http://hpathy.com/homeopathy-papers/understanding-depression-mania-or-mood-affective-disorders/ Homeopathy Medicine Portal for Homeopathy Doctors, Students and Patients. Homeopathic Remedies and Homeopathy Treatment information. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:56:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://hpathy.com/homeopathy-papers/understanding-depression-mania-or-mood-affective-disorders/#comment-2270 Margaret Sorrentino Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:33:01 +0000 http://hpathy.com/?p=2519#comment-2270 I want to write about my father who passed away in 1999 and who suffered from a Major Depressive Disorder". He was born in 1926 in the South of Italy and went through much hardship due to the fact that he came from a very poor family. He saw many of his friends killed during the second world war and had to steel to be able to survive. This is probably what triggered off his depression as he also saw his sister die because his parents couldn't afford to pay for a doctor. He started off by staying in bed and not wanting to get up at regular times. He refused to wash himself and when someone came to the house, he would immediately go back to bed. My mother only realised my father's depression one day when he got up from his bed and told my mother that he was going for a walk. He returned two hours later and said "I have been a coward, I couldn't do it" and my mother replied "What couldn't you do" to which my father replied "I didn't have the nerve to jump in front of the train" My mother immediately called us in a panic and he was then admitted into a psychiatric hospital and was given lithium drugs. He didn't recognise my mother for two years and the last resort was electric shock treatment. He woke up on the eighth treatment and finally recognised my mother. It was a very emotional moment but then my father passed away as he also had heart problems. I want to write about my father who passed away in 1999 and who suffered from a Major Depressive Disorder”. He was born in 1926 in the South of Italy and went through much hardship due to the fact that he came from a very poor family. He saw many of his friends killed during the second world war and had to steel to be able to survive. This is probably what triggered off his depression as he also saw his sister die because his parents couldn’t afford to pay for a doctor. He started off by staying in bed and not wanting to get up at regular times. He refused to wash himself and when someone came to the house, he would immediately go back to bed. My mother only realised my father’s depression one day when he got up from his bed and told my mother that he was going for a walk. He returned two hours later and said “I have been a coward, I couldn’t do it” and my mother replied “What couldn’t you do” to which my father replied “I didn’t have the nerve to jump in front of the train” My mother immediately called us in a panic and he was then admitted into a psychiatric hospital and was given lithium drugs. He didn’t recognise my mother for two years and the last resort was electric shock treatment. He woke up on the eighth treatment and finally recognised my mother. It was a very emotional moment but then my father passed away as he also had heart problems.

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