Cure for Depression

There are psychological, physical and emotional bipolar depression symptoms, and they usually affect a patient simultaneously, reducing the person’s capacity to live a normal life. Not being able to make simple decisions, crying about nothing and feeling sleepy or incapable of sleep become major problems for someone affected by depression. This disorder is serious and should hence be treated as such.

Psychological bipolar depression symptoms

Reduced vitality – this may be considered common for lots of people who overwork and give themselves too little time to rest, yet, in combination with other symptoms, it is specific for bipolar depressive disorder.

Fatigue often represents the next stage following decreased energy or low vitality. Lack of physical strength derives from unrefreshing sleep. And, apparently, there is no reason to feel so tired all day long…

Apathy or lethargy is a more serious symptom as it manifests as an abnormal torpid drowsy state. Such bipolar depression symptoms are recognized when the sufferer spends hours in a chair or in bed without doing anything or thinking about something in particular.

Insomnia is a common symptom of depression. Its opposite is hypersomnia (too much sleep) and it can also appear in association with depression.

A person who suffers from depression is most likely to lose interest in activities that he/she used to enjoy.

Social withdrawal may be hard to notice at first depending on how the patient behaves in between the depressive episodes. A person who is highly social makes it easier to identify social withdrawal, which is not the case with a person that has a solitary personality per usual.

Physical Bipolar Depression symptoms

Unintended weight loss or weight gain often get on the long list of bipolar depression symptoms. These two are associated with the changes in appetite.

Psychomotory agitation or retardation represent major changes in physical activities due to the mental tension specific to bipolar depressive disorders. There may be restless actions like foot-tapping, wringing hands and pacing or very slow movements (referred to as retardation). The person’s rhythm slows down both in physical activities and in thoughts.

Unexplained pains and physical discomfort represent the result of sleep deprivation and mental tension.

Emotional symptoms

There are lots of emotional symptoms that mark the evolution of mental illness. The list includes sadness, feelings of guilt and worthlessness, low self esteem, helplessness and uncontrollable crying. Unfortunately these are present in almost every patient suffering from bipolar depressive disorder. These symptoms may be accompanied by other depressive manifestations, or alone, apparently without a certain trigger.

You should know that to a certain extent emotional pain is normal and justified after a traumatic event such as death of a beloved, job loss, divorce or some form of abuse. It is only when the symptoms aggravate in time, and they become persistent, that a mental disorder can be suspected and diagnosed.

Mood shifting also gives the patient and those in his/her environment a hard time. Now you’re crying, now you’re laughing. Sometimes anger strikes out of the blue leaving one exhausted when the ‘rage’ is gone. Bipolar depression symptoms may be debilitating and they require medical help.