Did you know 25% of women and 8% of men suffer from migraine at some time in their lives? There is an association between migraine, depression and bipolar disorder.
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I am a statistic.
Lying in bed in a fetal position, my hands grasp a throbbing head. The frozen ice pack from two hours ago has become warm.
The [...]
Archive for August, 2009
27 Aug
MIGRAINE…Indescribable
24 Aug
US workplace suicides jump 28 percent
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Fri August 21 – The financial meltdown is taking its toll on the workplace, where the US Labor Department found a record 28 percent rise in suicide rates last year amid widespread layoffs and overall belt-tightening.
Amid the economic fallout, 251 people committed suicide at the workplace in 2008, the highest figure since [...]
24 Aug
Major depression common in foreclosed homeowners
WASHINGTON (AFP) – August 18, 2009 – More than a third of US homeowners in foreclosure show signs of serious depression, according to a medical study published Tuesday, highlighting the crisis’ hidden impact on public health.
“The foreclosure crisis is also a health crisis,” said lead author Craig Pollack, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. [...]
16 Aug
Depression & Brain Cells
Depression can impair memory, but early treatment with antidepressants may stop the decline. New research at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada found that people with a history of depression didn’t perform as well on word recall as those without psychiatric problems. Previous research has also shown that depressed people have smaller brain regions such [...]
15 Aug
New Migraine Drug Shows Promise
http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/newmigrainedrugshowspromise.html
FRIDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) — An experimental inhaled drug called Levadex is an effective treatment for migraines, according to a drug company-funded study.
The phase III trial, conducted at the Jefferson Headache Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, found that migraine patients who took the drug had greater relief from symptoms such as [...]
15 Aug
FDA Approves Saphris to Treat Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
FDA, August 14, 2009
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Saphris tablets (asenapine) to treat adults with schizophrenia, a chronic, severe and disabling brain disorder, and to treat bipolar I disorder in adults, a serious psychiatric disorder that causes shifts in a person’s mood, energy, and ability to function.
“Mental illnesses like schizophrenia and bipolar [...]
9 Aug
U.S. Spending on Mental Health Care Soaring
Rate of increase now outstrips that for heart disease, cancer, data shows
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 5 (HealthDay News) — U.S. spending on mental illness is soaring at a faster pace than spending on any other health care category, new government data released Wednesday shows.
The cost of treating mental disorders rose sharply between 1996 and 2006, from $35 [...]
5 Aug
PTSD – Will I Always Be A Victim?
I’ve wanted to write this article for some time now, however, hesitated always, but now I’m feeling strong and the time is right.
In previous posts, I described my disastrous therapies which pretty much ruined my life; throwing me into a depressive nightmare. A five-year therapy run ended in 1999, however, I still continued in [...]
3 Aug
Mental Disorders Can Be Prevented In Young People
Mental, Emotional And Behavioral Disorders Can Be Prevented In Young People
ScienceDaily (July 30, 2009) — Around one in five young people in the U.S. have a current mental, emotional, or behavioral disorder. About half of all adults with mental disorders recalled that their disorders began by their mid-teens and three-quarters by their mid-20s. Early onset [...]
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