Anxiety Depression

November 9th, 2008 Posted in Anxiety and Depression

Getting Over Anxiety Depression

People who experience anxiety depression, find it can be the result of over extending themselves in several activities at once and this puts added pressure on the brain functions; causing the body to feel physically tired or depressed. A lot of busy people who cannot fathom the idea of relaxing and taking time off from work, as well as their worries, can actually start having nervous breakdowns, anxiety depression and all sorts of mental illnesses.

People who are suffering from anxiety depression, will experience any number of unusual behavior symptoms brought on from stress and even physical symptoms such as jitters or breathing problems. Many people that are more prone to react easily to stressful situations can essentially be more sensitive to having anxiety depression. It may be pretty hard to overcome at first and get relief for anxiety, but trying to be calm and cool in times of extreme pressure is what’ll actually save your mental health from going in an downward spiral.

To successfully treat this type of mental illness, a person will need to be completely honest with themselves first and then find a highly recommended psychiatrist that is qualified to diagnose you correctly and then prescribe the best treatment that will improve your health. There are many different levels or categories of depression:

Bipolar or Manic depression is usually characterized by a person having sudden extreme mood changes or intense dramatic changes from and elated ’high’ to a depressing ’low’ mental state, in just a matter of a few minutes, days or weeks.

Postpartum Depression is most common in new mothers, after childbirth and they usually experience extended times of sadness or emptiness and it may appear to be the baby blues at first, but the signs and symptoms are more intense and longer lasting.

Dysthimia – characterized by a slight similarity with depression, it is considered a chronic depression and is often a lot less severe the major depression.

Cyclothemia – is a mental disorder consider to be like a milder form of bipolar II disorder consisting of recurrent mood disturbances between hypomania and Dysthimia mood.

SAD or Seasonal Affective Disorder, also known as ’winter depression’; which is a mood disorder whose sufferers experience normal mental health throughout most of the year, but experience depressive symptoms usually in the winter and often or less in the Summer.

However, the most common form of depression people experience is; Anxiety Depression, and it is exemplified by being in the mind set given to undue stress, fear or worry about situations. Anxiety, a supposedly normal behavior that will actually help a person adjust more to a certain stressful activity, like first date jitters or a grueling exam the following day. In this way, anxiety will help you get mentally prepared to face more challenging situations that are not usually a part of your daily routine. However, people experience anxiety depression are not such having the ’jitters’ or a ’nervous stomach’; anxiety depression is much more serious and can even be hereditary, depending on each individual circumstance.

You should also know, that there are different types of anxiety depression and they each have different symptoms. Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is an anxiety disorder that is characterized by excessive, uncontrollable and often irrational worry about everyday things that is disproportionate; this excessive worry often interferes with daily functioning, as individuals suffering GAD typically anticipate disaster, and are overly concerned about everyday matters such as health issues, money, family problems, friend problems or work difficulties. They can even be anxious even when there’s no apparent reason that calls for them to behave in such a way. They often exhibit a variety of physical symptoms, including fatigue, headaches, nausea, muscle tension, muscle aches, difficulty swallowing, trembling, twitching, irritability, sweating, insomnia, and hot flashes and often are depressed. Treatment involves a therapist working with the patient to understand how thoughts and feelings influence behavior and change negative thought patterns that lead to the patient’s anxiety, replacing them with positive, more realistic ones.

Elements of the therapy include exposure strategies that will allow the patient to gradually confront their anxieties and feel more comfortable in anxiety-provoking situations, as well as to practice the skills they have learned and this type of treatment can be used alone or in conjunction with medication.