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Chronic Depression
Chronic Depression (Dysthymia) Symptoms, Treatments, Signs, Warning Signs
Chronic depression is a result of series of unwanted episodes or events that have gone all wrong and undesired. Or, in other case, chronic depression may be the result of a big blow (such as death of beloved person or a financial loss leaving you on the road etc). In such chronic depression case, the individual has to be tackled carefully.
Chronic depression can be tackled using some antidepressants. However, modern medicines may bring some unwanted side effects and that is why, natural treatment or therapy for chronic depression is preferred wherein the treatment is likely to get continued for several months or even years. Mental counseling plays significant role in treating chronic depression. Here is where, the role of relatives, spouse, parents and friends come. Depressed person has to be kept happy and tension free. One should take care of depressed person as in many cases, they might have suicidal tendency.
Natural way to treat chronic depression includes consumption of healthy diet, adopting special exercises (on a regular basis) and intake of some potential herbal/natural supplements that are composed of potential herbal extracts having natural antidepressant actions. Herbs such as Brahmi (bacopa), Ashwagandha (Withania) are good to continue to treat chronic depression.
In this busy and haste life, weekend outing plays a significant role. Even health care providers now believe that one has to plan some short vacation periodically. There, the worries about work, tasks, assignments, projects are to be left in the office! When you are at your leisure time, you should not carry any of your gadgets such as laptops, mobiles so that your brain can take rest!
Some ancient therapies such as Panchakarma is said to have good and promising results in chronic depression. A special treatment called as Shirodhara is considered to be beneficial in calming down the brain and restore the brain chemistry. The procedure involves pouring medicated solution onto the forehead from certain height for certain duration. The herbs used here are brain soothing and calming. Also head massage (using medicated oil) is good to tackle chronic depression.