Depression is a very common illness or mental disorder. Many people all over the world suffer from depression every year. Depression affects you in many different ways. Sadness, sleeping difficulties, weight loss, loss of energy and social withdrawal are some of the common symptoms of depression. Depression can be mild to severe depending upon the symptoms. Proper treatment is required to get rid of depression. Untreated depression may cause adverse affects. Here are some of the affects of untreated depression:

• Problems at your work place to the extent that you may lose your job.

• It can spoil your relationship with your loved ones. The divorce rate due to depression is becoming high.

• Untreated depression also causes physical problems, such as severe pain in the stomach and headache.

• Alcohol and drugs abuse is also very common with untreated depression. Alcohol and drug abuse can lead to regular fights at home, memory loss, and the most dangerous result of all is severe depression.

• Suicidal attempts are the reason of untreated depression. Suicides have been reported many times because of severe depression and untreated depression has all the chances of becoming severe with the passage of time.

• Untreated depression affects the ability to cope with health diseases such as heart diseases, stroke etc. Because of depression, patients do not follow the proper healing procedures and as a result it becomes deadly dangerous trying to cope with health issues. The death of heart patients a few months after heart attack has been noted due to untreated depression.

Untreated depression may lead to madness. Manic depression or clinical or chronic depression is the most dangerous type of depression. If the proper treatment is not sought or if it is left untreated, it may lead to madness. It is very important to seek help from the specialists when you notice you or someone in your family or friends is suffering from manic depression. Manic depression commonly exhibits symptoms of severe Insomnia, increased energy, and unacceptable social behavior. Also the inability to make wise decisions, fast speech with high volume, racing thoughts, Increased sexual desire, offensive etc. are also often noticed.

If you find any of the above symptoms you need to be alert and seek help. If you ignore these symptoms, they will become more severe and may put you in the state of madness. Manic depression is very treatable if the proper treatment technique is followed. Numbers of treatment methods are available to for depression such as Psychotherapy, medication, Electroconvulsive therapy. Psychotherapy methods are the best methods to nullify manic depression. Another very good treatment method is ECT it is most dependable treatment method to get respite from depression. Consult with your family doctor or specialist for the proper treatment plan.