Depression by shame is a disorder characterized by mood swings, anxiety and sadness, which can cause disinterest in shame. Diagnosis is made by your doctor after an evaluation of the symptoms present, which should last at least 1 month.
This type of disorder during pregnancy could occur because of hormonal changes that occur at this stage, because it has a complicated embargo, because of its desperation, among other things, adolescents are the most likely to experience this type of depression, especially if they find themselves having experienced anxiety or depression.
- Depression during treatment should be cured and treated by a psychiatrist after assessing the condition and conditions of your condition.
Mood swings during the embargo are normal, which is due to fairly sufficient changes in hormone levels at this stage, however, if these variations persist for weeks or months, the woman should talk to her obstetrician to assess the situation and check for depression.
Diagnosing depression requires at least 5 of the following symptoms
Sadness on most days;
Anxiety;
Crying crisis;
Loss of interest in everyday activities;
Irritability;
Restlessness or slow progression every day;
Fatigues energy loss every day, most of the time;
The disorders of the sueo as insomnia exaggerated the drowsiness, I married every day;
Lack of excessive appetite;
Lack of concentration and indecision almost every day;
Feelings of guilt or devaluation most of the time;
Thoughts of suicide, intending to kill himself
Often, the depression in the shipment leads the woman to work, but she cannot perform the daily activities and gets tired easily. Symptoms usually appear during the first trimester or trimester of pregnancy and during the first month after the baby is born.
Depression in the embargo when not identified and not treated in time can have consequences for the baby. This can happen because depressed mothers have bad hormonal changes; Less care for food and health interacts very little with the baby during training, which can interfere with the development of the fetus and; It has also been shown to increase the chances of having a premature birth and a low birth weight baby.
In addition, women who suffered from depression during the last trimester of pregnancy had the best chance of having an instrumented delivery with suction cups, and newborns were most likely to be hospitalized in neonatal care.
It was also verified, in a study by the Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the University of London, that babies of depressed women during pregnancy had the highest levels of circulating cortisol, i. e. the stress-related hormone that was more overactive and reactive to sound, light and cold than babies of women who had no psychological alteration in pregnancy.
Situations such as lack of emotional support, comfort, affection and assistance can trigger depression in women during the embargo. Other factors that also contribute to the development of depression at this stage of life include:
The woman suffers from depression before leaving any psychiatric disorder as an anxiety attack for example;
Complicated past shame, abortion before the loss of a child;
Not getting married, not having financial security, being separated or not planning the pregnancy.
Stressful problems such as partner, separation history, divorce, serious health problems, kidnapping, history of fire or disaster, a person close to death, asphalt, sexual abuse and physical assault are factors that can also trigger depression; however, it is, too. This may happen in women who have not been able to expel any of these situations.
The treatment of depression during the seizure varied depending on the number of symptoms present and the number of signs of severity, since between 5 and 6 symptoms occur, the recommended treatment is to carry out several psychotherapy sessions that improve the quality of life and increase women. self-confidence. Similarly, it is possible to perform some alternative therapies such as acupuncture, for example, which is indicated to treat depression.
Get physical activity or any activity that allows a woman to relax, maintain a healthy diet, and have family support in other essential ways to treat depression in embarrassment.
In the most severe cases where the woman has between 7 and 9 symptoms, if medication is recommended, however, there is no safe antidepressant medication indicated for women. Therefore, before starting with the drug, your doctor will evaluate the risk-benefit ratio that the drug can provide. In addition, it is not advisable to ingest natural remedies, such as st. john hypericus grass, as they can harm the baby.
Despite the obstetrician’s accompaniment throughout pregnancy, it is essential that the woman is also accompanied by a psychiatrist during this phase.