To detect the depression and treating it may save ones life as the depression may end into several complications. Here are some of the main complications due to depression.
Sexual Problems
The decrease in sexual desire is most common among all. The energy and interest required for healthy sex life is disappeared when the person is depressed. The long term effects include relationship problems and loss of self-esteem. If the depression is treated well, the sexual interest is restored. Here one has to keep in mind that some antidepressant medicines may also decrease the sex drive.
Substance abuse
This simply means the abuse of alcohol and drug. When the people are depressed they treat themselves with these most common “so called” remedies. 20% of the people suffering from depression abuse drugs and alcohols. They think that taking alcohol either may calm down or make feel better. If not taken care of, alcohol may turn into full-blown alcoholism. It is thought that alcoholism increases chances of worsening the existing depression or developing the depression.
Drug abuse is considered to be hazardous if taken by depressed people. Person with depression usually switch on to tranquillizers or other “so called” soothing drugs as an attempt to get rid of anxiety or depression. Depression may bring the dependency on caffeine or tobacco. Smoking and caffeine may help for a while but is indeed harmful in long term uses.
Agoraphobia
This is referred to fear of public or open spaces. Social anxiety or repeated panic attacks usually lead to avoidance behavior. The depressed person generally avoids areas where their depression tends to get worse. Depressed people generally avoid social situations just because they are afraid of the questions asked by their relatives or the society people. The simplest question “How are you” may be too complicated to answer. Over the time, avoidance behavior is trapped in their own house.
Sleep disorders
Disturbance in the sleep is commonly seen with the people who are suffering from anxiety or depression. Insomnia is usually known as best-known type of sleep disorders. Worries and anxiety make sleep impossible or disturbed. Depression can create various sleep disorders including sleeping too much, sleeping very less, speaking in sleep, various thoughts which may not allow you to sleep etc. It is generally seen that even if one sleeps easily, the depression or anxiety prevents sleep from refreshing the body and people wake up lethargic. This trouble gets cured when the depression is treated properly.
Physical complications
The depression and anxiety appear to be assorted with many possible physical complications. Heart problems and high blood pressure are well known complications of depression. Depression may also suppress the immune system. Stomach ache, muscle pains and headache are usually seen in every individual with depression. Over half people for an example, with irritable bowel syndrome exhibit the sings of anxiety.
Suicidal tendency
Feeling of guilt, worthlessness and despair make person to find suicide, the only way as solution. The survey says 15% of the people with anxiety disorders commit suicide sooner or later in their life. Nervousness and pessimism with negative thoughts spoil one’s mind and force them to go wrong way by terminating their lives.
Mental complications
Depression may turn into anxiety and anxiety may turn into obsessive compulsive disorders. They are vise versa. One can turn in other at any time with any one. Unable to take proper decision and no pragmatic approach to the world are commonest signs. When someone suffers from the depression, they may behave like psycho sometimes and becomes the subject of the joke for everyone.
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