The disturbance of sleep structure – it is incapacity to fall asleep, has normal sleep or on the contrary, gets up in time, – all that is also depression signs. The researches have shown that by people who are suffering from depression the sleep cycles are intricate in the course of time. When they should [...]
Before clinical trials they try all medicines on animals in order to determine their safety for fetal development. It is clear that women are not carried out any researches. Sometimes its earlier not noticed harmful properties may be appeared during extensive practical use. The same situation is observed with antidepressants.
According to recent researches, new-born [...]
Modern depression medicines are considered very efficacious, but they help not everybody. In serious cases antidepressants are not able to relieve symptoms, at least by half patients. A large number of them still experience melancholy, adynamia, hopelessness and apathy even after intense treatment.
According to statistics, about 15% of Americans suffer from one or another [...]
Yearly by 15% of adult people aged between 18 and 74 years is observed decreased mood, the unwillingness for communications, apathy, sleep disorders and anxiety. Just with depression are connected 75% of all appeals to psychiatrists and psychotherapists.
There are two main proven ways to treat depression: medical therapy and psychotherapy. The most effect gives [...]
There is a stereotype that taking of antidepressants – is a manifestation of weak character. At the same time, people who suffer from other diseases like high blood-pressure or polyarthritis, take medications during exacerbation, and it is considered quite normal.
For example, aspirin is not able to treat polyarthritis, but it can kill the pain [...]
How do antidepressants work?
If do not go into details, antidepressants are able to correct the work of some mechanisms of the brain. Our brain includes a lot of nerve cells – neurons. Although there is a communication between neurons, they do not adjoin each other – there is a chink between them, which is [...]
Antidepressants are medications which relieve or prevent depression. Before antidepressant’s discovery it were extensively used substances with stimulating effect. They were able to cause euphoria (opium and other opiates, caffeine, ginseng). To reduce anxiety and excitability it was used valerian, as well as bromine salt. The real revolution in psychopharmacology was discovery of antidepressants in [...]
«Women’s nature» or special predisposition to disease?
Depression is a disease state which has characteristic symptoms.
By no means is depression a manifestation of the lack of character. This is a serious disease which is accompanied by violations of all psychological and even physical (sleep, appetite, body weight, etc.) functions of a person. Loss or reduction of [...]
Antidepressants – are psychotropic remedies, which revive spirits, relieve anxiety and stress, and raise mental activity. The cure includes intake of several antidepressants.
Antidepressants are used for depression treatment, some anxious disorders and other diseases.
Beneficial action
Antidepressants may relief anxiety and depression. Because of sedative effect, they can be taken by many people with panic disorders [...]
Depression can’t be treated without psychotherapy. The patients aspire themselves to this form of medical and psychological help. For a long time they hesitate to take medications, and starting with antidepressants they quite often stop pharmacotherapy. By virtue of helplessness and constant doubts, patients are usually suggestible. While reading annotations to one or another remedy, [...]
