| Our mood isn't stable during a day or a week. From time to time we feel happy or sad due to some external influence. For example, when you received a compliment or get promoted you become absolutely happy. Otherwise, in case you understand that it isn't your day and everything goes wrong you're totally upset and disappointed. Sometimes your mood does not depend on what is going on around you, and your spirits are in accordance with your internal state of mind. To be upset from time to time is absolutely normal. The problem is that for some people this moodiness becomes a normal state of mind. A permanent state of low mood and aversion to activity that can influence people's behavior, ideas and physical state is called depression. Depression isn't just a whim of a person, it's a serious medical dysfunction. It is unlikely to clear up of its own accord, you'll need to visit a physician and to use some drugs so as to overpass this disorder.
The symptoms of depression disorder are generally characterized as feeling of anxiety, emptiness, hopelessness and worthlessness. Sometimes people in depression even feel guilt and restlessness. It's also particular for people in depression to lose interest to all types of activities, to get indifferent to what is going on around them. Depressed people even find it difficult to concentrate on what they are doing and to remember details as well. Energy loss, permanent feeling of tiredness and insomnia are also common signs of depression.
The most typical cure for depression is administration of antidepressant medicines. The action of the majority of antidepressants is founded on slowing down the process of elimination of certain chemical substances from brain. Such chemical substances are called neuromediators and they are important for normal brain activity. Antidepressant drugs keep neurotransmitters in human brain for prolonged period of time, and in such a way the state of mind of a person is normalized. Antidepressants are commonly taken during 4 to 6 months. But because of their active interaction with other drugs you should consult a doctor prior to taking this or that type of antidepressants. |
