Symptoms of Depression

There are numerous signs of depression; among the most frequent symptoms you’ll find a feeling of gloominess, void and very no self-pride. Symptoms can vary and they will sometimes pass away over time, but usually depression calls for medication.

Treatment for clinical depression should ideally be a combination of talks and medicine. Antidepressant Drugs can make a huge difference for most people, while addressing the underlying reasons for depressive disorder is done by multiple talks with a psychotherapist or psychiatrist.

10 Symptoms of anxiety:

Depressed Mood
Feeling blue and unhappy, taking no interest in people or engagements

No Pleasure
A patient may show markedly decreased well being or concern in daily activities.

Weight Gain or Weight Loss
Unintentional weight loss or weight gain can be a symptom of depression

Being unable to sleep
Sleep Disturbances or sleeping too much can be a sign of depression

Loss of Energy
Loss of power and interest in your surroundings

Feeling Guilty
Feeling humiliated for no reason

Feeling of Low Self-esteem
Feeling of having no value and no self-pride

Trouble on Concentration
Decision-making gets uncommonly hard and the ability to think seems lost.

Suicidal Thoughts
Suicidal thoughts and recurring thoughts of death

Restlessness or too relaxed
Either agitated or drowsy in their motions

Antidepressant Drugs

Antidepressants are medicines that handle depression, anxiousness and dysthymic depression. The most common and
efficient drugs are of the SSRI (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) type and the list of drugs include, Fluvoxetine.

Today I had a dream I was a man that was having sex with another man, but I knew that I was a women in really life. I was so aroused by what I was doing that I just thrusted harder which as you know made the other man more excited he started to make that most arousing moans and the cutest little gasp for air. He was quivering so nicely that I was almost ready to come but I held back I wanted to torture him some more just a little more. He was so aware of me at this moment. I leaned forward to lick his neck he sighs in pleasure so I pull his hair and turn his head so I can kiss him, he gasps than groans as I kiss him and I feel the jolt through me. You are so hot (I say to him) but im not done with you yet. I know this makes him so hot when I talk like this he loves it when I treat him like I just picked him up on the street. But in the dream he really is my lover and has been for years, He is my dream lover, well one half of me dream lover the sub side but I like to be topped sometimes. The top that I like is a someone that I can trust they are the only one that I can trust to stop when I say so but still gives me that feeling that they are not going to and sometimes will push it just to the edge of to far but still stop. they know that I can only take so much damage to my body or psyche I am not a fragile person but I like to feel like I am. I like to feel like I am the tiny delicate person I feel inside but only the person I will be with for the rest of me life will see this. I’m, in reality, a pretty stout person . . . . . for a woman.

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Drugs to raise brain levels of serotonin are far more effective in treating depression than just psychotherapy and talking, because depression is associated with low brain levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin.

Depression is a condition lasting at least two weeks in which sadness prevents people from functioning up to their capacity. They lose enjoyment and interest in usual activities, are sad and cannot express warm emotions towards other people, sleep all the time or barely at all, are exhausted, lose their ability to concentrate or think clearly, have feelings of worthlessness or inappropriate guilt, feel that life is hopeless, and they eat less or more than usual. Insomnia in young men is associated with a marked increased risk for depression that persists for at least 30 years afterwards.

Doctors treat depression with antidepressants, and the most used and effective antidepressants are Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft. They raise brain levels of a specific chemical called serotonin that helps to make people feel good. A once a week dose of Prozac can often control depression, but high brain levels of serotonin often reduce sexual desire.

On the other hand, Wellbrutin does not raise brain levels of serotonin significantly, does not reduce sexual desire and may even increase desire. Patients who need to stay on the serotonin-uptake-inhibitor antidepressants, but want to maintain interest in making love can take the shorter-acting Paxil or Zoloft safely four days a week from Monday to Thursday and not take them from Friday to Sunday. Taking Prozac intermittently does not prevent loss of libido because it is a long-acting antidepressant.

When a single drug fails to alleviate depression, two or more drugs taken together are far more effective than larger doses of a single drug. Buproprion (brand name Wellbruton) combined with Prozac, Paxil or Zoloft, appears to relieve depression more effectively than the single drugs. However, patients on the combination regimen still have a high incidence of decreased sexual desire, insomnia, tiredness and tremor.

Antidepressants that raise brain serotonin levels are used for other effects. Sibutramine is used to suppress hunger and treat overweight. They may be the drugs of choice to treat premenstrual syndrome or attention deficit disorder. They can be given safely to people with heart disease. Check with your doctor.

Dr. Gabe Mirkin has been a radio talk show host for 25 years and practicing physician for more than 40 years; he is board certified in four specialties, including sports medicine. Read or listen to hundreds of his fitness and health reports at http://www.DrMirkin.com

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