Agitated depression is not a chronic disease that
cannot be cured. There are medications and therapies that can help in
diminishing this depression completely. It can be treated with help of doctors
and psychiatrists.
The depression sufferer should always seek for
medical advice from the doctor. There are various treatment plans and
medications available in medical science that can help in overcoming this
depression.
Treatment of agitated depression is basically
done by mood stabilizing medication which sometimes includes anti depressant
and neuroleptic medication too. Psychotherapy is another most used method of
treating this depression.
Medication is used to address the chemical
imbalance going in the body. Lithium is one of the traditional medications,
which is used to address bipolar disorder going on in the body. It is very
important to follow doctor’s instructions and one should regularly take the
prescribed medications for the period of time the doctor has prescribed.
Medicine
should not be at any case stopped without the doctor’s wish or instructions. You
have started feeling well doesn’t mean that you will stop taking medicine, the
medication period should be sincerely completed.
Most of the agitated depression patients are
unable to articulate their behavior. They don’t know what they are doing or the
thing they are doing is right or wrong. In this case professional psychotherapy
helps in treating agitated depression by creating a safer environment, an environment
where they are able to articulate their innermost feelings and emotions,
without anyone's judgment.
Cognitive therapy helps to eradicate negative
thoughts and feelings; eradication of negativity thus invites positivity in
life. Therapies help the person to solve their trivial issues in a very
convenient manner. Thus sorting of these issues provides a great relaxation to
the person which reduces or completely diminishes his/her restless feelings.
Meditation is also one of the ways to treat
agitated depression. Meditation helps to ooze out the mental stress and oozing
out of mental stress thus makes person calm and patient eradicating all sorts
of irritability. The depressive order can indeed be treated through various
methods.
