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Today we’ll talk about depression , a common psychological disorder that we can have any of us, but precisely because it is often confused with other problems (they have come to diagnose simple episodes of sadness and anxiety and depression ) and misdiagnosed. Although it can affect both men and women are also cases of childhood depression and depression among adolescents. Among adults, it is women who suffer from depression more frequently, being sometimes associated with female biological situations such as menstruation and the period or postpartum depression , which sometimes occurs after childbirth.

The causes of depression can be many, in reality arises from a chemical imbalance in brain neurotransmitters and may be due to genetic causes, hormonal changes, live a traumatic experience, substance use, changes in lifestyle, etc.The point is that this is not a personality problem or to be taken as a sign of personal weakness, is real and treatable.

In depressive disorders, we highlight the major depression and dysthymia.
The major depression is diagnosed if a person reports having five or more depressive symptoms for at least two weeks, that is, it is a recurrent depression that can bring much harm to the life of the person who has it. The dysthymia is a type of chronic depression, more mild and moderate.Some people have this type of depression and are not aware of it, because their daily lives just do not experience disruption.A person with dysthymia is someone who often feel angry, that complains a lot, which has little energy and feel tired, feel stressed, with insomnia, poor appetite, etc., but can make a perfectly normal life.

“I have to make sleep.” It is likely that we all feel like that when greater stress. Sleep disturbances are one of the most common symptoms of stress and are difficult to control. The most common of these disturbances is the stress-induced insomnia. But what is insomnia? Nothing more and nothing less than the perception of inadequate sleep or poor quality. May be due to problems falling asleep, waking up early, waking up frequently during the night, a sleepy little repair or a combination thereof. Contrary to some popular beliefs, insomnia can not be defined by the total amount of sleep you get or how long it takes a person to sleep. Different individuals may vary in their need for sleep and time required to fall asleep, what constitutes a good night’s sleep for one might be insomnia to another.

A frequent alteration
Insomnia is a very common disorder. Almost everyone had at least occasionally. Many things can cause a sleepless night, for example, stress.

Insomnia often leads to a “vicious cycle” of the day behaviors that worsen the condition. Persons without adequate sleep experience worry, fatigue, lack of energy and concentration problems that may try to fight through excessive caffeine or nicotine use. Insomniacs may be “too tired” to exercise and take a nap in the afternoon, which reduces the ability to sleep the next night.

Transient insomnia lasts from one night to several weeks. There are episodes of transient insomnia that come and go and are known as intermittent insomnia. When chronic, or long-term insomnia lasts a month or more and occur most nights.

While insomnia is more common in women, people over 60 years of age, and people who have a history of depression, anyone can be affected.

The transient and intermittent insomnia particularly relate to lifestyle factors such as increased unmanageable stress, noise and environmental changes. The short-term insomnia may also occur as a side effect of certain medications. Read the rest of this entry »