The symptoms of Unipolar Depression

Unipolar depression, which also goes by the term major depressive disorder, is a mood disorder that is commonly identified by irritation, sadness, sleeping problems, fatigue, helplessness, poor self-esteem, changes in weight. Other symptoms of Unipolar depression are lack of interest in some of the favorite activities, lack of concentration and focusing, nervousness, thought of suicide and significant changes weight.

The good news is that Unipolar depression is a treatable disorder. If you know of a person that exhibits more than five of the symptoms above, you have to take him for diagnosis and this disorder is more common in women than men. The disorder affects people of all ages and timely treatment is the best thing to do if you or your loved one exhibits more than five of the signs above.

If Unipolar depression is not treated in the right time, it can lead to severe problems. Some of the best treatment options of Unipolar depression include Electroconvulsive Therapy ECT and Psychotherapy. Insomnia, which is a sleeping disorder will affect people suffering from this form of depression but for bipolar depression, hypomania occur and all this will lead to tiredness and the sufferer may have problems of too much sleeping.

Unipolar depression causes

Unipolar depression diagnosis

Unipolar depression treatment

 Some other treatment options for unipolar depression