Inability to perform one’s own duties or to earn one’s own living is called disability. Various types of disabilities fall under the main categories of physical disability and mental disability. Physical disability can occur due to accidents at work places, accidents caused during travel or due to sudden illness such as paralysis. Mental disability can occur due to sudden mental shocks and various diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease that affect brain functioning.

Causes of disability can be classified as Perinatal (infections, premature infants, drugs during delivery and labor and oxygen deprivation), Prenatal (environmental causes such as alcohol, drugs, external agents, infections and maternal nutrition; maternal stress, Rh factor, genes, mother’s age, maternal diseases and chromosomal) and childhood (childhood diseases, injuries, environmental causes and Rh factor). The known reasons for disabilities include environmental, socio cultural, constitutional, or biomedical factors.

Depression can be caused due to sudden death of a loved one, loss of job and divorce. People return to normal life after some days. If these conditions are prolonged, it may lead to clinical depression. The persons suffering from depression will not be able to perform their daily tasks. Clinical depression includes dysthymia, seasonal depression, major depression, and bipolar disorder.

Symptoms of depression include insomnia, loss of libido, suicidal thoughts, forgetfulness or loss of concentration, lack of stamina, weight loss, tiredness, lack of energy, reduction in appetite, irritability, tension and anxiety, low self esteem, helplessness and guilt, unresponsive to current events, tearfulness and low mood. People suffering from depression show low appetite towards food. Some persons, who suffer from depression, eat lot of food to get relief from stress. Such persons gain more weight. Eating disorder is one of the symptoms of depression.

Complications of major depression include substance abuse, suicidal behavior, and lower self-respect. It can lead to mental illness. Sleep disorders and weight fluctuations come under physical depression. Mental complications include suicidal behavior, lower self-respect, loneliness and self injury. Among these depression complications, suicidal behavior is the most dangerous one. It is serious form of self-injury and cannot be reversed. It is necessary to carefully identify persons suffering from depression and treat them. People suffering from depression in Canada can approach Canadian Disability Corporation (CDC) to file for disability tax credits. The professionals at CDC examine the symptoms and reasons carefully and recommend for disability tax credits to the eligible persons. It helps persons suffering from depression to pay at least part of their treatment bills.

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Answer by R. Eli….
I had PPD with my first child.
If you feel you are depressed you need to talk to your doctor NOW. This can spiral out of control quickly. And if you feel depressed while pregnant, the odds are it will get worse after the birth.

Please know that you are not alone. And the only thing to be ashamed of would be recognizing that you may have a problem, not getting help, and having something awful happen.

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If you’re pregnant – or ever have been – you may have wondered about the benefit and safety involved with a prenatal massage. You’re aware that the extra weight you’re carrying creates major changes in your body, especially the added stress on your abdominal muscles, shoulders, neck and back. It also affects your ligaments by relaxing them, making your pelvic joints less stable and changing your posture by pulling your pelvis forward.

Before you consider including it in your pregnancy health routine, do some research to insure that the massage therapist you choose is trained in prenatal massage techniques, not just massage methods. A prenatal massage is effective because it involves the right amount of pressure… using the right technique… at the right stage in the pregnancy, so you need an expert.

With programs especially designed for stages in the pregnancy cycle, a prenatal massage can relieve discomfort where you need it and when you need it. Let’s take a look at some of the benefits of a prenatal massage.

Provides a healthy alternative to reducing stress and promoting general well-being;Relieves discomfort associated with backaches, stiff neck, leg cramps, headaches, joint pain and edema (swelling of the joints);Reduces nervous tension, helping promote a better night’s sleep;Increases immunity and removal of excess toxins;Stabilizes hormonal levels and balances the glandular system which results in fewer complications during birth and fewer instances of newborn complications, such as low birth weight;Soothes inflamed nerves by reducing muscle tension and sciatic nerve pain;Relieves the effects of depression and anxiety brought on by pregnancy.As mentioned above, the person administering a prenatal massage must be trained to properly hone in on the area affected by pregnancy – at the right time – and combat the problem with the correct amount of pressure. This is not something that a regular massage therapist – without proper training – can do.

Here are a few of the symptoms a prenatal massage can relieve.

First Trimester:

Headache relief;Reduces incidences of morning sickness;Relieves tiredness by increasing energy level.In the second trimester, a prenatal massage will:

Reduce pain from backaches;Relieve pain associated with cramping in the legs.In the third and final trimester, a prenatal massage:

Reduce swelling/edema;Relieve pain from varicosities;Enhance sleep;Prepare pelvic muscles for birth process.During a prenatal massage, the massage therapist will gently position you on your side to keep you comfortable during the process. You may then be placed in a semi-reclining position while your therapist addresses the front of your body. It is acceptable – during the first trimester – for you to lie on your back with a slight elevation under one hip during your prenatal massage to alleviate the additional strain on your lower back and pelvic areas. Trained therapists use a special support cushion during your prenatal massage to ensure comfort and proper positioning and/or a pad with a hollowed-out area to accommodate your growing abdominal area.

Prenatal massage is not for every woman during pregnancy, but most find it to be a vital part of their healthy routine. If, however, you have any discomfort while your therapist is performing the massage, tell them immediately.

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It is observed that in the most cases of teenage suicide that parents, teachers and friends do not realize that the child is depressed. The changes in behavior are treated in the worst possible way, like scolding of parents, separation from friends’ circle and punishment from teachers. So, such teens become hopeless and develop serious clinical depression, which may end in suicide.

This article will help you to know some basic behavioral patterns of depression in teenagers. It will help you to diagnose the disease in an early stage.

First of all, you have to develop a habit of observing your ward’s behavior. It will help you to notice the sudden change of behavior. If your child is becoming more aggressive, short tempered, lonely, hopeless, pathetic or sad, then try to know the reason behind it.

Basically, it is a mental illness. It disturbs health, mental peace and thought process too. So, such patients need care, patience and affection, to come out of this state of mind. Extreme change in habits may occur due to the mental uneasiness. Some patients develop desire for food and some may loose their appetite. So, these behavioral changes may help you to diagnose the disease at an early stage. Even sleeping hours may change to an extreme. Sleepless nights or fatigue even after having slept well, are symptoms of depression.

Teenager depression and childhood depression is difficult to diagnose because these patients need caretakers to take them for right treatment and medical observation. First of all, believe that it is very natural being depressed in childhood and teenage, as the competition and stressful life has affected the simplicity of life. So, it is not a very serious and permanent disease.

The causes of childhood depression and teenage depression are as follows: stressful life, burden of study, fear, family crisis, child labor, unbearable expectations of parents, shock of loosing someone very close and such other stresses.

If you find your child is behaving in above described manners, you have to observe him or her for two weeks because the short depression can be there due to exams, workload etc. So, you can soothe your child by talking to him, helping him to sort out problems, consulting teachers and schoolmates etc. meditation, playing on ground with your child, going for a picnic to burst the tension may help you to save your child from the seriousness of this disease.

If the symptoms are seen continuously for more than two weeks, then you have to consult a psychiatrist. There are some depression pills available which can decrease the side effects of depression, but only a psychiatrist can prescribe these. It is necessary to inform teachers and friends about the disease as their help and co-operation is very important to get well soon.

So, treat your ward with care and affection to help him come out from this disease. Wish you best of luck to fight against depression. Spread this information to help others to save their childhood.

The symptoms that usually start within the first to twelfth postpartum months vary widely among mothers. A few of the most common are despondency and despair, chronic fatigue, sleeplessness, anxiousness, lack of confidence, loss of sex drive and passion, muscle and joint pains, unhealthy skin, hair and nails, digestive disturbances, bladder problems, heart disease, trouble breathing, and a host of troubling emotions and moods swings. A woman can be puzzled, frustrated, even embarrassed when she reveals symptoms that have plagued her for years. She may have shared her self–observations with doctors only to find that they were not worthy of an acknowledgment or comforting comment from her physician. Any attempt on her part to connect the birth of one of her children with those symptoms may have been met with skepticism or passed over. Yet, she can’t shake the feeling that something about that particular birth began her health decline.

Her observations do have validity and merit. What most mainstream medical practitioners don’t fully take into consideration is that a baby’s body is formed and made entirely of nutrients donated by the mother’s body. Her child’s brain, eyes, muscles, bones, organs, glands, nerves, skin, tissues and fluids are entirely make from the nutrients taken from its mother’s bloodstream via the placenta.

If there is a lack of vital nutrients, the mother’s body is the first one that is deprived because her developing baby is Mother Nature’s priority. All mothers need to consciously replenish their lost nutritional and energetic reserves during the postpartum period. If this isn’t done, they might end up spending the rest of their lives wondering why they “just haven’t felt the same since the baby was born.”

The energy demands of caring for a newborn can further drain and deplete the mother’s nutrient reserves, especially if she is breastfeeding and sleep–deprived. If a woman has lost a great deal of blood while birthing her baby, the need for replenishing the nutritional components of blood is even more critical. Women who undergo Cesarean section also need to restore nutrient reserves; not only have they become mothers, they have had to have major surgery in the process. Women who lose a good deal of blood during the birth process and who don’t replenish key nutrients might experience light–headedness and throbbing headaches, along with extreme fatigue, sleeplessness, anxiety, and depression.

A new mother is also faced with the stress of integrating the intense needs of a new baby into her lifestyle while tending to her mate and perhaps other children and returning to work. All of these responsibilities that women – and those who are cared for by them – have taken for granted for millennia demand high–quality nutrients. Our food supply presently contains only half the nutrients that food contained in the 1940s due to the nutrient depletions in our soil. This fact makes it very difficult, if not impossible, for a mother to fully replenish the nutrient reserves her body donated to make her baby’s body solely from the food she eats. Eating highly refined and processed “junk” foods further depletes vital nutrients, which deepens the need to replenish postnatal nutrients even more.

Every physiologic process in the human body depends upon nutrients. The most important time to consciously replenish postpartum nutrient reserves begins immediately after giving birth and extends to 24 months postpartum. The failure to do this often sets the stage for chronic health problems that may last for decades.

There was a time that women throughout the globe would be given their placenta in some edible form to consume directly postpartum, much like dogs and cats do instinctively. The placenta contains highly concentrated amounts of the nutrients that the mother has lost through giving birth. The fact that eating one’s placenta is now culturally distasteful further supports the need to make a concerted effort to consume the appropriate nutrients and nourishing foods necessary for rebuilding and replenishing the new mother’s donated nutrient reserves. A high potency postnatal nutrient program is now essential to help a postpartum woman replenish her nutrient reserves.

Presently, about 30 million Americans take anti–depressant and anti–anxiety drugs. The majority of these are postpartum women! Women comprise 79% of U.S. citizens on antidepressant drugs. Many doctors prescribe Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa, and a host of other anti–depressant drugs before considering whether the mother’s depression, anxiety, fatigue, or lethargy might be caused by postpartum nutrient depletion. All the major brain neurotransmitter chemicals (like serotonin, norepinephrine, epinephrine, dopamine and GABA) that effect mood, energy, and many other physiological process are formed entirely from nutrients! Postpartum nutritional depletion can cause a physiological depression that is far too often misdiagnosed as a mental disease. This is a medical short–sightedness that needs to change. A postnatal nutrient recovery program should be the very first thing a doctor thinks of and prescribes for postpartum women presenting these symptoms; especially with women who have no history of depression, hopelessness, anxiety, insomnia, or fatigue prior to giving birth. Continuing to take a high quality, comprehensive postnatal nutrient program can also help determine if there is truly a need for pharmaceutical antidepressant support or if replenishing nutrients are sufficient.

If one does need and benefits from the assistance of antidepressant drugs, it is still very important to note that these drugs contain no nutrients, so the need to replenish postpartum nutrient reserves still exists and should be addressed. This can also aid and prevent other postpartum health problems. The need for high potency postnatal nutrients is greater now than ever before because the pace of life keeps getting faster, more complex and stressful.

Omega–3 oils are robbed from the mother’s body at a very high rate via the placenta to help form her baby’s brain, eyes, nerves, and cellular membranes. Breast-feeding robs even more Omega 3 oils from a postpartum woman’s body because it is removed from her body to form the milk her body is producing. Many studies show the importance of Omega 3 fish oils to relieve depression, dry skin, thin hair and nails, fatigue and prevent heart disease in postpartum women. Omega 3 oils are an essential ingredient in a good postnatal nutrient program to assist a mother to replenish her nutrient reserves. It is vitally important that the Omega 3 fish oils taken be certified free of heavy metals and PCBs and also contain at least 3 different antioxidants (Vitamin E, Vitamin C, and rosemary oil are best) to prevent these oils from going rancid. Flax oil does not easily convert into DHA and EPA found in fish oils.

All the major nutrients are taken from mother’s body to help form baby’s body. Alpha Lipoic Acid and Coenzyme Q 10 are essential for the body to make energy. Without enough of these two essential nutrients, the energy producing mitochondria in our cells will often make only 2 units of ATP (cellular energy) instead of 38 units of ATP per cycle. These two deficiencies are major causes of postpartum depression, fatigue and mood swings. These two nutrients along with B vitamins, minerals including calcium and magnesium, and the Omega 3 oils are essential nutrients to help a mother replenish her postpartum nutrient reserves and should be included in a good postnatal nutrient formula. Prenatal vitamins do not adequately supply all of the nutrients that new mothers require after bringing new life into this world.

A high quality postnatal nutrient program should be an integral part of the pregnancy recovery program required for all postpartum women to fully replenish their nutrient reserves. This can assist new mothers to not only regain their health and prevent later health problems, but also to allow her the best chance of happily raising her family and having other healthy pregnancies and healthy children if desired.

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Answer by Freedom
Welcome to adulthood.

There has only been one man on the planet that was ever truly cared or was understanding of what a wife and mother goes through. The rest do not and never will.

P.S. I wonder if the depression has been caused by the subconscious knowledge that you married a man that is undeserving of you.

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No doubt, there is a lot of fear and confusion on this topic. So let’s get right down to the truth of the matter. As usual, the truth is to be found in the middle of two opposite points of view. One point of view is that pregnant women should avoid taking any vitamin A. The other point of view is that pregnant women do not need to be concerned at all with their vitamin A consumption because the risks are minimal.

So let’s clarify the issue so you can make the most informed choice for yourself and your baby:

In 1995, the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine published a study that showed strong evidence that approximately 1.7% of pregnant women in the U.S. consuming greater than 10,000 International Units (IUs) of vitamin A (retinol) per day during the first 7 weeks of their pregnancy gave birth to children afflicted with some form of birth defect. This was one out of every 57 women. This created a wave of fear in obstetricians and their pregnant patients that continues to this day.

The good news about this study is that it alerted doctors to strongly caution their pregnant patients that consuming over 10,000 IUs of vitamin A per day for the first 7 weeks of her pregnancy can be risky. To my way of thinking this should also hold true for women of childbearing age who are actively trying to become pregnant.  Women who are given very high dosages of vitamin A for acne treatments should avoid becoming pregnant until their blood levels of vitamin A are well within the normal range.

The bad news about the effects the NEJM vitamin A study is that it made far too many obstetricians and obstetrical nurses overly cautious, even paranoid, about women taking anyform of vitamin A, even supplements containing beta-carotene. Obviously no pregnant woman wants to put her developing baby at risk, so when their obstetrician tells them to avoid taking all vitamin A they listen.

The other side of the truth is that developing babies need somevitamin A.  Vitamin A deficiency can cause fetal and infant growth retardation.  It is well known that plant scientists have been trying to perfect modified strains of rice to contain beta-carotene (orange in color) for third world countries. Why? To help prevent the large amount of infants born blind every year because their mother’s bodies did not have enough vitamin A to donate an adequate amount to their developing eyes!

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that between 250,000 and 500,000 children are born blind every year. WHO also estimates that 13.8 million children have some degree of visual loss related to vitamin A deficiency.

Carotenes and carotenoids are natural pigments that give colored fruits and vegetables their bright colors. Carrots are a good example because their orange color is reflective of an abundance of carotenoids and carotenes. There are over 600 carotenoids/carotenes and less than 50 seem to be able to be converted into vitamin A. This conversion is essential, however, because the human vision is dependent upon these pigments.

The conversion of carotenes to vitamin A depends upon a number of factors including adequate zinc, vitamin C, protein status, bile salts, pancreatic enzymes and optimal thyroid gland health. So women with inadequate levels of these necessary co-factors have more difficulty converting high pigment foods into vitamin A.

One International Unit (IU) of vitamin A (retinol) does not equal one IU of beta-carotene because only between 40%-60% of beta-carotene is absorbed and converted into vitamin A. Also, the absorption of beta-carotene is self-limiting. This means that beyond a healthy level, the more you take the less you absorb. Beta-carotene taken in supplement form absorbs better than beta-carotene from foods. Betacarotene is safe and necessary.

On average, a healthy daily intake of vitamin A for pregnant women is approx. 4000 IUs. This means that if you have been told by your obstetrician to avoid taking all vitamin A and you are receiving less than about 8000 IUs of carotenes from your prenatal vitamin and your diet combined, there is increased risk that your child may suffer some degree of visual loss or growth retardation. The risk of pregnant women receiving too little vitamin A is just as unacceptable as too much vitamin.

As previously stated, the truth tends to be found right in the middle of the two opposite points of view. Too much vitamin A brings a small but significant risk of birth defects. Too little vitamin A brings a risk of visual loss or growth retardation.

So what do you do when you become pregnant?

Here are some guidelines:

(1)            To be on the safe side, it is best to avoid prenatal vitamins that contain any of the retinol form of vitamin A.

(2)            Try to make sure that your daily intake of vitamin A does not exceed 6000 IUs during the first 2 months of your pregnancy.

(3)            Avoid eating foods very high in the retinol form of vitamin A on a daily basis, especially beef liver (43,900 IUs/3.5 oz serving) and calves liver (22,500 IUs/3.5 oz. serving).

(4)             Make sure that your prenatal vitamin contains at least 3500 IUs of betacarotene.

(5)            Try to obtain 4000-5000 IUs of carotenes and carotenoids from your diet. You can do this by eating lots of colored vegetables like carrots and green leafy vegetables.

(6)            Eat brightly colored fruits.

(7)            If you cannot eat enough colored vegetables, find a good tasting vegetable powder that can provide you with 4000-5000 IUs of these essential precursors to vitamin A.

(8)            Do your best to take this middle ground and try not to worry.

Although much time and effort has been expended trying to unlock the secrets of this condition, no definitive single factor can be identified that in itself leads to post partum depression. Several issues have been singled out as important factors that contribute in part to the condition. These include prenatal depression, lack of self esteem, prenatal anxiety, and chronic conflict with a spouse.

Other known conditions that may contribute to the ailment might also include a perceived lack of social support, a history of depression within the family, low social status and even the fact that the pregnancy was not a planned event. As if this list of potential factors is not long enough, several other issues are known factors common to post partum depression sufferers. Additionally, mother’s race, social class or sexual orientation have been noted conditions that are common to many sufferers.

Consider an instance where a mother may experience a lack of social support and is forced to manage the affects of these stressful events by herself. This eventually causes the mother to shift her energy to satisfy the demands of pure survival as an alternative to totally expending her energy into a new being that may be considered expendable in that over stressed mental state.

When observed and diagnosed in the early stages, intervention can successfully treat and eliminate the condition. The prognosis for a complete recovery is good when professional assistance is sought and put into practice. A key component of the treatment involves educating the women about the causes and effects associated with post partum depression.

Support groups can be found in most large towns and cities where the self-help groups work in unison with the medical community to provide highly important social support. Women either pregnant or planning to become pregnant should be screened regularly by their health practitioners so that the early detection is possible.

I have googled this and didn’t find anything definitive so I’m hoping you can help. Tomorrow I’m going to take the other store bought prenatal vitamin, just to see what happens. I’m not currently trying to conceive, but I would like to in the next 2 to 3 months.

Thank you so much for any information.

despite my desire to NOT have a baby right now, i keep having vivid dreams, almost every night, about having a baby or being pregnant, or giving birth. of course, since i’ve never experienced any of that, the dreams can be kinda wacky, b/c i don’t know what to anticipate. for example: before i actually had sex for the first time, i would dream about “having sex” but me and the guy would just kinda lay on each other?? it’s like my mind tries to fill in the details about how a baby kicking inside would feel, morning sickness, birth, etc. the unfortunate thing is that the theme of the dreams is that 9/10 times i am a bad mother, or my baby dies, or i kill it by accident, or miscarry, or it’s abnormal severely, or it is a lifeless plastic doll and i have to earn the right for it to be a real child??? like i’m not worthy or something… and since it’s abnormal or dead, i either go to prison, a mental hospital, or my family shuns me. i wake up breathing hard, sometimes sweating, and sometimes in tears. it’s very disturbing and i am sick of it, quite frankly. do i just need to have a freakin baby and get it over with, or what? MAKE IT STOPPPP

every time i hear a baby cry, i worry if it’s okay, even from across a restaurant. if i see a baby or small child, i have to hold, pinch, or talk to them or i feel like i’m holding back a sneeze, or something! so weird! so annoying to the mother i’,m sure…

the best way i can describe it is through my theory: it’s almost like my BODY wants to have a baby (id), or thinks it’s instinctually ready or very fertile or something, and my mind gets excited about it and would like it to happen (ego?) b/c i swear everyone else i having them…ALLL MY FRIENDS. but then my logic (superego?) says noooo waaay, you can’t afford it, no time, etc.

is this normal? i asked my developmental psychology teacher about it, since we’re studying prenatal stuff, and she looked at me like i was crazy. am i losing it??

THE ONLY correlation i can even imagine is that i am young and fertile, and all my friends have babies. also i have been taking pre-natal vitamins as dr. ordered to help my nails and hair to grow stronger, however i highly doubt that taking over the counter walmart pre-natal vitamins make you hallucinate and dream about babies non stop. please help me! personal advice/experience, or sound medical info? i really appreciate it.

A)
chromosomal deficiency.

B)
consequence of prenatal drug exposure.

C)
biological anomaly.

D)
consequence of a postnatal injury.

I think B but i’m not sure. Any help ?

Thank you!!!

Hormone – Medroxypr ac 10mg, am, 10 days out of the month to start my period

Herb, Dong Quai root 2 am, 2 afternoon, 2 pm

Herb, Chaste tree berry, 40 drops, am, afternoon, pm

Sleeping- Benadryl 2-3 pm

Depression – Sertraline – 50 mg, am

Melaleuca Prenatal, Multivitamin & mineral, 2 am, 1 pm

Natural ibuprofen – Counteract, when needed

Migraine Excedrin – 3 – 4 when needed

Rash cream- Clotrimazole

Acid- prilosec 2 pm

I stopped today and I haven’t had any mood swings so far..I thought Omega 3 was known to ease down moodiness and help with bipolar/depression symptoms, but it seems to do the opposite for me. Has anyone experienced this?

However, today I have been extremely tired and dizzy and have a terrible headache…
What’s going on with me?