Depression Treatment Altamonte Springs, FL
Balance Psychiatry & Wellness is here to help with your Depression…
At Balance we strive to offer a range of psychiatric services to treat various mental health conditions including Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder. We believe the best treatment for most mental health conditions is grounded in whole body health including exercise, nutrition, and mindfulness. While providing expert medication management, we also offer Transcranial Magnetic stimulation and soon will be adding in-house therapists.
Our providers are skilled at utilizing the most up to date treatment modalities and poses an in-depth understanding of medications and psychopharmacology. We firmly believe in a direct and host approach to medicine in which you DESERVE to know what your options are, even if that includes treatments we do not offer. In these circumstances we would refer you to community partners who provide treatments we may not.
Depression Treatment
Clinical depression, also known as Major Depressive Disorder(MDD) is an extraordinarily common and potentially debilitating illness. Depression impacts one in five Americans and may cause significant impairment in memory, concentration, energy, sleep, appetite as well ability to function at work or school, within romantic relationships, or even within friendships.
Depression appears to be rooted, for many people, in genetic factors. While it is true we are more likely to suffer from depression if we have close family members with depression, the truth is, the most common cause of depression is actually STRESS. More specifically, chronic low grade stress is probably responsible for the majority of depression episodes and even though the cause is outside of our bodies, the impact of depression on our brains and the need to treat it quickly is still of the utmost importance!
Untreated depression increases risk of obesity, heart disease, Diabetes and a variety of other medical conditions and may severely shorten one’s lifespan. Depression is notoriously difficult to treat and up to 2/3 of those suffering from it do not respond adequately to two or more medications. Furthermore, studies show if we do not go into remission after the first two traditional antidepressant medications, our likelihood of remission with the 3rd is less than 15 percent! In addition, we now have research which suggests if we do not treat depression aggressively and quickly, it could cause long term damage to parts of the brain greatly reducing our functional abilities and even ability to think clearly!
For these reasons, we at Balance, take a very strong stance on treating depression aggressively and using the newest information to choose treatment strategies that make sense and fit your lifestyle. Far too often, people suffering from depression are continued on older medications which do not work for them or inaccurate doses of medication with no consideration for a variety of novel treatment options.
Schedule Your Evaluation Today.
Contact Balance Psychiatry & Wellness to Schedule your Evaluation.
Schedule Your Evaluation Today.
Contact Balance Psychiatry & Wellness to Schedule your Evaluation.