What Is The Connection Between Headache And Depression?

“I can’t remember if I was depressed about my migraine headache or I had a migraine headache because of my depression,” joked one client.

Depression and headaches are always interlinked. It doesn’t matter if it is a joke or not.

When you first get the pain one tend to say of course she is depressed because she is in pain. But it is not the only reason.

Chronic depression is nothing but depression lasting more than six months and it is not because of any depressive episodes like death of loved ones etc. A recent study has suggested that 67% of people who suffers from migraine headache also suffer from chronic depression.

One should remember that this study speaks only about chronic depression and not about migraine headache. It is just too high to ignore.

So, depression causes or at least triggers headaches, especially migraines, right? Not so fast. Another study showed that 40% of those experiencing chronic depression also experienced chronic pain such as headache or back pain.

Moreover, this same study reported that for those who experienced pain with depression, the depression lasted an average of six months longer than with those who did not experience pain.

Depression is 4 times higher in women than men. But other experts do believe that many people report tension headache symptoms but this is actually the symptoms of depression.

They both share the same platform. Still it is not clear whether depression causes headache or headache causes depression.

In fact, research showed that treating one condition with medication for the other did show some promise. Evidence suggests that both conditions involve serotonin receptors and transporters.

Mostly medications used for headache and migraine can be trial and error method. So one should be careful about the treatment. Here is where Soapbox and preach are used.

In fact, the FDA has warned against combining certain antidepressants and migraine headache medications because it can cause a potentially life-threatening condition known as serotonin syndrome.

I highly recommend that you talk to a professional about your symptoms if you are suffering from chronic headache and/or chronic depression but don’t be afraid to ask for natural treatment options.

If you suffer from migraine or tension headaches, I highly encourage you to try my Migraine and Headache relief program. The all natural breathing and relaxation exercises are highly effective and results have been proven!

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Christian Goodman is a well known health researcher and the writer of many revolutionary natural health alternative methods. One of his most popular breakthroughs is his natural migraine headache treatment. You can know more about Christian on his natural health alternatives blog.

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