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Manic Depression Symptoms And Other Types
In addition to clinical depression, there are unique manic depression symptoms as well as postpartum depression symptoms. Both represent individual disorders that may call for special avenues of treatment.
MANIC DEPRESSION
Manic depression is the popular term most often used for bipolar disorder. In this condition, which usually begins in late adolescence and early adulthood, the patient swings from the symptoms of deep clinical depression to high or manic behavior that is almost euphoric? (It is important to determine that these mood swings are not the result of drug abuse.)
When the manic depressive swings into euphoria, expect to see inflated self-esteem, an apparent ability to go without sleep for days, excessive talking, the appearance of thoughts that are racing, excessive involvement in pleasurable activities, or obsession with goal-directed activities. While the episode may not cause social or work-related impairment it will be obvious to the observer that "something is going on." When the mood swings back, all these "high" feelings will crash into the classic symptoms of clinical depression.
POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION
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In postpartum depression, a condition suffered by 70-80 percent of women after giving birth to a child, the mother will experience depression, anger, anxiety, and guilt. The so-called "baby blues," however, should pass after several days. For 10 percent of sufferers, however, that doesn't happen and true postpartum depression sets in.
While the basic symptoms are the same as in any case of clinical depression, the triggering factor in postpartum depression is the birth of a child and the symptoms must persist more than two weeks. Given recent cases that have hit the news of mothers with postpartum depression actually harming their children - in particular Andrea Yates in Houston, Texas and Deana Schlosser in Plano, Texas - increasing care is being taken to insure that mothers suffering from postpartum depression get the help they need.
Won't It Just Go Away?
When depression symptoms are present, they should not be ignored.
Beyond the seriousness of the condition, there are good therapies (both drug and so-called "talk" treatments) available to alleviate the suffering of the individual involved. With the increased prevalence of the condition worldwide, the symptoms of depression need to be readily recognized and vigorously addressed.
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