How to Overcome Anxiety & Depression: Roadmap to Living Above Fears, Worries and, Anxiety

By Adegboye Samuel

How to Overcome Anxiety and Depression...

Are you constantly battling with anxiety and depression, wondering if you'll ever break free from their grasp? The struggle can feel endless, leading to behaviors that you never imagined yourself doing out of sheer worry. Your mind beco

• Language: English
• Publisher: Adegboye Samuel Pub
• Release date: Mar 25, 2024
• ISBN: 9798890361189

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How to Overcome Anxiety and Depression

Roadmap to Living Above Fears, Worries, and Anxiety

ADEGBOYE Samuel

Copyright © 2024 by Adegboye Samuel

All rights reserved, published in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

How to Overcome Depression and Anxiety

Introduction

Chapter one

What does it mean to be depressed?

Views on Depression

Depression in Early Age

Hippocrate’s view on Depression

Cicero’s view on Depression

Depression in 18th and 19th century

Chapter two

DEPRESSION AND SADNESS?

Facts about Sadness that differentiate it from Depression

How do I know I am depressed?

Chapter three

Myth about depression

Chapter four

TYPE OF DEPRESSION

Psychotic Depression

Early signs of psychosis

How to diagnose Psychotic depression?

Psychotic depression and schizophrenia

Major depression

Can Major Depression be cured?

What are treatments available for Major Depression?

Atypical depression

Symptoms of atypical depression

The severity of atypical depression

Can atypical depression be cured?

Possible treatment for atypical depression.

Persistent depressive disorder (Dysthymia)

Comparing  persistent and Major Depression Disorder

High-functioning depression and dysthymia

Double depression

Bipolar Depressive Disorder

Can Bipolar disorder be cured?

Is bipolar disorder Genetic?

What are the differences between bipolar one (1) and bipolar two (2) disorder?

Premenstrual depression (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder)

Differences Between Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) and Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)

Medications for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

How long does Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder Last?

Seasonal patterns of depression

Cause of Seasonal Affection Disorder (SAD)

Can a seasonal pattern of depression happen in summer?

How can the seasonal affective disorder be treated?

Situational Depression

Diagnosis of situational depression

The uniqueness of situational depression

Prenatal and postnatal depression (peripartum or postpartum depression)

Why does peripartum or postpartum depression occur?

When does postpartum depression start?

Disruptive Mood Dysregulation disorder – DMDD

Can children overcome DMDD?

Treatment for Disruptive Mood Dysregulation disorder – DMDD

Difference between Bipolar disorder and Disruptive Mood Dysregulation disorder – DMDD

Some other forms of depression

Clinical depression

Unipolar depression

Chapter five

THERAPIES THAT CAN HELP OVERCOME DEPRESSION

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Psychodynamic Therapy

Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)

Relating to your mental health practitioner

Chapter six

HOW TO OVERCOME DEPRESSION BY LIFESTYLE

Engage yourself actively

Practice caring for yourself – engage in what makes you happy.

Keep track of your low mood

Take good care of your body.

Meet and connect with people

Set targets for yourself

Avoid Pretence

Chapter seven

MEDICAL WAY TO TREAT DEPRESSION

Type of Medications to treat depression.

Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)

Atypical antidepressant

Atypical antipsychotic – second-generation Antipsychotic (SGA)

Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors – SSRI

Serotonin and Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors – SNRI

Norepinephrine-Dopamine Reuptake Inhibitors – NDRI

Newly approve antidepressant

Chapter eight

OTHER TREATMENT THAT CAN BE USED

Brain stimulation therapies

Lithium Treatment

Thyroid treatment

Psychedelics Treatment

About the Author

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Depression is more being unhappy or feeling sad. Once in a while, you can feel unmotivated, low, angry, or upset. But melancholy is more than just being down.

Sometimes we ask ourselves a series