he or she can fly. They
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| | such as norepinephrine (noradrenaline)
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| experience delusions and hallucinations
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| | and serotonin. They are used less
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| and sometimes talk so fast that their
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| | commonly now due to the development of
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| speech becomes illegible.
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| | more selective and safer drugs. Monoamine
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| Causes of Clinical Depression
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| | oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) such as
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| 1. Genetic Predisposition (Hormonal
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| | phenelzine (Nardil) may be used if other
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| imbalance ).
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| | antidepressant medications are
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| 2. Medical conditions (Neurochemical ).
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| | ineffective. Because there are
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| 3. Dietary .
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| | potentially fatal interactions between
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| 4. Alcohol and other drugs.
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| | this class of medication and certain
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| 5. Sleep quality.
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| | foods, particularly those containing
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| 6. Certain styles of thinking.
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| | Tyramine. electroconvulsive therapy, are
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| Symptoms of Clinical Depression
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| | used in severe cases.
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