Some Other types of Depression

Depression can be of different kinds. Here are few other types of depression:

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is characterized by number of episodes of major depression reoccurring at a particular season of the year such as fall or winter. This disorder affect more women and younger people and commonly visible in northern climates. Generally, Sufferers from SAD get more depressed in the season of autumn or winter (when daylight is reduced) and may experience high moods swings or mania in the spring season. To diagnosis the SAD, a person has to experience certain symptoms like drowsiness, weight gain and carbohydrate cravings for 2 consecutive years.

Like any other depressive state, seasonal affective disorder is also treatable. Designed bright light therapy is very helpful and beneficial treatment for the victims for getting recovery from SAD. However, sometimes light therapy may not be sufficient for those patients who are severely depressed. Moreover if the people, who have suffered from SAD, are attacked by non-seasonal depression then the outcomes may be more extreme and light therapy treatment will be less effective. In such cases drug therapy will be the best option for recovery of severely depressed people.

Postpartum Depression

This type of depressive disorder is exemplified by major depressive episodes that take place among women after having a baby. About 10-15% of women develop postpartum depression in the first year of their motherhood after having a baby due to some negative biological, psychological and social factors and changes. For example:

§  Medical history of depression before conceive

§  Depression during pregnancy

§  Poor marital relationship

§  Lack of social support

§  Lack of family support

§  Current stressful life events

§  Severe maternity blues in the week after delivery

Women usually experience certain symptoms of postpartum depression within four weeks of giving birth which are as follows:

·        Tearful at every single matter

·        Feeling of anxiousness

·        Irritability

·        Find it tough to play with their babies

·        Showing negative respond to their children.

In most cases women experience so-called ‘baby blues’ in the first few days after childbirth due to rapid hormone changes, but it’s outcome and duration are quite different from postpartum depression.

To get rid of this type of depression counseling with doctors, G.P. even with nearest one could be beneficial and effective. Though the recovery rate is satisfactory but some women experience these depressive symptoms 6 months after the birth of their baby.

Atypical Depression

Atypical depression is very unusal catagory of depression as the symptoms are psychotic in nature. The features or outcomes of Atypical Depression are different from Major Depressions to some extent. Even this depression is also considered as sub type of Dysthymia due to its long continuity. The people who have developed Atypical Depression often experiences positive changes in the mood such as happiness and joy. The sufferers believe that outside events like praise, attention or achievement are the factors which are responsible for their mood changes. The symptoms of atypical depression are as follows:

• Overeating
• Oversleeping
• Fatigue
• Severe sensitivity to rejection. Etc.

Psychotic Depression:

Psychotic depression leads a person to experience unbelievable and unusual symptoms. For example, the psychotic depressed person often feel or see scary and negative sounds, voices or visuals that are imaginary or do not exist in real. These symptoms are commonly referred as hallucinations.

Anxiety Depression

Depression along with Anxiety creates another category of depression which is called as Anxiety Depression.

Anxiety is addition to depression and often co-occurs with depression. Almost all people will experience anxiety at times in their lives. Anxiety can be characterized as a normal response to stressful events.

Anxiety leads a person to experience physical and psychological symptoms which are as follows:

·        Sleeping disturbance

·        Continous headaches

·        Palpitations

·        Sweating

·        Fear for every thing

·        Iirritability

·        Agitation

·        Lack of concentration

·        Feeling of tiredness

Outcomes of these anxiety symptoms could be ranges to major stage if they are abnormally severe, long lasting and affect in normal functioning.

Melancholic Depression:

Melancholic Depression is considered as a sub type of Major Depression. the sufferes of melancholic depression may experience loss of plesure in every activity and lack of interest which lead them to show slow response to the impermanent positive events in the surroundings.

Catatonic Depression:

Catatonic Depression is also a sub type of Major Depression and is exemplified by several symptoms which are as follows:

§  Unnecessary movement

§  High conflict to anyone’s suggestions

§  Lack of voluntary movement

§  Failure to react in social environment

§  Repetation of words.

Endogenous Depression:

Endogenous Depression is a special kind of depression due to absence of any obvious symptoms. In case of endogenous depression the illness come from inside the body. Generally endogenous depression is not influenced by the external events. Endogenous depression is a severe type of depression and regarded as the major depressive disorder. Sleeping disturbance, lack of interest, weight loss are some of the important symptoms of depression.

Exogenous Depression

People develop exogenous depression due to having stressful event in life, such as separation or divorce, great grief, failure of study, unemployment and so on.

Chronic Depression:

If the symptoms of major depression are constant for two consecutive years then it will considered as chronic depression.