Dealing With Manic Depression

Although family and friends are important when it comes to dealing with manic depressive disorder, there are certain steps you can take to help yourself if you want to get better. Granted, being in a depressed state of mind may make it impossible to control your behaviour but your doctor or therapist can help you improve your coping skills.You must keep to your treatments and never miss a therapy session, no matter how you don’t feel like going.Never skip your medication even if you feel that you are well enough and don’t see the need to take your medication as directed. Continuing and finishing the course of medication is important as stopping halfway could result in depression symptoms returning.You may experience manic depressive disorder but learning more about it is a positive step towards...

Manic Depression Behaviour

Moods change from one extreme of happiness to the other extreme of despair in manic depressive disorder. This shift of mood can last for a certain period and are called episodes. Episodes of happiness and sadness alternate with each lasting for several days or sometimes weeks and months.Those suffering from manic depression have been observed to have varying patterns of behaviour. For example, some would have a predictable pattern of behaviour while others have random emotional outbursts. Only a small minority of patients do not suffer recurring episodes of manic depressive disorder.Studies revealed that by using lithium, the recurrence of depression is greatly reduced thus reducing the need for treatment. Bipolar 1 – Patients have one or more manic episodes. It is not necessary for a person...

Manic Depression Is Treatable

It is important to know that manic depressive disorder is not a death sentence in the majority of the cases. It is a manageable disorder, as long as you seek the medical assistance of your doctor early. Many patients suffer longer than they should because they put off seeking medical help. If you suspect that you are suffering from manic depression, you must see your doctor to discuss your problems with him so that you can be treated. Nobody should feel helpless and hopeless. You may feel rejected or that nobody wants to be around you for some reason. Did you ever feel as you are not around desired or are not rejected? The feeling may pass after one moment but when it persists, could it be a sign of depression? The first step to successful manic depression treatment is to acknowledge it. There...

Manic Or Bipolar Depression

Bipolar disorder is another name for manic depressive disorder – a mental illness that typically alternates between episodes of mania and depression. The patient experiences elation and euphoric highs followed by deep melancholy and sadness. All too often this emotional disorder is overlooked not only by the patient, family and friends, but also by some mental health professionals still trying to fully understand what is manic depression.Manic depressive disorder affects millions of adult Americans, with an alarmingly high suicide rate when depression hits. It is a type of affective disorder that is also called mood disorder and is fast becoming a serious medical condition and important health concern. Often beginning in late adolescence as depression, manic depressive disorder develops as...

Successful Manic Depression Treatment

Just how successful are treatments for manic depressive disorder? How well treatments work depends on the type of depression, its severity, how long is has continued and the types of treatment given.Anti-depressant and mood-stablilizing drugs developed over the last 25 years have changed the treatment of manic and clinical depression, especially for those with more serious or recurring forms of depression. Biological treatments are effective and the majority of the people with biological depression obtain significant relief of anti-depressant drugs if the depression is mild or serious, recent or long-term. Left untreated, manic depressive disorder can become more serious or continue indefinitely.Treatment and understanding manic depression are important to prevent recurrent episodes of depression....

Understanding Manic Depression

More than half of manic depressive disorder occurs twice as frequently in women as in men, for reasons that are not fully understood while more than half of those who experience a single episode of depression will continue to have episodes that occur as frequently in women as in men. This too, is equally somewhat of a mystery. Major depression affects about five to eight percent of the United States’ adult population in any 12-month period, which means that, based on the last census, approximately 15 million Americans will have an episode of manic depressive disorder will continue to have episodes that occur as frequently in women as in men. Scientific research has greatly expanded our understanding and firmly established that mental illnesses like major depression are biologically based brain...

Manic Depression Treatment

There is some confusion about manic depressive disorder and major depression because the treatment for these two illnesses are very similar even though they are in fact, very distinct from one another.Major depression is officially called major depressive disorder. The treatment of these two disorders is significantly distinct. The difference does not lie on clinical presentation alone. The treatment of these two disorders is enormous.Major depression is a primary psychiatric disorder characterized by the presence of either a depressed mood or lack of interest to do usual activities occurring on a daily basis for at least two weeks.Other patients develop psychosis—hearing voices (hallucinations) or having false beliefs (delusions) that people are out to get them. Moreover, about 15% of depressed...