Pablo Picasso "The Gladilshchitsa"Fatigue - depression: these are two different things.
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and depression are not the same, but very similar in their symptoms. CFS in many cases is the cause and effect of depression. The editors prepared detailed instructions on how to distinguish fatigue from depression.
The riddle of modernity and its signs
CFS is a great medical mystery that has not yet been solved. He was even dubbed "the disease of modern man." This symptom affects mainly young and ambitious people, especially women. The syndrome of chronic fatigue is also subject to young people who have not all succeed in life: personal life, career, business.
Symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome
In many ways, the symptoms of CFS resemble the symptoms of flu, cancer and other diseases:
- fatigue, weakness, lethargy, apathy, passivity
- anguish, despair, anxiety
- general malaise, poor appetite
- muscle pain
- joint pain
- headaches
- distraction, memory problems
- irritability, fears and anxiety for no reason
- insomnia
- discomfort in the throat
- slight increase in body temperature
- swollen lymph nodes
- malfunction of the digestive tract
Scientists are looking for the causes of this disease. Whether it is a virus, whether it is a hereditary predisposition or stress, and there may be disruptions in the immune system, mental illness, the effects of alcohol, drugs or cancer. Even the diagnosis, various blood tests do not give an answer. Therefore, doctors resort to the method of elimination.
The main complaint of patients is chronic fatigue. Most likely, this syndrome is provoked not by infections, but by various other factors. It is difficult to answer the question of how long this syndrome can last. Often he passes by himself, without any treatment. The reasons consider both the emotional aspect of a person’s life and the physical one. Given that the syndrome has similar symptoms with influenza, cancer and other diseases, a professional examination is required.
Symptoms of depression
Depression is a severe mental disorder. Depression is not a state of mind, but a disease of the whole organism. With depression, the appetite decreases, the sleep pattern is lost, the person loses weight, his heart rhythm changes. A depressed person becomes self-contained, he has lost a lot of interests, he is experiencing some incomprehensible anxiety. Crazy thoughts crawl into my head, people become indifferent to many moments of life, their working capacity decreases.
All this is accompanied by high blood pressure, heart rhythm disturbances, insomnia, frequent headaches, nausea. This condition can last from several weeks to a couple of years, for each person individually, turning into a chronic form. Therefore, it is impossible to pull with treatment. With depression, many processes in the human body slow down, growth hormone activity and serotonin production (the hormone of joy) decrease, menstrual failures occur, problems with immunity, and sexual needs decrease.
Fatigue or depression?
Fatigue - Depression? Understand which of your symptoms is quite simple - if, when you change your surroundings, leave or just a couple of quiet evenings, life energy returns to you and you feel not so empty anymore - you just have fatigue. In this case, it is necessary to restore both physical and emotional resources. If your mood does not change and you do not feel any improvement in changing the situation, vacation, etc. - the news is disappointing, most likely you are depressed. With depression, you do not have access to the usual way of accumulating energy - it will not reach its destination, as changes have already occurred in the brain.
You should not go to extremes, try to contact the "healers", as a rule, charlatans who will gladly try to heal you. A big chance that the disease may become more severe, while relieving your wallet. Please consult a doctor.
To make your condition easier, try to find strength in yourself and pay attention to the following recommendations:
- eat properly and properly
- have a good rest and sleep
- release aggression at the expense of physical exertion (walking, running, swimming, football, volleyball)
- don't overwork at work and at home
- do not try to keep all the information in your head, but keep records and plan in advance
- correctly calculate your strength (all things do not redo)
- learn to be distracted, switch, have fun and observe self-control
- Do not dive into your life problems with your head, they are problems, unlike life, they are not going anywhere!
- keep your sense of humor no matter what
- think less about the future or the past, and enjoy the present
- accept the world as it is, without trying to remake it for yourself, it is so good, but you have depression!
Fear - depression: who is at risk?
Very difficult and painful depression endured adolescents who can hardly assess their condition. Children are scolded for their passivity, lethargy, inattention, for poor learning. And the reason for all this may be the depressed state of the child, about which no one knows, neither the child, nor the parents, nor the teacher. The child has to cope with this problem alone. So you can fall into a deep depression!
Depression also affects middle-aged people (up to forty-five).
Depression in adults, and even in adolescents, sometimes pushes them to resort to alcohol and drugs. But they are not the lifeline they hope for. They have the "swamp effect", they are deeper and deeper immerse a person in this state. And the chance of salvation is reduced to zero. Prolonged uncontrolled depression is a very dangerous condition that can lead to death.
In case of depression, complex therapy is necessary: with the help of medications (antidepressants), psychotherapy, vitamin therapy. But all this is only prescribed by a psychiatrist.
