Depression and Anti-depressant information thread - Questions welcome

Depression is a very common illness which will effect some of us. Depression is also treatable, and in this thread will be information on certain common anti-depressant drugs. Don’t worry if your prescription isn’t on the list as I will continue to update it. As you can appreciate it there is so much information to right down. If I have missed something, or if there is a request to put the information of a certain drug down, ask me on the thread, alternativly you can PM me

Also if the is some information on a drug, not stated feel free to ask me.

PLEASE DO NOT SPAM THIS THREAD UP!

About Depression

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/depression.htm

What is depression?

The word 'depression' causes much confusion. It is often used to describe when someone is feeling 'low', 'miserable', 'in a mood', or having 'got out of bed on the wrong side'. However, doctors use the word in two different ways. They can use it to describe the symptom of a 'low mood', or to refer to a specific illness, ie a 'depressive illness'. This factsheet, relates to depression - the illness.

This confusion is made all the worse because it is often difficult to tell the difference between feeling gloomy and having a depressive illness. Doctors make a diagnosis of depression after assessing the severity of the low mood, other associated symptoms and the duration of the problem.

Depression is very common. Almost anybody can develop the illness; it is certainly NOT a sign of weakness. Depression is also treatable. You may need to see a doctor, but there are things you can do yourself or things you can do to help somebody suffering from the illness. What you cannot do is 'PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER' - no matter whether this is what you think you should be able to do, or what other people tell you to do.

People who have experienced an episode of depression are at risk of developing another in the future. A small proportion may experience an episode of depression as part of a bipolar affective disorder (manic depression) that is characterised by episodes of both low and high moods.

Who gets depressed?

Who gets depressed?
• Depression is very common.
• Between 5 and 10 per cent of the population are suffering from the illness to some extent at any one time.
• Over a lifetime you have a 20 per cent, or one in five, chance of having an episode of depression.
• Women are twice as likely to get depression as men.
• Bipolar affective disorder is less common than depressive illness with a life-time risk of around 1-2 per cent. Men and women are equally affected.

Further in formation can be found on the following websites.

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/depression.htm
http://www.psychiatry.wustl.edu/depression/depression_facts.htm
http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/teens/depression.asp
http://www.upliftprogram.com/depression_stats.html

This is just to name a few, But there is a whole range of resources available on depression.

Medication

Citalopram:

Fluoxetine (prozac)

other drugs will be added ASAP.

Reply 1

Pseudomuse

This isn't the place for discussion of depression, if you wish to do so, or you do not have a question please create a seperate thread. otherwise i will lock the thread

Discussion theard can be found here http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=383703

Reply 2

beach surf babe

I think it would be better just to have one thread as both a point of information and discussion. Either way, spam will be removed :smile:

Reply 3

Pseudomuse

beach surf babe

I think it would be better just to have one thread as both a point of information and discussion. Either way, spam will be removed :smile:

i just requested any discussion to be removed. i don't particuarly want to have to find questions through pages of discussion. it would be just easier if the two threads remain seperate :smile:

Reply 4

beach surf babe

Ok. Moved the two other posts into a seperate thread.