TODAYS DAILY WISDOM WORD IS DEPRESSION, ALSO KNOWN AS MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER ARE ALL A PART OF MENTAL DISORDERS OR MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS ARE CONDITIONS THAT AFFECT A PERSONS THOUGHTS, EMOTIONS, OR ABILITY TO FUNCTION IN DAILY LIFE. THEY VARY WIDELY IN SEVERITY, CAUSES AND TREATMENT OPTIONS.
TODAY WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT DEPRESSION OR MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER HAS THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS: SADNESS, LOSS OF INTEREST, CHANGES IN SLEEP AND APPETITE, LOW ENERGY AND FEELINGS OF WORTHLESSNESS. THIS IS WELL KNOWN TO ME. I HAVE SUFFERED WITH DEPRESSION SINCE I WAS 11 YEARS OLD. YOU CAN FIGHT DEPRESSION UNLIKE SOCIOPATHS WHICH YOU HAVE WAYS TO IMPROVE ON BUT THERE REALLY IS NO CURE. I HAVE BEEN TAKING MEDICATION FOR, BUT EVERY TWO TO THREE YEARS MY MEDICATIONS NEED TO BE ADJUSTED BECAUSE THEY ARE NO LONGER WORKING OR SO IT SEEMS.
ANTIDEPRESSANTS HAVE MEDICATIONS LIKE LEXAPRO WHICH WORKS BY UPPING THE SEROTONIN WHICH IS A COMPOUND PRESENT THAT ACTS AS A NEUROTRANSMITTER.
THERE ARE ALSO TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS-THESE MEDICATIONS ARE OLDER BUT STILL QUITE AFFECTIVE. DRUGS LIKE AMITRIPTYLINE, NORTRIPTYLINE, CLOMIPRAMINE (ALSO EFFECTIVE FOR OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER. THERE IS A GROUP OF NEWER MEDICATION BUT ISN’T PRESCRIBED VERY OFTEN DUE TO DIETARY RESTRICTIONS. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE’VE COME A LONG WAY WITH MEDICATIONS AND OTHER COGNITIVE METHODS IN WORKING WITH THIS DISORDER. ONE LAST THING;
YOU MAY WONDER WHY I AM SO COMFORTABLE DISCUSSING MY STRUGGLE WITH DEPRESSION. I AM BECAUSE IT IS NOT SOMETHING I PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN CAUSING. IT IS SOMETHING THAT I WAS BORN WITH AND HAVE HAD PRACTICALLY ALL OF MY LIFE. I AM NOT ASHAMED. I WOULD HAVE THIS WITH OR WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING TO CAUSE IT.
SAMANTHA LEBOEUF/FOUNDER, DAILY WISDOM WORDS (DAILYWISDOMWORDS.COM)
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