Stephen Fry: Wordsmith, provocateur extraordinaire, stupendously intelligent, extraordinary wit, deliciously good author and person with bipolar. Stephen has cyclothymic disorder, a mild form of bipolar where a person has mood swings over a period of years that go from mild depression to euphoria and excitement. Fry affectiontally labelled his bipolar "bipolar lite". The … [Read more...]
Postnatal Depression
Postnatal depression (PND), also called postpartum depression, is experienced by approximately 15%-25% of women after childbirth. Men can also experience this depression although much less frequently. PND is not the ‘baby blues’. About half of all woman go through the baby blues, a milder depression that is normally resolved within ten days after the birth. There is also a … [Read more...]
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is an episode of depression that occurs and tends to reoccur during a certain time of year, usually in winter. SAD entails serious mood changes and possible heightened anxiety. It is not a separate disorder to depression and is added as a description to the pattern of major depression or bipolar, otherwise known as a subtype. Dr Norman E. … [Read more...]
Major Depression
Major Depression: What is it? And what are its signs and causes? Major depressive disorder or major depression, also called clinical depression or unipolar depression, or major depressive disorder is characterised by a combination of symptoms that interfere with a person’s ability to work, sleep, study, eat and enjoy once-pleasurable activities. Major depression prevents a … [Read more...]