Sleep Apnea And Depression - Does Sleep Apnea Cause Depression?
Are you being treated for sleep apnea and depression? Or are you being treated for depression, a serious mental illness, while in reality it is sleep apnea that is really the cause of your condition?
The fact that there is so much conflicting information on depression, only shows how little is actually understood on the subject. And yet depression is emerging as one of the greatest illnesses of the twenty first century, affecting millions of people all over the world!
So why has this illness suddenly appeared to plague the world population? Well the fact of the is matter is, that depression has been in existence throughout the history of mankind, in one form or another. It’s only been in recent times that the medical world has been able to give it a title.
It appears well intending doctors around the world do not hesitate at dishing out various pills as though they were sweeties! The success rate for most of the treatments available today for depression are alarmingly low, and there are plenty of them.
Marketing companies are at the forefront of the latest medication discoveries, and are making billions by marketing a so called solution to peoples problems. Alternative health clinics, and counsellors offer a huge variety of services ranging from cognitive behavioural therapy, to acupuncture, and herbal remedies.
But are they really targeting your specific problem, or are they just after your money? The profits are huge for these companies, and there is no real incentive for them to cure you outright. They would rather maintain your depression with an endless supply of drugs, and continue to profit.
It could be that you simply need to find a solution to your sleep apnea disorder. You see the symptoms for sleep apnea are almost identical to the symptoms of depression! You struggle to get out of your bed in the morning. You’ve lost interest in things that once were important to you. Etc.
Now I’m not suggesting you don’t suffer from depression, far from it. Living with sleep apnea in it’s self would cause anyone to develop depression. What I’m saying is that perhaps it’s not a counsellor or a doctor you need, but someone that specialises in sleep disorders.
Targeting the causes of your sleep apnea, and finding a cure for your sleep disorder would certainly make you feel a whole lot better, and it wouldn’t be surprising if your depression disappeared altogether as a direct result of targeting your sleep apnea as opposed to trying to find a new cure for your depression.
Your sleep apnea and depression could disappear with simple throat exercises I recommend, and any changes in lifestyle would give you a significant advantage to conquering your sleep apnea and depression, killing two birds with one stone.
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