Most people, when they hear about the diagnosis of depression, immediately imagine a sad and apathetic person. However, this disease has many different forms. One of them is anxiety depression. Its main symptom is causeless anxiety.
What is anxiety depression?
Fear is an integral part of every person's life, because sometimes it helps to survive in critical situations. However, this is not always useful, the fear of something can easily develop into anxiety depression. A person begins to be afraid of threats associated with the deterioration of the social and financial situation, problems at work, in relationships, worrying expectations of judicial investigations, and so on. The symptoms and treatment of anxious depression varies from person to person.
Fear provokes the development of bad feelings or the expectation of trouble. The patient begins to worry about a slow and painful death or serious illness. Most patients follow the changes in their body, and in the casedeviations self-diagnose the disease. Anxiety disorder (depression) can be caused by psychological trauma, stress, emotional events. It can also appear due to frequent remorse. After all, it happens that a person can unintentionally change, betray or substitute someone. The most common symptoms of anxiety depression:
- Sad thoughts and plans.
- Pessimistic.
- Irritability,
- Worry over little things.
Moreover, patients always expect the worst, even from the most optimistic situation. Also, such depression includes not only anxious thoughts, but also apathy, bad mood and suicidal thoughts.
Common causes of occurrence
The disease can develop even in a child if he is not given proper attention and affection. Bullying by peers or being raised in an incomplete family can also negatively affect a child. In adults, the causes of anxiety depression syndrome are somewhat different. This is due to factors:
- Personal characteristics that may locate the onset of the disease.
- The action of stressful situations over time.
- Subjective giving importance to any negative circumstances.
- Inability to solve emerging life difficulties or tasks.
Most patients complain about unpleasant situations in the family, relationships, work. All patients claim that their needs are not met anddeprived of the possibility of satisfaction in the near future. Often such patients work hard, are critical of themselves, mostly they are disciplined and responsible people who carefully plan all their tasks and affairs.
Rare signs of disease
A person suffering from nervous depression tends to underestimate his abilities. He believes that he does not have the strength and ability to achieve anything. Patients downplay their virtues, positive aspects and talents. Patients are critical of any mistake or mistake. Many people have developed a sense of empathy. They are overly attentive and caring. Also, patients may take too close to heart all the events that happen to their family or work.
Symptoms of Anxious Depression
The most serious and main manifestation is a sense of foreboding misfortune. The patient directs his thoughts about impending misfortune often unreasonably. The feeling of anxiety is with a person constantly. He feels psychological discomfort and tension. The most common symptoms of anxiety depression:
- Fearfulness.
- Shyness.
- Uncertain anxiety.
- Oppressed and depressed state.
- Alarm.
- Panic attacks.
The sick person feels that something bad will happen in the future. Patients are sure that nothing good will happen in their life. Also, patients feel physiological symptoms: internal trembling, hot flashes, chills, palpitations,increased sweating. A fairly common symptom of depression and anxiety is sleep problems. It is difficult for the patient to fall asleep, and the whole process of rest is intermittent. In the morning he feels broken and weak.
Suffering from this disease complain of loss of energy and general weakness. They also quickly get tired of the work they do. The productivity of such a person is at zero. He cannot concentrate properly on tasks, performs them poorly and slowly.
Appearance of new symptoms
If the disease progresses, a person may develop panic attacks in the morning. Often, various phobias are added to this. A person may begin to be afraid of closed and open spaces, such as an elevator. The patient may be frightened by a trip on a bus, subway, train. Patients also note that they are afraid to be alone or in places where there are many people.
What are the thoughts of patients directed towards?
Man lives in the future with his thoughts. He may worry for a long time about the upcoming marriage, divorce, court case, and so on. Also, the patient may think about his past, about wrong decisions. Because of these thoughts, a person begins to reproach himself and think how he could correct the situation. Also, quite often, patients may worry about something global and blurry. Sometimes they don't even realize what they are worried about.
What do other people notice?
Friends and relatives of the patient notice that the person has become wary and suspicious. He cannot find himselfplaces, constantly changes position if sitting or lying down. Often people who are prone to anxious depression can walk from side to side in the room. Also, a person may repeat the same word or phrase.
How is the disease treated?
This mental disorder is often chronic, and as it progresses, the symptoms can become more severe and pronounced. Anxiety can drive a person to commit suicide. These are already serious symptoms of anxious depression, treatment reviews convince of a successful prognosis. A person is required to follow a strict sequence of actions in therapy prescribed by specialists. The most common type of treatment is medication and psychotherapy. The most effective way to fight the disease is to combine medication and talks with a psychiatrist.
Medicated treatment
At the very beginning, the doctor needs to diagnose the disease. He finds symptoms of anxious depression in a person. After that, the specialist determines the set of measures that is necessary for the patient. If the symptoms of anxious depression in patients are severe, then they are prescribed not only psychological, but also medical treatment. Now therapy is carried out with the help of antidepressants. Doctors favor sedatives.
Sometimes, to eliminate the symptoms of anxiety, specialists prescribe tranquilizers. In severe cases, doctors recommend using combinations of antidepressants withmood stabilizers. Often, medication can last up to 6 months, and tranquilizers can last up to 2 weeks.
Psychotherapeutic treatment
Most of the causes of the disease are associated with human social factors. At the very beginning, the specialist determines the factors that provoked the appearance of anxious mental depression. After discovering the reasons, the psychotherapist carries out work on recovery, the patient needs to change his attitude to life and circumstances. Treatment steps for anxiety depression syndrome:
- During psychological work, the doctor tells the person about the emerging emotions. The therapist explains to the patient that all emerging situations do not pose a direct threat to life. The patient will begin to realize that all the threats are not as serious as it seems to him. Gradually, a person will begin to adequately relate to emerging situations.
- Specialist explains to the patient how to deal with nervous tension. When a person learns, he will be able to control his psychological state. This will allow him to adequately think about the past and the present.
- During treatment, the patient will begin to understand and reveal their identity. The doctor sets the person up so that he looks at himself from the outside. Thanks to this, the patient will begin to realize his strengths and weaknesses. This relieves him of negative thinking.
- Specialist for the complete elimination of nervous depression helps to change the worldview of the patient. A person will learn to understand their goals, needs and desires. This will make the patientlook at your life differently. Gradually, he will begin to formulate actions for the "building" of his already happy life. Thanks to psychotherapy, a person will learn to perceive the current situations and difficulties. Psychological treatment removes destructive beliefs and all sorts of factors that hinder the development of a he althy personality.
Treatment by a psychotherapist can bring positive changes in the patient's life only when he himself wants to change the current situation. When a patient really wants to change his life for the better, he must follow all the doctor's recommendations and advice.
In especially severe cases, if a person is very much concentrated on his experiences and he does not have a desire for will, some specialists use hypnosis techniques. If the procedures are carried out at the modern level, then the comfort of the patient will not be disturbed. Specialists direct their forces to the subconscious of a person. It is there that all the negative or positive settings of the patient are stored. During hypnosis sessions, patients are laid correct and constructive views on life. It changes the way a person thinks and behaves. Gradually, he can become a he althy and happy person.
How can the sick person be helped?
Treatment is ineffective if a person returns to an environment that puts moral pressure on him. Therefore, relatives and friends should also participate in the process of recovery of the patient. To do this, you need to establish a positive environment,so that the patient does not experience discomfort. Relatives should not put pressure on a person and demand something serious. The patient really needs support and understanding. It must be treated with love and kindness. He must feel that he is understood and only good things are desired. If a sick person needs help, then it must be provided. Close people should show faith in a person and in his speedy recovery. You can not put pressure on him and express dissatisfaction. This will increase and speed up the chance of completely getting rid of a mental disorder several times over.
