1. 04/22/11 UNDERSTANDING DEPRESSION Better by evening try not to go to bed Key diagnosis tip worse in morning sleep depletes the neurotransmitters Tends to run in 2 -3 year cycles with episodes lasting 6-18 months 10% of any population medication helps Endogenous Genetic/Biological Produces same effect on brain chemistry as endogenous medication helps Stress chronic pain and/or adrenaline addiction Concrete Loss Abstract Loss Remember/Recreate as go through day worse in evening Key diagnosis tip Sleep is good better in morning Medication not directly helpful unless compounded with high stress Designed by God for greiving loss Reactive Situational response to loss Exogenus Psychological/Circumstances Depression