Please Help With “depression”?
Question by Vivian: Please help with “depression”? I’m thirteen and I feel hopeless and selfish. I truly don’t like being this way. I break out crying sometimes and get a horrible sinking feeling inside. It all happens randomly. I sometimes feel like a zombie like I really don’t care about anything or anyone and consider living the rest of my life like that. I currently just moved in with my aunt and uncle. I had a rough childhood with emotional neglect and abuse. My parents love me, but they never showed it and still neglect me. So I decided I don’t have to put up with it. I feel selfish on how I just want to die and be with God when people are fighting to stay alive. That’s exactly why I hate feeling like this. I bring people down, am anti-social, and feel worthless. Still, I’m not positive this is depression. I am emotionally “scarred” and really have no one to hug and adore like I wish I could adore my parents. I feel so e ...
Talking Treatments Work Equally Well for Depression
by B_Zedan Talking treatments work equally well for depression Talking treatments (called psychotherapies) are often offered to people diagnosed with depression. They are also sometimes used along with antidepressants. There are many types of talking treatments, and they can be provided one to one, in groups, or … Read more on WebMD.Boots.com Depression Linked to Elevated Markers for CVD, Diabetes Depressive symptoms and use of antidepressants are associated with markers linked to risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD), new research suggests. A large cohort study of more than 2000 postmenopausal women participating in the Women's … Read more on Medscape Read more... ...
Cognitive Therapy for Depression: Agoraphobia Treatments Sometimes includeCognitive Behavioral Therapy
Other Disorders Related to Agoraphobia Other Agoraphobia facts you should be aware of are that the condition is related to other disorders such as depression, substance abuse, other phobias and anxiety These remedies also serve to take ‘the edge off’ the discomfort and anxiety associated with facing your fears. Hypericum perforatum (St John’s Wort), taken regularly, can also have a longer term balancing and calming effect – helping to provide a platform of confidence and well being and thereby reducing overall anxiety levels. Read more... ...
Teen Depression? Antidepressants?
Question by Go Ask Alice: Teen Depression? Antidepressants? I honestly feel like I have clinical depression. I have almost all of the symptoms including sadness, hopelessness, irritability, frequent crying (especially at night), withdrawal from family and friends (especially friends and classmates), loss of interest in normal activities, over-sleeping, over-eating, feeling worthless, lack of enthusiasm and motivation, lack of energy, constantly feeling tired/”out of it”, difficulty concentrating, and even thoughts about death/suicide. I just feel down ALL the time and I have no friends, literally. I do exercise and eat pretty healthy, but there doesn’t seem to be enough endorphins produced by exercise. Read more... ...
Alternative Treatments for Depression
Alternative Treatments for Depression – In this video, Kenneth Robbins, MD, clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, explains that St. John’s Wort, for example, increases serotonin, just as SSRIs like Prozac do. by Ed Yourdon Data Affirms Long Term Benefit of Adding L-methylfolate To Antidepressants Filed under: alternative treatments for depression PHILADELPHIA, May 08, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Two studies presented this week at the 164th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association suggest the long-term value of Deplin(R) (L-methylfolate 15mg) in treating major depressive disorder (MDD) … Read more on MarketWatch (press release) Read more... ...