Depression

This is a condition which is serious illness and the term is used as depression since this is not something experienced normally and can lead to a person feeling miserable and feeling fed-up of life remain during the condition. Person may also see a situation where they feel sad and it continues for days. The feelings can take over the mind completely and lead to severe problems with time. The condition can start from a very normal and mild level and can exponentially grow if not tackled. The statistics show that women are more prone to this condition than men and also the effect of this condition is there on all the age ranges from kids to young to elders. There are gentic cases where a family history of depression continues down the line with the kids belonging to that chain. At times, it is assumed that depression can be lack of willpower and not a disease, which is not true. Depression is not a sign of failure and is a serious disease and similar effects.

Symptoms

There are lot of symptoms for this disease and vary from person to person. On the top level they can be divided as psychological symptoms or physical symptoms and also social symptoms. Psychological symptoms would include tearfulness, irritation and lack of tolerance, problem in making decisions, no enjoyment, anxious about small things and also feeling of reduced sex drive. There could be physical symptoms like slower movements of speech and also change in appetite. The person may see a change in energy levels and also at times lot of constipation. The sleep may also start to get disturbed. People may also start noticing that the weight also starts to fluctuate through this condition. There could be chances of, lot of aches and pains which suddenly start to come up. The social implications or the social symptoms are when one starts to degrade in performance, does not want to take part in the social events and also starts running away from ones interests and hobbies. This can also lead to difficulty in office and family life too.

Causes

The causes are innumerable. A major reason could be the family history which shows people affected by depression before. The same is inherited by the child too. There could be reasons like too much intake of alcohol which leads to this condition, also any usage of recreational drugs like cocaine or also in case while taken some prescription medication which can lead to depression.

Diagnosis

There are Diagnostic and statistical manual for manual disorder, and international classification of disease which are the two major ways of finding out the reasons.

Treatment

Mild depression can be treated by oneself by taking sometime and being watchful else doctor can help with mild medicines and exercises. For severe reasons, doctor may recommend some antidepressants and also refer to talking therapy. One may also be referred to mental health treatment.

Prevention

One can increase the activities they love to do, also identify negative thoughts and remove those; increase exercising and try to practice yoga or meditation, join self-help group and try to remain happy.