Depression Orlando and getting the help you need. Having depression is a whole lot more than feeling down and sad. It’s considered a mood disorder and interferes with your day to day life. Medical experts have placed the different types of depression into six categories:

• Major depression
• Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
• Atypical depression
• Seasonal affective disorder
• Portpartum depression
• Dysthymia

Depression combined with mania is bipolar disorder.

Depression that is untreated puts your entire life on the back burner for months and even several years. Major depressive disorder often time leads to suicide.

Below is a list of common symptoms that depression shows up as. If you relate to these then it is imperative you seek counseling and talk to your doctor. There is no way you can get the help you need by avoiding depression and hoping that it will go away.

Below is a list of common symptoms of depression. If you experience one or more of these symptoms, talk to your doctor.

1. Feeling Sad

Depressed people can be described as very sad. It is an overwhelming feeling of sadness and they feel unable to be happy.

2. Highly Irritable

Many experience intense anger and constant irritability. It may be frustration about their activities they must continue to perform, job, family life, relationships. All of these the depressed person has lost interest in.

3. Increased Frustration

You may find yourself easily frustrated at the simplest of things. It could be as small as having to wait in line or trying to find something you want to watch on t.v. They also find themselves frustrated with their partner and themselves as well.

4. Unable to have a good time.

Depression robs you of being able to have fun and enjoy the things you love the most. Spending time with your children, wife/husband, hobbies, etc. Feelings of enjoyment last for a second but are quickly lost.

5. Inability to sleep and Insomnia

Nights unable to sleep are common for the depressed individual. They find their minds racing and worrying. This leads to more depression and insomnia sets in. Many turn to sleeping pills and.or alcohol to try to get a good nights sleep.

6. Sleeping to much

Depression brings about excessive sleep for many. They have no desire to get out of bed. Hours are spent stuck in bed. They also find themselves falling asleep at time that are inappropriate.

7. Eating too Much

Overeating is very common with depression. There is a feeling that food will comfort the person. Eating can provide for a second a release in the brain that allows you to feel pleasure. This is fleeting though.

8. Increased Restlessness

It is very common to feel incredibly restless. You have the feeling like you want to get out and do something. You don’t know what to do but find yourself anxious and fidgety. Your attention span seems very short.