Forget about depression, enjoy your life!

Life is really strange thing. You can have great job, wonderful family and a lot of good friends. You can be happy and don’t think about dangerous, world problems and difficult situations. But something unusual, terrible for you can happen and everything will change. In this moment you will loss interest or pleasure, get a low mood and will not understand how to continue your life. All that symptoms are shown that you in depression.

Depression is a serious illness that affects all aspects of your life: family, relationships, job and general health, sleeping and eating habits. It can be dangerous for your life because about 3, 4 % of persons with depression commit suicide and more than 60% of people who commit suicide have depression. The main task for you in such situation - understand that you are not alone with this problem and you should quickly get high-level medical help.

Most of people with depression can be treated with antidepressant medication. All that you need: have consultation with your doctor, he will help you to treat depression and will choose for you good antidepressant drugs. Also your doctor may recommend you psychotherapy or counseling. If you are going to take antidepressants, don't forget to tell the doctor about all another drugs that you take, including herbal health products and over-the-counter medicines. Some antidepressants can cause problems when used with other medicines.

Antidepressants are psychiatric medication that using for treating depression and mood disorders. Usually those drugs have a delayed onset of action (about 2-6 weeks). Also antidepressants using for help persons with anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, eating disorders, chronic pain and some another problems. Most drugs of this type works by making slower the removal of certain chemicals from your brain. This chemicals calls neurotransmitters, it's needed for normal working of brain function.

Antidepressants classified into group by chemicals in the brain they affect. There are 6 main groups:

1. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Brands names: Celexa, Lexapro, Prozac, Paxil, Pexeva, Zoloft;
2. Tricyclics. Brands names: Elavil, Norpramin, Tofranil, Aventyl, Pamelor;
3. Serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs). Brands: Cymbalta and Effexor;
4. Norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitors (NDRIs). Brand name: Wellbutrin;
5. Combined reuptake inhibitors and receptor blockers. Brands: Desyrel, Serzone, Remeron;
6.  Monamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs). Brands names: Marplan, Nardil, Parnate;

You should know that every antidepressant group has some side effects.

First group drugs tend to have fewer side effects than other antidepressants.

Effects that can be caused by SSRIs: dry mouth, nausea, insomnia, sexual problems and headache, nervousness. Side effects caused by Tricyclics: blurred vision, constipation, difficulty urinating, dry mouth, worsening of glaucoma, impaired thinking and tiredness. Also these drugs can affect blood pressure and heart rate. SNRIs side effects are nausea and loss of appetite, anxiety and nervousness, headache, insomnia and tiredness. Using NDRIs may cause agitation, nausea, headache, loss of appetite and insomnia. Common side effects of Combined reuptake inhibitors and receptor blockers are drowsiness, dry mouth, nausea and dizziness. MAOIs are used not often because that can have serious side effects like including weakness, dizziness, headaches and trembling. Also not all food and alcohol you can get with MAOIs.

But don't afraid to use antidepressants for treating depression. Your doctor will recommend you drugs that will be most effective for you and not be dangerous for your health. Don't forget that the most important is to treat your depressive mood and continue enjoy your life. A lot of antidepressants you can buy in our shop.