Manic Depression

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Manic Depression
Manic Depression is an illness that involves the body, thoughts and a person’s mood. It is not just a bad mood that will pass with time or something a person can just pull themselves together from and “get over it”. Manic depression is a disorder suffered by many people and affects the way a person eats, sleeps, how they feel about themselves, and how they think. This disorder cannot be cured without a treatment because it has to do with a person’s chemical makeup and things that have happened in their life.

Symptoms of depression include persistent sadness,
anxiousness, emptiness, feelings of hopelessness, pessimism,
guilt, helplessness, and worthlessness. Also a loss of interest or
pleasure in hobbies and activities that were once enjoyed is a
common sign a person is depressed. They may be very tired and
feel a loss of energy to do everyday routines or could suffer the
opposite and not be able to sleep and become extremely restless.
Appetite changes and weight loss or weight gain is an example
of a physical change along with headaches and chronic pains.
Thoughts of death or suicide or suicide attempts are very
serious symptoms of depression and the person needs to seek
immediate help.

Depression is not something you can catch like the cold or the flu. It may run in families, suggesting it is biologically
inherited. Additional factors in a person’s life more likely
bring on the depression even if it had already been inherited.
Stresses in life with work, school, and home are typical causes.
In some families depression seems to occur generation after
generation and in others a person with no past family history of
the disorder could suffer from it. Whether inherited or not,
depression is often associated with changes in the brain
structure or brain function.

Manic depression, which is also known as bipolar disorder, is a certain type of depressi...