{"id":697,"date":"2021-06-11T10:58:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T10:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/?p=697"},"modified":"2021-07-01T10:58:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T10:58:14","slug":"dysthymia-chronic-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/dysthymia-chronic-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Dysthymia &#8211; chronic depression"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dysthymia&nbsp;is chronic mild&nbsp;depression.&nbsp;The term dysthymia was coined by&nbsp;psychiatrist&nbsp;Robert&nbsp;Spitzer&nbsp;to replace the term neurotic depression.&nbsp;Before&nbsp;the term &#8221;&nbsp;dysthymic&nbsp;disorder&#8221; appeared, this disease was called&nbsp;<strong>neurasthenia&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;psychasthenia.&nbsp;The presence of symptoms of dysthymia in a&nbsp;patient is not&nbsp;a basis for a diagnosis of major depressive disorder.&nbsp;Dysthymia is diagnosed when the disorder has lasted more than two years.&nbsp;In&nbsp;children, this diagnosis&nbsp;is made if the symptoms of the disease appear&nbsp;for at least one year.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dysthymia usually begins at a&nbsp;young age,&nbsp;but it can also start later in life.&nbsp;Often, people with dysthymia learn about&nbsp;their illness several years after its&nbsp;onset.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dysthymia symptoms<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The symptoms of chronic dysthymia are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>&nbsp;excitement and&nbsp;inhibition of appetite&nbsp;&#8211; strictly individual symptoms&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>&nbsp;insomnia&nbsp;or&nbsp;hypersomnia&nbsp;<\/li><li>&nbsp;feeling tired, decreased energy potential<\/li><li>&nbsp;low self-esteem<\/li><li>&nbsp;difficulty&nbsp;concentrating and&nbsp;making decisions&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>&nbsp;feeling of hopelessness<\/li><li>&nbsp;loss of the ability to enjoy your&nbsp;favorite activities &#8211;&nbsp;anhedonia;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>&nbsp;the appearance of thoughts of&nbsp;suicide.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The above symptoms have a deep negative impact on&nbsp;areas of life and&nbsp;activity that are&nbsp;very important for the patient&nbsp;.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the early onset of dysthymia, more symptoms of the disease may occur.&nbsp;In&nbsp;addition&nbsp;, these individuals are highly susceptible to the occurrence of a diagnosis of major depressive disorder.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Types of dysthymia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>&nbsp;<strong>Somatized&nbsp;<\/strong>.&nbsp;This type of depression is characterized by the following symptoms: heart palpitations, poor health, shortness of breath, constipation, increased tearfulness, sleep disturbances.&nbsp;Feelings of anxiety often appear.<\/li><li>&nbsp;<strong>Characterological&nbsp;<\/strong>.&nbsp;Typical signs of the type: anhedonia, blues, pessimism, thoughts about the&nbsp;meaninglessness of life, increased sensitivity to&nbsp;troubles, gloom, taciturnity.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dysthymia treatment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dysthymia&nbsp;is a serious condition, but&nbsp;it can still be treated.&nbsp;Traditional&nbsp;tricyclic antidepressants&nbsp;(TCAs)&nbsp;are used to treat dysthymia&nbsp;: imipramine, amitriptyline,&nbsp;clomipromine&nbsp;.&nbsp;At&nbsp;the moment the treatment of dysthymia limited as&nbsp;selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors&nbsp;(SSRIs).&nbsp;A new drug OIMAO-A was also released&nbsp;&#8211; a reversible&nbsp;MAO inhibitor of&nbsp;type&nbsp;A, the therapeutic effect of which, in&nbsp;turn, is equivalent to the action of TCA.&nbsp;Psychotherapy is also&nbsp;effective in treating dysthymia&nbsp;.&nbsp;Along with&nbsp;individual therapy, a positive impact&nbsp;okazyvyet&nbsp;group therapy, which allows the patient to dysthymia develop&nbsp;assertiveness&nbsp;, as&nbsp;well as interpersonal&nbsp;communication&nbsp;, increase self-confidence.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Treatment for dysthymia cannot be postponed, as the disease can worsen and&nbsp;turn into&nbsp;double&nbsp;depression.&nbsp;Therefore, it is very important to see a&nbsp;doctor in a&nbsp;timely manner&nbsp;.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dysthymia&nbsp;is chronic mild&nbsp;depression.&nbsp;The term dysthymia was coined by&nbsp;psychiatrist&nbsp;Robert&nbsp;Spitzer&nbsp;to replace the term neurotic depression.&nbsp;Before&nbsp;the term &#8221;&nbsp;dysthymic&nbsp;disorder&#8221; appeared, this disease was called&nbsp;neurasthenia&nbsp;and&nbsp;psychasthenia.&nbsp;The presence of symptoms of dysthymia in a&nbsp;patient is not&nbsp;a basis for a diagnosis of major depressive disorder.&nbsp;Dysthymia is diagnosed when the disorder has lasted more than two years.&nbsp;In&nbsp;children, this diagnosis&nbsp;is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":698,"href":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions\/698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}