Pain so bad that the only recourse is to hide away in a dark, quiet room until it is over, several times a year would make anyone feel despair.
People who suffer with migraines, though, are far more likely to develop depression than people who do not have these severe headaches.
On the other hand, people who are depressed are more likely to suffer with migraines.
Scientists view the marriage of migraine and depression as a chicken and egg scenario.
Does one cause the other? If so, which one starts the whole process, the migraine or the depression?
The answer is never simple. Migraines, depression, and, surprisingly, insomnia, are in fact associated with both inflictions and have something in common.
All three are in a way associated with the lack of neurotransmitters in the brain.
Professionals believe that while they are associated with, depression and migraine headaches both have distinct causes with the same neurobiology.
Doctors blamed depression in migraine suffers on their loss of life quality.
Now it looks as though the link between the two is a biological shared condition rather than psychological one.
A danger for clinically depressed migraine sufferer is possible pharmaceutical interaction between their depression medication and their migraine medication.
July 2006 the FDA recognized one such red zone, that of mixing triptans for migraines with SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) or SNRIs (serotonin and nor epinephrine uptake inhibitors), used to treat depression.
By having a marriage of these drugs can lead to a nasty condition called serotonin syndrome.
This condition occurs when the serotonin levels in the body are too much.
Symptoms can involve hallucinations, heart rate and body temperature fluctuations, quick changes in blood pressure, and stomach complaints.
Sometimes a migraine sufferer has no other choice but to take these pills together, but the need to discuss options with their medical practitioner is paramount.
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