Mood Disorders
The two categories of mood disorders are clinical or major depression and manic depression, also called bipolar disorder. The bad news is that both these types of depression can make you feel like your life is worthless. Among both groups, suicide rates are high with most who attempt suicide actually succeeding. The good news is that Sunset Malibu is waiting to help you get through these feelings and over your mood disorders. You don’t have to feel hopeless and miserable anymore. Call Sunset Malibu today and talked to a trained counselor about how you’re feeling. You might be surprised at just how much the luxury treatment center can do for you and your mental health.
Not only are the trained staff experienced in dealing with mood disorders, they’re compassionate. You will never be blamed for your illness. Even if your depression has led you to abuse alcohol and drugs, we understand what you’re going through. In fact, Sunset Malibu also treats chemical dependency like alcoholism and drug addiction. If the pain of mood disorders has led you to abuse substances or become addicted, we can help you with that, too. Our staff will always be caring and attentive to your needs. They will also respect your privacy at every moment and protect it vigorously. You will be treated with dignity and respect when you’re undergoing treatment in our beautiful Malibu, California facility. If you’re ready to be treated with kindness and expertise, call Sunset Malibu at 1-800-332-9202.
Pain of Mood Disorders
The very term ‘mood disorders’ makes the problem sound like it’s not very serious, doesn’t it? It merely sounds like you might be in a bad mood or a less-than-great mood. But nothing could be more of an understatement. Mood disorders don’t just give you a bad mood. They affect every aspect of your life. Depression, whether it’s clinical or manic, is a painful way to go through life. It’s far more than just a little sadness or a bad mood. It’s a crushing despair that won’t go away. It may also be mild sadness that just hangs on for far too long.
In the case of manic depression, commonly called bipolar disorder, a good mood can even be a symptom of mood disorders. That’s because the good mood found with manic depression is a lie. You feel as if you could do anything, almost as if you’re invincible for a short time. You start many projects because you feel so optimistic. And it’s common to have a strong sense of denial about your mental health. When you’re in the manic phase, you can’t believe that you have a problem. Anyone who tells you that you do will be dismissed immediately. You may even become very irritated at the suggestion. This flying high phase of manic depression is then followed by a painful crash into depression. But you don’t have to keep going through that cycle. Call Sunset Malibu today at 1-800-332-9202 to experience our mood disorders program for yourself.
Mood Swings
At Sunset Malibu we understand the sometimes violent mood swings that go along with bipolar disorder. When you arrive at our luxury treatment facility, an individualized treatment plan will be drawn up to help free you of mood disorders. You’ll be able to have some input on this plan by working carefully with your therapist. You’ll have one therapist assigned to you when you walk into the door. This can make you feel truly unique, and assure you that you’re getting truly individual attention in overcoming your mood disorders.
Depression treatment can be given in a cold, sterile hospital room. You can even get treatment for mood disorders without staying anywhere. Outpatient treatment is common. But we believe that for real change to take effect you need to stay in a treatment center. Your mood disorders are used to your daily routine. Your depression can actually use this knowledge against you. It can sabotage your efforts at making an appointment with your counselor, for instance. You may find that you don’t have time for those outpatient appointments. Or more likely, you’ll leave the appointment and realize a short time later that you feel worse than you did before. While this could happen at Sunset Malibu when you’re being treated for these disorders, you’re surrounded by caring staff and therapists. If you feel worse after psychotherapy we can immediately help you figure out why, and work to counter it so you’ll feel better. Call Sunset Malibu today at 1-800-332-9202.
Mood Disorders Warning Signs
There are some common warning signs of mood disorders you can watch for. Just like with any illness, the sooner you see signs and seek treatment the easier it is to overcome the problem. So if you see these signs starting in your own life called Sunset Malibu for help today. The sings of these mood disorders are just a little bit different. For clinical depression, sadness does not go away. It may improve a little and get worse the next day, but it’s always there.
You may lose interest in things you used to enjoy. You may even want to stop seeing friends or going out. If the mood disorders have progressed, you may have already stopped doing these things. Once you’re depressed enough to stop wanting to do things you used to enjoy, medication like antidepressants can be a good first step. You may also have feelings of suicide or wishing you weren’t here anymore. With manic depression, signs are wild mood swings from low to high for no reason. Restlessness, irritability and denial that there’s a problem are also common. Stop these disorders early–call us at 1-800-332-9202.
Moods and Depression
Being in a bad mood isn’t all that mood disorders are about. But being in a mood that won’t get better is a painful way to live with these disorders. You don’t have to go through your life feeling down and miserable all the time. You don’t have to continue the exhausting ups and downs that come with bipolar disorder. You can come to Sunset Malibu and have experts help you like they’ve helped so many before you. Call today and find out the luxury and help that’s waiting for you in sunny Malibu, California.
As with all co-occurring disorders, Sunset Malibu treats depression disorders as a co-occurring disorder with drug and or alcohol abuse. For additional information on Mood Disorders, please visit our main Depression Treatment page. For immediate assistance call Sunset Malibu anytime at 1-800-332-9202.