OCD or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is like an open gate for many other mental illnesses and diseases. If you have OCD, then the likelihood of you developing other types of mental illness should be higher than those who have other mental illnesses. This happens becomes of the nature of OCD to easily Comorbid with different mental illnesses, cases in point are: Manic Disorder and OCD, ADHD and OCD, and the most common Comorbidity, Major Depression and OCD.
About two-thirds of all OCD sufferers are destined to experience at least one episode of depression during their entire lifetime. The depression might have been triggered by the sufferer's on-going distress as caused by his or her mental illness. This theory has been proven by the appearance of OCD depression during the early stages of OCD, which implies that the depression is in fact caused by the adjustment of the sufferer because of his or her mental condition.
Another lens looked upon by experts is the biological and psychological link between OCD and Major Depression. It was found out that in both cases, there is the same alteration in the serotonin system of the brain while the same regions in the brain experience similar pattern changes. This similarity has been used by experts to assume that the relationship between OCD and Major Depression is beyonf coincidence, but rather, it is already predetermined that when OCD happens, depression will most likely follow.
In newer researches even, it was found out that the symptoms of depression experienced by an OCD sufferer is most likely to develop as a response to the disturbing thoughts brought about by a sufferer's obsession and the need thereof to be translated into actions.
It is very important that the existence of a Comorbidity be identified soonest it happens because the presence of other mental illnesses will definitely make OCD treatment ineffective. Usually, other mental illnesses that comorbids with OCD should be fully treated first before OCD treatment commences. However, when the therapist of an OCD sufferer failed to distinguish if another mental illness is existent, there will be higher possibilities of failing treatment programs, as well as useless expenditures.
However, with the use of prescription drugs such as SSRIs or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, it was found out that OCD can also be treated alongside depression. SSRIs are known anti depressants and while a sufferer takes the medication to treat his or her depression, SSRIs also positively affects the brain of the human body.
For OCD suffers, it is very important that he or she does not hide anything from his or her treatment provider. In many cases, the treatment provider is the one who designs the kind of treatment program that best suits the patient's condition, thus it is very important that he or she knows every bit of information about the extent of OCD that the patient is suffering from.
About two-thirds of all OCD sufferers are destined to experience at least one episode of depression during their entire lifetime. The depression might have been triggered by the sufferer's on-going distress as caused by his or her mental illness. This theory has been proven by the appearance of OCD depression during the early stages of OCD, which implies that the depression is in fact caused by the adjustment of the sufferer because of his or her mental condition.
Another lens looked upon by experts is the biological and psychological link between OCD and Major Depression. It was found out that in both cases, there is the same alteration in the serotonin system of the brain while the same regions in the brain experience similar pattern changes. This similarity has been used by experts to assume that the relationship between OCD and Major Depression is beyonf coincidence, but rather, it is already predetermined that when OCD happens, depression will most likely follow.
In newer researches even, it was found out that the symptoms of depression experienced by an OCD sufferer is most likely to develop as a response to the disturbing thoughts brought about by a sufferer's obsession and the need thereof to be translated into actions.
It is very important that the existence of a Comorbidity be identified soonest it happens because the presence of other mental illnesses will definitely make OCD treatment ineffective. Usually, other mental illnesses that comorbids with OCD should be fully treated first before OCD treatment commences. However, when the therapist of an OCD sufferer failed to distinguish if another mental illness is existent, there will be higher possibilities of failing treatment programs, as well as useless expenditures.
However, with the use of prescription drugs such as SSRIs or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, it was found out that OCD can also be treated alongside depression. SSRIs are known anti depressants and while a sufferer takes the medication to treat his or her depression, SSRIs also positively affects the brain of the human body.
For OCD suffers, it is very important that he or she does not hide anything from his or her treatment provider. In many cases, the treatment provider is the one who designs the kind of treatment program that best suits the patient's condition, thus it is very important that he or she knows every bit of information about the extent of OCD that the patient is suffering from.
About the Author:
Lauren Brooks is the author of the book "Stop! A guide for OCD Sufferers". Her book primarily talks about ways to stop OCD and the measures one can take in order to avoid OCD depression.
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