I am getting depressed day by day. I just do not want to think abt it. But at d end I get into dis deeply mre deeply. Mass of xplosive get cllcted in my head like its is going to be xplode in a minute. Wht to do I am so helpless.
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Hello Lybrate User, relax, please do not feel so low. You seem so young and at your age depression is too a heavy word to be incorporated with your life. I do understand what you must be going through and how helpless you must be feeling, but my dear you need to elaborate more on what makes you feel so depressed is it your social, emotional, family, work, studies, relationship or you yourself. Unless you tell where is the problem nothing can be of help. Yes but you need to see a counsellor immediately and seek help to cope up with your state of mind. Also, seek help with prescribed medication. Which help you initially to stable your condition. Meanwhile please relax and try indulging yourself in deep breathing exercises. Talk to your friends or someone in the family. Spend some time watching movies or go strolling in a park. I know it is difficult, but remember you need to gather courage and help yourself to move out of this situation. Your condition needs to be probed to find out the root cause of inorder to help you. You can contact me personally for therapies and counselling.
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Dear Udit, Please answer the following questionnaire to know whether you need to be screened for depression and other medical conditions causing depression. Brief Patient Health Questionnaire (BPHQ) Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems? Please mark as 0.Not at all 1.Less than 7 days 2.More than 7 days 3. Nearly every day a. Little interest or pleasure in doing things b. Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless c. Trouble falling or staying asleep or sleeping too much d. Feeling tired or having little energy e. Poor appetite or overeating f. Feeling bad about yourself ? or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down g. Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television h. Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed. Or the opposite ? being so fidgety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual i. Thoughts that you would be better off dead or of hurting yourself in some way.
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It depends on the individuals perception of emotional problems and needs. Few parents feel depression is something which is brought in by personal weakness or the individual?s inability to cope with normal stressors of life. They consider depression has to be overcome by self, and not with external help. These kind of people usually do not seek, and do not allow their loved ones to seek treatment, and many a times negatively view those taking treatment for depression, as unwarranted. Many of these people do not have science (biology, physics, chemistry) in their degree courses, so they may not understand the basis of depression and rely on their parents, internet, and self schema to come to conclusion about an illness (think about steve jobs, not taking proper treatment for his pancreatic cancer for nearly 1 year, allowing it to metastasise and leading to his own beliefs being the cause for his death). When people view medical illnesses like these, no wonder psychiatric illness like depression is not viewed correctly by a significant number of persons. Actually depression is caused by bio-psycho-social reasons. A person can be genetically prone for depression, the sociological factors and psychological development, all 3 of these contributing at various levels to manifest as depression. The affected individual ideally needs to consult a psychiatrist and get the medical reasons ruled out (like hypothyroidism, medication induced, alcohol or substance,?.etc) and the depression severity is quantified by standard rating scales (for example hamilton depression rating scale) and based on that treatment strategy is planned. For mild depression, either cognitive behavioural therapy or antidepressants or a combination is preferred based on the patient?s choice. For moderate depression it is better to start antidepressants and cbt together and follow up, for severe depression antidepressants are the treatments of choice and after significant reduction in depression scores, cbt or other talk therapies can be given. I hope this information helps you.
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