Depression and Physical Complaints
December 30th 2009 -
Even though many people do not want to admit it: Often the cause emotional problems for a variety of physical problems and complaints. If the attending physician, for example, frequent headaches, back pain or abdominal pain can not find an organic cause, it is very possible that there is a depressive disorder.
Depression often express themselves by symptoms such as loss of appetite, insomnia, weight loss, weight gain, tension, and slowed movements. Also increased susceptibility to infection has been observed from time to time. An accurate diagnosis of a disease underlying depression may be required to have multiple and complex triggers would really only from a psychological psychotherapist or the psychiatrist. He should definitely be sought in cases of doubt!
In professional circles it is now united mainly on the following three aspects of depression:
- Depression has a specific psychomotor appearance. The voluntary muscles caused by facial expressions, gestures and posture is characterized by limitations and inflexibility.
- The influence of the autonomic nervous system, skin blood flow is reduced. The skin appears pale, limp and cold.
- A decreased activity of the colon leads to periodic blockages, often with loss of appetite.
In light of these three groups of phenomena can be observed a lack of information transmission in the nervous system responsible messengers (neurotransmitters) serotonin and noradrenaline on. Numerous studies have demonstrated this defect again, and so the treatment with modern and effective antidepressant drugs aims to address this deficiency.
The central nervous system consists of billions of nerve cells, which are interlinked, and all body functions, movements and sensations and the thoughts and feelings and a lot more control and cause. The individual nerve cells by electrical pulses, and thereby stand by those messengers with each other. A neuron generates an electrical pulse and sends it over their processes to another nerve cell. At the nerve terminal, the electronic information is converted into chemical information – from the Initiative will be a messenger.
This messenger transmits the message to the extension of another nerve cell where it is converted back into an electrical pulse and forwarded. Severe or prolonged mental stress, but certain diseases can disrupt the balance of these neurotransmitters. A lack of serotonin and noradrenaline from the nerve endings causes communication breakdowns in the network of the nervous system, which shows continued outwards, and in the depression known as the physical and psychological changes. There is a propagating disturbance between the systems, which should be best tackled from two sides: by a drug from the inside out, and by psychotherapy from outside to inside.
Tags: Depression, emotional problems, frequent headaches, physical complaints, psychotherapy
