medication for depression

First Person: It's Hard to Send a Pet to Heaven

First Person: It's Hard to Send a Pet to Heaven She was also part of our family crises, like the time she got into a fight with some animal outside that resulted in a puncture wound just when Marsha was undergoing breast-cancer treatment. "Your cat might need a port for her medicine," the vet told … Read more on National Geographic Don't Miss the Sentinel's Feature on Drug Addiction Finally, responsible recreational users will not face the destruction of their lives at the hands of the legal system, and will be less likely to enter the depression/drugs death spiral so common of people whose previously productive lives are torn … Read more on Free Keene Read more... ...

Southern California TMS Center TV

  Southern California TMS Center TV – TMS, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, is a non-systemic, non drug treatment for depression. TMS uses an MRI strength magnet to stimulate brain mood centers. Southern California TMS Center is the leading TMS provider in Southern California. Call us today to see if TMS is right for you. 866-322-7776. www.socaltms.com   Green Hills doctor's efforts get Medicare nod for new therapy Dr. Scott West has been practicing in Nashville for 26 years. He is one of seven psychiatrists in the region offering transcranial magnetic stimulation, an FDA-approved, non-drug treatment for depression that's now covered by Medicare. E.J. Boyer … Read more on Nashville Business Journal Read more... ...

Study: Fecal Transplants Cure Serious Infection

by satosphere Study: Fecal transplants cure serious infection A study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine found that fecal transplants cured 15 of 16 people who had recurring infections with Clostridium difficile bacteria. Meanwhile, only seven of 26 patients in two control groups were … Read more on STLtoday.com Adolescent Stress Linked to Severe Adult Mental Illness, Mouse Study Suggests The findings, reported in the journal Science, could have wide-reaching implications in both the prevention and treatment of schizophrenia, severe depression and other mental illnesses. "We have discovered a mechanism for how environmental factors … Read more on Science Daily (press release) Read more... ...

Magnets Zap Blues for Some With Depression

by elycefeliz Magnets zap blues for some with depression UnitedHealthcare's medical policy for TMS says it is unproven for treating depression. "Generally speaking, just because a device, procedure or medication has been approved or is deemed to be safe by some entities does not mean that it is automatically … Read more on USA TODAY David Letterman Opens Up About Depression, Anxiety Battle Admitting he was "always skeptical" about taking depression medication, Letterman worried "it would make me loopy or make me hallucinate or make me drowsy." PHOTOS: 2012 meltdowns of the year. But then, Letterman came down with the shingles. Read more on Us Magazine Read more... ...

Should I Get Back on Meds? if So, What Would You Suggest?

Question by ZombieMae: Should I get back on meds? If so, what would you suggest? Okay, so this is kind of a long story…if you mind, don’t read it, and I don’t want any “Get back on your meds, crazy woman” answers if you didn’t get all the details. ;) I’m ADD, and have PMDD and mild depression. I also experienced a fairly traumatic event as a young child, which I think resulted in a sort of social anxiety…where I was painfully shy all through childhood, and went on to develop eating disorders and alcohol abuse as a teen. Now, I feel a lot more normal…as I’ve finally been diagnosed, and I’ve been taking medication, exercising, making a point of hanging around the right people, ect. The only issue I’ve been having lately, is after trying many ADs, I found Zoloft to be the most “tolerable”. I took it for a few months, but the three things I really dislike about it are that 1. I can’t sleep…some ...

Drug Companies Cherry-Pick Data to Get Approval for Useless Drugs

Drug Companies Cherry-Pick Data to Get Approval for Useless Drugs Filed under: medications to treat depression It goes without saying that the drugs you take for a headache, or high blood pressure, or even depression should work better than a Tic-Tac. That's what drug trials are for: researchers give a group of subjects either the drug under investigation or a … Read more on Discover Magazine (blog)   Anxiety, depression and insomnia drugs and risk of driving accident: an … Filed under: medications to treat depression Read more... ...

Depression Symptoms Treatment

Men And Depression FACT SHEETMore than 6 million men in the United States have at least one episode of major depression each year. Unfortunately, the lingering image of depression as a female condition may keep men who are clinically depressed from recognizing the symptoms of depres-sion and seeking treatment. … Visit Document Psychodynamic Theory And Treatment Of Clinical DepressionPsychodynamic Treatment of Depression. • Indications for psychodynamic psychotherapy. 1. Motivation to understand the sources of symptoms (“psychologically … Fetch This Document Read more... ...