Help With Treating Resistant Depression
Depression is a very dangerous and disturbing mental disorder.
People of all age groups get affected by it, mostly women.
The exact cause is still unknown.
It needs to be treated at the right time so that the severe affects of it can be diminished.
Most of the depressed people get recovered.
Patients that do not respond to at least two of the following treatment methods, Medication, Psychotherapy, ECT (electroconvulsive therapy), and other treatment methods, they are said to be suffering with treatment resistant depression.
The cause of resistant depression may be alcohol abuse or substance abuse, your relationship with your spouse or family, chronic pain may also sow down the effectiveness of antidepressants or other treatment methods.
Patients that do not respond to the treatment methods such as medication, psychotherapy and ECT (electroconvulsive therapy), there is a scope for patients in the form of following treatment methods, 1.
DBS (Deep brain stimulation) has been found by the team of researchers from Emory university school of medicines.
It is believed in DBS method that, region of the brain Brodemann area 25 is metabolically overactive.
Researchers studied about this to know is there a chronic deep brain stimulation to modulate the activity that can help sufferers, and they observed that deep brain stimulation was linked with striking and sustained remission in most of the sufferers they studied.
Six treatment resistant participants were chosen for the study, these participants were suffering depression from 1.
5 to 10 years.
After regular treatment for two months 5 out of 6 patients reported 50% reduction in depression.
These results proved that DBS is an effective treatment.
2.
Combination of drugs can also help you.
According to various studies combination of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and Tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) gives good results, as much as 50% reduction in depression.
Patients were augmented with drug desipramine at a dose of 1 mg per kilogram of body weight.
After first second and third week blood levels of Tricyclic were taken, most of the patients responded the drugs augmentation and shown reduction.
3.
Lithium augmentation is also very effective.
According to various studies lithium augmentation helps big way in those cases where anti depressants do not respond.
It reduces more than 50% resistant depression.
4.
ECT (Electro convulsive therapy) also is one of the best treatment methods.
An electric current is used.
It is one of the fastest and most responding treatment methods.
ECT responds in al cases of depression, that's the reason ECT has long been used various forms of this mental disorder.
5.
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is also another good treatment method.
It has been approved by FDA, though it is not as common as ECT but still is a very effective treatment.
People of all age groups get affected by it, mostly women.
The exact cause is still unknown.
It needs to be treated at the right time so that the severe affects of it can be diminished.
Most of the depressed people get recovered.
Patients that do not respond to at least two of the following treatment methods, Medication, Psychotherapy, ECT (electroconvulsive therapy), and other treatment methods, they are said to be suffering with treatment resistant depression.
The cause of resistant depression may be alcohol abuse or substance abuse, your relationship with your spouse or family, chronic pain may also sow down the effectiveness of antidepressants or other treatment methods.
Patients that do not respond to the treatment methods such as medication, psychotherapy and ECT (electroconvulsive therapy), there is a scope for patients in the form of following treatment methods, 1.
DBS (Deep brain stimulation) has been found by the team of researchers from Emory university school of medicines.
It is believed in DBS method that, region of the brain Brodemann area 25 is metabolically overactive.
Researchers studied about this to know is there a chronic deep brain stimulation to modulate the activity that can help sufferers, and they observed that deep brain stimulation was linked with striking and sustained remission in most of the sufferers they studied.
Six treatment resistant participants were chosen for the study, these participants were suffering depression from 1.
5 to 10 years.
After regular treatment for two months 5 out of 6 patients reported 50% reduction in depression.
These results proved that DBS is an effective treatment.
2.
Combination of drugs can also help you.
According to various studies combination of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and Tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) gives good results, as much as 50% reduction in depression.
Patients were augmented with drug desipramine at a dose of 1 mg per kilogram of body weight.
After first second and third week blood levels of Tricyclic were taken, most of the patients responded the drugs augmentation and shown reduction.
3.
Lithium augmentation is also very effective.
According to various studies lithium augmentation helps big way in those cases where anti depressants do not respond.
It reduces more than 50% resistant depression.
4.
ECT (Electro convulsive therapy) also is one of the best treatment methods.
An electric current is used.
It is one of the fastest and most responding treatment methods.
ECT responds in al cases of depression, that's the reason ECT has long been used various forms of this mental disorder.
5.
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is also another good treatment method.
It has been approved by FDA, though it is not as common as ECT but still is a very effective treatment.
