Hello, everybody, who is interested to be healthy. My name is Kelly. I learnt about depression by my own experience. Now I am ok. Here I want to share my thoughts and ideas how to treat depression symptoms.

Depression occurs in approximately 20% of the population. It is more common in women than men (although more men fail to seek medical attention, so the numbers are closer to 50% / 50% than that). It is continuing feeling of “blues” that is excessive in its nature than the “rainy day blues” feeling most of us have occasionally. Symptoms include:
• Excessive moodiness.
• Lack of interest in activities that one once found enjoyable (hobbies).
• Difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, lack of sleep or excessive sleep.
• Poor or decreased appetite, with or without weight loss.
• Frequent headaches, body aches and pains, general illnesses.
• Crying spells for no clear, apparent reason.

Medical treatment for depression in twenty first century is extremely safe, effective, and without the significant and challenging side effects that older anti-depressant medications often cause. Newer medications, called SSRI’s (selective seratonin reuptake inhibitors), provide a normalization of the changed chemistry in certain sections of the brain that control mood, energy, interest, and one’s level of overall satisfaction with life. Remember that this change that the medication(s) cause is a normalization of the chemistry, like it was prior to the onset of depression. This is why these medications are so effective, because they normalize the brain chemistry to the way it should be. As a result, these medications have absolutely no addictive potential.

In many Family Physician and Internist’s minds, this SSRI class of medications is a lifesaver for people, and just as importantly their families. They are one of a few medications that many consider “miracle medicines” if there ever was such a thing.