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Shedding Light on the Darkness of Depression by Nancie .. Patient Expert

kinds of depression: bipolar and unipolar. Bipolar, or manic, depression is characterized by recurring mood shifts which the patient cannot control. Unipolar depression is a single, progressive state...

Buprenorphine (Suboxone) treatment of Refractory Depression by SuboxDoc Patient Expert

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I can’t remember– did I ever point out this article about the use of buprenorphine for depression... depression until the mid-1950s. The advent of opioids with mixed agonist-antagonist or partial agonist...

JOURNAL" Agitated Depression by annhertel Patient Expert

and i am detached. i am in the "low" part of the cycle, so it's pretty much "clinical depression". but i don't have regular depressive episodes like a unipolar depressed person would. instead i have "agitated depression...

A quick look at (bipolar) depression (me & the ac reflect) by BPChicks Patient Expert

’s the bowels of hell. I’m not blowing off unipolar depression, don’t misunderstand…I am only trying...: Depression. I assume most reading this have an idea what depression is. This is one side of the bipolar ride...

A quick look at (bipolar) depression (me & the ac reflect) by BPChicks Patient Expert

Separating Depression From Being Blue by DepressionFree .. with depression, it is important to know which type. JOSEPH FRIEDMAN, MD: There is what we call unipolar...ANNOUNCER: Depression is a serious disorder, and there is help...

Here’s a small part of depressio... by Dr. Kalea Chapman Doctor of Psychology

that he takes every morning for his unipolar depression: Remeron, Zoloft, Zyprexa, Wellbutrin, Namenda... Here’s a small part of depression introspection ’s reaction to the recently aired public...

bipolar-electro cardio gram shock therapy?

ECT is most commonly used for unipolar depression, although it is (rarely) also used for bipolar.

Shining New Light on Addiction by Dirk H. Patient Expert

, but rather a symptom of unipolar or general depression, the “garden-variety” form of depression. Both general depression and its seasonal variant involve symptoms such as lethargy, weight gain, carbohydrate craving...

Letters Never Sent by patientanonymous Patient Expert

, these people know of mental illness. One has Unipolar Depression and ADD and the other, a rather transient form of Unipolar Depression, Cancer and she has tried to kill herself when the depression...

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Unipolar vs Bipolar
If you have so-called unipolar depression, could you possibly be bipolar waiting to happen... recruiting 4,000 patients with unipolar depression for the largest series of antidepressant medication trials... the term “manic-depression,” it referred to both recurring so-called unipolar depressions...crap

Experiementing to find the right medicine?
I've had unipolar depression for the past 5 years now; I've only been receiving treatment...) to really find a medicine that works?2. Do you think my depression is being stubborn in going away because I let... of response should be 80-90%2) No, I don't think your depression became more stubborn or treatment resistant...crap

What is the most effective medication for bipolar disorder, without weight gain?
I've been trying different drugs for unipolar depression for about 13 years now, Paxil, Welbutrin... mg of Ambien and 9 mg of Xyrem sometimes cannot overcome. Last Saturday, 6/7 a depression... that I may be bi-polar instead of uni-polar. This diagnosis scares me and I am deathly afraid of gaining weight...crap

Recognizing And Dealing With Isolation
In the world of bipolar and unipolar depression, we learn to look for clues that will alert...’s important to interact, to have that human contact. My community has several depression and bipolar support groups... and our moods, recognizing isolation can be something that is used to our advantage to help stave off depression...crap

Bipolar medications safe for pregnancy?
If you've gone through a pregnancy while taking medication for bipolar or unipolar depression, please share the meds you used. I know the most common medication used to get through a pregnancy is Lamictal, but I am allergic to it. I'm currently on Trileptal (and not pregnant yet.) Thanks in advancecrap

Depression Treatment May Not Treat Feeling of Hopelessness
Results from a large clinical trial of patients with unipolar depression show that improvements... from other depressive symptoms. Assessments were made on 573 depressed patients from 37 practices... of depressive symptoms, social and work functioning, positive wellbeing, hopefulness and somatic (physical...crap

Tonic Water (Quinine?) Craving
I have Unipolar depression, currently being treated with 150mg Effexor and 40mg Amitrip. I have recently (under my psychiatrists supervision) begun to stop both of these medications and will replacing them with a MAOI. I have begun to have intense craving for tonic water. I have never been much of a drinker...crap

What Makes Bipolar Depression Different?
of the reasons why depression in bipolar is different to the classic symptoms associated with unipolar depression.... One of the most obvious differences between unipolar and bipolar depression is that people with unipolar depression have no symptoms of hypomania or mania. Moreover, whereas unipolar depression...crap

Worlds in Collision - Mixed Depression, Mixed Mania
list in the study was much longer and more refined than the DSM list) in unipolar depression increased risk...-called unipolars? Treat them as if they had pure depression? According to Hagop Akiskal MD of UCSD, in a journal... because these are the very ‘unipolar’ depressive patients who are likely to do poorly on antidepressants...crap

Treating Bipolar Depression: Part I
that many so-called “unipolar” depressions exhibit the qualities of “bipolar” depressions. These are referred... population from two percent to as high as six percent. Unipolar and bipolar depression may be close... to get misdiagnosed with unipolar depression, and are invariably subjected to endless trials on antidepressants...crap