Neurosis is mostly depression
Chest tightness, panic, particularly easy fatigue, rest does not relieve insomnia, early awakening, headache, back pain, various somatic pain, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, loss of appetite, weight loss, lack of concentration, memory loss, while no organic disease is found in the hospital after a series of examinations. Even if you suffer from some chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, you may suffer from these symptoms from time to time.
Long-term use of various sedative-hypnotic drugs, painkillers, herbal medicines and various kinds of health products, these symptoms have not seen any fundamental improvement, and become a block of “heart disease”. Patients therefore become worse mood, the above-mentioned symptoms also gradually aggravated, work, study and even the ability to live a sharp decline in …… has long been accustomed to this conclusion: “neurasthenia”. In fact, 80% of people are plagued by a disease: depression.
Treatment: a multi-pronged approach is needed
In terms of treatment, debilitating syndromes caused by different diseases need to be treated in different ways. A combination of psychotherapy, medication and physiotherapy is used, together with a reasonable work and rest regime and physical exercise or physical work.
It should be especially noted that medication is only part of the treatment. Patients often think that if they take medication they should get better, but this is not actually the case. Just as the causes of debilitating disorders are multifaceted, treatment must also be multi-pronged. Psychotherapy, various physical therapy (spa therapy, hydrotherapy, head resonance spark, electrical excitation, DC ionization introduction, etc.), exercise therapy (qigong, taijiquan, yoga and other folk fitness techniques, conducive to relieving anxiety), biofeedback therapy and music therapy will all play a therapeutic role.
Nowadays, the side effects of clinically used drugs are generally very small, and under the guidance of a doctor, even long-term use will not form dependence. Although some proprietary Chinese medicines claim to treat depression, there is no scientific research information on this.
Symptoms: changeable and easy to miss the net
The causes of this disease are complex, mostly related to mental factors, personality traits, chaotic life patterns, and lack of exercise. Symptoms manifest in a variety of ways.
I. Debilitating symptoms.
Including brain and physical strength are easy to fatigue. The symptoms are mental atrophy, fatigue, inability to use the brain or mental sluggishness, sleepiness, dizziness, difficulty in thinking, inattention, memory loss, forgetfulness of recent events (the patient complains of losing things, often make mistakes in speech, can not remember what they have just experienced), unsustainable work, decreased efficiency, but normal intelligence, weak will, lack of confidence and courage, easy pessimism and disappointment.
Second, emotional symptoms.
Emotional excitement easily, can be irritable and sad because of small things, and chagrin afterwards (self-control is weakened, easily excited when things happen: or irritable and easy to anger, lose temper with people at home, and feel regret afterwards; or easy to sadness and tears; anxiety, doubt, worry and nervousness about the disease suffered; for example, patients can suspect that they have heart disease because of palpitations and fast pulse, or worry about having stomach cancer because of abdominal distension and anorexia For example, patients may suspect that they are suffering from heart disease because of palpitations and fast pulse, or worry that they are suffering from stomach cancer because of abdominal distension and anorexia, or think that they are suffering from incurable disease because of poor treatment effect. This kind of suspicion can aggravate the patient’s anxiety and tension, forming a vicious circle). The patient is tense, cannot relax, and is particularly prone to worry, excitement or temper tantrums (the content of worry often involves various conflicts in real life, and feels difficult and insoluble). The mood is generally better in the morning and worse at night.
Third, excitement symptoms.
Mental excitement can be manifested as increased and difficult to control memories and associations (mental excitement when reading books and newspapers or watching TV, involuntary memories and associations increase), sensory and visceral receptor perception is significantly enhanced, such as sensitivity to sound and light, often afraid of light and sound, even afraid of cold and heat, a little stimulation is difficult to tolerate, fingers, eyelids and tongue trembling, etc.
IV. Tension pain or limb muscle aches.
Part of it is wandering, with variable location, sometimes light and sometimes heavy. Often caused by tension, with tension headache being the most common. Headache or indistinct muscle pain at the slightest tension. Patients feel heavy head, head swelling, tight pressure on the head, or stiff neck; some complain of back pain or muscle pain in the limbs.
V. Sleep disorders.
Sleep rhythm disorders, difficulty in falling asleep at night, shallow sleep, many nightmares, easy to go to bed early, feeling uncomfortable after waking up, and lack of mental clarity. Sometimes, the rhythm of sleep and wakefulness varies from drowsy in the daytime to energetic in the evening. The most common is difficulty in falling asleep, tossing and turning, which makes it more difficult to fall asleep because of irritability. Secondly, patients may complain of excessive dreaming and waking up easily, or they may feel that their sleep is very light and they seem to stay awake all night. Some patients may feel tired and still sleepy after waking up, or they may feel sleepy during the day, but feel excited when they go to bed, making it difficult for them to sleep. Some patients have fallen asleep soundly and snore loudly, but after waking up, they firmly deny that they have slept and lack the real sense of sleep. The worry and distress of these patients for insomnia often exceed the pain brought by the sleep disorder itself and reflect the anxious state of mind of the patients.
Sixth, the symptoms of plant nerve dysfunction: mainly manifested in
①Cardiovascular system: such as heart panic and chest tightness, tachycardia, pain in the precordial region, cold extremities, hot skin flashes, excessive sweating, unstable blood pressure, etc.
②Gastrointestinal symptoms: indigestion, loss of appetite, nausea, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, constipation or diarrhea, etc.
③Genitourinary system symptoms: such as urinary frequency, urinary urgency, seminal emission, impotence, premature ejaculation, menstrual irregularities, etc.
④Nervous system symptoms: numbness of scalp and limbs, headache, dizziness, blurred vision, tinnitus, poor concentration, lack of energy, memory loss, body fatigue, etc. These symptoms often become the main reason for patients to seek treatment, thus masking the basic symptoms of neurasthenia.