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Sabtu, 31 Desember 2011

Depression And Melatonin

Do you often experience depression during sleep? Perhaps melatonin supplements can help you.

By nature, melatonin is a hormone produced by a gland in the brain pinela. Melatonin is derived from the processing of the amino acid tryptophan. The process of synthesis and release of melatonin is generated by darkness and suppressed by light production. This shows the role of melatonin in circadian rhythm (the body's natural rhythms) as well as setting various other body functions. Melatonin in the blood will reach the highest levels before bedtime.

Synthetic melatonin supplements have been used to treat various health conditions, most of which are associated with sleep disorders. Melatonin-containing antioxidant properties. Most of the benefits, derived from these antioxidants.

Based on scientific evidence, melatonin is beneficial to improve sleep patterns in patients with depression. The hormone melatonin is the main regulatory hormone, which controls, and maintain the body's biological clock system, which plays an important role, in regulating when to sleep and waking.

The hormone melatonin is mainly made by the pineal gland and some are made in small intestine and retina. Production of the hormone melatonin is influenced by the level of ambient light intensity and will always grow much if people are in a dark environment and quiet atmosphere but its production will be inhibited by the presence of external stimuli such as bright light and electromagnetic fields.

This hormone has been shown to have some antidepressant effects, and decreased melatonin can spur symptoms of depression.

Senin, 19 Desember 2011

I Am Feeling Depressed For No Reason

Sometimes I am feeling depressed for no apparent reason. Circumstances around me ok, no problem. But, my feeling uneasy. concerns that are not obvious sometimes haunt my feelings. How about you?

When talking about the Depression there was a veiled term depression, even if we ask the person does not have thoughts, let alone the negative thoughts. Cycle of emotions and emotional rhythms to us (bio rhythm) more or less influential.

Our environment grows, it also affects our thinking, so it is very influential in the subconscious. So many people love a particular person, and not like a particular person. It's an everyday occurrence will be recorded by the conscious mind and subconscious mind, the mind will automatically erase the memories that we think is not useful, not hurt, etc. But at a certain moment the subconscious mind will record its own, let alone there is a profound event, which is hurting the resulting trauma, and trauma can also trigger as Anchor, anger, resentment, sadness and other emotions, eg if one trauma, cheating wife, and make a pact in place of reflection, then each heard word of reflection, or see the reflection will be remembered.

Negative memories that go, into the mind and the subconscious a lot. Sometimes the body makes mechanization of self-defense, with the suggestion to forget the negative things in general, the results are even people so forgetful, including a positive forgotten, this happens because the thoughts we attach the filter is too broad so that all is forgotten, effective way to lose a sense of sadness, anger and trauma by tapping into the subconscious, as well as programming and empower maximally to positive. This can be achieved by self hypnoterapi, auto-suggestion or to the clinic Hypnoterapi to dispose of and treated in negative terms, and in the program with the positive.

Selasa, 22 November 2011

Reduce Depression With Melatonin

This hormone has been shown to have some antidepressant effects, and decreased melatonin can trigger symptoms of depression.

A biologist Joan Roberts was the first to discover the relationship between light and health. He found such a correlation in his study in animal experiments which provided treatment by artificial lights on all night.

Once observed, Roberts measuring levels of the hormone melatonin in the animal body and discovered the fact that amount will be decreasing with low body resistance to disease.

Roberts concluded that the lights (including the emission from the television screen) can cause decreased levels of the hormone melatonin in the body that will affect the lower resistance to disease and cause the body to become weak.

Recent research presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, describes the correlation between light and depression levels. In his journal that the study concluded was the night shift workers and others who are always exposed to light at night would increase the risk of mood disorders or depression.

Tracy Bedrosian, a doctoral student in neuroscience at Ohio State University, who conducted research on squirrels, also identifies that the brain changes in squirrel arising from fluctuations in the production of the hormone melatonin. Melatonin signals to the body that was the night the day, but the light at night inhibits melatonin hormone production.

What is Melatonin

The hormone melatonin or N-acetyl-5-metoksitriptamin is the primary regulatory hormone that serves to organize and maintain circadian rhythms (body clock system plays an important role in regulating the time for sleeping and waking).

The hormone melatonin is mainly made by the pineal gland and some are made in small intestine and retina. Production of the hormone melatonin is influenced by the level of ambient light intensity, and will always grow much, if humans are in a dark environment and silence, but its production will be inhibited by the presence of external stimuli, such as bright light and electromagnetic fields.

Melatonin Benefits

As a hormone which has the main function create good quality sleep, the hormone melatonin has the following functions:

• Maintain harmony of cellular metabolism, maintaining the efficiency / effectiveness of the cell, making the cells are not easily damaged, so - increase the cell resistance against various disturbances from outside.
• Affects the immune system
• Affecting the organs of the body, especially at work during sleep
• Affects one's psychological health, especially for mood. Someone lack of sleep will have low melatonin levels so impaired feeling (mood) as easily agitated, tiredness, irritability.
• Serving as a natural system that regulates the body's aging.
• Makes sleep more soundly thus improving the quality of sleep.
• Helps the body fight cancer cells such as breast cancer, prostate cancer, Parkinson's disease, and cardiac arrhythmias.
• Melatonin plays optimally encourage antioxidant activity within the body thereby preventing DNA damage-induced carcinogenic substances cause cancer and dismiss its growth mechanism.

Senin, 21 November 2011

Am i depressed or just sad?

From some of the causes and symptoms below, we can see, am I just sad or depressed already. Depression is a mood disease. Depression is more than just sad. Depression is sadness that is more intense and lasted too long.

There are various causes of depression:

1. Events in everyday life.
It is caused by psychological disorders, such as pressure from within his own concerns us, for example, when faced with pressure situations we do not want, because of social disruption, such as the abandoned wife or husband, boyfriend left, or shunned friends.



2. Changes in brain chemistry.
This is due to biological problems such as hormonal disturbances and changes in brain neurochemical systems.

3. Side effects of drugs
Approximately 5-10% of the general population experience depression. Women are twice as likely to experience depression than men. The results of the WHO study in 14 countries showed women two times more susceptible to depression. To prevent this, of course we need to know the main causes of depression

Being depressed is not a sign of weakness. It does not mean we are crazy. We will not just cope with it, over it. Do not expect to be depressed because we have a problem and do not assume you have depression because we get the pressures of life.

Symptoms of depression may vary among individuals. Most doctors suspect  if the patient reported that she felt sad or lost the passion for their daily activities. Chances are depressed when these feelings persist for two weeks or more, and we also have some of the following symptoms:

1. Fatigue or feeling sluggish and lethargic
2. Concentration difficulties
3. Decreased sexx drive
4. Sleep problems: get up early, or oversleeping
5. Feeling guilty, worthless, or hopeless
6. Decreased appetite or weight loss
7. Overeating

Depression can be treated with lifestyle changes, alternative therapies, and / or with treatment. Your doctor can help choose the therapy or combination therapy is most suitable for us. Do not attempt to self-medicate with alcohol or drugs because these substances may improve depressive symptoms and cause other problems.

Lifestyle changes can improve depression in some people. These changes include:

1. Regular exercise
2. Bask in the sun
3. Handling stress
4. Counseling
5. Regular sleeping
6. Relaxation
7. Meditation
8. Traditional therapy

Depression is a problem that affects the entire body, by interfering with physical health, thinking, feeling and behavior. The sooner we check, the sooner we can plan appropriate strategies to deal with this problem, which actually is a very real disruption on health.

Jumat, 18 November 2011

Understanding Anxiety vs Depression

Anxiety and depression is something different, although equally associated with emotional disorders.

There are similarities between them but there are also differences that make them unique. Knowing more details about the differences and similarities between anxiety and depression are very useful, before asking for help psychiatrists. That need to be understood, anxiety will be present at all times, it takes a human to survive.

Anxiety manifests as fear and worry emotions and physical sensations of chest pain, nausea, rapid heart beat, blood pressure and digestive system slows down. When they occur, symptoms are most often quite natural.

Hippocampus and amygdala of the brain is the place where the anxiety comes. Because it is part of our genetic makeup, anxiety is a natural response.

Thing that concerns us today is that although anxiety is normal, if there is too much in our lives, this is not something good. When depression mixed with anxiety, this condition usually requires investigation as a medical problem.

Sometimes crawling on your depression. For example, you may find yourself in the midst of depression after experiencing extreme terror or fear of anxiety symptoms.

Then there are situations in which you live with constant stress. Depression is also a result of living with anxiety for years and did not get help or treatment to reduce anxiety.

Depression and Anxiety Treatment
Your doctor may also prescribe an anti-convulsant such as Depakote [R] to go along with anti-depression medication you may be taking. He or she may also prescribe Lithium to help reduce your anxiety. What matters is this: if you're suffering from depression and anxiety involved in therapy. Check with your mental state can help to alleviate the cause of your pain.