CLINICAL DEPRESSION, BIPOLAR AND PANIC DISORDERS
Clinical depression
Clinical depression is also called the blues, biological depression or major depression. People feel sad and depressed for weeks or months and do not enjoy things that used to give them joy in the past. They cannot move and feel completely unmotivated to do anything. Even simple things – like getting dressed in the morning or eating – become large obstacles in daily life.
Some people have clinical depression only once in their lives, while others have it many times. It can sometimes occur from one generation to the next in families, but it may often affect people with no family history of the illness.1
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• How often have you said u1 am/feel depressed"?
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1 Exercise helps manage depression. At least 30 minutes of daily physical activity helps stimulate endorphins that can make you feel better.
Bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder1, also known as manic depression, is a mental disorder with serious mood swings. A person with bipolar disorder experiences alternating highs, called mania, and lows, called depression.
A manic episode is characterised by extreme happiness, extreme irritability, hyperactivity, little need for sleep and rapid speech.
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A depressive episode is characterised by extreme sadness, a lack of energy or interest in things, an inability to enjoy normally pleasant activities and feelings of helplessness and hopelessness. People with bipolar disorder may have quite long periods of normal mood between episodes of mania or depression.
Panic disorder
While many people may experience just one or two panic attacks without further episodes or complications, some people develop panic disorder.
People with panic disorder have feelings of terror that strike suddenly and repeatedly, most often with no warning. They usually cannot predict when an attack will occur, and many develop intense anxiety between episodes, worrying when and where the next one will strike. Panic attacks often consist of a pounding heart, sweatiness and a feeling of weakness. People may believe they are having a heart attack or stroke, losing their mind, or going to die.
