Low Vitamin D Linked to Depression Posted on 2012-01-24 06:00:00 in Depression | Vitamins |
A number of previous studies have linked low levels of Vitamin D with a number of diseases, from cardiovascular to neurological. E. Sherwood Brown, from The Cooper Institute (Texas, USA), and colleagues examined the results of 12,594 men and women seen at the Cooper Clinic from from late 2006 to late 2010. The team observed that higher vitamin D levels (measured as serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D]) associated with a significantly decreased risk of current depression, particularly among people with a prior history of depression. R
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Doctors say what may seem fun and innocent may actually be leading teens into what’s being termed “Facebook Depression.”
If you’re a teenager you’re most likely on a social networking site like “Facebook.” For most it’s a fun, easy way to keep in touch and find out what’s going on with friends. But new research shows a growing number of youngsters who obsess over the on-line sites may be headed down a troubled path.
The American Academy of Pediatrics warns of a new problem called “Facebook Depression.” It results from being bombarded with friend tallies, status updates, and photos of people happy, having the time of their lives, when you are not.
READ: AAP report: Facebook Depression
“If I’m just like sad or something and just kind of chillin’ at home and I see pictures of people having a party I’m like oh that’s awesome… like I’m not there… that’s kin
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I have been treated for depression for the last 14 months. I am still suffering from severe depression. I am now on 150 Desipramine. Hormone levels are normal. I tried Progesterone, when weaning off of it I had good periods of no depression. After that I have not had any good days other than the days of my periods. So my mood only improves when I am menestruating. Shouldn’t I be tried on Estrogen? Dr wants to try Lupron Depot for 3 months – If it treats the depression he will then remove my ovaries. I need help and no one believes my mood improves during my period. It is obvious to me that my hormones are involved with my depression.
Yale University researchers have found a gene that seems to be a key contributor to the onset of depression and is a promising target for a new class of antidepressants, they report Oct. 17 in the journal Nature Medicine. “This could be a primary cause, or at least a major contributing factor, to the signaling abnormalities that lead to depression,” said Ronald S. Duman, professor of psychiatry and pharmacology at Yale and senior author of the study.
Scientists have had a difficult time pinning down the cause of depression, which afflicts almost 16 percent of Americans in any given year and carries an annual economic burden of $100 billion.
Symptoms of depression vary widely among individuals.
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