A major depressive disorder, or, as it is also called, clinical depression is a much more serious phenomenon than ordinary depression. In this case it is not just a depressed mood, but a whole complex of interrelated symptoms, in which the depressed state may not be included. Clinical depression is a hidden, disguised condition, and one must learn to determine it in order to avoid serious complications.
Symptoms of clinical depression
If the symptoms described below are rare and rare, this is no reason to worry. But if many of these signs of clinical depression last more than two weeks and interfere with normal life, work or study, this is a serious reason for visiting a doctor.
Often, latent depression is the beginning of more serious disorders, for example, bipolar affective disorder. Do not delay the trip to the doctor if you find yourself experiencing such symptoms!
So, the symptoms can be as follows:
- most of the day, the mood is reduced (and sometimes all day);
- ideas or actions that lead to damage to one's body or death;
- there is a loss of interest and pleasure from them;
- inability to focus and attention;
- thoughts of own wine and suicide;
- a marked decrease in energy;
- unexplained indecision;
- lack of self-confidence;
- gloomy vision of the future;
- increased fatigue;
- impaired appetite ;
- decreased self-esteem;
- sleep disorders;
- weight loss (even with normal diet).
There are special tests with which you can identify this disease. One of them will most likely be offered by your doctor when you contact your problem.
Clinical Depression: Treatment
A person who does not have information about this disorder may not understand that something is wrong with him, do not recognize the illness and consider that this is just a bad mood. That is why treatment necessarily involves the help of a doctor. This condition causes changes in the brain's biochemistry, and the faster the patient turns for help, the more likely that the disorder will be defeated.
Such a person is different in that he does not seek to help himself or something to fix - but this is only an additional symptom of such depression. If you or one of your loved ones has symptoms of clinical depression, be aware that in this case you should consult a doctor without delay.