Some Pertinent Facts About Depression And Insomnia And Its Associated Treatment Methods
Some people find it especially difficult to get out of bed in the mornings, and if you are one such person, then you can be sure that you are a patient of classic symptoms of depression and insomnia. The fact is that there are millions of people just like you that are also victims of depression and who may also be unaware of the problem, which means that there is certainly a pressing need for anyone suffering from depression and insomnia to get the condition treated.
Sleep Disturbance And Depression Go Hand In Hand
It has often been noted that disturbed sleep and depression are a condition that complements one another and when a person suffers from troubled sleep, it indicates that the person has some form of mood disorder. In fact, there are figures that suggest that, as many as, it is believed, seventy-five percent of people that are depressed also has insomnia condition, which only goes to show the close relationship that exists between depression and insomnia.
The fact is that people that suffer from depression and insomnia are those that cannot get up from their beds in the morning, and they tend to waste as high as twenty percent of their time in sleeping. This in turn gives rise to the need to find some form of medication that will help treat depression and insomnia, though the studies conducted in this regard are few and not very forthcoming in their results.
A very popular method of treating depression and insomnia is to take anti-depressants such as Prozac, Celexa and even Zoloft, and it has been found that such medications prove their effectiveness as well as are tolerable, and they also prove to be effective in bringing about considerable improvements in users' sleep patterns.
There is also another treatment method employed in treating depression and insomnia and that is to use the older kind of anti-depressants of which Pamelor, Elavil and Doxepin are good examples, which can sedate the user though they do have serious side effects and when overdosing, can prove to be lethal.
Another form of treating depression and insomnia is using low dosage sedating anti-depressants like Trazadone, or even hypnotic that act in a short time such as Sonata, Ambien and Temazepam. Finally, doctors may even try out SSRI or even psychotherapy for treating depression and insomnia, which have proved to be quite effective in treating these twin problems.
With these different treatment methods to provide relief from depression and insomnia, you should take heart (if you are a sufferer) and seek advice so that you can bring your condition under control, and not have to live with the blues forever.
