When I get depressed, I sometimes suffer from insomnia, and I also go to a psychiatrist to prescribe sleep-inducing drugs.
Although it is insomnia that is inseparably related to such depression, it is not difficult to imagine that insomnia patients are at high risk of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts, and there are scientific reports such as that. is.
It seems that the relationship between insomnia and suicide-related behavior has been investigated, evaluated and reported at the University of Rome La Sapienza in Italy.
As for the contents, 843 patients who were admitted to a certain hospital from January 2010 to December 2011 were diagnosed as having insomnia by a psychiatrist's examination, and suicidal ideation He asked a question about the suicide plan and investigated it.
And the result is as follows.
-48% of the target patients were diagnosed with bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, and anxiety disorder. In addition, 17.1% had schizophrenia or other non-emotional functional psychosis.
Patients with insomnia had more bipolar disorder (23.9% vs 12.4%) and major depressive disorder (13.3% vs 9.5%, p <0.001) than those who did not.
Patients with insomnia had less frequent suicide attempts in the last 24 hours than those who did not (5.3% vs 9.5%, p <0.05).
However, insomniacs used more violent methods to attempt suicide (64.3% vs 23.6%, p <0.01).
In other words, when you get depressed, you also have insomnia disorders, but it seems that there is a possibility that insomnia may cause depression symptoms.
Well, insomnia may disturb the autonomic nerves and mentally weaken, and insomnia may be caused by stress in daily life, so it's depression. It can be a cause, and it is quite possible that the stress of insomnia can cause depression in the first place.
Anyway, people with insomnia have a higher risk of developing depression than usual, so it seems better to be careful and improve your behavior and daily habits to improve your insomnia.
If I'm about to reverse day and night, I'll try to get tired and sleepy by running or other exercises even for a short distance during the day or in the evening, and try my best to fall asleep during the sleep time. I'm doing it.
If I still can't sleep, I can't sleep, but the quality of sleep improves and I can sleep soundly in many cases, so I'm wondering if it will have some effect, but what about?
Another way to get rid of insomnia is to avoid looking at your smartphone or digital device. I will introduce related articles, so please read them if you like.