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...these drugs, it's worth acknowledging that depression in its most severe form is a crippling condition. Over time, sufferers of melancholic depression (formerly known as endogenous depression) lose the ability to feel joy, excitement, empathy - just about anything except a gnawing dread. They eat without appetite and their sleeping patterns are shot to bits. Imagine being alone at 3 a.m., having just awoken from a nightmare. That, depressed people say, is a hint of how they feel in every waking moment. It's horrible - so horrible that most sufferers need little convincing that what they're experiencing is more...
...brain." Depression comes in various types and shouldn't be thought of as an "it," says Gordon Parker, a professor in the school of psychiatry at the University of New South Wales. But because the more severe form tends to run in families and involves physical symptoms such as sleep and appetite disturbance, and because its onset can't be explained as a reaction to a traumatic event such as a bereavement, it seems "there are some depressions that are quintessentially biological . . . very much chemically underpinned...
...daycare, and get back to work. But soon after Jemima's birth, "I realized I'd been living in a dream world." Jemima cried constantly and screamed in caf?s when her mother tried to catch up with friends. Confined to a small apartment, worn down by lack of sleep and feeling inadequate and disillusioned, Beddoe visited a G.P., who suspected postnatal depression and handed her a trial pack of Zoloft. "His words to me were, 'They're completely safe, very effective and only work on people with depression.' If he were to take them, he said, they'd do nothing...
Even on a normal “school night,” putting yourself to sleep rather than collapsing is key. You should not allow yourself to pass out atop your ink-annotated History and Literature reading. (The huge blue line on your face the next morning will surely not be the best way to start your...
There should be a relaxation-filled lull between your work and your sleep. Even if it is just five minutes—make sure you take it. Get your mind off of your work before you drift off into dream land. Call a friend, make a cup of tea, do downward dog motions, or perform a belly dance for your roommates. It will most certainly pay off the next day. I promise...