Insomnia as a cause of depression

　　We all know that if once suffered from the phenomenon of depression is back to the patients and friends of the health of the spirit has caused a certain amount of distress and harm, for which we are in the usual daily life for the occurrence of depression is to be timely to treat, then you know that insomnia is the main cause of depression.

　　Insomnia and depression patients' appetite is not very good, and often there will be constipation, weight will also be unknowingly decreased. They also experience tightness in the throat and chest, headaches, body aches and gastrointestinal symptoms.

　　In their report on new advances in sleep research conducted in the United States, sleep experts state that insomnia has now been proven to be an important cause of depression. This opinion is based on the results of several recent studies in the United States.

　　Insomnia is usually defined as a subjective experience in which there is an unsatisfactory duration and quality of sleep despite adequate sleep conditions and environment, and which affects daytime social functioning. It leads to a decrease in daytime physical functioning, often manifested as fatigue upon awakening, decreased daytime alertness, and dysfunction in energy, cognitive functioning, and behavioral emotions, thereby reducing quality of life. The harm of insomnia is obvious, at the same time insomnia is also a trigger for depression, long-term insomnia may increase the incidence of depression.

　　Research suggests that there is a common pathogenic basis or mechanism between insomnia and depression. Sleep specialists have advocated effective clinical treatment of insomnia for depressed patients in the past, with the goal of reducing depressive symptoms. Now that it is known that insomnia is a risk factor for depression, emphasis should be placed on actively treating insomnia in the population to reduce the number of people experiencing depression. However, at the present time, insomnia has not received the attention it deserves from the public and physicians.

　　At the same time, the director of the Sleep and Neurophysiology Research Laboratory at the University of Rochester in the United States, Paley also pointed out that insomnia has been regarded as a symptom of depression in the past, but their research shows that insomnia can actually lead to depression. They announced the results of two studies: in the first study, in the same suffering from depression among the elderly, insomnia in a group of one year after the chances of depression than the group of insomnia is not plagued by the problem of 17 times higher.

　　The reason why insomnia eventually leads to depression is that in the early stage of insomnia, insomniacs do not pay enough attention to it, making the condition delayed. We would like to remind patients suffering from insomnia to seek timely medical treatment.

　　Everyone in the usual time for the occurrence of depression is to pay attention to, depression is to patients and friends of the health of the spirit of a certain amount of trouble and danger, for which we must go to treatment in time, or else it will bring more serious harm, life to maintain a good mood, and actively prevent the occurrence of mental illnesses.