Manic Depression
Manic depression is the most severe category of depression. In a case of manic depression, more of the symptoms of depression are present, and they are usually more severe. A major depression can result from a single traumatic event in your life, or may develop slowly as a consequence of numerous personal disappointments and life problems. Some people appear to develop the symptoms of a major depression without any obvious life crisis causing it. Other individuals have had less severe symptoms of depression for a long time Manic depression can occur once, as a result of a significant psychological trauma, respond to treatment, and never happen again within your lifetime. This would be a single episode depression. Some people tend to have recurring depression, with episodes of depression that are followed by periods of several years without it. When it is followed by another episode it is usually in response to another trauma. This would be a recurrent depression. In general, the treatment is similar, except that treatment usually is over a longer time period for recurrent depression. There are many medications that are used to treat depression. One of the most common is Prozac, Serzone, Paxil, Wellbutrin, Zoloft,