What Is Depression?
Depression (major depressive disorder) is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act. Fortunately, it is also treatable. Depression causes feelings of sadness and/or a loss of interest in activities you once enjoyed. It can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems and can decrease your ability to function at work and at home.
Depression symptoms can vary from mild to severe and can include:
• Feeling sad or having a depressed mood
• Loss of interest or pleasure in activities once enjoyed
• Changes in appetite — weight loss or gain unrelated to dieting
• Trouble sleeping or sleeping too much
• Loss of energy or increased fatigue
• Increase in purposeless physical activity (e.g., inability to sit still, pacing, handwringing) or slowed movements or speech (these actions must be severe enough to be observable by others)
• Feeling worthless or guilty
• Difficulty thinking, concentrating or making decisions
• Thoughts of death or suicide
How Depression occurs?
For some people, an upsetting or stressful life event, such as bereavement, divorce, illness, redundancy, and job or money worries, can be the cause. Different causes can often combine to trigger depression. For example, you may feel low after being ill and then experience a traumatic event, such as a bereavement, which brings on depression.
People often talk about a “downward spiral” of events that leads to depression. For example, if your relationship with your partner breaks down, you’re likely to feel low, you may stop seeing friends and family and you may start drinking more. All of this can make you feel worse and trigger depression. Some studies have also suggested that you’re more likely to get depression as you get older and that it’s more common in people who live in difficult social and economic circumstances.
Stressful events: Most people take time to come to terms with stressful events, such as bereavement or a relationship breakdown. When these stressful events occur, your risk of becoming depressed is increased if you stop seeing your friends and family and try to deal with your problems on your own.
Personality: You may be more vulnerable to depression if you have certain personality traits, such as low self-esteem or being overly self-critical. This may be because of the genes you’ve inherited from your parents, your early life experiences, or both.
Family history: If someone in your family has had depression in the past, such as a parent or sister or brother, it’s more likely that you’ll also develop it.
Giving birth: Some women are particularly vulnerable to depression after pregnancy. The hormonal and physical changes, as well as the added responsibility of a new life, can lead to postnatal depression.
Loneliness: Feelings of loneliness, caused by things such as becoming cut off from your family and friends can increase your risk of depression.
Alcohol and drugs: When life is getting them down, some people try to cope by drinking too much alcohol or taking drugs. This can result in a spiral of depression. Cannabis can help you relax, but there’s evidence that it can also bring on depression, particularly in teenagers. “Drowning your sorrows” with a drink is also not recommended. Alcohol affects the chemistry of the brain, which increases the risk of depression.
Illness: You may have a higher risk of depression if you have a longstanding or life-threatening illness, such as coronary heart disease or cancer.
Head injuries are also an often under-recognized cause of depression. A severe head injury can trigger mood swings and emotional problems.
Some people may have an underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism) resulting from problems with their immune system. In rarer cases, a minor head injury can damage the pituitary gland, which is a pea-sized gland at the base of your brain that produces thyroid-stimulating hormones. This can cause a number of symptoms, such as extreme tiredness and a lack of interest in sex (loss of libido), which can in turn lead to depression.
Symptoms of Depression
Depression can affect your emotions, mind, and body. Depression symptoms include:
• Feeling very sad, hopeless, or worried.
• Not enjoying things that used to give you joy.
• Being easily irritated or frustrated.
• Eating too much or too little.
• Changes in how much you sleep.
• Having a difficult time concentrating or remembering things.
• Experiencing physical problems like headache, stomach ache or sexual dysfunction.
• Thinking about hurting or killing yourself.
What causes depression?
Various factors can cause depression:
1. Brain chemistry: Abnormalities in brain chemical levels may lead to depression.
2. Genetics: If you have a relative with depression, you may be more likely to become depressed.
3. Life events: Stress, the death of a loved one, upsetting events (trauma), isolation, and lack of support can cause depression.
4. Medical conditions: Ongoing physical pain and illnesses can cause depression. People often have depression along with conditions like diabetes, cancer and Parkinson’s disease.
5. Medication: Some medications have depression as a side effect. Recreational drugs and alcohol can also cause depression or make it worse.
6. Personality: People who are easily overwhelmed or have trouble coping may be prone to depression.
Herbal Medicines on Depression
Depression is a very common thing that occurs especially in youth, and teenagers. The use of medications, yoga, exercise, a healthy diet, and sunlight gives you perfect mental health. By Doctor’s advice or prescription, a patient can heal mental health easily.
Usage/Dosage
Ashwagandha Capsule: Take two Capsules twice/thrice a day or as directed by your Physician. For better results take it for 3-4 months.
Ginseng: Take two capsules twice/thrice a day or as directed by your Physician. For better results take it for 3-4 months.
Brahmi Shankhpushpi: Take two capsules twice/thrice a day or as directed by your Physician. For better results take it for 3-4 months.
P7 Powder: Take one sachet a day with one glass of warm water/milk or as directed by your physician.
Product Description
Ashwagandha: It is helpful for general debility and weakness of the body, It boosts up the immune system and provides energy to body cells, It is helpful for hypertension and other diseases of the heart such as high blood cholesterol level, It is helpful for dealing with the general stress of mind and body, It help to fight against the stress of daily activities, It is also helpful for arthritis, diabetes, premature aging and other health diseases that may rise due and other health diseases that may arise due to weakened immune system.
Ginseng: It Supports energy, stamina & moods, Supports reproductive health, Powerful superfood with an abundance of raw, Vitamins & mineral, and Supports Hormonal balance.
Brahmi Shankhpushpi: It Improves memory, Reduces mental tension, Controls Neurotoxicity levels, Supports mental clarity, and focus, is Considered to have antioxidant properties, It helps calm the mind.
P7 Powder: Boost your immunity New P7 with Advance Formulation with an increase of 25 pouches of 5 gm. each. It is Enriched with Vitamins, Minerals & Fruit extracts. Omega-3 fatty acids as a DHA have anti-inflammatory effects. Increasing your DHA intake can help balance the excess of inflammatory omega-6 fats that is typical of western diets rich in soybean and corn oil.