Question on types of depression?!
Question: What is the feeling of crankiness, sadness, low-spirited, sleeping a lot.. for several years , thoughts of suicide-fall into?
I researched several types like the bipolar depression but this is basically when you get episodes of feeling 'high' and 'low', which is not what im lookng for
So what would be the medical term for the above
im doing this essay on my brother but I dont wnat to ask him- hey what kinda depression do you have
--thanks
Answers: What is the feeling of crankiness, sadness, low-spirited, sleeping a lot.. for several years , thoughts of suicide-fall into?
I researched several types like the bipolar depression but this is basically when you get episodes of feeling 'high' and 'low', which is not what im lookng for
So what would be the medical term for the above
im doing this essay on my brother but I dont wnat to ask him- hey what kinda depression do you have
--thanks
When you're sad, the world may seem dark and unfriendly. You might feel like you have nothing to look forward to. The hurt deep inside may crush your usually good mood.
Sadness makes you feel like crying, and sometimes the tears are hard to stop. Crying often makes you feel better.
Sometimes when your mood is sad, you just feel like being alone for a little while. Or you might want someone to comfort you or just keep you company while you go through the sad feeling. Talking about what has made you sad usually helps the sad feeling melt away.
When sadness starts to go away, it can feel like a heavy blanket is being lifted from your shoulders.
I have been on anti-depressants for 5 years with the same symptoms as you-it's called a general depression.
Recently though I have been diagnosed with an underactive thyroid gland which shows all the same symptoms as depression so ask your doctor for a blood test first to rule this out.Good Luck!
Probably 'just' major depression or chronic depression. They are the same thing. That is the feeling of always being down and not going up and down. There is also bipolar type 2, but that still includes some ups and downs, though not nearly as pronounced as the type one. Aside from chronic depression, there is situational depression. But that is caused by something and generally goes away after the cause is dealt with or addressed. There is also dysthesmia...which is kinda feeling low or reduced in function for a long period of time, but generally does not include periods of sleeping or contemplating suicide. It is more just chronic unhappiness. I vote that your brother has chronic depression. And chances are he would not mind if you asked, unless he is particularly sensitive about it.
Just ask him if he knows the medical term for his kind of depression. If you ask him in a non confrontational way he might help you. You could say you were going over depression in a class and learned that there's different kinds and that's what got you wondering. Probably not bi-polar. but there are also different degrees of general depression. That may be where he falls.
That sounds like general depression. All the symptoms apply to that. In order to classify it more specifically you also need to look at environmental factors.
- has the person suffered any traumatic life event?
- is it connected to seasons, does it get worse during winter? (could be S.A.D.)
and so on
Although there are several subgroups to depression, I would guess that this is just the general type.
good luck
check borderline personality disorder
clinical depression/unipolar depression/
dysthmia, depression with psychosis (severe depression)
http://depression.about.com/od/mooddisor...
http://www.psychologyinfo.com/depression...
This ones got more types in it:
http://www.depression-help-resource.com/...