Heart Attacks can lead to depression
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Heart attacks can lead to depression... This is
something that many heart attack patients fear to acknowledge... The stress of being in the hospital, the fear of another heart attack, time away from work,
these factors can all contribute to feeling depressed, helpless, down and despondent.
Not surprisingly
- recent studies show that as many as 65% of people who have a heart
attack report feeling depressed, down and despondent. A general
state of despair. Moreover, women, people who have been depressed
before, and people who feel alone and without social or emotional
support are at a higher risk for feeling depressed after a heart
attack.
Being told by doctors that you should take up exercise, adopt a new diet, stop smoking, etc. can certainly make you feel helpless, in fact, you will probably have good days and bad days following your release from hospital. However, most people start to feel better as time passes. People that are quickly able to get back to their usual routines normally notice a drop in anxiety faster than those that don’t.
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Depression, be it after a heart attack or not, is a medical illness, like diabetes or high blood pressure and not just somebody going crazy. This is important both for the sufferer and family members to understand. The symptoms of depression may include some
of the following:
- Feeling sad or crying often
- Losing interest in daily activities that used to be fun
- Changes in appetite and weight
- Sleeping too much or having trouble sleeping
- Feeling agitated, cranky or sluggish
- Feeling very guilty or worthless
- Problems concentrating or making decisions
Heart attacks can lead to depression, but depression
can also lead to heart attacks;
Either of the above may be true, one thing seems clear. The two are often found hand in hand, therefore controlling one may help control the other. According to The American Academy of Family Physicians research has shown that
people who are depressed and have pre-existing cardiovascular disease have a 3.5 times greater risk of dying of a heart attack than patients with heart disease who are not depressed.
In a recent study, depression was shown to be associated with an increased risk of developing coronary heart disease in men and women. Depression was shown to increase mortality related to coronary heart disease in men but had no effect on mortality in women.
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Avoid the risk of a re-lapse by living a healthy lifestyle, and your doctor will instruct you on this. However, some important lifestyle modifications are avoiding alcohol, illegal drugs
and smoking,.
Start a regular exercise program, eat a
balanced diet, manage stress, join a club, meet new people or take
courses in things that interest you and above all, get enough rest and
sleep!
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