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Early 2000s commentary saw a close relationship of secondary fatigue with depressive symptomatology. [32] When depression is reduced fatigue also tends to reduce and it is recommended that patients should be evaluated for depression before other therapeutic approaches are used. [33]
It is otherwise known as the prodromal phase when referring to the subsyndromal stage or the early abnormalities in behavior, mood, and/or cognition before illness onset. [6] Early detection of the prodrome can create an opportunity to administer appropriate early interventions quickly to try to delay or decrease the intensity of subsequent ...
Sleep debt refers to a build up of lost optimum sleep. Sleep deprivation is known to be cumulative. [20] This means that the fatigue and sleep one lost as a result of, for example, staying awake all night, would be carried over to the following day.
In fact, a Harvard Medical School report revealed that people who report poor sleep in winter are two to three times more likely to experience heightened levels of anxiety and stress.
After going through stages of REM-sleep, people with depression report feeling better, in a study done by Cartwright et al. [40] Conversely, a theory proposed by Revonsuo [41] states that when people experience negative emotions or negative events, when they sleep the REM-sleep replays such events, which is known as rehearsal. [39]
The problem with the assessment is that patients may only report the consequences of sleepiness: loss of energy, fatigue, weariness, difficulty remembering or concentrating, etc. It is crucial to aim for objective measures to quantify the sleepiness. A good measurement tool is the multiple sleep latency test (MSLT).
Lethargy is a state of tiredness, sleepiness, weariness, fatigue, sluggishness, or lack of energy. It can be accompanied by depression , decreased motivation, or apathy . Lethargy can be a normal response to inadequate sleep, overexertion, overworking, stress, lack of exercise, improper nutrition, drug abuse, boredom , or a symptom of an ...
Shortly before I became homeless—a period of mounting worry in which my appearance suffered—a tooth on the upper right began to hurt. It was excruciating to touch with a toothbrush. Then an ...