Depression Vs Manic Depression

Mental illness are different types of conditions that affect mood, thinking, and behavior. Depression and manic depression are two out of many mental illnesses. Depression is a mood disorder that causes a feeling of sadness, affects how you think, and also cause loss of interest. Manic depression are mood changes that go from rare highs and lows.
Depression is a very typical mental disorder. About 350 million people of all ages around the world suffer from it. Women are more likely to have it than men, but for both men and women the most common age they can get depression is 25-44 years of age. Depression is caused by a mixture of biological, psychological, and social factors. This is why people get depressed.
Depressed people experience symptoms such as sad moods, feeling worthless, loss of interest, decreased energy, weight changes, thoughts of suicide, and aches or pains. The symptoms may differ depending on the the stage of the illness. Medication can be taken for depression. SSRIs (Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) are standard drugs for depression, they include sertraline, fluoxetine, citalopram, escitalopram, paroxetine, fluvoxamine, and trazodone. They also cause fewer side effects. Those side effects are nausea, trouble sleeping, nervousness, tremors, and sexual …show more content…
The side effects in SNRIs are nausea, drowsiness, fatigue, constipation, and dry mouth. TCAs (Tricyclic antidepressants) are drugs that are prescribed when SSRIs or any other medication doesn't work. The drugs TCA include amitriptyline, amoxapine, clomipramine, desipramine, doxepin, imipramine, nortriptyline, protriptyline, and trimipramine. The side effects are constipation, dry mouth, and fatigue. There are many other medications for depression but those are the most common