Showing posts with label Anxiety. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anxiety. Show all posts

Friday, November 18, 2011

What makes a person suffering from depression Click their loved ones now?

It is true what they say about depression, it affects your whole being. Depression seems to apply not only to your mental being, but also on your physical and social self. Similarly, depression affects not only the sufferer but also the people around him. People who are depressed have a sense of worthlessness and the buy Valium. These feelings can be very overwhelming to the point that they "push" anyone who tries to approach them. 
 If you happen to be at the opposite end, it can be very painful for you. Most often, people who suffer from anxiety do not really understand that, while they are in pain, they also hurt the people they love in the process. But there are ways to fight depression, so it does not reach the point where the relationship with family and friends are affected. Here are some tips to help you help your loved one overcome depression:

   
1. Do not let your loved one to push you away. It may be necessary to give him time and space, but do not make your presence overwhelming. Do not talk too much. Be more to listen than talk the language. In many cases, the silence speaks volumes of words. Just be there and be ready to hand, he she can keep up.

   
2. Try to get to the bottom of the depression of your friend. There are various reasons why one gets depressed, and for many of these reasons are practical solutions. If financial difficulties are the cause of your friend to get depressed, here are some ways you can be helpful:

         
1. Get your friend to list down all of its creditors and the amount owed to each.
         
2. Encourage your friend to his her loans consolidated. Loan or debt consolidation can reduce interest rates, and it will be easier for your friend to manage his her debts with only one person or company to deal with every month.
         
3. Help your friend to control his her expenses. Get your friend to make a list of monthly expenses. Many of these costs (eg, Friday night dinner, weekend trips, cable, etc.) may not be needed at all so get him her to get it from the list, at least for a while.
         
4. Ask your friend to pay for purchases in cash, rather than relying on credit cards. With cash payments, your friend will not be tempted to buy whatever he she can not afford the time.
         
5. Help your friend find opportunities to work on the Internet. Getting a part-time on the Internet can help your friend deal with his her financial problems.
   
3. Go out with your friend. If the grief and depression is the cause of your friend to make him her from his her words, not necessarily to date other people, but to understand what he she is not alone in the world.

   
4. Promoting health eating. I have personally seen the profiles of people who are depressed for one reason or another, and most of them are turning to "comfort" foods is second nature. But you should know that the impact of these comfort foods never last long. Worse yet, they can make one look bloated from too much salt, which tends to draw water inside. Encouraging healthy eating habits and wise food choices that include fruits and vegetables.
Typically, depression lasts only a few days. If your friend seems to have dropped in for a much longer period of time, or showing signs and symptoms that affect his her state of mind and overall well-being, make him her to seek professional help. He she may have need of psychotherapy and antidepressant medication to control the problem.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Depression Ups Risk Of Complications Following Heart Attack

People who suffer from severe depression following a heart attack might be more likely to experience cardiac complications while hospitalized, according to a new study.
“There is good evidence that if a person has depression after a heart attack, they are more likely to die from cardiac causes in the following months and years,” said lead author Jeff Huffman, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. “No one had yet studied whether depression impacts cardiac outcomes immediately after a heart attack—the time we see the most complications.”
The study included 129 patients at Massachusetts General Hospital. Within 72 hours of having a heart attack, each participant underwent an interview to determine if he or she suffered from depression or anxiety. Seventeen of the original group members had a diagnosis of major depression lasting for at least two weeks.
The presence of major depression was a significant predictor of heart rhythm problems, congestive heart failure or a second heart attack.
Anxiety did not affect the risk for any in-hospital complication.
“The results suggest that physicians should be especially mindful of treating depression in patients with cardiac risk factors,” Huffman said. “They also suggest close in-hospital monitoring of heart attack patients with major depression given this increased risk for complications.”
Huffman noted that the study, which appears in the July-August issue of the journal Psychosomatics, is a small, preliminary study. Most of the participants were white males, so its findings might not apply to other groups.
“What is surprising is that differences in outcomes were seen in a relatively short time. The new observation is that risk for these bad outcomes start while patients are still in the hospital,” said David Bush, M.D., associate professor at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Heart Institute.
“The separation between heart disease, typically managed by cardiologists and internists, and mental disease, typically managed by psychiatrists, is not as great as many seem to think.” Bush said. “Physicians and patients should be sensitive to this and work on treating depression in addition to controlling diabetes, lowering blood pressure and lowering cholesterol.”