- Nervous breakdown: What does it mean? - Mayo Clinic
Nervous breakdown isn't a medical term It most often means a mental health crisis that affects your ability to meet your own needs and do daily tasks
- Bipolar disorder - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Overview Bipolar disorder, formerly called manic depression, is a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings These include emotional highs, also known as mania or hypomania, and lows, also known as depression Hypomania is less extreme than mania When you become depressed, you may feel sad or hopeless and lose interest or pleasure in most activities When your mood shifts to
- Mental illness - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Overview Mental illness, also called mental health disorders, refers to a wide range of mental health conditions — disorders that affect your mood, thinking and behavior Examples of mental illness include depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders and addictive behaviors
- Stress symptoms: Effects on your body and behavior - Mayo Clinic
Stress symptoms can affect your body, your thoughts and feelings, and your behavior Knowing common stress symptoms can help you manage them Stress that's not dealt with can lead to many health problems, such as high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, obesity and diabetes
- Bedsores (pressure ulcers) - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Bedsores are injuries to the skin and the tissue below the skin that are due to pressure on the skin for a long time Bedsores most often arise on skin that covers bony areas of the body, such as the heels, ankles, hips and tailbone Bedsores also are called pressure ulcers, pressure injuries and decubitus ulcers
- Diabetes - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Ketones are a byproduct of the breakdown of muscle and fat that happens when there's not enough available insulin Feeling tired and weak Feeling irritable or having other mood changes Having blurry vision Having slow-healing sores Getting a lot of infections, such as gum, skin and vaginal infections Type 1 diabetes can start at any age
- Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) - Mayo Clinic
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors, also called MAOIs, were the first type of antidepressant developed They're effective, but they've generally been replaced by antidepressants that are safer and cause fewer side effects If you take an MAOI, you may need to stay away from certain foods and medicines
- Anxiety disorders - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
These feelings of anxiety and panic interfere with daily activities, are difficult to control, are out of proportion to the actual danger and can last a long time You may avoid places or situations to prevent these feelings Symptoms may start during childhood or the teen years and continue into adulthood Examples of anxiety disorders include generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety
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