Many have very vague information about this disease. It seems that this is something that a busy person has no time to pay attention to. In fact, endogenous depression is a very painful condition, which is basically based on real disorders in the human body. It is a complex of symptoms, including a steady, extremely pronounced decrease in mood. It is combined with severe mental and motor inhibition. This is a serious condition that brings a lot of suffering to both the patient and his relatives.
By the way, there are other types of depression: psychogenic - arising under the influence of a traumatic situation or experience, exogenous - associated with diseases of internal organs. In contrast, this type of depression occurs as a result of metabolic disturbances in the brain related to the formation of serotonin and norepinephrine, or biogenic amines.
Everyone has heard about them. It is known that these substances are a kind of “hormones of joy”. In the case of this disease, very few are formed. Usually endogenous depression has a genetic predisposition. It is believed that people with certain character traits are more susceptible to her: anxious-suspicious, responsible, with an increased sense of duty.
Interestingly, endogenous depression usually occurs for no apparent reason. Occasionally, a small, traumatic situation may precede it. In fact, it is not even considered a separate nosological unit, or disease. Rather, it is a syndrome that accompanies various mental disorders. For example, manic-depressive psychosis, other psychoses, schizophrenia. Although sometimes the disease is manifested only by symptoms of depression.
There are several types of endogenous depression: anxiety, adynamic, dreary, inhibited, etc. They differ from each other in the predominance of certain symptoms, which is clear from their names.
Let's see how endogenous depression manifests itself. Her symptoms are expressed in a feeling of depression, longing, anxiety, despair. She is accompanied by feelings of malaise, pain in certain parts of the body. The patient’s thoughts revolve around a single painful topic. He is apathetic, inhibited, inactive. Sometimes his professional and domestic skills are lost. He cannot adapt in the collective and in society. Life is meaningless to him. A person is so ill that he has thoughts of suicide, which he sometimes carries out.
Another characteristic of this condition is that there is no relationship between the depressed state of the patient and real events. Another characteristic feature is that usually endogenous depression may increase or decrease depending on the time of day. If the patient does not receive timely and adequate treatment, his condition may remain so for a long time.
Fortunately, now there are modern medicines with which you can return the joy of life to a person. They are called antidepressants and are divided into drugs of the first, as well as second and third generation. Such drugs effectively help with a condition such as endogenous depression. The treatment is carried out by a psychotherapist or psychiatrist after a comprehensive examination of the patient. Correctly determine what should be prescribed in each individual case, can only be a qualified doctor.
Antidepressants enhance the effects of serotonin and norepinephrine. This compensates for the lack of nutrients. In addition, some of them also have a calming effect, while others activate mental and motor activity. Self-medication and uncontrolled administration of antidepressants are not permissible. Treatment should be long and complex. It can not be interrupted in the middle of the course. In addition to drug therapy, psychotherapy and restorative treatment are carried out.
If the treatment is prescribed on time, the patient's condition improves. Modern effective and low-toxic drugs return a person to an active life.