Psychiatrist Zanifa Tazhieva: sleep disturbances are one of the physiological manifestations of depression.
Psychiatrist Tazhieva said in an interview that the state of depression, caused by a decrease in the level of serotonin and other substances produced by the brain, is manifested by both psycho-emotional and physical adverse symptoms.
In particular, depression is characterized by sadness, depression, sadness that haunt a person for a long time.
“Anxiety and sadness in and of themselves are not a reason to see a psychiatrist, but if the condition occurs for no apparent reason and lasts more than two weeks, you need to seek professional help,” said the physician.
Speaking with the Novosti Tyumen portal, the psychiatrist added that a depressed emotional state does not occur in case of depression, even if a person tries to relax more, goes in for sports, and reduces his psychological stress. This feature distinguishes depression from a bad mood, which is caused by seasonal fatigue of the body, exhausted by the lack of sunlight and fresh fortified food.
In addition, depression is characterized by physiological manifestations, the doctor recalled. According to Tazhieva, one of the characteristic signs of the problem is sleep disturbances – difficult falling asleep, too sensitive and superficial sleep, untimely awakenings.
The doctor listed the criteria for depression
“It may be difficulty falling asleep, early awakenings at 3, 4, 5 in the morning, insomnia, loss of the sense of sleep, lack of a sense of rest after sleep, ”the specialist listed.
Zanifa Tazhieva warned that depression sometimes takes a latent form – while emotional disturbances manifest themselves quite mildly, they are ahead of physiological symptoms:
- palpitations,
- nausea,< /li>
- symptoms of irritable bowel,
- chest pain and headache,
- suffocation,
- general malaise and weakness,
- Craving for alcohol.
Another difference between depression: it tends to be especially bad, severe in the morning and more positive in the evening.
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< br>Earlier, the MedikForum.ru portal wrote about the reasons explaining the feeling of tiredness in the morning after sleep.
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Zanifa Tazhiyeva Health psychiatrist