Are Migraines and Depression Ruining Your Life?Migraines and depression go hand in hand. For almost forty years now, antidepressants have been used successfully for the help in migraine therapy. This is called migraine treatment. One migraine symptom is depression, and who wouldn't be with migraine pain. It's important to determine if you have clinical depression, which is a disease, or if it's an emotional depression that's brought on by having to deal with the migraines, and headaches. Your Doctor can make this diagnosis. Did you know that depression in the United Kingdom, is the fourth most frequently diagnosed disorder, and twelfth in the United States? It's not fully understood what the link is between migraine disease, and clinical depression. But almost half of migraineurs experence clinical depression.
Depression can be brought on by fear, Did you know that? You may be afraid of being alone, afraid of the next time a migraine will hit you, afraid of being a burden on someone, even scared the next migraine attack will give you a stroke, the list is endless. It's so easy to tell someone that everything will be alright, but when the shoe is on the other foot, we soon realize it's easier said than done. When we get older, we realize most of our fears never amount to much. One belief behind migraines and depression is the neurotransmitter serotonin, which is involved in both migraines, and depression. When your depression is treated, that could very well help your migraines. If you use the class called SSRI (my wife does), you often get major improvement in your migraines and depression.
Ask yourself these questions If you have a migraine the pain is obvious. But depression may sneak up on you. Do you have any of these symptoms? (1) Early or frequent awakening! (2) Decreased ability to concentrate!(I have this all the time,just old age). (3) Low energy of fatigue! (4) Lost of interest in pleasurable activities! (5) Low or no ambition! (6) Indecisiveness and poor memory! This a site that you can take a test for
depression.
This will help because it will give you the results, to see if you might be sufferering from depression. Do you have physical aliments? (1) Shortness of breath! (2) Constipation! (3) Weight loss! (4) Decreased sexual drive! (5) Heart palpitations! (6) Or menstrual changes! Do you have any emotional complaints? (3) Obsession over the past, present, or the future! (4) How about a fear of a physical disease, or dieing, and may be considering suicide. You might feel worse in the morning.
Please remember that everyone experiences feelings of being blue or down in the dumps from time to time With depression, you may relate all of your problems to a specific event, such as a death of a family member, a accident, or surgery. You may perceived this as much more serious, and out of proportion than the actual occurrence. Kind of like making a mountain out of a mole hill. But you can feel weakened or maimed by what happened. In your migraine attacks, you could have spells of weeping before the migraine. Migraines and depression could be followed by anxiety, such as panic attacks, sleep disorders, and other psychological problems. I have watched my wife suffer with many of these symptoms, and we understand what migraine sufferers go through. Take the depression test above, go see your doctor if you don't feel better soon. We hope your migraines and depression get better.
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