Depression and Bipolar Disorder

Chronic imply s forever.

Social anxiety could be a certain possibility.

I am unaware of a specific name for "at school" anxiety. However, social anxiety occurs most often in places like school. This means, the person is anxious around people, maybe all people, and is fearful of rejection from other students or teachers. Some people can get physically sick from social anxiety.

There are so many medication out there to treat anxiety. In my opinion practicing in the Psych field is a shot in the dark. You try one medication and it may work or the patient may not be able to tolerate it. It usually takes about 6 months for bipolar patients to get the right cocktail. Meds are administered depending on the severity of your condition. Some patients just take a tranquilizer, others take an antidepressant and a tranquilizer. You just have to find what works for you.

Tranquilizers: Klonopin, Ativan, Xanax, Valium

Anti Depressants: Zoloft, Prozac, Paxil, Wellbutrin

I've only listed a few in each category. There has been much success with the SSRI Anti Depressants the only downside is you don't feel the full therapeutic effect for about 8 weeks. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is also recommended again depending on the severity of your condition. You learn how to breath through the panic attacks/anxiety, triggers, and how to manage stress.

The majority received no treatment as such, as it was still believed by many that "madness" was an affliction of the soul, rather than of the body or mind. However, attitudes were changing by this point, and so there was a little more understanding than, for instance, 50 years before.

The majority of those with severe mental illness (madness) were placed in work houses or prisons, with a select (often rich) few being committed to primitive "madhouses", the forerunners of asylums that would develop over the next two hundred years. As in the majority of human history, those suffering from more mild mental illness (depression, mild forms of schizophrenia, etc) where instead characterised as suffering from emotional problems - "melancholy", having "black moods", etc.

Fostering qualifications vary from country to country and in locations such as the US, can very based upon state and even county. In general, an individual taking an antidepressant would not necessarily, preclude an applicant from being considered for fostering. In the first instance, the applicant would better be able to address such a question by providing a formal letter from the physician who prescribed the antidepressant, stating their professional opinion as to whether the taking of said medication is crucial towards the dynamic which is being sought by the governing authority. In fact, it may even be an element which the fostering authority would consider helpful, such as when receiving a foster child who has had a history of depression. The fact that the applicant has first-hand understanding of depression and the impact it can have on every-day life may provide a higher level of empathy with the foster child.

If you're considering fostering, ask your local fostering agency for a guideline booklet regarding qualifications and expectations before mentioning anything about your personal and private life. You will be able to read their stated qualifiers and conditions even before making an application.

A number of chemical salts of lithium are used medically as a mood stabilizing drug, primarily in the treatment of bipolar disorder, where they have a role in the treatment of depression and particularly of mania, both acutely and in the long term. Lithium helps to even the highs and lows of mood associated with this disorder.

Not everyone responds the same to a drug. Some people has a negavite response while taking this medication. To some persons it can cause depression.

Depression can affect up to 1 in every eight teen age girls. Teen aged girls are at a slightly more prone to depression caused by social factors such as image and socioeconomic status. You can find out more by visiting kidshealth.org.

Pregnancy tests detect the amount of HCG in your urine. HCG is a hormone that is secreted by a developing embryo. Depressed individuals may have neurochemical imbalances, but these imbalances typically involve neurotransmitters in the brain, not HCG levels. So, depression should not affect a pregnancy test.

There's been a myth for years that the full moon affects the mental health of Earthlings. And, strangely enough, large metro hospitals have records that, indeed, people by the hordes show up in their hospitals at the full moon. There is no physical or astronomecal evidence to support such a theory.

There has long been another theory, down through the ages, that some men change into wolfmen at the full moon, run amok, and savagely kill innocent people. There has never been a recorded incident of a wolfman manfesting himself, moon or no moon.

Yes, it is a sign of manic depression or the start of a episode. It has to do with serotonin in your brain. SSRI's will increase this effect since the drugs deal with serotonin. XTC will do the same thing (other illegal drugs also cause this to happen), so doctors normal will be skeptical until drug test's are done.

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Info found on PDRHEALTH.com [Physician's Desk Reference]

Psychosis is NOT a diagnosis but a SYMPTOM or set of symptoms that can have many different causes.

Psychosis may be transient, intermittent, short term or part of a longer term psychiatric condition.

Psychosis is defined as a loss of contact with reality. It typically involves at least one of two experiences:

Drug and alcohol use and withdrawal have been linked to psychotic episodes. Symptoms that are drug- or alcohol-induced sometimes fade after the intoxicating effect of the substance has worn off.

Physical illnesses that interfere with brain function may cause psychosis as well. Psychosis is associated with infections, brain tumors, metabolic abnormalities, nutritional deficiencies, and dementia.

Psychiatric illnesses, most commonly schizophrenia, frequently lead to psychosis. Delusional disorder, marked by unshakable false beliefs, is another psychotic condition.

Psychosis sometimes accompanies affective disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder (manic depression). In such cases, the symptoms tend to conform to the patient’s mood. For example, depressed patients may hear voices telling them to end their life. Bipolar patients in the throes of the illness’s extreme highs may believe they can fly or perform other superhuman feats.

Finally, a stressful event - such as witnessing a violent act or being sexually abused - can produce psychotic symptoms.

Also known as manic-depressive, the individual alternates between states of manic activity and being depressed.

You do what you need to do and what you want to do. If you are in a bad relationship with someone - (friends, family, lovers) then take a break or get out of it if you can. Sometimes if you end up not caring about you and being selfless and just caring about other people, you forget about yourself and there needs to be a balance in life, with both ways. You could take a vacation and go to a spa or do something you like, and take some time off, and maybe reflect on how you can change your life for the better and meet your emotional needs. Watch a chick flick that makes you cry, if you need a good cry and some time to think, that also works.

(No You can not be a nurse if you are being treated for a mental illness... But you can be a health care worker though like a pharmacy tech, medical coder or something like that. But not a nurse.... )

comments by Erica RN

I am shocked. This answer is fully wrong- on so many levels. You can be a nurse and have a mental illness. The key is BEING TREATED. Of course, your symptoms need to be well controlled, and you would have to be cleared by your psychiatrist when hired as a nurse, but it is ILLEGAL to discriminate against a person with a mental illness. Nursing schools included. Many schizophrenics, with effective treatment, are fully functional contributors to society. There was a schizophrenic Nobel prize winner, many nurses, doctors, teachers, lawyers, etc... There are different forms of schizophrenia, with varying effects, and some forms even have periods of complete remission. The degree to which schizophrenia affects a person varies greatly.

And by the way, when a pharmacy tech makes a mistake... they are just as likely to kill someone as a nurse is. Don't underestimate the skill it takes to do that job!!

Mood disorders, also called affective disorders, are a group of illnesses that have as their distinguishing characteristic an experience of mood that is unusual for the circumstances. Common mood disorders include bipolar disorder, depression, postpartum depression, cyclothymia, schizoaffective disorder, and seasonal affective disorder. Most mood disorders are at least somewhat treatable with drugs and psychotherapy.

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all the sad numbers up to 60, 60 is also a sad number

1, 7, 10, 13, 19, 23, 28, 31, 32, 44, 49

al of the happy numbers up to 60

The three types of drugs used to treat clinical depression is

• MAOI's

• SSRI's

• Tricyclic Componds

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Sometimes yes, sometimes no. It really depends on the person, their history with sexual relationships, and how much control that person has in other areas as well.

Sometimes that can be a cause of depression and a symptom as well. Some people sometimes don't eat, or they eat too much. A lot of people have a favorite "comfort food" such as ice cream or chocolate or any other foods that people get comfort from.

mormaly called cutters but also called self-harmers, self-mutilator. not distributed (the last answer) calling some one who cuts them self disturbed, suicidal, metal, crazy, etc. doesn't helpand mite not end well.

No.

Personality disorders are those disorders which severely and negatively affect relating to other people - such as attatchment disorders or behavior disorders. The person with one of these disorders can harm, directly or indirectly, those around them. They come in three subtypes:

Odd or eccentric behavior [schizoid, paranoid, schizotypal]

Dramatic, emotional, or erratic behavior [antisocial, borderline, narcissistic]

Anxious fearful behavior. [Avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive].

Almost everyone has a few negative traits that fall under one or more personality disorder categories - fear of criticism, fear of rejection, fear of looking foolish, daydreaming over action, isolation, chronic boredom, or excessive dependency, etc. It is when severe negative traits of the same type cluster together that a personality disorder is diagnosed.

Multiple Personality Disorder, more properly known as Dissociative Identity Disorder, is a diagnosis handed out due to the following criteria:

1) At least two dissociative and lasting personality states must alternatily control a persons behavior

2) Impairment of the ability to recall personal information, or other memory lossy loss must occur which cannot be accounted for by ordinary forgetfulness.

[According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]

These criteria are very important, as it seperates Multiplicity in general from dissociative identity disorder. Dissociation is "loss of sense of self". For a disorder to exist, something must be going wrong with the natural functioning of the body.

With natural multiplicity, the members of a [healthy] system are their own unique selves. Even if one member takes primary control of the body for a time, the other[s] do not lose their sense of self. Even if the members were to share control, they do not melt into each other, feel like one has suddenly become a different person, or feel like another person's thoughts are his own. Furthermore, most multiple systems do not meet the amnesia or loss of time criteria of the DSM manual.

The dissociative identity disorder criteria hits at this crucial distinguishing point. There are those people who suffer from dissociative fugues [periods of temporary amnesia about themselves, wherein they often form new personalities in the interim until their memory returns], and depersonalization disorder/derealization [loss of self, feeling disconnected, not feeling in control of one's speech or movements, feeling detatched from one's thoughts or emotions, feeling like a robot, etc]. Both multiples and non-multiples may suffer from dissociative identity disorder.

As with personality disorders, the criteria of Dissociative Identity Disorder also requires a significant impairment of mental and social functioning. In this area, they are similar.

A depressed brain has been shown to have lower levels of serotonin. This chemical helps nerve messages pass from cell to cell, so not having enough slows down your thinking and mood. Depressed brains also have lower levels of dopamine. This is a chemical which is a "natural high" and produces a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction. The third chemical which is in low supply in a depressed brain is norepinephrine. This chemical also helps with nerve message transmission.

According to an WebMD, people with depression do suffer from physical pain as well as emotional pain.

common forms of physical pain associated with depression are:

-Headaches -Exhaustion/Fatigue

-Back Pain -Sleeping Problems

-Muscle aches/Joint pain -Change in appetite/Weight

-Chest pain -Dizziness/Lightheadedness

-Digestive problems

Depression seems to be related to an imbalance of certain chemicals in your brain. Some of these same chemicals play an important role in how you feel pain. So many experts think that depression can make you feel pain differently than other people. (source:WebMD: "Recognizing the Physical Symptoms of Depression") Please read their article from the link I will add.