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An estimated ten percent of all Americans suffer from some form of depression during their lives. This figure varies but is pretty much the same worldwide. There are a few areas of the world that depression seems to have missed, but not many. Depression in general affects the way we behave from our sleeping patterns up to the way we think and live life.

The dif­ference between depression and bipolar depression is in the severity and fre­quency. Depression alone is often brought about by life cir­cum­stances, while bipolar depression is chem­ically– induced and the flip side of mania. The depression and mania come in cycles, regardless of the cir­cum­stances in a person’s life.

While those suf­fering clinical depression are at risk of using drugs or alcohol to alleviate their symptoms, the risk is greater in those with bipolar depression. A person who knows the highs of mania may try to recreate the feeling when they are depressed or “stable”. Drugs often help create that high for a short time. This puts the person at risk of adding drug addiction to the bipolar disorder.

Treatment of the two types of depression also varies. Those suf­fering from clinical depression are pre­scribed anti-​​depressants alone. Those with bipolar depression, however, are often given a mood sta­bilizer first, and an anti­de­pressant as a second choice if needed. Both med­ic­ations adjust the brain chemicals to alleviate the depression, but the mood sta­bilizer also helps the person keep from going too far in the other dir­ection and becoming manic.

To the person suf­fering depression, it feels the same regardless of what causes the mood. The important part knowing the dif­ference plays is mainly in treatment options. A person suf­fering bipolar depression is at risk of becoming manic if only the depression is treated. This in itself creates addi­tional problems.

This article was ori­ginally pub­lished on www.HypnotherapyClinic.info by Con­sultant Clinical Hyp­no­therapist & Pys­cho­therapist Noel Bradford –

As a pro­fes­sional therapist Noel help people with everything that you would expect including giving up smoking, con­trolling their weight, dealing with fears and phobias. However his services go far beyond this and encompass things that affect everyone at some time in their life, such as depression, anxiety, panic attacks, stress, and low self esteem.

He  also has detailed spe­cialist training in several areas including but not limitted to Irrittable Bowel Syndrome and Pyscho­sexual matters that affect men such as Errectile Dys­function and Pre­mature Ejac­u­lation as well as those affecting women such as Hyper Desire Disorder, Vaginisums, and Dys­pareunia.

Ori­ginally posted 2010-​​01-​​25 10:16:32.