Manic Depressive Disorder

Manic depressive disorder is a serious mental illness that can leave a person down, isolated, and unable to maintain a job. Short term disability days due to depression alone cost Canada $2.6 billion in 1998. This is why it is so important to treat and deal with manic depressive disorder as early as possible. However, treating the condition can be difficult if you do not even know that you have it. Like any medical issue, there are symptoms of manic depression. Sadly, these symptoms are hard to spot in some people because manic depressive disorder is not all doom and gloom. Instead, there are times when someone with this condition will experience great joy and happiness, and there will be times where their sense of hopelessness it deep and profound. However, if you know which symptoms to look out for, you can definitely spot a person with this condition. The following are some of the more common symptoms of manic depressive disorder. read more..

In any given year, 5 percent of Canadians will experience clinical depression. Women are more likely to be diagnosed with depression than men. A further 10 percent will experience some mood related problems every year. Then there are those who experience manic depressive disorder, a serious form of mental illness. As with other kinds of depression, manic depression can be extremely isolating. Someone suffering from this disease can feel extremely alone and discouraged. Manic depression support is important to continue treatment successfully. read more..