If the abuse is particularly serious and they feel there no way out of it they may deal with it in more drastic ways like trying to take their own life. It may result in serious anxiety and depression which is going to stay with them for the rest of their lives. Major Long-Term Medical Symptoms of Physical Abuse may be insomnia. Insomnia is when someone has difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep. Insomnia is a common problem for people that suffer or have suffered from physical abuse.
Pain or medical illness; Pain can keep you from sleeping well. In addition, many health conditions arthritis, asthma, diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, night time heartburn, menopause, and Alzheimer’s can interfere with sleep. Medications; Seniors tend to take more medications than young people and the combination of drugs, as well as the side effect of individual drugs, can impair or even stimulate wakefulness. Lack of exercise; If you are too sedentary, you may not feel sleepy or feel sleepy all the time. Regular aerobic exercise during the day, at least three hours before bedtime, can promote good sleep.
In Marla’s case, we know that she is having trouble sleeping at night and feeling jumpy all of the time along with an inability to concentrate. Medicines can be used to help her with her sleeplessness and anxiety, but therapy would help her to find out why she is not able to concentrate. Once she has established the root of her problem, which may be found through a psychodynamic approach, she can then use a humanistic approach and figure out what is best for her personally. She seems to have figured out that she needs help and has the strength to seek out help as an anxious dysthymic person would do; this gives much promise to how well she will react to therapy and
Experimental Research PSY/285 February 17, 2013 Experimental Research Pharmaceutical Research: Sleeping Aids There are many different kinds of sleeping aids that can help someone fall asleep today. Insomnia is when a person has a hard time falling asleep, staying asleep, or a disturbance in the quality of sleep a person gets that will make them feel they are not well rested when they do wake. Insomnia is more common today then we think, about 10% of adults suffer from severe insomnia. Lack of sleep may cause someone to have no motivation, mood swings, and not be able to function to their full potential. Insomnia has also been known to cause depression, anxiety, and stress, which in turn can cause other health problems.
P2- Potential effects of life factors and life events on the development of an individual. Genetic Asthma-Adolescence Asthma could affect Kate physically because she might not be able to exercise as much and do activities that involve a lot of exercise because of her getting out of breath and having to take breaks to prevent an asthma attack. Asthma could affect Kate intellectually because she could miss out on important learning if she is at doctors’ appointments or if she has an asthma attack and has to leave school, and she could miss out on important information that could affect her grades in the future. Asthma could affect Kate emotionally because asthma may make Kate feel like she isn’t good enough or that she is too unfit so she could give up on exercise or anything that gets her asthma going. Asthma could affect Kate socially because she may not get to see her friends as much as she would like because of activities that involve exercise such as swimming.
What is Sleep Apnea Sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder in which you have one or more pauses in breathing while you sleep. Is a chronic disorder that affects your quality of sleep. Sleep apnea is one of the leading causes of daytime sleepiness increasing the risks of automobile accidents. Deprives you of a restorative sleep you need to be energetic and mentally sharp the next day. How you can help?
Since depression lacks consistency, it’s difficult to track feelings down in a way that people can deal with them without help. Most people have trouble seeking help or are uncomfortable in telling a stranger their problems. Hence, why people now a days are eager to ask their doctor for a quick fix medication. Its usually best to just take time for one self to think, with out the pressures of everyday life. In this way depression can also work as “taking a break”, everyone needs a break sometimes.
The earlier the disease is diagnosed; the more effective the treatment will be and in most cases can be cured. (Mayo Clinic Staff 2013) Fatigue is tiredness, exhaustion, feeling sick, worn-out, over stressed or over exerted. In a healthy person after sleep we recover from sleep deprivation, but in cases like Daryl, he does not recover from fatigue and is constantly sleeping. As the disease progresses, it will reduce Daryl’s physical ability to be active and his mobility to walk and take care of himself. Daryl’s personal hygiene, dressing and eating will become more difficult to cope with and he will require
Stressful life events, such as death or illness or job loss are associated with the onset of insomnia (Basta, Chrousos, Vela-Bueno, Vgontzas, 2007). Anxiety, depression and chronic pain are all causes of insomnia. These are all symptoms that Suzette experiences. Her worries of not being able to go to sleep make it hard for her to fall asleep. Having trouble sleeping is a symptom of depression, which leads to insomnia.
How Antidepressants affect neurotransmitters. Depression is a medical illness that causes a constant feeling of sadness and lack of interest. Depression affects how the person feels, behaves, and thinks. It can lead to emotional and physical problems. Typically, people with depression find it hard to go about their day-to-day activities and may also feel that life is not worth living.