2011-02-20

Of depression, treatment of the three attention

Old life is monotonous, lonely old age may be suffering from depression, therefore, depression is a psychological disease, but improper handling can also affect physical health, when in the treatment of depression There are three considerations to keep in mind, be patient, prescribed medication, combined with psychological adjustment, multi comprehensive treatment of depression.
One is not a lack of patience
Of depression to light-based, early detection and treatment can make about 70% of patients to be cured of depression, to avoid the development of a heavy-duty. But the treatment of depression is a process, namely the time the guarantee, could never happen overnight. Even light can not in the short term in patients with rapidly improving symptoms and alleviate the condition. Clinical data showed that light treatment of depression, a scientific and reasonable, about 2 weeks, and depression can be significantly improved fatigue and other symptoms, sleep and appetite has also improved. This does not mean disease basic "good", this is just a result of the initial treatment. At this point, the patient is not free to stop, otherwise it would cause illness or repeatedly make the condition gradually worsened, an increase in the future difficult to treat. Random drug withdrawal can also cause the occurrence of withdrawal syndrome, increase patient suffering, is particularly bad. Experts pointed out that the light treatment of depression also should insist on more than 1 year. Therefore, patients should maintain a stable state of mind, not only do not be too pessimistic and not blindly optimistic, to be a correct view of treatment.
Second, can not simply rely on drugs
The treatment of depression in the elderly, the drug plays an important and positive role in the treatment of essential key measures. But the patient must not rely solely on drugs to the neglect of life and psychological conditioning, the other hand, drug effects can not be ignored. That is, for the treatment of depression should be comprehensive, including life, psychological and drug interaction, so as to achieve more with less good results. Life and the psychological conditioning of the point is: should be the law of life of patients, the meals, sports and entertainment schedule is good, do not stay home all day will be their "closed up", this is very dangerous. Also, how many more gatherings with friends and family, chatting, playing chess, playing cards or fishing, hiking, etc., adjust the mind and emotions, to both strengthen the confidence of quality of life medical treatment.
Third, the concerns can not be too much of antidepressants
In general people's subconscious, believe Fanzhu side effects mental illness has a significant drug use, eating more will "harm the brain." Thus use of some older antidepressants are also concerns of many, that is the light of depression, it is best not medication, it is best to use is also occasionally used, not more available, more is not long-term medication. This is a misunderstanding, as the kind of relying solely on drugs, if not standard drug treatment, even in light of depression is difficult to cure. Therefore, elderly patients should not worry too much on the use of antidepressants and should maintain close contact with the doctor, under the guidance of doctors and reasonable use of antidepressants, adhere to adequate treatment. At present, the doctor recommended an antidepressant, usually not much effective and the side effects, not to "harm the brain," but to improve symptoms and increase quality of life in patients with treatment of depression with other methods can not be replaced, and this that has been clinically tested, as long as the prescribed medication, are generally safe and effective.

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