Homeopathic Treatment for Depression

Depression is a chronic, long-lasting or recurring and treatable disorder, where the patient experiences sadness, worthlessness, loss of motive, loss of interest and/or hopelessness.

A depressive disorder is an illness that involves the mood and thoughts and in simple words can be expressed as persistent sad mood. Depression is not a character flaw or a sign of personal weakness and the suffering person can't make himself well by trying to snap out of it. Depression affects the way a person eats and sleeps, the way one feels about oneself, and the way one thinks about things.

Depression results from a complex partly understood biochemical changes in the brain, which are influenced and supported by multiple causes inclusive of the genetic trait, circumstantial factors, hormonal factors, socio-personal reasons, etc. Increased levels of brain chemicals called neurotransmitters, such as serotonin and norepinephrine are found to improve the state of depression.

Depression is much more common than we believe. However to get precise figures in terms of its prevalence is difficult as many of them go undetected and untreated. Women are twice more often affected by depression than men.

Not everyone who is depressed experiences all the symptoms listed below. Some people experience a few symptoms, some many. The severity of symptoms varies with individuals and also varies over time.

Common Symptoms of Depression

• Persistent sad, anxious, or "empty" mood and unexplained crying spells
• Feelings of hopelessness, pessimism, guilt feeling, worthlessness
• Loss of interest or pleasure in hobbies and activities that were once enjoyed, including sex, social withdrawal
• Loss of energy, persistent lethargy
• Difficulty concentrating, remembering, making decisions
• Insomnia, early-morning awakening, or oversleeping
• Appetite and/or weight loss or overeating and weight gain
• Thoughts of death or suicide; suicide attempts

Homeopathic Remedies for Depression

Aurum Metallicum :  This medicine is prepared by processing the precious metal, gold (Au). This is a deep acting; effective medicine, which can influence and help recover from deep-seated depression. 

Manganese :  This metal medicine has ample of gloominess, depression, and sadness. You may find this person reserved, self-turned, un-social, keeping away from meeting with people. You may find this person in the house, in his or her room, keeping himself isolated. He may feel better by very sad music.