This is a chronic form of depression, formerly known as dysthymia. Sometimes people call it “high functioning” or “smiling” depression. While symptoms aren’t as severe as MDD, they last fortwo years or longer. People with PDD might feel like they’ve always been depressed. (In cases o...
Recurrent thoughts of suicide or death Causes and Risk Factors of Depression No one knows for sure why some people become depressed and others do not. Depression can occur spontaneously, without any obvious cause. And it’s well documented that once you’ve had one depressive episode, your risk...
Before taking BELSOMRA, tell your doctor about all of your medical conditions, including if you: have a history of depression, mental illness, or suicidal thoughts have a history of drug or alcohol abuse or addiction have a history of a sudden onset of muscle weakness (cataplexy) ...
Polarity at onset (PO) is a proposal to specify the clinical course of BD, based on the type of the first episode at disorder onset鈥攄epressive (D-PO) or manic (M-PO). At the same time, affective temperaments represent preexisting variants of the spectrum of a...
If your child doesn’t or didn't have strep, they don’t have PANDAS. But their symptoms could still be part of an immune system response gone wrong. PANDAS is a type of pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS), which is a broader group ofautoimmune diseasesthat affect thebrai...
Rapid-onset gender dysphoria is the seemingly sudden appearance of gender identity issues that first become evident during puberty or shortly thereafter. It is not a recognized diagnosis but a controversial research theory. Signs and Symptoms of Gender Dysphoria ...
I am a very active, (Degree in Personal Training and Nutrition) 49 year old, female with sudden onset of severe joint pain (tendinitis) in both elbows, … Tendon damage in 55 year old, post Levaquin while working out I am a 55 yr old male who had 3X bypass surgery July 2010. Part...
Postpartum depression is also not uniquely classified in the manual, but is described as a major depressive episode timed with the onset of peripartum, which is the very beginning of the postpartum period. Bergink is leading an initiative to get postpartum psychosis uniquely classified in the ...
Sleep disorder (sudden onset of sleep) Restless legs syndrome (a condition that causes uncomfortable leg sensations) Sleep studies may be necessary for less frequent illnesses such as rapid eye movement disorders, sleepwalking, or nightmares that occur during nondreaming periods of sleep (sometimes kno...
A Minsky moment is the onset of a market collapse brought on by speculative activity during an unsustainable bullish period.